Economics
America's Taste for Pistachios Is Safe Despite Iran Embargo
- U.S. buying was already limited by high import tariffs
- Most U.S. supply comes from California, top global producer
Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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America’s love of the pistachio will be mostly spared from any fresh sanctions against Iran, a major world producer of the nut.
While the 2015 nuclear pact lifted sanctions on Iran, pistachios didn’t come flooding into the U.S., as growers feared. The U.S. has high tariffs on Iranian pistachios that more than triple their cost.