Blueberries Could Be Next in Line for U.S. Tariffs

Blueberries Could Be Next in Line for U.S. Tariffs
Howard Shimokura picks blueberries at Emma Lea Farms in Ladner, B.C., on July 21, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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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.