The price of salads will increase more than 11.54 percent in the United States if they charge a Mexican red tomato exports tariff, the National Agricultural Council (CNA) warned.
“If the quota (of red tomato tariff) imposed, American consumers would face an immediate price increase, estimated at 11.54 percent, directly impacting basic products such as salads, salads and Catsup,” said the agency led by Jorge Esteve Recolons.
The United States Department of Commerce announced the imposition of a compensatory fee of 20.91 percent to the Mexican tomato.
“This measure is not yet definitive and is subject to review in a 90 -day process that will end in mid -July,” he recalled.
The CNA said that “President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, as well as the Secretary of Agriculture, Julio Berdegué, and the Secretary of Economy, Marcelo Ebrard, in her firm defense of the interests of the Mexican agri -food sector before this possible unjustified measure.”
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“Today Mexico supplies 90 percent of the tomato imported by the United States,” recalled the entity that groups Mexican agricultural producers.
Jitomate is a highly perishable, strategic and difficult product to replace, he said.
The agro -export chain of the Mexican tomato involves more than 33 thousand producers, 85 packers, and 170 importers in the United States, which generates more than 57 thousand jobs in that country.
Mexican entrepreneurs generate an economic production of 9,200 million dollars of red tomato and provide fiscal collection of 1,500 million dollars, according to USDA figures.
The CNA called to preserve certainty, trade based on clear rules and agri -food integration of North America.
“We reiterate our confidence that, during this 90 -day review period, the Government of Mexico will achieve, through institutional dialogue, a solution that avoids affectations to the consumers of the United States and protect regional competitiveness,” he concluded.
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