04-29-2025, 08:38 PM
Chocolate, coffee, honey, beef
How do Hawai’i grown prices compare with imported? Double? Triple? By slapping import taxes on those items we’ll be paying double or triple on chocolate, coffee, honey, beef. We won’t be paying the current imported prices on Hawai’i grown.
Not to mention that those local products you used as an example depend on tourism and tourists to support those businesses. With tourism headed downward, growers of those products may not be able to sustain their operations. They need tourists as part of their overall sales.
How do Hawai’i grown prices compare with imported? Double? Triple? By slapping import taxes on those items we’ll be paying double or triple on chocolate, coffee, honey, beef. We won’t be paying the current imported prices on Hawai’i grown.
Not to mention that those local products you used as an example depend on tourism and tourists to support those businesses. With tourism headed downward, growers of those products may not be able to sustain their operations. They need tourists as part of their overall sales.
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