[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]China initiates anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations involving US exports of distiller’s dried grains[/title][fusion_text]Thursday, January 14th 2016
Ethanol producers and the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) say they are disappointed that China has initiated anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations involving U.S. exports of distiller’s dried grains (DDGS) to the Asian nation. Some DDGS producers in China are asking for import duties, alleging that U.S. product was sold in China below the cost of production, hurting their business. The Ministry of Commerce also claims that U.S. DDGS are supported by as many as 42 subsidy programs, according to wire reports. Nutrient rich distiller’s dried grains with solubles are a co-product of dry-milled ethanol production. On its website, USGC says more than 200 U.S. ethanol plants – mostly in the Corn Belt – can produce more than 14 billion gallons of ethanol and 30 million tons of DDGS a year. DDGS exports have exploded from 1 million tons in 2006 to more than 11 million tons to more than 45 countries in 2014. China received the bulk of DDGS exports that year, accounting for 52 percent of the export market, followed by Mexico (12 percent) and Korea, Vietnam and Japan each with 4 percent.
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