That means millions of bushels of apples could stay in the orchards this year if growers decide it's just not worth the hassle. The U.S. Apple Association has formed a task force to explore the potential to file an anti-dumping complaint against foreign apple juice suppliers. Michigan apple grower Ed Wittenbach is chairman of the task force. The task force is looking at all countries selling concentrate into the U.S., not just China, because countries like Chile, Argentina, Germany, Turkey and Austria have also greatly reduced prices in recent years. And there is more to come.
China has yet another record apple crop.
Chinese apple juice concentrate has been getting cheaper all year. Making a case The anti-dumping task force is gathering facts and a legal analysis of the potential success of a case, Naasz said. The task force has a legal firm looking into whether a U.S. concentrator, juice processor or grower-owned cooperative could sue. To win the case it must be proven that a country is selling a product below what it is sold for in the producing country's market or sold at a price that fails to cover the cost of production plus a reasonable profit. The next part of the case would be to prove that the producers of like goods are being negatively effected.