Move follows US Grains Council request for commerce ministry to terminate tariffs on the animal feed ingredient
A process operator holds a handful of dried distillers grains, a protein animal feed that can be fed to livestock, at the GreenField Ethanol plant in Chatham, Ontario, Canada April 10, 2008. File photo: REUTERS/MARK BLINCH
The document — dated April 8 and issued to member companies — said the US Grains Council had asked the commerce ministry to terminate its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on American DDGS. DDGS are a byproduct of ethanol production and have become a key contributor to profits for makers of the biofuel. After the tariffs were implemented in 2016, imports by China fell sharply.
The US industry request comes amid trade talks between Beijing and Washington as both sides try to secure a pact to end a tit-for-tat tariff battle that has roiled global markets.China set anti-dumping duties of 42.2% to 53.7% on US DDGS in January 2017, up from 33.8% in preliminary duties implemented in September 2016. Anti-subsidy tariffs range from 11.2% to 12%.
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