China will impose up to 42.7 per cent of provisional tariffs on dairy products, including milk and cheese imported from the European Union, its Commerce Ministry said on Monday.
The elevated duties, which take effect Tuesday, were based on preliminary results from an investigation opened by China’s Commerce Ministry in August 2024 as tensions between Beijing and Brussels flared. Beijing reviewed subsidies provided by EU countries for their dairy and other farm products.
Beijing’s probe was launched as part of tit-for-tat measures as the EU investigated Chinese subsidies on electric vehicles, and later imposed tariffs as high as 45.3 per cent on China-made EVs.
China had initiated other probes into European brandy and pork imports as countermeasures for the EU’s tariffs on Chinese EVs. It had also urged the EU to scrap its EV tariffs.
The temporary duties on EU dairy imports will range from 21.9 per cent to 42.7 per cent, according to the Commerce Ministry, and will cover a basket o
​China will impose up to 42.7 per cent of provisional tariffs on dairy products, including milk and cheese imported from the European Union, its Commerce Ministry said on Monday.
The elevated duties, which take effect Tuesday, were based on preliminary results from an investigation opened by China’s Commerce Ministry in August 2024 as tensions between Beijing and Brussels flared. Beijing reviewed subsidies provided by EU countries for their dairy and other farm products.
Beijing’s probe was launched as part of tit-for-tat measures as the EU investigated Chinese subsidies on electric vehicles, and later imposed tariffs as high as 45.3 per cent on China-made EVs.
China had initiated other probes into European brandy and pork imports as countermeasures for the EU’s tariffs on Chinese EVs. It had also urged the EU to scrap its EV tariffs.
The temporary duties on EU dairy imports will range from 21.9 per cent to 42.7 per cent, according to the Commerce Ministry, and will cover a basket o by Soban News (international And National News)
