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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had to make a Walmart stop the other day and discovered I could buy dry garbanzos and lentils for much less than where I usually buy them so grabbed a few bags. I was curious where they were grown (thinking about tariffs and imports) and checked the package. I thought food products are supposed to show where they are packed or something. All it said was distributed by Walmart. No idea if they are US products or not. Google tells me India is the primary producer globally, and the third largest import source (after Canada and Mexico) to the US. (We also export garbanzos).

There's tons of information online about exports and imports of individual products. Found a calculator that says it gives you a real time duty calculation (companies have to keep a close eye on this stuff because it's been changing so much).

So, Canada is the major importer of garbanzos to US. Tariff is 35% right now. Mexico 24%. India 24%.

I make falafel regularly and we use a lot of hummus. Usually products like this mix sources and a global corporation will spread the cost increase across all its sources. So whether the garbanzos come from India or Canada or the US the price I pay is still going to reflect the tariff contribution across the board. Or there will just be more market pressure on the US product, end result the same. [/quote]

This is interesting and I thank you for your research. I would say it's unthinkable that US packaging doesn't have the product's origin, but in this day and age we are lucky to get any information and potentially no arsenic but who knows any more. [/quote]

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