China’s Extension Of Eu Dairy Import Probe Linked To September Talks

China will not reason its anti-dumping investigation into EU dairy imports until astatine slightest early adjacent twelvemonth arsenic talks are group to proceed successful September.

In consequence to China’s determination this week to widen its probe to February, nan European Dairy Association (EDA) said it was not amazed by nan determination fixed Chinese officials are owed to make “technical visits” to Belgium and nan Netherlands adjacent month, arsenic good arsenic clasp talks pinch nan European Commission (EC).

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China kicked disconnected its investigation successful August past twelvemonth to ascertain whether nan EU was blameworthy of exporting dairy products to nan Asian state astatine prices that put section producers astatine an unfair advantage. The probe followed akin enquiries launched by China for pork and brandy shipped from nan European trading bloc that commenced successful June and January of 2024, respectively.

The pork investigation was owed to past 12 months. However, earlier nan expected conclusion successful June this year, China besides extended its probe into EU exported pork and pork byproducts by six months to 16 December.

The waste and acquisition spat pinch China was sparked by nan EU threatening to enforce tariffs connected imports of Chinese artillery electrical vehicles (BEV), pinch nan EC claiming “unfair subsidisation” by its Chinese counterparts that risked “causing a threat of economical injury” to section manufacturers.

Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency and charismatic authorities mouthpiece, reported connected Monday (18 August) that nan Ministry of Commerce had extended its investigation into ‘certain dairy products’ from nan EU to February.

The news service, citing a Ministry statement, said nan hold was owed to nan ‘complexity of nan case’.

Similar connection emerged from nan EDA. Its Secretary General Alexander Anton said successful a statement: “This highlights nan progressively analyzable dynamics of world dairy waste and acquisition and has required coordinated responses from nan manufacture and policymakers, and EDA will proceed to activity intimately pinch nan EU Commission and nan ‘sampled’ dairies that are astir progressive successful nan process.”

In October past year, China’s Ministry of Commerce identified Dutch dairy elephantine FrieslandCampina, Elvir (France) Co. and Sterilgarda Alimenti successful Italy arsenic 3 EU companies that would beryllium taxable to a sampling workout arsenic portion of its anti-dumping probe.

Meanwhile, nan EC took its case to nan World Trade Organization (WTO) past September nether a “commitment to firmly take sides nan interests of nan EU dairy manufacture and nan Common Agricultural Policy against abusive proceedings”.

Anton astatine nan EDA said coming (20 August) successful nan statement, erstwhile asked for remark and an update connected those proceedings by Just Food: “With that, for nan very first clip successful specified an early authorities of nan procedure, nan EU has fixed a clear governmental motion to measurement up to take sides our European interest.

“WTO procedures are not known for velocity and truthful far, we person nary signs for immoderate advancement astatine this level.”

Just Food asked nan EC for an update connected nan position of proceedings regarding China’s probe into dairy imports from nan bloc.

When China kicked disconnected its dairy import investigation past August, Xinhua said nan probe was launched connected behalf of nan Dairy Association of China and nan China Dairy Industry Association.

The news agency suggested astatine nan clip that nan reappraisal would see caller cheese, curd and bluish food from nan EU. It was expected that nan enquiry would reason connected 21 August of this twelvemonth but could beryllium extended for six months “under typical circumstances”. China has now done conscionable that.