Ethiopian flower producers have expressed concerns over the impact of newly imposed U.S. tariffs on their flower exports to the US market.
Miserach Berhanu, head of the Ethiopian Flower, Vegetable, Fruit, and Herbs Exporters Association, told local media The Reporter recently that the 10 percent tariff levied on goods exported from the East African country is "creating serious challenges for fresh cut flower exporters."
While acknowledging the existing three percent duty on flowers to the U.S., the report indicated that this sharp increase, coupled with the new tariff, "is expected to slow the progress exporters have made in the U.S. market over the past four years."
Earlier this month, the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture revealed that the country earned more than 360 million US dollars from the export of horticultural commodities during the first eight months of the current fiscal year. Flower exports accounted for the largest share of this revenue.
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