Sen. Peters Questions Whether Turkish Exporters Are Evading AD for Cherries
Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., is asking CBP to follow up on a Cherry Marketing Institute complaint that tart cherry exports from Turkey are evading antidumping duties by sending those products through Brazil. Peters sent a letter to CBP on Feb.…
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11 saying that Brazil's exports of tart cherry juice increased 1,200% from 2018 to 2019, and that Brazil has no identifiable tart cherry industry. Meanwhile, domestic tart cherry production was down 18 percent in 2019 compared with 2018, and Michigan produces two-thirds of U.S. tart cherries, Peters noted. “Failing to investigate and prosecute alleged violations such as those made by the Cherry Marketing Institute threatens to undermine an industry that has weathered years of unfair competition,” he wrote.