September 30, 2013
China to lift duties imposed on US broiler products
China must now comply with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling in the China-US trade dispute, which states that China''s imposition of duties on US broiler products violates international trade rules.
In 2009- the year before China imposed the duties- the US exported over 613,000 tonnes of broiler meat to China. Exports fell almost 90% after the imposition of the duties.
"This decision represents a significant victory for American farmers and chicken producers and proves that the US will not stand by while our trade partners unfairly hurt US exports and US jobs," said US Trade Representative Michael Froman.
"Our poultry producers and all of our businesses and workers expect and deserve a fair, rules-based trade system. This report is a win for them," said Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker." At the Commerce Department, we work hard to ensure that the US abides by our WTO obligations and that our investigations are transparent and procedurally fair to all parties. We will continue to work across the US government to ensure that China recognises that pursuing antidumping or countervailing-duty measures that are unjustified or based on political considerations is a losing strategy."
"USDA''s long-standing partnership with the Office of the US Trade Representative has been instrumental in addressing barriers to US agricultural exports, and today''s good news marks another accomplishment on behalf of US producers," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. He added that China''s prohibitive duties caused a steep decline in exports of high quality US broiler products to China, and with today''s news from the WTO, they look forward to seeing China''s market for broilerproducts restored for US farmers and chicken producers."