China will not increase the tariff-rate quotas on corn, wheat and rice under the phase-one trade deal, according to Han Jun, a vice minister of agriculture, as quoted by Caixin media.
The TRQ is available to global markets and "we won't adjust it for one country,” Han said. Reuters reported there was no comment from the Chinese Ag Ministry on the matter.
China has previously set the TRQs at 9.64 million metric tons of wheat, 7.2 million metric tons of corn and 5.32 mmt of rice.
U.S. trade officials have been pressing China to fulfill the TRQs, but contacts indicate no increase was expected.
The U.S. challenged China’s operation of the TRQs at the WTO and won the case, and China said they would comply with the WTO ruling.
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