China investigating US for dumping distillers' grains

In China, the national government has launched a probe into potential dumping of US-grown dried distillers grains (DDGS) after imports from the US soared to 3.1 million tonnes in 2010, up from 650,000 tonnes in 2009 and less than 10,000 tonnes in 2008.

The overall trade in DDGs has risen to more than $600 million, according to the China National Grain & Oil Information Center in a statement to the Wall Street Journal. Chinese demand for distiller’s grains has been growing as a result of high per capita meat consumption and a move towards industrialized hog production.

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