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High export costs hampering US pecan farmers looking to export overseas

foodmate 2017-11-16
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The pecan farming business is booming. The industry is rapidly adding jobs in Georgia and billions of dollars to the economy in the South - but now the sector faces a stumbling block.

Pecan farmers are looking to send more of their product overseas. The Indian market looks promising, but U.S. farmers face high export costs. Now a bi-partisan group of lawmakers fights to lower those rates.

Georgia pecan farmer Jeb Barrow has seen the pecan farming business change. Hes been a grower since 1974 and just in the past several years hes seen it go from a domestic market, to an international one.

Now about a third of U.S. crops are shipped to China.

Barrow says it wouldnt be wise for farmers to just rely on Chinese buyers. So, their interest turns to India, which has an exploding population and a diet rich in nuts.

The sticking point? U.S. tree nut farmers say pistachios or almonds, face on average, a 10 percent tariff to ship products to India.

"I think this is a huge opportunity for Georgia and the Southeast. A lot of people down there have committed to pecans as a product for the future and I think they’re right," said Sen. David Perdue (R-GA).

Georgia Senator David Perdue and eight of his colleagues recently signed a letter to the U.S. trade representative, urging officials to negotiate lower tariffs.

"We know to grow our economy, we need open and free markets around the world. That’s what this is all about," said Perdue.

Trade expert and Georgetown Professor Michael Czinkota says talks with India could mean a little give and take, but ultimately, both countries would benefit from streamlining trade barriers.

"from an altruistic perspective, we want their own people to do well. Because if they do well, then they buy more of our products and our relationships are likely to be better, so this whole idea of reducing tariff on nuts is a good thing," said Czinkota.

There are 15 pecan producing states in the U.S., so if officials can help farmers crack into the Indian market, the impact could be tremendous.
 

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