U.S. Senator Charles Schumer
WESTFIELD – U.S. Senator Charles Schumer will be in Chautauqua County today to announce his plan to open the international market to local grape growers.
New York’s Senior Senator will join with local concord grape growers this afternoon to push back against an Israeli tariff on U.S. grape juice that, if reduced or lifted, would enable Chautauqua growers to sell more grapes.
Israel currently imposes a 22 percent tariff on any company looking to export more than 100,000 liters of grape juice into the country. During today’s media conference, Schumer will provide details on how the high tariff is standing in the way of a major exporting company that wants to turn to Chautauqua County to double its grape juice export.
Schumer plans to put pressure on the U.S. Trade Representative who is currently in the midst of trade negotiations with Israel, to prioritize lowering or eliminating this tariff, which has already been successfully lowered during previous trade negotiations.
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