US EditionArkansans React to Trump's New 17% Tariff Tax on Tomatoes Imported From Mexico
UNITED STATES, JUL 17 – The 17% tariff aims to protect U.S. greenhouse tomato producers and boost local farming amid Mexico supplying about 70% of U.S. tomatoes, officials said.
- The U.S. government announced and immediately implemented a new 17% tariff on most fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico this week.
- This tariff followed the U.S. Department of Commerce's decision to terminate a decades-old Tomato Suspension Agreement with Mexico, after negotiations to avoid the tariff failed.
- The agreement had kept import prices stable since 1996, but supporters said dumping by Mexican producers undercut U.S. farmers, leading to declines in field tomato production despite growth in greenhouse tomatoes.
- Delaware farmers and local sellers, like Kayla Matthew and John Honaker, hope rising grocery prices caused by the tariff will encourage consumers to shop locally and support domestic agriculture.
- The tariff could raise tomato prices by about 10%, potentially benefiting U.S. growers but also increasing costs for consumers, as the market adjusts in the coming weeks.
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Impact of Mexican tomato tariffs in Missouri - Missourinet
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Arkansans react to Trump's new 17% tariff tax on tomatoes imported from Mexico
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansans are seeing how President Donald Trump's new 17% tariff on Mexican tomatoes is affecting people here in the Natural State. Whitney Smith from Little Rock said the import tax comes with a cost that she's not ready to pay. "I'd prefer not to go to the grocery store and see any price of food be higher,” Smith said. US imposes a 17% duty on fresh Mexican tomatoes in hopes of boosting domestic production At Me and M…
The plan of action to deal with the 17 percent tariff imposed on Mexican tomatoes contemplates looking for new markets, including Asia. "Asia could be a good opportunity; Japan and South Korea could be some new destinations," said the legal director of the Mexican Association of Protected Horticulture, Gustavo Robles. Other measures are to give added value to tomato production, through an industrialization process, and the continuity of the expo…
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elnorte.comEU to tomato tariff plan includes looking for new markets and giving greater added value to the product, according to Horticultural Association.
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