US EditionNew Tariffs Start Today, Including a 21% Tax on Tomatoes
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO, JUL 14 – The U.S. ended a nearly 30-year trade pact to protect domestic growers from low-priced Mexican tomatoes, imposing a 21% tariff that may raise consumer prices by about 10%, experts say.
- The United States imposed new tariffs today, including a nearly 21% tax on fresh Mexican tomatoes, ending a long-standing trade agreement.
- This action follows the Commerce Department's April withdrawal from a 2019 deal addressing alleged dumping of low-priced Mexican tomatoes into the U.S. market.
- Mexico supplies about 70% of the U.S. tomato market with roughly 4 billion pounds annually, and the tariffs aim to support domestic growers amid concerns of unfair pricing practices.
- U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick stated that farmers have long suffered from trade practices that negatively impact prices, while the USDA forecasts that the new tariffs will likely decrease imports and cause tomato prices to increase by roughly 10%.
- The tariffs could increase consumer costs, strain some businesses, and provoke retaliatory measures from Mexico, potentially affecting broader U.S. markets and employment tied to the tomato trade.
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Tomato tariff takes effect, threatening Mexican exports and jobs
A 20.91% tariff on most fresh tomato imports from Mexico to the United States was expected to go into effect on Monday as the decades-old Tomato Suspension Agreement (TSA) comes to an end. The TSA had allowed Mexican producers to export tomatoes to the U.S. without paying antidumping duties. Dumping is the practice of selling cheap exports into a foreign market to undercut homegrown products. Mexican imports were exempt from a 20.91% tariff (“…
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Tariff Tensions: The Growing Divide Over Mexican Tomatoes
The US government has announced a 17% duty on most fresh Mexican tomatoes after negotiations to avoid the tariff failed. This move aims to bolster the US tomato industry but may increase prices for consumers. The decision follows the withdrawal from a 2019 agreement intended to regulate tomato trade.
Mexico City, 14 Jul (EFE).- Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard pointed out that as of Monday a 17 % tariff will have to be paid to the United States for the export of tomato, although he stressed that they are negotiating with authorities in that country to reverse this and other charges. “Meanwhile you have to pay it (the tariff). But because we will have to fight for another agreement to be reached,” the official said in an interview for Radio F…
The new tariff is 21% after the plan to reverse the Tomato Suspension Agreement in force since 1996 that favored Mexican exports
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