India to Cut Tariffs on US Frozen, Fresh and Dried Blueberries, Cranberries and Frozen Turkey
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said India will reduce tariffs on fresh, frozen, dried or processed blueberries and cranberries, and will reduce tariffs on frozen turkey and duck.
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"These tariff cuts will expand economic opportunities for U.S. agricultural producers in a critical market and help bring more U.S. products to customers in India," USTR said.
Blueberries had faced a 45% tariff, cranberries a 40% tariff, frozen poultry, a 30% tariff. The U.S. exports almost no turkey and duck to India now. The announcement did not say what the new tariffs would be.
President Joe Biden met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Sept. 8, the same day of the announcement. As part of the deal, the U.S. dropped its case at the World Trade Organization over India's ban on the import of poultry from the U.S. after avian flu outbreaks in some states. India also banned some pork imports under sanitary rules the U.S. said were not justified.
India had lost the case at the WTO back in 2015 (see 1507220027, but the U.S. had not been able to get it to drop its SPS barriers to poultry and pork in the intervening years (see 1803010002).