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Diving Briefs:
- According to a press release on July 14, the United States imposes 17.09%of import tariffs on tomatoes in Mexico in Mexico, and Mexico imposes 17.09%import tariffs on tomatoes in Mexico, according to the press release.
- The obligation is calculated to reflect the proportion of Mexico’s tomatoes at an unfair price in the United States, the department said.
- “Mexico is one of our greatest allies, but has been destroyed by unfair trade practices that lower prices for agricultural products such as tomatoes for too long,” Mexico said.
Dive Insights:
According to Texas A & M Agrilife Research’s April 2025 economic impact analysis, the response to a new tariff on Mexico’s imports of tomatoes is mixed with a new tariff on Mexico’s imports of tomatoes, accounting for 90%to 93%of fresh tomatoes sent to the United States since 2015.
The Mexican Economic and Agriculture Department called the Trump administration’s behavior as “unfair and Mexican producers as well as the interests of the US industry.”
The institution spoke in Spanish in Tuesday press release in Spanish.
The ministries seemed to be optimistic that they plan to continue negotiations with the US government and suspend their obligations. “Before the dispute arose, Mexico will find out how to find a solution and why,” the agency said.
JAIME Chamberlain, the president and owner of CHAMBERLAIN DISTRIBUTING, headquartered in Arizona, a wholesaler of agricultural products and distributors who work exclusively with Mexican cultivators, said that a retailer will pay the latest obligations if he is a recipient.
Chamberlain said in the supply chain diving, “We are raising a lot of money before selling the product.”
Chamberlain’s company cannot convert sourcing into US producers, he said. Agricultural distributors have invested millions of dollars in tomato cultivation infrastructure, such as shade, drip irrigation technology, well, reservoir, desalination factory and packaging equipment in Mexico.
“There are distributors that distribute domestic agricultural products, and there are distributors that distribute imported products. Our specialty is on the border here.”
Chamberlain said it was possible to spread additional tariffs for retailers, wholesalers and groceries, but not guaranteed. “Uncertainty and uncertainty of agriculture and agriculture are our greatest enemies.”
Some distributors were able to get tomatoes from other countries, but they would be unlikely to match the quantity from Mexico, Lance Jungmeyer, the president of the American Fresh Agricultural Products Association, represents an importer.
Jungmeyer told the supply chain dive, “You can switch to Canada and switch some of the Caribbean countries, but you won’t get a huge amount of tomatoes that support the US market.”
Vern Buchanan representative of R-FLA. He said he protects American farmers from unfair trade practices and violations of anti -toxic law.
Buchanan, a vice -chairman and a member of the Trade Subcommittee, said in a Monday press release, “American farmers are the top priority.
Florida Tomato Exchange, a representative trade association representing tomato cultivators and packers, reversed the statement of Buchannon and called the Trump administration’s behavior as “a tremendous victory of American tomato farmers and American agriculture.”
Florida Tomato Exchange EVP Robert Gueather said in a Monday statement that “This decision will be a strong signal that the Trump administration is trying to protect the US -working American tomato growers and to ensure the fair market for American agriculture.”
Since 1996, the United States has signed five suspension contracts in Mexico about tomato imports.
