Importation of Mexican fresh tomatoes to remain duty-free
MCALLEN, RGV – Border trade groups and growers are celebrating a new deal on the importation of tomatoes from Mexico.
The U.S. Department of Commerce and tomato growers in Mexico reached a deal that will ensure that the import of Mexican fresh tomatoes into the U.S. remains duty-free.
Border Trade Alliance President Ms. Britton Clarke released this statement:
“The Border Trade Alliance applauds the Commerce Department and tomato growers in Mexico for their diligent work over the last several months to preserve the duty-free construct that has defined U.S-Mexico trade for decades.
“As we and our colleagues in the trade community have made clear, imposing duties on fresh tomato imports would not only have hurt U.S. consumers in the pocketbook, but it would have run completely counter to the spirit of binational cooperation imbued in NAFTA and now the USMCA, and would have severely complicated the new agreement’s fate on Capitol Hill.
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