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Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Florida Tomato Exchange Calls for Reopening of Antidumping Probe

The Commerce Department is being asked to reopen its antidumping investigation on imports of tomatoes from Mexico, with the request from the Florida Tomato Exchange (FTE) coming as they maintain that Mexico could walk away from the recently reached deal.

Both sides had welcomed the deal when it was reached, but FTE said that Mexican tomato growers have been threatening to either launch legal challenges to the deal or seek to renegotiate the pact.

Given the situation, FTE said they had “no choice” but to ask that Commerce reopen the investigation.

It is not clear yet whether Commerce will take the step requested by the FTE.