Trump -Zölle, um die US -amerikanische Nahrungsmittelinflation trotz zu senken, die Kosten zu senken
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/trump-tariffs-stoke-us-food-inflation-despite-pledge-lower-costs-2025-01-31/
Trump -Zölle, um die US -amerikanische Nahrungsmittelinflation trotz zu senken, die Kosten zu senken
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/trump-tariffs-stoke-us-food-inflation-despite-pledge-lower-costs-2025-01-31/
1 Kommentar
Archive version for those who need it, [https://archive.is/oMmfP](https://archive.is/oMmfP)
>
>…Supply disruptions due to tariffs would highlight how reliant the nation has become on its neighbors for feeding its population.
>The United States imported $195.9 billion of agricultural goods from suppliers around the world in 2023, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Customs data. That included nearly $86 billion from Mexico and Canada, the top two suppliers representing 44% of the total.
>Up to 40% of fresh produce sold in U.S. food stores is imported, according to the National Grocers Association
>“We import most of our fresh fruit and vegetables from Mexico and Canada so you will definitely see inflation on those products,“ said Rob Fox, an economist and director of CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange.
>“These are products that are not easily replaced,“ he said. „I can’t go out and plant tomatoes in Illinois in January and hope to replace them.“
>About two-thirds of U.S. vegetable imports and half of its fruit and nut imports come from Mexico, according to the USDA. That includes nearly 90% of its avocados, as much as 35% of its orange juice, and 20% of its strawberries…