National Chicken Council comments on China duties

China’s Ministry of Commerce announced it would confirm the so-called anti-dumping duties on U.S. chicken originally imposed on a temporary basis in February. These are in addition to countervailing duties, confirmed earlier in September, to offset what China sees as subsidies to the industry.
Both sets of duties have effectively been in place since February. According to the National Chicken Council, "the U.S. poultry industry does not engage in dumping and does not receive subsidies. China’s actions followed the tariffs imposed by the U.S. on automotive tires made in China and U.S. Congressional action against the proposed export to the U.S. of cooked poultry products of Chinese origin."
From January to July 2010, the poultry trade with China was running at about 13% of its volume for the same period in 2009.
The National Chicken Council represents integrated chicken producer-processors, the companies that produce and process chickens. Member companies account for more than 95% of the chicken sold in the U.S.