China adds anti-subsidy duties to Australian wine
10 December 2020 By Phoebe French
After imposing tariffs of 107.1%-212.1% on Australian wine last month, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said it would levy additional duties of between 6.3-6.4% from 11 December.
In its announcement of the temporary anti-subsidy duties, China claimed that its domestic wine industry has suffered “substantial damages” as a result of alleged subsidies given to imported Australian wine, and that there was “a casual relationship between subsidies and substantive damages”.
The duties were announced as part of preliminary ruling on China’s countervailing investigation. A preliminary ruling on the concurrent anti-dumping investigation was given last month and resulted in the imposition of tariffs of between 107.1% and 212.1% on Australian wine.