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Peru says new US tariff exemption includes about 100 food products

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US President Donald Trump rolled back tariffs on more than 200 food products in the face of growing angst among American consumers about the high cost of groceries.

LIMA: Peru’s foreign trade and tourism minister Teresa Mera said yesterday that a new US tariff exemption includes more than 100 products from the Andean country’s agricultural export basket that were worth about US$1.2 billion last year.

US President Donald Trump last week rolled back tariffs on more than 200 food products, including such staples as coffee, beef, bananas and orange juice, in the face of growing angst among American consumers about the high cost of groceries.

In a ministry statement, Mera said the exempt products totaled about US$1.2 billion in exports last year, representing 24% of Peru’s shipments to the US market.

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