David Dajlala, the Secretary of Economy, stated that there were currently no apple imports from the United States because of the rising dollar and the tariffs on said imports.
As a result, Dajlala said, producers have been able to accommodate the local apple in the market with no foreign competition; a situation that benefits Chihuahua's apple sector.
Since December 2015, he said, apple imports have been subjected to 2 to 24% tariff.
"A new company will have to pay 20.84% on apple imports and the companies that demonstrate before the SAT and producers that they import apples at a legal price will have to pay a 2% tariff," said the Secretary of Economy.
He also said that there were no apple imports because, since the dollar increased, it just wasn't profitable. As a result, he added, producers from Chihuahua had been able to accommodate their production throughout all the national market.
Source: tiempo.com.mx