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jpak

(41,758 posts) Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:19 AM Apr 2018

China slaps 179% charge on US sorghum imports

Source: CNN

China's Commerce Ministry said Tuesday that customs officers will charge importers a fee of about 179% on US sorghum after an investigation found the shipments were unfairly subsidized and damaging Chinese producers.

Sorghum is a grain that is used to feed livestock and make a liquor that's very popular with Chinese drinkers.

China is the largest buyer of American sorghum products. Its imports of the crop were worth about $960 million last year, according to Chinese customs data.

The move is likely to stoke fears of a trade war between the United States and China. Tensions have risen sharply since the start of 2018, with both governments announcing plans to slap tariffs on major imports.

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Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/17/news/economy/china-us-sorghum-antidumping/index.html

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China slaps 179% charge on US sorghum imports (Original Post) jpak Apr 2018 OP

What states are the largest sorghum producers? AJT Apr 2018 #1

Kansas, Texas and Arkansas. Sorry, Trumpsters. Vinca Apr 2018 #2

That's gotta hurt AJT Apr 2018 #4

So.much.WINNING!!!!!!!!!! workinclasszero Apr 2018 #9

jftr - In Kansas they call it milo. nt DURHAM D Apr 2018 #18

Hey they're patriotic sorghum producers and will willfully suffer the short-term pain Zorro Apr 2018 #20

Here ya go... N_E_1 for Tennis Apr 2018 #5

Kansas, Texas...... machoneman Apr 2018 #3

So much Sorghum growing DUgosh Apr 2018 #6

Top 3 sorghum producing states: Kansas, Texas, Arkansas. nt Xipe Totec Apr 2018 #7

Ah Kansas... workinclasszero Apr 2018 #10

I have been through the sorghum capital of the world ..... in north eastern Kansas Botany Apr 2018 #14

Yup...and loads of it just outside of Wichita......... Bengus81 Apr 2018 #16

The Trump loving farmers are really screwed in much of the midwest ..... Botany Apr 2018 #19

republican family-values role-model Comrade Casino* kicks America's Heartland in the nuts Achilleaze Apr 2018 #8

China is using their tariff like a surgical missile rurallib Apr 2018 #11

it will become like the depression... Javaman Apr 2018 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Apr 2018 #23

good? Javaman Apr 2018 #26

This is very clever of them greymattermom Apr 2018 #13

Let's see how the boys in Kansas take this and especially western Kansas.... Bengus81 Apr 2018 #15

Why the hell TexasBushwhacker Apr 2018 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Apr 2018 #21

Worldwide Sorghum Stats - Year 2016 KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2018 #22

for us ignorant northerners wtf is sorghum dembotoz Apr 2018 #24

All I know of sorghum is what I learned from Harper Lee Brother Buzz Apr 2018 #25

Post removed Post removed Apr 2018 #27

AJT

(5,240 posts)

1. What states are the largest sorghum producers?

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:23 AM

Apr 2018

Vinca

(50,279 posts)

2. Kansas, Texas and Arkansas. Sorry, Trumpsters.

Reply to AJT (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:24 AM

Apr 2018

AJT

(5,240 posts)

4. That's gotta hurt

Reply to Vinca (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:27 AM

Apr 2018

Oh the price they are paying for his marmalade majesty.

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

9. So.much.WINNING!!!!!!!!!!

Reply to Vinca (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:52 AM

Apr 2018

Enjoy your damn pResident republican farmers!

DURHAM D

(32,610 posts)

18. jftr - In Kansas they call it milo. nt

Reply to Vinca (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:34 AM

Apr 2018

Zorro

(15,740 posts)

20. Hey they're patriotic sorghum producers and will willfully suffer the short-term pain

Reply to Vinca (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:45 AM

Apr 2018

The Trump administration says so, so it must be true.

