Pursuant to the provisions of the Anti-Subsidy Regulations of the People's Republic of China, on August 21, 2024, the Ministry of Commerce (hereinafter referred to as the investigating authority) issued Announcement No. 34 of 2024, deciding to initiate an anti-subsidy investigation into imports of certain dairy products originating from the European Union (hereinafter referred to as the subject products).

The investigating authority conducted an investigation into whether subsidies exist for the subject products and the amount of such subsidies, whether the subject products have caused injury to the domestic industry and the extent of such injury, and the causal relationship between the subsidies and the injury. Based on the investigation findings and Article 25 of the Anti-Subsidy Regulations, the investigating authority has made a preliminary determination. The relevant matters are hereby announced as follows:

I. Preliminary Determination

The investigating authority preliminarily determines that subsidies exist in the importation of the relevant dairy products originating from the EU, that the domestic industry of the relevant dairy products in China has suffered material injury, and that there is a causal relationship between the subsidies and the material injury.

Pursuant to Articles 29 and 30 of the Anti-Subsidy Regulations, the Ministry of Commerce has submitted a recommendation to the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council to impose provisional countervailing measures on imports of certain dairy products originating from the European Union. Based on the Ministry of Commerce's recommendation, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council has decided to implement provisional countervailing measures in the form of provisional countervailing duty deposits on imports of certain dairy products originating from the European Union, effective December 23, 2025.

Importers shall provide the Customs of the People's Republic of China with corresponding provisional countervailing duty deposits based on the ad valorem subsidy rates determined for each company in this preliminary ruling when importing the subject products.

The specific description of the subject products is as follows:

Scope of Investigation: Imported dairy products originating from the European Union.

Product Name: Certain dairy products.

English Name: Certain dairy products.

Product Description: The relevant dairy products specifically include fresh cheese (including whey cheese) and curd, processed cheese (whether or not grated or powdered), blue-veined cheese and other textured cheese produced with Penicillium roqueforti, other cheese not elsewhere specified, milk and cream (not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter) with a fat content exceeding 10% by weight .

Primary Use: Primarily for direct human consumption or further processing as food.

This product is classified under the Customs Tariff of the People's Republic of China: 04015000, 04061000, 04062000, 04063000, 04064000, 04069000.

The ad valorem subsidy rates for EU companies are specified in Annex 2 of this notice.