Only about 20 percent of all cut flowers sold in the United States are actually grown in the country, according to the U.S. International Trade Commission.
In 1991, that number was closer to 64 percent.
So, what changed?
According to the Alliance of Americans for America, it was the Andean Trade Preference Agreement (ATPA), which did away with tariffs on many products from Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador and Peru. Not coincidentally, they say, 1991 was the year the U.S. entered that pact.
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