The International Trade Commission is studying the canned fruit industries of China, Greece, and Spain to help U.S. canned fruit producers to better understand their competitors. The U.S. House of Representatives called for the investigation last December, at the urging of the California and Pacific Northwest pear industries and the California canned pear and fruit cocktail industries, which are facing competition from cheap imports. China is a major supplier of canned pears to the United States, and volumes imported continue to increase. Until a few years ago, China primarily supplied large cans to the institutional food sector, but is now […]