China's top beverages body says producers need Australian barley back

"The national supply of barley cannot meet the domestic demand," the application, which was published on the Commerce Ministry's website late on Friday, said. CADA's application and the fact Beijing allowed it to be made public bolsters the likelihood that the Commerce Ministry's review will find in favour of lifting the tariffs imposed in 2020. CADA is the same body that initiated China's anti-dumping investigation into Australian wine, which also resulted in steep tariffs. Scott Waldron, an agricultural economist at the University of Queensland, said while China could accept the CADA recommendation on the pretext that industry conditions had changed,…