Source: Tom Karst, THE PACKER, 8/21/19

Mexican tomato growers and the U.S. Commerce Department struck a deal for a new tomato suspension agreement late Aug. 20. The five-year agreement enters a public comment period and goes into effect Sept. 19. Mexican tomato growers released a statement indicating a deal was reached “minutes before midnight” on Aug. 20 to suspend the anti-dumping investigation that was reactivated May 7 this year after the Commerce Department pulled out of the 2013 agreement in response to complaints from domestic growers.

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