China imposes duty on chicken

Investigation shows the US subsidizes feed to its poultry

BEIJING - China will impose an anti-dumping duty as high as 105.4 percent on US broiler chicken products, effective from Sept 27, the Ministry of Commerce said on Sunday.

China found that the US industry dumped such products on the Chinese market, hurting domestic production, the ministry said. The tax rate will be 50.3 percent to 53.4 percent for those US producers who cooperated with the investigation and 105.4 percent for those who didn't, it said.