China has revised plans to use import duties of as much as 42.7% on EU dairy exporters, trade our bodies say.
In December 2025, China introduced it could levy a few of Europe’s largest dairy exporters further duties of between 21.9% and 42.7% after an anti-subsidy investigation discovered sure EU imports have been distorting competitors in its home dairy market.
However the highest charge has now been slashed to 11.7% and can apply to most EU dairy exporters, whereas 51 firms are going through a decrease charge of 9.5%.
Primarily based on paperwork seen by us, firms resembling Arla Meals and Lactalis Worldwide are going through the 9.5% levy.
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Final 12 months, China imposed momentary tariffs on EU cheese and excessive‑fats cream imports as a part of an anti-subsidy investigation launched after home producers claimed EU dairy was unfairly undercutting native costs.
Three main exporter teams and their associates – France’s Elvir; FrieslandCampina Nederland B.V. and FrieslandCampina Belgium N.V.; and Sterilgarda Alimenti S.p.A. and their associates – confronted the steepest tariffs of between 21.9% and 42.7%.
Different firms that co-operated with the Chinese language investigation – resembling Bel, Lactalis and Arla – confronted further tariffs of 28.6%.
The transfer adopted related probes into EU pork and brandy, that are extensively seen as China’s retaliation in opposition to the EU’s tariffs on Chinese language electrical autos.
However China and the bloc have de-escalated its commerce spat in current months, with the EU releasing a steering doc outlining minimal import costs amongst different proposed measures, and China agreeing to decrease the duties on EU pork from 15.6% to 62.4% to as much as 19.8% in its closing ruling.
China’s investigation was set to run to February 21, 2026. The ultimate ruling on dairy is but to be formally printed.
