The Chinese Ministry of Commerce yesterday said it would extend its anti-dumping investigation into brandy originating from the EU by three months, less than the full extension allowed under its previous guidance.
The probe, which was launched on Jan. 5 and due to be completed in a year, would be extended to April 5 due to the “complexity” of the investigation, the ministry said in a brief statement, without elaborating.
The ministry previously said the probe could be extended by six months under special circumstances.
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Preliminary findings from the probe have shown dumping of EU brandy threatens to damage China’s sector, the ministry said in October as it imposed temporary measures on EU brandy imports, including French brands Hennessy and Remy Martin.
The probe was widely seen as a response to France’s support for EU tariffs on China-made electric vehicles. French President Emmanuel Macron previously called the probe “pure retaliation.”
The Chinese measures require China’s importers to pay security deposits of nearly 40 percent if they wish to import brandy from the bloc, making it more costly upfront to ship brandy from the EU.
The French Ministry of Economic Diplomacy and Foreign Trade previously called the Chinese measures “incomprehensible,” and said that they violated free trade.
Last month, the EU Commission said it had formally brought the provisional Chinese anti-dumping measures to the WTO.
French brandy shipments to China reached US$1.7 billion last year and accounted for 99 percent of the country’s imports of the spirit.
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