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Some Canadian mushroom farmers are raising concerns over how the latest American tariffs on the product could impact their sales on both sides of the border.<\/p>\n
On July 14, the United States government announced plans to slap an 8.26 per cent anti-dumping tariff<\/a> on Canadian mushrooms following a U.S. Department of Commerce probe into whether Canadian mushroom growers are selling fairly.<\/p>\n Mushrooms Canada, formerly the Canadian Mushrooms Growers Association, confirmed to CBC News that the U.S. began collecting these duties on July 17.<\/p>\n The latest tariff follows a previous 2.84 per cent tariff<\/a> announced in May.<\/p>\n Some of the mushroom growers who don\u2019t export to the U.S. worry bigger companies who do will now look to increase the amount of product they sell in Canada.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat\u2019s going to happen is that there\u2019s going to be an oversupply within Canada.\u2026 It\u2019s going to drive that price point down, which is going to hurt the farms even more,\u201d said Mike Medeiros, a partner with Carleton Mushroom Farms.<\/p>\n The Carleton Place, Ont.,-based company produces roughly 136,000 kilograms of fresh mushrooms a week. Medeiros said the company currently only ships within Canada, supplying major retailers like Costco and Loblaws.<\/p>\n Possible production reduction<\/p>\n Mushrooms Canada said Canadian fresh mushrooms make up roughly 20 per cent of the American market.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAs a result of Canadians doing well [in] the American market because of our higher quality \u2026 That\u2019s why we have some upset mushroom growers in the U.S.,\u201d said Mushrooms Canada CEO Ryan Koeslag.<\/p>\n Some Canadian mushroom exporters say their American customers are generally willing to eat increased costs, for now.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe last bit, we passed everything to the customers. So they initially accepted it, and our orders are a little bit lower,\u201d said Agnesh Marsonia, general director of Champag Mushrooms.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve heard rumblings about some of our customers talking to American farms to transition over, but they haven\u2019t told us anything yet.\u201d<\/p>\n Champag near Montreal produces nearly 62,000 kilograms of mushrooms per week and ships roughly 40 per cent to the U.S.<\/p>\n Marsonia said he predicts Champag and other exporters would scale back production to not to saturate the Canadian market and drive down its price of mushrooms.<\/p>\n WATCH | The local mushroom market and U.S. tariffs: Eastern Ontario mushroom farmers worry about new U.S. tariffs<\/p>\n Last week, the U.S. introduced a new eight per cent tariff on Canadian mushroom imports, on top of a previous three per cent tariff. Some Canadian growers are worried about how that will affect their businesses. The CBC\u2019s Liam Baker reports.<\/p>\n The U.S.-based group that petitioned the commerce department to launch the investigation, Fresh Mushrooms Fair Trade Coalition<\/a>, claims Canadian growers are unfairly subsidized in part due to government sales tax exemptions.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785007329_713_default.jpg\")
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Medeiros largely credits the heightened quality of Canadian mushrooms to Dutch growing methods, involving aluminum shelving like the ones shown here. He says the shelving allows the mushrooms to cultivate in four week harvest cycles. (Mathieu Deroy\/CBC)<\/p>\n