Sept. 15, 2020 Presentation from the Washington Department of Agriculture
The State of Washington Food & Ag Exports Washington Public Ports Association September 15, 2020 Rianne Perry International Marketing Manager Washington Food & Ag Exports • Pre-COVID Overview: - Top Exports & Markets - Tariff Impacts • US-China Phase I Agreement • COVID-19 Impacts • WSDA Int’l Marketing Program Data Sources: World Trade Atlas/WISER Trade/WA Grain Commission Washington Food & Ag Exports • 2019 WA Food & Ag Exports = $7B • 2019 Total Food & Ag through WA = $15.4B • ~ 30% of all Washington-grown food & ag products are exported • 90% wheat • 60% potatoes • 30% apples • 25% cherries Top WA Food & Ag Exports 2019 Fish & Seafood: $1.1B Top markets: Canada, Japan, China Frozen French Fries: $883M Top markets: Japan, South Korea, Philippines Apples: $732M Image(s) Top markets: Canada, Mexico, Taiwan Wheat: $587M Top markets: Philippines, Japan, South Korea Hay: $518M Top markets: Japan, South Korea, China Top Trading Partners 2019 1) Canada ($1.2B): Seafood, Apples, Cherries 2) Japan ($1B): Wheat, French Fries, Hay 3) China ($462M): Seafood, Hay, French Fries 4) South Korea ($448M): French Fries, Hay, Wheat 5) Mexico ($380M): Apples, Dairy, Pears Tariff Impacts Multiple Retaliatory Tariffs, primarily those imposed by China and India, resulted in trade disruptions for many of Washington’s food and agriculture exporters. Multiple Washington commodities and food products were/remain the targets of retaliatory tariffs beginning in 2018. - Examples: cherries, apples, wine, wheat, hay, dairy, hops - Many targeted multiple times Tariff Impacts Retaliatory Tariffs - Cherries • China was #1 market for WA cherries (2017: $100M) • Original tariff: 10%. • April, 2018: additional 15% • July, 2018: additional 25% • Sept, 2019: additional 5% 2018: exports to China = $67M 2019: exports to China = $60M Tariff Impacts Some China exports have been redirected Exporters had to quickly pivot and expand into other markets.
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