In terms of reciprocity of standards, the reference margins are quite different from those of our neighbouring countries or countries that produce the same vegetables as we do. In Mexico and Guatemala, for example, the on‑farm food safety and environmental standards are completely different from ours.
Reciprocity is important, but something has to be done about the prices we can get so that we can compete with those countries. Right now, a box of peppers from Mexico sells for $10, and our growers who are lucky enough to be working in Florida during the same period are unable to sell theirs for $15. I'm not even talking about greenhouse peppers that we are trying to sell for even more. It is an incomprehensible phenomenon.