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U.S. apple exports topped $1 billion in 2018, 4% higher than 2017 and more than five times the value of U.S. apple imports.
Florida Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan met with Florida fruit and vegetable growers to reaffirm his efforts to protect them against what he described as unfair trade practices by Mexico.
By value, both U.S. imports and exports of grapes were up in 2018.
U.S. imports of strawberries have trended sharply higher in the past five years, trade data show.
(UPDATED, April 3) With dire implications for produce imports, President Trump has threatened to close the U.S.-Mexico border to stop illegal crossings escalating from Mexico.
It seems crazy that President Trump is still considering options to close the U.S.-Mexico border.
Of course, President Trump won’t close the border. But what if he did?
The Packer’s Tom Karst visited the morning of April 12 with Dante Galeazzi, president and CEO of the Texas International Produce Association, about the upcoming Viva Fresh show in San Antonio and border issues.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking comments until July 1 on a pest risk analysis that could open the door for citrus imports from China.
David and Jean Warren, founders of Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Central American Produce Inc., have died.