The United States has put countervailing duties on fresh mushrooms grown in Canada following a U.S. Department of Commerce investigation which the Canadian industry has called “deeply flawed.”
The change, posted in the federal register on Monday, will slap most fresh mushrooms with tariffs of 2.84 percent.
Two companies received separate duties: Champ’s Fresh Farms Inc. was hit with a tariff rate of 1.62 percent and Farmers’ Fresh Mushrooms Inc. was hit with a tariff rate of 4.97 percent.
Separate anti-dumping duties are expected to be added later this month.
The preliminary Commerce investigation said Canadian mushroom producers received unfair government subsidies….