> We do have farmers growing apples, but there's no harvesting those during our snowy winters so our tariffs on apples are just active when local apples are in season
I'm curious: apples are fairly easy to store in bulk. That's a large part of why we have them year round.
So what's stopping someone from importing apples outside the season and then sorting them to circumvent those tariffs?
Nothing, AFAIK. And we do see imported apples year round here[1], many which are not stored but imported directly with duties paid.
Though a lot of local apples goes to production of other goods.
For example various apple juices made from local apples have become popular, especially as an alternative to wine. The price of a 1L bottle of quality, loc apple juice can be the same as a 0.7L bottle of Riesling wine, around $7. And you need a lot of apples to make juice.
I'm curious: apples are fairly easy to store in bulk. That's a large part of why we have them year round.
So what's stopping someone from importing apples outside the season and then sorting them to circumvent those tariffs?