Australia's trade minister says he had little choice after China earlier this year imposed five years of anti dumping and anti subsidy duties totaling about 80% on the nation's barley.

China is the Australian barley growers.

Largest market on the tariff is effectively stopped a billion dollar trade in its tracks.

The formal approach marks the first defensive action from Australia in response to a number of China's sanctions on a range of goods this year.

W t o dispute resolution processes are not perfect.

They take longer than would be ideal.

But ultimately it is the right avenue for Australia to take.

At this point in time, we, along with many other countries, used these processes in the right northerly way on.

Australian industry should see this is being about Australia defending the values, operation and interests of Australian producers about doing so in a calm, methodical and careful manner.

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Australia's appealed to the World Trade Organization comes just one day after Chinese state controlled media reported new restrictions on imports of Australian coal.

China's Foreign Ministry says Australia must take its concerns seriously.

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What I want to stress is that the Australian government should take China's concerns seriously on take concrete measures to correct it's discriminatory actions against Chinese companies.