JOC Staff | Mar 05, 2013 3:43PM EST
A group of Mexican tomato growers and the U.S. Department of Commerce have signed a new agreement that will govern the import of fresh Mexican-grown tomatoes into the U.S.
The deal extends a suspension agreement that has, since 1996, provided the framework by which the Mexican growers exported their tomatoes to the U.S. market.
The agreement follows nearly nine months of “sometimes difficult” negotiations with the Commerce Department, said Martin Ley of Del Campo Supreme, on behalf of the Mexican growers, in a written statement.
