Marie Eileen -Class: Trump -commercial fees threaten orange juice in florida

President Donald Trump’s commercial war with Canada is currently hanging, but if it resumes, it may be a knockout for a prominent US industry: orange juice in Florida. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called on Canadians to completely abandon “the orange juice from Florida”, in conjunction with the imposition of a 25% customs tariff (temporarily suspended) on the “Red States’ export (supporting the Republican Party). This step is a serious threat, as 30% of the orange juice produced in Florida is exported to Canada. It comes at a time when the industry actually suffers. Although oranges are a symbol of the ‘rising sun’, the pure orange juice from Florida has become almost rare. Over the course of thirty years, the sector suffered successive strikes of disease and hurricanes, which led to a sharp decline in citrus production. Although the juice is still filled with Florida under brands such as “Tropicana”, “Simpli Orange” and “Florida Natural”, these products are largely dependent on juices imported from Brazil and Mexico, which are mixed with locally implanted crop. “Citrus is a name associated with Florida,” said Matt Joyner, president of the Florida Centis Motochwan, at a meeting of the State Senate Agricultural Committee. He added that citrus processing factories, packaging centers and nurseries offer more than 33 thousand jobs in the state, and that they have an annual economic impact of more than $ 6.8 billion. Read more: Canada prepares a list of US products to target it in response to Trump’s commercial war fees, all of it is in danger if Trump resumes its ‘reckless’ trade war with Canada and Mexico, the two commercial allies of the United States. The revenge fees that these two countries can impose, can not only increase the costs associated with the import of the Mexican juice for the packaging of factories in Florida, but can also lead to Canadian consumers to move to other competitors. (Estimates of the management of Citrus management of Florida indicate that the Brazilian orange juice is at least 35% cheaper.) This may be the knockout that the sector fears. Shannon Sib, director of the Citrus Department in Florida, confirmed his side during the meeting with the members of the state’s Senate, saying: “We are an industry that needs you at different levels.” For three decades, taxpayers and farmers in Florida spent millions of dollars on research in an effort to save the sector from destructive diseases such as “black stains of citrus” and “acidic weather”. The state has also provided great financial support for advertising and marketing campaigns to improve citrus products sales. Ship confirmed that farmers should help the state “to maintain the market” and promise: “There will be a renaissance in this industry.” Read more: Trump sets out the imposition of customs duties on Canada for a month, the suffering of Florida. After hurricane Milton destroyed thousands of fruit trees last year, orange production in Florida fell 20%. Citrus production is expected to reach its lowest level in a century for 2025. It has already started a radical transformation in the market. Thousands of hectares of agricultural countries that played a role in protecting neighboring societies from flooding and helping the reduced groundwater in the state is currently being sold for the purposes of urban development. Alico, one of the largest citrusers in the country and the main pillar in the industry 120 years ago, announced last month that it will stop producing citrus fruits after this season, which represents 12% of the total production of Florida, to become a ‘diverse land enterprise’. John Kernan, the president and executive director of the company, wrote in a statement addressed to the shareholders: “For more than a century, Eliko was proud to be one of the most prominent citrus producers in Florida, and a loyal guardian of his agricultural land, but we are unfortunately now, to adapt to changing environmental and economic reality.” Also read: From oil to oranges. 5 goods worthy of this week are a complex customer comparison inevitably surrender. Over the past decade, the production of ‘Elco’ has fallen from citrus fruits by about 73%, while the general production of citrus fruits in Florida has fallen by 90% since 1998. The customs comparison undoubtedly has “a very complicated picture”, according to Jingvay Guan, an economy at the Falurida Food and Agriculture Institute. Although the citrus industry in Florida can be damaged due to revenge fees, other crops may benefit. For example, the cultivated tomatoes in Florida may benefit from the setting of fees on Mexican tomatoes, as is the case with wheat and soybeans in the Middle West. Commercial wars always involve profits and losses, but it is difficult to represent Florida without orange, that famous symbol that adorns the car licensing panels in the state, and the official source of each of its official beverage (orange juice) and its official flower (orange flower). Trump said the trade war could mean that the Americans would “experience pain”. But for a real estate investor like Trump, it means abandoning the countries of citrus cultivation, investment opportunities in real estate development. However, this approach is brief and self -destructive. Instead of reviving and upgrading the orange juice industry, Trump’s definitions will also make the United States and Canada more dependent on orange juice producers abroad. As expected, I found no fans to criticize Trump in public because of this reckless policy. Maybe it was just a show maneuver to pay attention to the fact that the president does not focus on lowering food prices as most of his supporters want. But if he resumes the trade war, it will have a devastating effect on the citrus industry in Florida. Perhaps the destruction of this sector becomes one of Trump’s political legacy, giving his opponents an additional reason to start a sarcastic description of the ‘orange man’.