WENATCHEE — The USDA has awarded the Washington Apple Commission $8,457,600 to mitigate the effects that President Donald Trump’s ongoing international trade war has had on the state’s apple exports.
The funding comes from the USDA’s Agricultural Trade Promotion Program, which has allocated $200 million to promote various export markets, according to a Thursday press release.
Ninety percent of the United States’ apple exports originate from Washington State, according to the release. Roughly half are sent to China, Mexico and India, and all three of those countries have implemented or threatened tariffs.
