USITC maintains antidumping duties on Mexican tomato imports
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined today that there are no changed circumstances sufficient to warrant revocation of the existing antidumping order on imports of fresh tomatoes from Mexico.
As a result, the request brought on by Mexican producers was denied, and the 17 percent duty will remain in effect.
The determination follows a decades-long struggle for the US tomato sector, which had long protested the Tomato Suspension Agreement (TSA)'s insufficient protections.
“Today’s decision is a victory for fair competition and the rule of law,” said Robert Guenther, Executive Vice President of the Florida Tomato Exchange, in a statement. “American tomato farmers have spent three decades waiting for relief from dumped Mexican tomato imports under US trade laws as Congress intended. This decision confirms we’re on the right track.”
Back in May, Florida Tomato Exchange was one of many industry bodies representing growers from Michigan, New Jersey, and California that testified at a public hearing in defense of the USITC order.
Future USITC revisions to the TSA
In reviews involving an antidumping duty order, the International Trade Commission must determine whether revoking the order is likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of material injury to the domestic market.
According to the agency's statement, the commission found insufficient grounds to prove that circumstances had changed enough to warrant removing the order.
The commission will release its public report, Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico, which contains the commission's views and information developed during the investigation.
The agency plans to make the report available on its website by August 17, 2026.
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