Imports and Exports
Businesses are trying to determine how much of an impact grower-shippers, retailers or third parties will absorb, says one commodity manager. However, a tariff could boost California citrus.
The state’s ascent to the world’s fourth-largest economy is powered in no small part by its $59 billion agriculture sector, which dominates national production and global exports of key commodities.
Anthony Serafino, president of Exp Group, shared with The Packer about how his family’s business is navigating trade turbulence, as well as potential effects in the future.
Growers are grappling with a second consecutive year of waning demand and no home for their grapes. The issue is complex with non-tariff trade barriers hitting the wine industry especially hard and a flood of imports that are creating cheap wine with which U.S. grape growers can’t compete.
Dante Galeazzi, president and CEO of the Texas International Produce Association, shares what consumers might see in the fresh produce department.
International Fresh Produce Association CEO Cathy Burns and USApple President and CEO Jim Bair highlight the importance of export markets to the fresh produce industry.
Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada’s report on the impact of U.S. tariffs urges quick government action to support the trade-exposed sector.
Damage from Hurricane Milton hit an industry suffering from the devastating citrus greening disease.
Since 2011, the value of U.S. organic imports has continued to grow, bolstered by high-value produce such as blueberries.
Thanks to maturing orchards and expanded production, the country seeks to increase its market share by exporting more than 130 million pounds to the U.S. during its spring and summer season.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that his proposed 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods will go into effect on March 4 and threatened an extra 10% duty on Chinese imports.
“While we appreciate the border security issues apparently motivating the Trump administration, rival growers of specialty crops outside of the U.S. will move quickly to seize the new business opportunities created by these tariffs to sell into the Canadian, Mexican and Chinese marketplaces,” said Western Growers’ President and CEO Dave Puglia.
Imposing tariffs would lead to “inflation in the supermarket,” says the president of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas.
President-elect Donald Trump has talked about increasing tariffs on foreign goods, arguing that such import taxes would keep manufacturing jobs in the U.S., shrink the federal deficit and help lower food prices.
In 2023, shipments to the U.S. accounted for nearly 48% of Chilean shipments of fresh grapes.
USDA statistics reveal that U.S. fresh garlic imports jumped 33% in the 12 months from June 2023 to May 2024.
U.S. specialty crop exports to China have slid in the past six years, hurt by retaliatory tariffs, improved Chinese output and free trade agreements with other trading partners.
President Donald Trump remains in U.S. farmers’ good graces, according to the latest Farm Journal Pulse survey.
The Biden administration is calling on Congress to provide additional resources overseas to “ensure Ukraine’s democracy prevails over Putin’s aggression,” including $500 million dedicated to domestic ag production.
The price surge comes as Europe announced a ban on Russian diesel fuel and G7 countries vowed to price-cap Russian oil products.
Would repealing the Jones Act have an economic effect on agriculture? John Phipps explains why repealing the act would be minimally beneficial for some industries, but have a major impact on others in the U.S.
The value of U.S. fresh avocado imports from Mexico from October 2023 through September 2024 was up 23% from the previous season.
The USDA and the U.S. trade representative’s office are accepting applications for new members to serve on agricultural trade advisory committees.
From July 2023 through June 2024, the value of U.S. fresh exports rose for apples, berries, oranges, while dropping for potatoes and lettuce, according to the USDA.
The Giumarra Cos., Los Angeles, is expanding its line of Mystic brand grapes to include grapes from Mexico.
Check out leading U.S. fresh produce imports for the last five years and longer-term charts of U.S. berry and avocado imports.
Terra Exports, Las Vegas, hired Laura Paternostro as chief financial officer.
U.S. fresh oranges and tangerines showed the best year-over-year growth of any major fresh commodity in export sales in the year from May 2019 through April this year.
Blythe, Calif.-based Fisher Ranch has expanded melon exports by extending the commodity’s storage window with the use of SmartFresh.
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement became effective July 1, but it brings no sweeping changes to North American produce companies who have operated with the NAFTA for more than two decades.