By Corina Pons, Emma Pinedo and Charlie Devereux
MADRID (Reuters) -China’s dumping probe into EU pork imports following duties slapped on Chinese EVs caught Spain’s pig farmers on the hop this week, but the sector has shown it is resilient and is far less vulnerable than the bloc’s car industry.
Spain supplied 22% of China’s imported pork in 2023, worth 1.2 billion euros ($1.29 billion), and stands to lose more than any of the bloc’s members from the probe into underpriced pork after the EU took aim at China’s subsidised electric vehicle imports last week.
“It was like a shock of cold water, we didn’t expect it,” said Giuseppe Aloisio, general director of the National Association of Spanish Meat Industries (ANICE).
“This is a concern because the volume is significant, but it will not bankrupt the pork sector if the Chinese end up deciding to impose tariffs,” he added.
The investigation was prompted by a complaint from the China Animal…
