Most Spanish firms are now subject to a relatively moderate tariff of 9.8 per cent. Spain's Litera Meat got the lowest rate, at only 4.9 per cent - an outcome the company described as "very positive".
Giuseppe Aloisio, head of Spanish industry group Anice, said he expected talks to continue, as the duties would hurt company margins.
In France, Anne Richard, director of pork industry association Inaporc, said: "There's a sense of relief as all our abattoirs that export have been recognised as cooperating and have been granted a rate of 9.8 per cent."
"Having said that, we can't exactly rejoice at the prospect of a tax."
Morten Boje Hviid, the CEO of Denmark's Agriculture and Food Council, said the final tariffs were still high and created unequal competitive conditions, generating price pressures within the EU.
China's approach was "dividing European economic policy," said Nemesio Sanchez, an international trade consultant specialising in Iberico p ork.
Home to half the world's pigs, China's massive hog sector is grappling with a supply glut amid weak consumer demand. Chinese pork prices have been falling throughout 2025 and are expected to continue their decline.
Even at the lower rate, the duties could slightly ease food price deflation by raising imported pork prices.
"That will benefit Chinese pig farming companies which have reckoned with low prices for pork all year," said Even Rogers Pay, a director at Beijing-based consultancy Trivium China.
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