Green table olives are not afraid of tariffs in the United States

Published 2025년 3월 6일

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The Association of Exporters and Industrialists of Table Olives (Asemesa) in Spain does not anticipate tariffs on green olives in the United States, as the US lacks the capacity to produce them. However, since 2018, Spanish black olive producers have faced tariffs of around 30% to 31%, following claims of unfair competition and dumping practices from the US, a situation that has cost them around 280 million euros in losses despite the World Trade Organization's ruling that these tariffs are illegal. These tariffs have been imposed despite ongoing negotiations and a mandate to adapt US legislation under the Biden administration.
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The general secretary of the Association of Exporters and Industrialists of Table Olives (Asemesa), Antonio de Mora, has assured that the green olive sector does not expect tariffs for this product in the United States, since this country "does not have the capacity to produce it." As he explained to EFE, after the US president, Donald Trump, announced indiscriminate tariffs on different products imported by his country, Spanish olive producers "do not expect additional charges to those they already pay, because there they do not produce olives to supply themselves." Green olives, he specified, pay an "ordinary" tariff to enter the United States, which is around 4-5% of the price of the product, like the rest of the similar items that enter that country. He recalled that, since 2018, they have suffered tariffs of around 30% for black olives, and that the new entry costs have been proposed by Trump "to encourage production in his country2, but "they need to import green olives ...
Source: PEefeagro

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