Bipartisan Letter Asks ITC to Protect Domestic Cucumber, Squash Growers
Thirty House members, from Florida, Georgia and Michigan, are asking the International Trade Commission to protect farmers in their districts from competition with Mexican imports. In the bipartisan letter, publicized by Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., on April 7, they wrote:…
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“Seasonal cucumber and squash imports from Mexico continue to dramatically impact U.S. markets and threaten the future of domestic farm production of perishable produce. ... Market changes occur quickly and can devastate a grower’s season in a matter of days if imports increase and the resulting price decreases coincide with harvest.” The ITC is investigating whether imports of bell peppers, cucumbers, strawberries and squash are harming U.S. growers. It already ruled that blueberry imports do not harm domestic growers.