The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled in a unanimous decision that blueberry imports “are not being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to be a substantial cause of serious injury, or threat of serious injury, to the domestic industry.”
Chair Jason Kearns, Vice Chair Randolph Stayin, and Commissioners David Johanson, Rhonda Schmidtlein, and Amy Karpel voted in the negative, the agency said.
The ruling in the Section 201 safeguard investigation ends the possibility the U.S. government will impose antidumping or anti-subsidy imposed by the U.S. Commerce Department.
“We believed this data and testimony made a compelling case that safeguard measures were critical to the survival of our domestic farmers, and we are disappointed by the Commission's decision,” The American Blueberry Alliance said.