N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,746 posts)

5. Here ya go...

Reply to AJT (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:28 AM

Apr 2018

http://beef2live.com/story-states-produce-sorghum-0-110074

Starts with Kansas, Arkansas, Texas and on and on. Lotsa red states.

machoneman

(4,007 posts)

3. Kansas, Texas......

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:25 AM

Apr 2018

http://www.sorghumcheckoff.com/all-about-sorghum

DUgosh

(3,056 posts)

6. So much Sorghum growing

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:40 AM

Apr 2018

Around here in South Texas the hubs may just have to go into Dairy Queen this morning to rattle the old farming farts in Maga hats.

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)

7. Top 3 sorghum producing states: Kansas, Texas, Arkansas. nt

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:44 AM

Apr 2018

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

10. Ah Kansas...

Reply to Xipe Totec (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:55 AM

Apr 2018

The fiefdom of the Koch bros.

Enjoy the republican nirvana you created with your idiot votes, deplorable farmers!

Botany

(70,522 posts)

14. I have been through the sorghum capital of the world ..... in north eastern Kansas

Reply to workinclasszero (Reply #10)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:07 AM

Apr 2018

I think the town was Seneca, KS. Good luck to the farmers there and I hope
their MAGA hats are worn proudly.

BTW I read somewhere that the cheap crap that is being imported for Ivanka's
"fashion line" is exempted from the tariffs.

Bengus81

(6,931 posts)

16. Yup...and loads of it just outside of Wichita.........

Reply to Botany (Reply #14)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:15 AM

Apr 2018

They will grow it if not growing wheat--might be a rotation crop but loads of it grown here.

Botany

(70,522 posts)

19. The Trump loving farmers are really screwed in much of the midwest .....

Reply to Bengus81 (Reply #16)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:43 AM

Apr 2018

..... they have lost the biggest market in the world in China and much of their labor
w/Trump's anti Hispanic actions.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)

8. republican family-values role-model Comrade Casino* kicks America's Heartland in the nuts

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 07:45 AM

Apr 2018

* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

rurallib

(62,426 posts)

11. China is using their tariff like a surgical missile

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:13 AM

Apr 2018

BOOM!

Javaman

(62,531 posts)

12. it will become like the depression...

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:31 AM

Apr 2018

where farmers burned their wheat fields because the crop was worthless.

Response to Javaman (Reply #12)

Mosby This message was self-deleted by its author.

Javaman

(62,531 posts)

26. good?

Reply to Mosby (Reply #23)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 10:52 PM

Apr 2018

that's a very odd sense of compassion you have there.

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)

13. This is very clever of them

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:55 AM

Apr 2018

as they use a lot of sorghum so there is a big effect, but I think it's unlikely to cause big swings in the stock market. The states that are hurt are very red states. The rest of us don't care about sorghum.

Bengus81

(6,931 posts)

15. Let's see how the boys in Kansas take this and especially western Kansas....

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:09 AM

Apr 2018

Where the dipshits voted 90+% for Trump. But hey..they got a tax cut. Expect Sen Jerry "the Moran" Moran to make a big chest pumping speech this morning on the news outlets about his buds (which keep him in his cushy job) about how horrible this is.

Keeping the ACA and health care for millions?? Eh....not that big of a deal.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,204 posts)

17. Why the hell

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:23 AM

Apr 2018

are we subsidizing crops that are primarily exported?

Response to jpak (Original post)

Mosby This message was self-deleted by its author.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)

22. Worldwide Sorghum Stats - Year 2016

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:51 AM

Apr 2018

Sorghum, production quantity: Country, (rank), tons
(listing only countries producing over 1M tons/yr.)

United States (1) 12,199,190 tons
Nigeria (2) 6,939,335
Sudan (3) 6,466,000
Mexico (4) 5,005,837
Ethiopia (5) 4,752,096
India (6) 4,410,000
Argentina (7) 3,029,330
China (8) 2,404,303
Niger (9) 1,808,263
Australia (10) 1,790,574
Burkina Faso (11) 1,742,116
Mali (12) 1,393,826
Cameroon (13) 1,339,073
Brazil (14) 1,154,456

From: http://www.factfish.com/statistic/sorghum%2C%20production%20quantity

Looks like China can go elsewhere if need be - including Mexico.

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