An agreement on tomatoes between the United States and Mexico is due to expire July 14 and could leave the U.S. market short.
Mexico supplies about 70 per cent of its tomatoes and due to the cold-shortened season to grow them in the U.S., it could have to cut tomatoes out of some products and recipes.
Canada has also increased greenhouse tomato sales to the United States, mainly from Southern Ontario and British Columbia.
Mexican tomatoes captured U.S. markets since a trade deal in 1996. Its prices average 21 per cent less than U.S.-grown ones.
Under that deal, the U.S. suspended anti-dumping duties which are designed to offset artificially low prices in the exporting country.
