The Trump administration is adding a 17 percent tariff to a year-round grocery store staple, while funneling more business to domestic tomato growers, largely in Florida.

Trump's antidumping duties on fresh Mexican tomatoes dump higher prices on American consumers and tomato processors, packagers, and shippers.

Over the past 30 years, Florida tomato growers’ share of the U.S. tomato market has shrunk from 80% to 20%, as Mexico-grown tomatoes become more common on shelves, Arizona State University professor Tim Richards said. Richards predicts the price of tomatoes will increase by about 8.5%, half the amount of the 17% tariff.

The US government has imposed a 17% import duty on most fresh tomatoes from Mexico. This decision aims to protect the American tomato industry. Talks between US and Mexican officials failed to reach a new agreement.

President Donald Trump has sent out around two dozen tariff letters in the past week, and one of the latest ones went to the European Union, threatening a 30% tariff on imports to the U.S. beginning Aug.

S ome of the U.S.’s minor trading partners are about to find out they’ll be facing tariffs of more than 10%, as President Donald Trump presses ahead with his effort to reshape global trade. Trump said late Tuesday that Washington would let a group of smaller countries know about levies soon.