Denmark is China’s biggest supplier of pork, accounting for 40% of imports in 2022.China’s Ministry of Commerce will hold a public hearing on October 31 on the anti-dumping investigation into EU pork, with envoys from Denmark among the attendees. The probe, launched in June 2024 and extended this summer targets a small number of Spanish, Danish, and Dutch firms.
In early September, China imposed initial anti-dumping duties of up to 62.4% on EU pork imports valued at over 2 billion $. Companies that cooperated with investigators received provisional rates between 15.6% and 32.7%, while all other firms were assigned 62.4%.
The hearing will cover alleged dumping practices, injury to China’s domestic industry, and causality. Participants include representatives from EU institutions and member states, Danish officials, meat industry groups from Spain, the Netherlands, and France, and the China Animal Agriculture Association, according to MOFCOM.
MOFCOM said the session was called at the request of a joint application by the European Commission and France’s pork industry association INAPORC, and participants must follow a set speaking order and maintain confidentiality. Spanish media have reported that EU pork producers, like those in Denmark, face difficult market conditions as duties take effect.
China is one of the largest importers of Danish pork.