Welcome to the National Cherry Growers & Industries Foundation
Press Release |
03-20-09 - Leading Maraschino Cherry Processors Protest Mexican TariffsThe humble maraschino cherry took a hit today. Mexico, in retaliation against a U.S. decision to block Mexican trucks from traveling north of a commercial zone along the border, slapped punitive tariffs on 90 products, and buried on that list is a 20% charge on a uniquely American product, the maraschino cherry. Read more.... (PDF file) |
The National Cherry Growers & Industries Foundation (NCGIF) is a nonprofit corporation formed in 1948 for the purpose of having a unified effort from the processed cherry industry to lobby against excessive cherry imports. It then evolved that assessments were used for promotion of maraschino, canned and frozen cherries.
The foundation collects contributions from the states of Oregon, Washington, California, Michigan and Utah growers and processors. The Marketing Director, Cheryl Kroupa, looks for partnership opportunities with other commodities, hotel and restaurant chains and liquor companies to use cherries in advertising, holiday interest and menu promotions.
It is governed by a 15-20 member board of growers, briners and processors representing the five states listed above. The foundation compiles and distributes to members a yearly statistical publication of information regarding cherry production, utilization and sales, both import and export. In recent years the foundation took over collecting information from the industry regarding cherries going into brine at the end of the season by state from the Northwest Cherry Briners Association. This report is also distributed to members and other interested parties.
