Canada
August 12, 2025

The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) and Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA) are deeply disappointed with today’s preliminary ruling by China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) as part of its anti-dumping investigation into Canadian canola seed imports.  In its ruling, MOFCOM announced the imposition of a 75.8% duty, collected in the form of a deposit, on all Canadian canola seed shipments as of August 14, 2025.

Since the beginning of China’s anti-dumping investigation in September 2024, the Canadian canola industry has been consistent in its position that Canada’s canola trade with China is aligned with and supports rules-based trade, fair market access and competitiveness of Canadian canola in the Chinese market. China is a highly valued market and the Canadian canola industry has and will continue to work hard to meet Chinese customer and food security needs.

“With this preliminary determination of dumping for canola seed together with the existing 100% anti-discrimination tariffs on canola meal and oil, the Chinese market is effectively closed to the Canadian canola industry,” says Chris Davison, President and CEO of the Canola Council of Canada. China is Canada’s second largest market for canola and canola products with exports to China valued at $4.9 billion in 2024.

Today’s ruling by MOFCOM is timed for impact as farmers who planted canola in 2025 are preparing for harvest in a few weeks time. “This tariff will have an immediate and substantive impact on farmers’ marketing opportunities for the 2025 canola crop,” says Rick White, President & CEO of CCGA. “Canadian farmers are globally competitive and if a solution is not found swiftly, the impact will be quickly felt on our farms and in our rural communities.”

The preliminary determination and its associated duty create significant additional uncertainty and volatility in the global marketplace. Exports to China of canola and canola products provide an important demand signal for the Canadian canola industry. The absence of this signal will have significant and widespread impacts across the canola value chain.

Both CCC and CCGA are continuing all efforts to resolve this issue for Canadian canola farmers and the broader value chain. The CCC and CCGA are calling for immediate support from the federal government as the industry navigates this unprecedented market closure.

With an economic impact of $43.7 billion annually, the Canadian canola industry is an economic engine for the Canadian economy, supporting over 200,000 jobs across the country and accounting for over $16 billion in wages.

 

Website: http://www.canola-council.org

Published: August 12, 2025