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US Senator Cantwell praises apple exports following India’s retaliatory tariff

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Published Feb 27, 2024

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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell has praised the successful apple export season following India's decision to drop a 20% retaliatory tariff on U.S. apples. The tariff, imposed in 2019, had significantly impacted the apple export market from Washington state to India. However, with the tariff removal for the 2023-24 season, Washington growers have experienced a positive financial impact, with total apple sales to India estimated at about $19.5 million halfway through the shipping season. Cantwell played a crucial role in ending the tariffs, including liaising with U.S. and Indian officials and writing to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.
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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, recently highlighted a successful apple export season, following India’s decision to drop a 20% retaliatory tariff on U.S. apples. Prakash Gupta, consul general of a new India Consulate in Seattle, joined Cantwell, apple growers, and labor and port officials at the Feb. 20 event. “Apples are the pride of the Washington agricultural economy,” Cantwell said at the event, according to a news release. “They are known worldwide. Today is a celebration, because for five years now, we have not seen the volume of apples leaving these docks and traveling to India.” Imposed in 2019, the tariffs caused the apple export market from Washington state to India to plunge. Before the tariffs were imposed, Washington growers exported $120 million worth of apples to India, and at the lowest point, growers exported less than $1 million. With the tariffs dropped for the 2023-24 season, Washington growers have seen an immediate financial impact. According to ...
Source: Fruitgrowersnews

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