USA INCREASES TO 25% ADDITIONAL DUTIES ON CHINESE MEAT EXPORTS
May 1st, 2019
THE US government has raised its existing 10% additional duties on imports of meat and livestock sector products from China to 25% from today (May 10), citing a lack of progress on ongoing trade talks between the world’s two largest national economies.
These duties will be imposed on Chinese exports to the USA of frozen pigmeat, including cuts; fresh or chilled beef offal; rabbit and hare meat (frozen, fresh and chilled); deer offal (fresh, chilled or frozen); bovine semen; as well as mixed feed or mixed feed ingredients for livestock.
The USA imported ...
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