(NAFB.com) – The Court of International Trade confirmed findings from the Department of Commerce that Mexican companies dumped tomatoes into the U.S. market at significant margins, with some as high as 273 percent. Most other companies assigned a dumping margin of 17 percent. Robert Guenther, executive vice president of the Florida Tomato Exchange, responded to the ruling. “We look forward to the Department of Commerce imposing antidumping duties under U.S. law at the Court-approved levels as soon as the suspension agreement terminates on July 14,” Guenther said. The member companies of the Florida Tomato Exchange produce over 90 percent of the tomatoes grown in Florida and are among the largest producers of tomatoes in California, Georgia, New Jersey, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. FTE member companies also produce approximately 50 percent of the fresh-market tomatoes grown in the U.S. The Court of International Trade is based in New York City.
