The announcement that Beijing will impose a 33.8 percent antidumping duty on imports of DDGS from the U.S. was not a surprise, although there is also another impending factor that would likely push the penalty over 50 percent. DDGS Duties and Others The announcement that Beijing will impose a 33.8 percent antidumping duty on imports of DDGS from the U.S. was not a surprise, although there is also an impending countervailing duty determination against the feed ingredient that would likely push the penalty over 50 percent. Some speculate the punitive duty was retaliation for Washington’s decision last week to file a WTO dispute settlement challenge to China’s subsidies for corn, rice and wheat production. According to some, the latter was i...

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