Mexico Sets Tomato Export Prices to Ease Trade Spat With Trump

Source: Bloomberg

August 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM EDT
Updated on August 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM EDT


Mexico set minimum prices for fresh tomato exports to the US, seeking to regain full access to the market after the Trump administration imposed an anti-dumping duty.

Setting the floor avoids generating “a distortion in the prices” of tomato exports, the Mexican government said in a decree published in the federal gazette late Friday. US growers have accused Mexican counterparts of selling at unfairly low prices, and the US withdrew this year from a trade agreement regulating the exports.

While the US Commerce Department announced the anti-dumping duty of more than 17% last month, President Donald Trump delayed a broad tariff hike for 90 days to create space for a trade deal with Mexico.

“The Mexican government is trying to help growers avoid an increase in anti-dumping duties in the future,” said Georgina Felix, director of operations at the Arizona-based Fresh Produce Association of the Americas.

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