Crawfish Tariff (1997)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 1997-09-12
Duration: 00:15:49
Subjects: International trade | Tariff | Crawfish industry | Agriculture
Contributors:
- Collins, Robert Host
- Chapa, Arcie Reporter
- Johnson, Roy Interviewee
- Benoit, Harold Interviewee
- Walker, Robert Interviewee
- Odom, Bob Interviewee
Description
This segment from the September 12, 1997, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Arcie Chapa’s report on the impact of a new tariff on imported crawfish on Louisiana’s crawfish industry. Chapa reports that the International Trade Commission has recommended that the temporary tariff on Chinese crawfish and other imported crawfish should be made permanent. She interviews: Roy Johnson, international marketing director for the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry; Harold Benoit, a crawfish farmer and chairman of the Crawfish Promotion and Research Board; and Robert Walker, director of sales and marketing for the Louisiana Seafood Exchange. Host Robert Collins then conducts an in-studio interview with Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom, who discusses the tariff and the future of Louisiana’s crawfish industry.