U.S. To Dump Suspension Agreement on Tomatoes From Mexico
April 18, 2025 The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced its intent to withdraw from the 2019 Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico, with termination effective in 90 days. According to the government agency, the current agreement has failed to protect U.S. tomato growers from unfairly priced Mexican imports. This action aims to allow U.S. tomato growers to compete fairly in the marketplace.
With the termination of this agreement, the Department of Commerce will institute an antidumping duty order on July 14, 2025, resulting in duties of 20.91% on most imports of tomatoes from Mexico.
This economic issue has been one of contention for many years. Similarly, back in May 2019, the Department of Commerce terminated the 2013 Suspension Agreement on fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico that was in effect at that time. Four months later, a new suspension agreement was signed.
The Commerce Department currently maintains 734 antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
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