China drops tariffs on animal feed from Asian countries as U.S. dispute escalates

中美貿易戰(zhàn)升級：中國降低對亞洲國家動物飼料的進口關稅！

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will remove import tariffs on animal feed ingredients including soybeans, soy meal and rapeseed from five Asian countries, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday, a sign Beijing is seeking alternative supplies of the commodities as a trade dispute escalates with the United States.

路透社北京報道，中國財政部于星期二表示，中國將取消對五個亞洲國家的大豆、豆粕和菜籽等動物飼料原料的進口關稅。這標志著隨著貿易爭端的升級，中國正在尋求替代供應品。

China will drop tariffs on soybeans, soymeal, soybean cake, rapeseed and fishmeal originating from Bangladesh, India, Laos, South Korea and Sri Lanka from July 1, the ministry said.

從7月1日起，中國將降低孟加拉國、印度、老撾、韓國和斯里蘭卡的大豆、豆粕、油菜籽進口關稅。

Tariffs on soybeans are currently at 3 percent, rapeseed at 9 percent, soybean meal and cake at 5 percent and are 2 percent on fishmeal.

目前，中國的大豆進口關稅為3%，油菜籽進口關稅為9%，豆粕豆餅進口關稅為5%，魚粉進口關稅為2%。

Even though the government had planned the tariff cuts since March, the cuts indicate that China is taking steps to reduce its dependence on U.S. soybeans amid the mounting trade dispute between the two countries. Soybeans are China's biggest agricultural import from the United States by value.

中國自3月份以來就有計劃削減這項關稅。削減關稅表明，隨著兩國貿易爭端的不斷升級，中國正在采取措施減少對美國大豆的依賴。按價值算，大豆是中國從美國進口最多的農產品。

"It demonstrates the government's attitude that we will import from other countries. The market will understand from this that it's a signal," said Monica Tu, analyst at Shanghai JC Intelligence Co Ltd.

上海匯易咨詢股份有限公司的分析師Monica Tu表示，“這說明了中國政府的態(tài)度，他們將從其他國家進口。這件事將讓市場了解到這是一個信號。”

Apart from India, the countries included are relatively small soybean producers. None of them exported any of the oilseed to China in 2017.

除了印度之外，其他四個國家都是比較小的大豆生產國。在2017年，他們都沒有向中國出口過油料。

India grew 11 million tonnes of beans in the 2016/17 marketing year, but only exported 269,000 tonnes, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

根據(jù)美國農業(yè)部的數(shù)據(jù)，印度在2016-17銷售年度中，大豆產量增長了1100萬噸，但是僅僅出口了26.9萬噸。

However, the country exported just over 2 million tonnes of soymeal globally.

但是，印度向全世界出口了超過200萬噸的豆粕。

India produced 7 million tonnes of rapeseed that year too, but did not export any of the crop.

2016-2017銷售年度，印度的油菜籽產量也達到了700萬噸，但均沒有對外出口。

China agreed to drop the tariffs on more than 2,000 items as part of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement signed in Thailand in January 2017. The finance ministry said in March this year it would introduce the tariff cuts from July 1.

2017年1月，中國在泰國簽署《亞太貿易協(xié)定》的部分文件，同意取消對2000多項產品的關稅。中國財政部于今年3月表示，將從7月1日起開始降低關稅。

Still, the move occurs less than two weeks after Beijing said it would impose additional 25 percent tariffs on 659 U.S. goods worth $50 billion, including soybeans, as a prolonged trade spat between the world's top two economies grows.

而且，在這兩個世界主要經濟體的貿易爭端延續(xù)之際，距此不到兩個星期之前，中國宣布將對包括大豆在內的659項美國產品征收25%的附加關稅。

The extra penalties were in retaliation for Washington's decision to levy tariffs on Chinese goods and have raised concerns that they will inflate costs and cut supplies of ingredients used in animal feed for the nation's vast livestock sector.

這個額外的懲罰措施是為了反擊美國對中國產品征收關稅的決定，也是擔心美國將抬高價格并削減飼料原料的供應，從而影響到中國龐大的畜牧產業(yè)。

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