China said on Tuesday it will impose a 73.5-per-cent preliminary tariff on imports of Canadian pea starch from July 1, as part of temporary anti-dumping measures.

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The [Chinese] Ministry of Commerce said its investigation had found that Canadian pea starch was being “dumped” in China, causing “material injury to the domestic industry.”

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Tuesday’s decision shows that trade tensions remain despite an improvement in relations since January, when Prime Minister Mark Carney visited Beijing and reached an initial agreement to sharply lower tariff rates on Canadian canola imports and to suspend duties on some Canadian agricultural products, including a 100-per-cent levy on Canadian peas.

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