European spirits makers jump after China drops provisional brandy measures
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Aug 29 (Reuters) -Shares in French spirit makers Remy Cointreau RCOP.PA and Pernod Ricard PERP.PA rallied early on Thursday after China's commerce ministry said it will not impose provisional anti-dumping measures on brandy imported from the European Union.
Shares in Remy, which jumped over 12%, were up 7% by 0851 GMT, while Pernod, which climbed as much as 12%, was up 4%.
Pernod Ricard's CEO refused to immediately comment on the decision as he hosted the company's yearly results on Thursday.
China announced in January a probe into whether EU brandy makers were selling their product in China at below-market rates, weighing on sentiment for cognac producers like Remy.
Remy makes some 70% of its sales from cognac, with China one of its largest markets for the brandy, and its most profitable.
The French cognac industry makes up almost all of China's EU brandy imports. French producers said they suspected the probe was linked to a broader trade row rather than the liquor market.
Shares in Italian spirits maker Campari CPRI.MI and Johnnie Walker whisky maker Diageo DGE.L also jumped briefly after the announcement, but were respectively up 1.8% and down 1% by 0834 GMT.
German carmakers Volkswagen VOWG_p.DE and BMW BMWG.DE, which have been under pressure on uncertainty over how China might respond to the EU's new tariffs on imported Chinese electric vehicles, rose slightly on the news.
Shares in BMW BMWG.DE, Porsche P911_p.DE and Mercedes-Benz MBGn.DE rose between 0.6%-1%.
Reporting by Alessandro Parodi and Ozan Ergenay; editing by Jason Neely and Shri Navaratnam
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