07/18/05 Why keep apple juice out

07/18/05 Why keep apple juice out

There is a reason the U.S. Apple Association wants a five year extension on current anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese apple juice concentrate. According to Jim Cranney of U.S. Apples, since 2001, six U.S. companies have been forced out of the concentrate markets as a result of low-cost Chinese apple juice concentrate, leaving only Tree Top of Washington and Naumes of Oregon left as commercial scale U.S. producers. CRANNEY: At least right now we have a level of stability in the apple juice concentrate market that allows the processors still to buy juice apples from growers and pay for those apples at a certain level. But end the anti-dumping tariffs, which range from zero for some Chinese apple juice concentrate producers to as much as fifty two per cent, and it threatens the very livelihood of those remaining U.S. concentrate producers. That is especially the case as other countries have similar tariffs on Chinese apple juice concentrate. Cranney says if the U.S. lowers its tariffs, it means China could increase its U.S. presence to avoid other nation's duties. CRANNEY: And they're set to expire unless the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission can agree that removal of the anti-dumping order would indeed threaten the apple industry or continue to harm the industry. And that has led U.S. Apples to submit requests to both organizations to keep the anti-dumping duties in place.
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