As has been anticipated for a few months, China is removing anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Australian wine. In response, Australia is discontinuing a WTO complaint it had brought against these duties.

Today, China's Ministry of Commerce issued a ruling in the expiry review of anti-dumping duties imposed on chemical products from Japan, South Africa, and South Korea, sustaining the duties of up to 190.4%.

News reports indicate that the Chinese government has made an "interim" decision to remove anti-dumping/countervailing duties on Australian wine, although there has been no official announcement to that effect yet.

Today, China's Ministry of Commerce published an update on the anti-dumping investigation on European brandy, indicating the companies to be sampled and the categorization of the brandy products under investigation.

According to Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell, a resolution of the WTO dispute over Chinese anti-dumping/countervailing duties on wine is still on track.

At the meeting of the WTO's Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices on October 26, 2023, for which the meeting minutes were recently circulated, Japan raised concerns about Chinese anti-dumping duties on certain chemicals, and China raised concerns about the anti-dumping practices of the EU, UK, and U.S.

Recently, China's Ministry of Commerce published a notice stating that it would begin an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures on potato starch imported from the European Union.