A Chinese inquiry into claims of product dumping by Australian bottled wine exporters will be answered on its merits, according to a wine industry peak body.
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Australian Grape and Wine represents some of the nation's winemakers and winegrape growers, including some of the exporters named in a complaint about export practices.
The complaint says those practises include gaining an advantage over domestic Chinese winemakers by 'dumping' wine exporters at low cost into the market and government subsidies to support the industry.
AGW CEO Tony Battaglene said a case had been raised by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and it would be addressed on a technical level.
He said around 40 per cent of Australian wine was exported to China and is valued at around $1.1 billion as of December 2019.
"We will address this on face value and on its merits, but I think we can demonstrate there's no case," Mr Battaglene said.
Mr Battaglene said anti-dumping cases were legal process that was available to all countries.
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He said companies identified would need to be registered by September 7 before detailed information would be requested from each exporter.
If China identifies damages, one of the outcomes could be higher tariffs on Australian wine exports to China. Under the terms of the current free trade deal there are no tariffs on Australian wine.
Mr Battaglene said the industry's 'nervousness' stemmed from the fact the any new tariffs could make things a little harder for exporters, or close the market to exports completely.
While 10 exporters have been identified, Mr Battaglene said any impact would be felt across the industry.
However, he said AGW would be doing all they could to find the best outcome for the Australian wine industry.