EU puts anti-dumping duty on mandarins from China

The decision to re-impose a duty on prepared or preserved manadrin products such as tangerines, satsumas and clementines was agreed Tuesday by EU ministers. The duty will vary from 361.4 euros a tonne to 531.2 euros and will remain in force until the end of the year.

The main EU producer, Copa-Cogeca, welcomed the move while regretting it was not applied retroactively to the start of the season, in November-December 2012.

“These imports do not have to respect the same costly rules and obligations and food safety standards as those applied in the EU — there are huge production and labour cost differentials,” said its secretary-general Pekka Pesonen.

He said in a statement that production costs in the EU reach 11-12 euros a kilo (FOB) while comparable Chinese production costs total 6.30 euros.

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