Mexico City – Mexico Says Tariffs Will Send Tomato Prices Soaring In US

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    A farmworker walks on top of a truckload of tomatoes.Mexico City – Mexico’s Economy Department says U.S. consumers could pay 38% to 70% more for tomatoes after the U.S. Commerce Department announced it would re-impose anti-dumping duties on Mexican imports.

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    The Mexican agency says the country exports about $2 billion in tomatoes to the United States and supplies about half the tomatoes the U.S. consumes annually.

    It said Tuesday that many small- and medium-sized Mexican tomato exporters won’t be able to pay the deposits required to export.

    The deposits required to comply with the 17.5% tariff would amount to about $350 million, money that many Mexican producers don’t have.

    In March the Commerce Department announced it was ending a 2013 suspension agreement in which Mexican growers promised to sell at fair prices, and that it would reinstate the 1996 tariffs.


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    MrSmith
    MrSmith
    4 years ago

    Will have to eat cucumbers

    4 years ago

    I think pepper will work.

    triumphinwhitehouse
    triumphinwhitehouse
    4 years ago

    prices soaring but ecoli falling as Mexicans are known to deficate on farm produce.

    4 years ago

    Oy vey! Fish on Shabbos without tomato dip? Major tzoroh! That’s golus.

    puppydogs
    puppydogs
    4 years ago

    Mexico can keep their illegals and their tomatoes

    BLONDI
    BLONDI
    4 years ago

    hmmm. will have to buy tomatoes from California. same like with avocado

    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    4 years ago

    I like Mexico & Mexicans. I like tomatoes too.