China says that it's planning to enact tariffs as high as 19.8% on pork imported from the European Union, following a months-long anti-dumping probe.

Starting December 17, China's tariff rates on EU pork will range between 4.9% and 19.8%, depending on the company, and last for five years, the Associated Press reports. China first opened its investigation in June 2024, alleging that the trading bloc had been flooding the Chinese market with pork and pig byproducts priced well below local market rates. China initially imposed preliminary anti-dumping duties in September 2025, which ranged between 15.6% and 32.7% for companies that cooperated with the probe, and went as high as 62.4% for those that didn't.

The EU is the largest pork exporter in the world, and sells 13% of its production overseas, CNBC reports. China is the EU's largest buyer of pork, taking in roughly €2.4 billion ($2.8 billion) worth of the product from the bloc in both 2023 and 2024.

China's new levies add fresh strain to its relations with Europe, which imposed tariffs as high as 45% on Chinese EVs in October 2024. Beijing has repeatedly criticized the EV duties as protectionist, and has frequently been willing to retaliate with trade remedies of its own, including anti-dumping tariffs announced in 2024 against European brandies.