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By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI
Capital Press
A California farmers coop-
erative has complained that
Argentina exports grape juice
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depressed prices, triggering
a federal trade investigation
into U.S. market impacts.
Delano Growers Grape
Products claims the Argen-
tinian government stabilizes
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much of its grape crop into
juice, then exporting the con-
centrate at price levels with
which U.S. producers can9t
compete.
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their exports after seeing
the price of U.S. producers,
causing U.S. producers to
lose contracts and additional
business.=
The U.S. International
Trade Administration has
Friday, April 22, 2022
initiated an investigation
into whether Argentinian
white grape juice concen-
trate, or WGJC, is being
dumped onto the American
market at unfair prices that
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The cooperative alleges
that Argentinian juice con-
centrate has eaten into U.S.
market share to the point
that most other American
producers have been driven
out of the business.
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ducers have seen their mar-
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and the Argentinian market
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ican grape growers annu-
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lion gallons of the product,
which is made from fruit
that doesn9t meet grade stan-
dards for table grapes, wine
or raisins.
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the cooperative said.
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nature of the business, the
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restrictions,= the petition
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that fails to meet grade standards for wine, raisins and ment wants to make its wine
table grapes. U.S. trade authorities have started an in- <more exclusive,= which
vestigation into whether Argentinian white grape juice led it to establish the quota
concentrate is hurting the domestic industry.
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amount of grapes crushed
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for wine-making, the com-
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Argentina erode domestic how much grape produc-
tion will be redirected into tion where Argentina9s natu-
market share.=
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juices or made into wines than the American-produced grape juice concentrate, fol-
April storms delay some sugar beet
planting activity around Northwest
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PUBLIC NOTICE
OREGON WHEAT COMMISSION
BUDGET HEARING
MAY 9, 2022, 10:15 AM
As required by ORS 578.151, the
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senting three-fourths of that
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By DON JENKINS
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director of the Snake River
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NOTICE OF RYEGRASS GROWERS SEED
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