Maine Lobster Dealers Say China is Inflating Prices
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Portland Press Herald] by Penelope Overton - September 19, 2018
Maine lobster dealers say China is improperly inflating the market price of lobster to increase its punitive tariffs on U.S. live lobster imports.
Chinese customs officials have been calculating the 25 percent tariff on U.S. lobsters based on the market value of higher-priced Canadian hard-shell lobsters, the dealers say. U.S. firm-shell lobsters usually cost $3 to $4 less per pound than Canadian hard-shells.
The tariff China is imposing on U.S. lobsters ...
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