Major U.S. food companies, including PepsiCo, Conagra and J.M. Smucker, have petitioned President Donald Trump for specific tariff exemptions on imports of cocoa, coffee and tropical fruits, Reuters reported Wednesday. These ingredients are essential to their products but are not produced domestically.
The Consumer Brands Association, a consumer products trade group representing the companies, requested the exemption on Monday. The group emphasized that exempting these items would protect manufacturers reliant on U.S. farmers for other supplies and help reduce consumer inflation.
The U.S. food industry is concerned that new tariffs on goods from China, Canada and Mexico could escalate production costs, leading to higher prices for consumers already affected by recent inflation.
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