China's antidumping investigation on European pork excludes ham and sausages

Published 2024년 6월 18일

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China has initiated an antidumping investigation into certain pork imports from the EU, excluding Iberian ham and sausages, in response to the EU's tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. This move could result in tariffs on European pork products, heavily affecting Spain, which is the primary supplier of pork to China. In 2023, China imported $1.537 billion worth of pork from Spain, not including Iberian ham and sausages. The investigation will evaluate the impact on the Chinese pork industry from 2020 to 2023, with a notable peak in imports in 2021 due to African swine fever in China.

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The 'antidumping' investigation announced by China against certain imports of pork and pork derivatives from the European Union (EU) excludes imports of Iberian ham or sausages. The investigation into unfair competition is an apparent retaliation by China for Brussels' decision to apply additional tariffs of 21% on average on the import of Chinese electric vehicles, and could lead to tariffs on some European pork products imported by the Asian country. This would especially affect Spain, a country that is the main supplier of pork to China both at the community and global level. According to data from the General Administration of Customs of China, in 2023 the Asian country imported 1,537 million dollars (1,433 million euros) from Spain in the categories covered by the investigation: pork or offal -both chilled and frozen-, fat from that animal and derivatives thereof or viscera. However, Iberian ham, one of the most representative products of Spanish gastronomy worldwide, will ...

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