“This will cause damage to our company,” said Zurcher. “We think it will lead to the end of the sales of Roquefort in the US. We’ve already been taxed at 100% for 10 years and maintained our sales, but with a 300% tariff, it will become impossible to sell Roquefort Société in the US.”
He questioned why Roquefort should be the sole product to be taxed at such a level, and pointed out that in his opinion the move was also sad for US consumers.
“US consumers will no longer be able to appreciate this cheese,” he added. “Roquefort is not only a symbol, but also an industry, with 2,100 farmers and 2,000 workers in less favoured regions from the southern part of France. They have become hostages of a political dispute that has nothing to do with them.”
Roquefort Société is to examine different solutions to this move by the US government, and will seek new opportunities to maintain its export activity to the US.
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