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  • November 2020 Issue
  • Story by Ross Courtney
  • Trade authorities agree to investigate blueberry imports

    Blueberry associations throughout the nation have convinced U.S. trade authorities to investigate whether imports are harming the domestic market. At the urging of blueberry growers, three U.S. agencies have agreed to petition the International Trade Commission, asking for a Section 201 investigation into how much injury increased blueberry imports have caused to domestic growers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and the U.S. Department of Commerce announced in a September report a host of actions designed to protect domestic perishable fruit and vegetable producers from imports that could affect the market in negative ways. […]

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