Luis A. Ribera, Landyn Young and Dan Hanselka of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service have written a report describing the damage grapefruit imports are having on the U.S. grapefruit industry. The report is titled 'Economic Impacts of the Suspension of Juice Content Requirement on Imported Grapefruits from Mexico'.
Given the current Texas grapefruit production shortage due to winter storm Uri, it is assumed that Mexico will cover that shortage with at least their historical U.S. market share of 46.8%. The report warns that “assuming $30/carton and that 85.6% of the fresh grapefruit imports from Mexico would have been rejected due to failed quality standards, the Texas grapefruit industry could permanently lose $43.3 million from customers that have a bad experience consuming fresh grapefruit.”
Click here to read the full report on citrusindustry.net.