The United States government announced this Monday, April 14, that it will impose a 20.91% tariff on Mexican tomato imports.
The U.S. Department of Commerce stated that these tariffs will take effect on July 14, after withdrawing from a 2019 agreement, which it claims failed to protect Mexican producers.
This is not the first time the United States has applied or attempted to apply tariffs and taxes to Mexican tomatoes.
In 2019, after the announcement of a 17.5% tax, a "suspension agreement" was reached, which Florida tomato producers unsuccessfully attempted to overturn again in 2023.
In the United States, tomato producers in California and Florida have been fighting for decades over taxes on Mexican tomatoes, which they accuse of unfair trade competition.