With a potential termination of tariffs on Thai shrimp, the U.S. shrimp market could get interesting. Without a tax on imports from the United States' No. 1 supplier, as the Southern Shrimp Alliance and the Thai Frozen Food Association (TFFA) have reportedly agreed upon, Thailand could cement its standing at the top.
That possibility makes the domestic shrimp industry uneasy. Even with the tariff, shrimp imports from Thailand in November increased 9.5 percent from the previous year.
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