SYDNEY: Australia’s largest bulk grain exporter, CBH Group, has been cleared to resume barley shipments to China, the Australian government said on Wednesday, days after China removed steep anti-dumping tariffs on Australian barley imports.
China suspended barley imports from CBH Grain, a subsidiary of CBH Group, in late 2020 after allegedly finding quarantine pests in cargoes.
The suspension came during a low point in relations, when China restricted a range of Australian imports including barley, wine, coal and lobsters.
CBH Grain and Emerald Grain Australia will be able to resume barley trade with China immediately after it re-registered the two exporters, the Australian trade and agriculture ministers said in a joint release on Wednesday.
“The reinstatement of these two exporters is the result of ongoing technical discussions between our two countries … This is another positive step towards the stabilisation of our relationship with China,” they said.
Australia welcomes end of Chinese barley tariffs
China’s on Saturday ended anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on Australian barley, roughly three years after the 80.5% duties first cut off what was once as much as a A$1.5 billion annual trade and led Canberra to file a case at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
CBH Group was Australia’s largest bulk grain exporter in the 2022 financial year according to government report last year.
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