When the United States ended it's PTA with India, things went nuts for the almond-farming community of California. In protest of this decision, India decided to impose almond tariffs upon the U.S. - a 20% increase for shelled almonds, and 17% increase for unshelled almonds. This typically wouldn't be too much to handle, however, China had also imposed almond tariffs on the U.S. of. 50% increase. Even when it was only China, almond exports dropped by a third