"While California farmers often rattle off a list of challenges they face including high labor costs, water restrictions and overseas competition, many avocado growers say they have a good thing going. A key reason may come as a surprise to some — Mexican imports.
"When the United States lifted its ban on Mexican avocados in 1997, California growers worried at first that the imported fruit would displace their production.
"But the steady flow of avocados has wound up helping, not hurting, their sales by allowing for a year-round supply to markets and restaurants that has fomented demand, farmers say. Before the influx, most American consumers considered avocados to be specialty items — and when they came into season in California, industry officials had to work to rev up widespread interest in order to sell them."
Yes. Foreign competition helped domestic growers. This is why oversimplified models of tariffs are just that: oversimplified
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