China Hits U.S. Sorghum with Hefty Preliminary Antidumping Duties

Sorghum shipments to China will be subject to a preliminary antidumping duty of 178.6 percent, effective April 18, according to an announcement from China's Ministry of Commerce.The agency announced the "temporary antidumping measure" after launching a anti-subsidy and antidumping investigations February 4. The preliminary duty announced by China meets its WTO commitments and is line with WTO rules, a Commerce Ministry statement said, noting the preliminary results of the investigation determined China's sorghum industry was "substantially damaged" by the imports of U.S. sorghum."China is willing to expand cooperation with the United States to narrow differences in the trade field and jointly safeguard the overall situation of Sino-US economic and trade cooperation," the ministry said. Preliminary results of the anti-subsidy investigation are yet to be released and there is no timeline for that to happen or a final determination on the antidumping situation.