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And as old economics goes, when the supply is up here, the price goes down, and that ultimately impacts their bottom line, because weather is a tough enough factor for these guys. and there's often years focus just like ray, they don't make a profit many years. this year, it's tough to have that expectation that they will do that just this year, ali? >> vaughn, thanks very much again for your continued coverage of these important matters. vaughn hillyard joining me in washington state. joining me now is mary lovely, an expert on trade with china. mary, let's just talk about this. it is -- ther...
Than 20% of what they produce. nbc's vaughn hillyard has been traveling across the country, taking a closer look at the impact of tariffs in specific industries. he joins us now from a fruit stand in thorpe, washington, that's about a hundred miles south and east of seattle. vaughn, what have you got? >> reporter: yeah, ali, well, there's much going on in washington. it's about a matter of what is happening on the ground here across the country. in yakima county, i'm going to introduce you to ray keller. since 1914, his family has been growing apples out in yakima. they now have 130 employees ...
Million loss. the apple industry, upwards of $200 million. we caught up with ray just yesterday. and this is a little bit of what he told us. >> probably the three biggest export countries for the state of washington are india, mexico, and china. they account for 51% of the export out of the state. and roughly the state does roughly 30% of the fruit is exported. we do probably a little more of that here, maybe 30, 35%. >> how important are export markets? extremely important. extremely important. 30% of your demand is coming from there. you lose 30% of your demand, you understand economics, it...