China to levy 31.4% countervailing duty on American chicken tomorrow

April 29 Afternoon News, the Ministry of Commerce announced yesterday that, since April 30, the import of white feather chicken products originating in the United States levied a 31.4% import surcharge to counter the United States to provide feed subsidies to chicken farmers. The Ministry of Commerce yesterday released a preliminary announcement of the anti-subsidy survey of American Broiler products, saying that there were subsidies for imported white-feather broiler products originating in the United States, and that the domestic white feather broiler industry had suffered substantial damage and that there was a causal relationship between subsidies and substantial damage.　　The announcement announced that, since April 30, imports of white feather chicken products originating in the United States levied a 31.4% import surcharge to counter U.S. subsidies to chicken farmers to provide fodder. It is reported that this is China's first import of agricultural products launched by the countervailing Survey. Before that, China had announced an anti-dumping duty of up to 105.4% on U.S. chicken imports.　　China is currently the largest export market for American chicken, consuming nearly 800,000 tonnes in 2008, worth 722 million of dollars. Analysts say U.S. chicken exports to China have shrunk since China announced anti-dumping duties on American chicken in February this year.　　These measures could allow Chinese importers to stop importing chicken from the United States altogether. According to data from the American Association of Egg Exporters, China imported up to 800,000 tonnes of chicken from the United States in 2008, worth about $722 million. The figure does not include American chicken exports from Hong Kong and Macao to the mainland. "If included, China will import more than 1 million tonnes of chicken a year from the United States," said Li Qiang. "(Snow ting from Beijing)