China to levy anti-dumping duties on US chicken

China said on Friday it would impose preliminary anti-dumping duties of up to 105 percent on broiler chicken imports from the United States.

On its website, the Ministry of Commerce said the US side had dumped broiler chickens in China, the largest importer of US chicken products, which had hurt local producers.

US exporters Tyson Foods and Pilgrim's Pride Corp will be levied duties of 43.1 and 80.5 percent respectively. Firms that did not respond to the Chinese investigation would be levied duty of 105.4 percent. The ruling will come into effect on Feb 13.