Garlic Central News

The Los Angeles Business Journal reports that local garlic growers are becoming increasingly upset by the huge quantities of imported garlic arriving in the region.

Californian farmers claim that Chinese garlic is being "dumped" on the region as a result of a loophole in trade rules. This is threatenng the local industry.

In 2004 86 million pounds of Chinese garlic was imorted into the US - exceeding for the first time the local Californian production of 81 million pounds.