According to industry and trade data, Australian wine manufacturers have shipped millions of bottles of wine to Hong Kong, and betting on China will soon cancel tariffs on Australian wines.
According to Reuters, with the improvement of the relationship between China and Australia, China began re -evaluating the tax tariffs levied last year. Australian officials and the industry predict that this will allow China's official to cancel tariffs next monthEssence
China was the largest wine export market in Australia before the outbreak of the crown disease.In the 12 months of January 2020, the export value reached 1.2 billion A $ 1.055 billion).
Australia launched an investigation on the origin of coronary virus in 2020, triggering Beijing to introduce a series of trade measures to counterattack, including punitive tariffs on wine imported by Australia, reuniting the Australian economy that depends on exports.
William Dong, Chief Executive Officer of DMG Fine Wine, one of the Australian manufacturers in Hong Kong, said that DMG usually sells one or two container wines in Hong Kong each year (about 1200 bottles of a box), but nowThere are 10 containers in Hong Kong.
He said that most wines are specially used in the Chinese market. "We hope that China's door will open and everything will go in ... we are preparing all this."
Trade data shows that Australian wine manufacturers exported nearly 2.5 million liters of wine to Hong Kong last December for $ 65.5 million (S $ 88.18 million), which is about 685,000 liters per month in recent years.The highest level since.
Hong Kong usually ships a trade transit station that ships to mainland China, and does not impose tariffs on Australian wine.
China launched a review of anti -dumping tariff measures for imported wines imported by Australia at the end of November last year.The Australian Minister of Trade Farrell said on the 17th of the following month, "I am very confident that we will get an ideal result from the Chinese official at the beginning of the new year: China will lift the ban on Australian alcohol."
LawRael said on Tuesday (February 13) that when he would meet with Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao at the World Trade Organization Conference held at Abu Dhabi this month, he would seek China to lift China to Australian wine, lobster and meat, etc.Export restrictions on goods.
Yang Heng, a Chinese writer, who was accused of spy in China, was sentenced to execution of the death penalty of death by the Beijing Court on February 5th.Australian Foreign Minister Huang Yingxian warned on Thursday that the Chinese government's gentle judgment on Yang Hengjun will hinder the improvement of Australian -China relations and exacerbate the distrust of the Australian public in Beijing.
Some analysts believe that Yang Hengjun incident will become a new conflict point between China Australia, adding new variables to China -Australia relations.
