ITC held hearing on the effects of cucumber and squash imports from Mexico The Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association says yesterday’s International Trade Commission hearing on the effect of imports on the U.S. Cucumber and Squash Industries was a positive development in the ongoing efforts to secure trade relief for Florida growers. For decades, the FFVA says unfair trade practices from Mexico and other foreign sources have caused immense harm to produce growers in Florida, including significant lost sales and market share, unsustainably low unfair prices and shuttered family farms. The FFVA says trade relief is desperately needed, not only for cucumber and squash growers, but for bell pepper, strawberry, blueberry and other Florida produce sectors also facing harmful impacts and a highly uncertain future due to imports. It says it continues to see imports from Mexico crippling growers of more than 20 other specialty crops in Florida.