07/16/2025

Another Day, Another Tariff

U.S. imposes a 17 percent duty on fresh Mexican tomatoes

The U.S. government said Monday it is immediately placing a 17 percent duty on most fresh Mexican tomatoes after negotiations ended without an agreement to avert the tariff.

Proponents said the import tax will help rebuild the shrinking U.S. tomato industry and ensure that produce eaten in the U.S. is also grown there. Mexico currently supplies around 70 percent of the U.S. tomato market, up from 30 percent 20 years ago, according to the Florida Tomato Exchange.

Robert Guenther, the trade group's executive vice president, said the duty was "an enormous victory for American tomato farmers and American agriculture."

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