U.S. maintains tariffs on Chinese honey  

美贸易重锤对准中国“蜜蜂”对华产蜂蜜续征重税

如果酿蜜是一份工作的话，一些中国的蜜蜂恐怕要“失业”了——美国政府的一只贸易重锤今天砸向了中国产的蜂蜜。美国国际贸易委员会19日作出日落复审裁定，继续维持对从中国进口的蜂蜜征收巨额反倾销税。

Washington (CNS) -- The U.S. International Trade Commission determined on Monday that revoking the existing antidumping duty order on honey from China "would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time."

The action comes under the five-year (sunset) review process which, in accordance with the WTO, requires review no later than five years after an antidumping or countervailing duty order is issued.

As a result of the determination, the existing antidumping tariffs on honey from China will be maintained.

The U.S. government has slapped tariffs varying from 25.88 percent to 183.8 percent on Chinese honey exports since December 2001. This is the second five-year review.

About 60 percent of the honey consumed in the U.S., the largest consumer in the world, is imported, according to reports. China, the main honey exporter to the U.S., was first investigated in an antidumping suit in 1994.