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The Office of U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has scheduled hearings for growers to talk about concerns of unfair competition with Mexican products.

President Trump has signed into law a bill that adds agricultural inspectors and canine teams at border entry points to examine food imports.

Check out leading U.S. fresh produce imports for the last five years and longer-term charts of U.S. berry and avocado imports.

U.S. fresh produce imports are exceeding expectations.

Holistic Solutions Global, a grower and distributor of Dominican Republic tropical fruit, will be using shelf life extension products from Hazel Technologies on mangoes and other fruit.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is conducting a tomato brown rugose fruit virus survey of tomato greenhouses and has restricted imports to crack down on the virus.

Awe Sum Organics, Santa Cruz, Calif., is starting its new crop of Southern Hemisphere apples.

Vision Import Group, Hackensack, N.J., has hired Alberto Obregon as director of global procurement.

Produce importer Jac. Vandenberg, Yonkers, N.Y., is replacing citrus bag plastic netting with a compostable netting made from beech tree pulp.

With travel bans due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, on-site audits have been disrupted, and the United Fresh Produce Association has a web seminar to answer importers’ questions.