Penfolds Grange Syrah, Australia.
China’s Ministry of Commerce announced in an announcement on Friday that anti-dumping duties will be imposed on imports of related wines originating from Australia for a period of five years from March 28.
Tensions between China and Australia continue to escalate around Australia’s previous public calls for an independent international investigation into the origin of the New Crown virus. To date, slaughtered meat processing products, barley, coal and wine involving Australia’s exports to China have been subject to Chinese restrictions.
China’s Ministry of Commerce announced in August last year that it had opened an anti-dumping investigation into imports of wine originating in Australia. Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham has said that China’s tariff measures are “devastating” to the Australian wine industry, but that China’s actions are not only unreasonable, but there is no evidence to support the alleged allegations.
On Friday, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced on its official website the final rulings of the anti-subsidy and anti-dumping investigations against Australian wine imports, which “finally found” that Australian wine constitutes “substantial damage” to the Chinese domestic industry of the same kind.
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