Canadian blueberries are big business. Big enough that they might be next in line for U.S. tariffs.
Last month, the U.S. Department of Commerce requested the country’s International Trade Commission investigate whether imported blueberries are seriously harming American producers. It’s an unprecedented move that could hit B.C. hard: blueberries are B.C.’s third-largest export and close to 95 percent of them are sold in the U.S.