date:May 30, 2022
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Prior to the retaliatory tariffs, India had been a promising growth market for U.S. apples. Exports to India the first nine months of 2017 more than doubled sales in 2016. The retaliatory tariffs by China on apples is also a significant concern as the U.S. apple industry had only gained full access to the market in 2015 and it was considered to have significant growth potential.
The apple industry continues to grapple with the consequences of a trade war in which we were innocent bystanders,