Canola producers say they're not surprised about China's latest move in its ongoing trade war with Canada.

"Everybody was kind of expecting this day to come. It was just a matter of when and what level the tariffs were going to be applied at," said Bill Prybylski, president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan.

On Tuesday, China's Ministry of Commerce announced a 75.8 per cent preliminary duty on Canadian canola seed after an anti-dumping investigation it began last year.

China claims the "dumping" of Canadian canola into the Chinese market is hurting its domestic canola oil market.

The investigation — and the 100 per cent tariff levied on Canadian canola oil and meal in March were launched in response to Canada's 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles

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