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minus-squareSuperIcelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·4 months agoStill 2 to 4x the cost of beans from other countries, more than the tariffs.
minus-squareLowpastlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·4 months agoThe high price is from high labor costs. So, once tarrifs happen, it’ll be competitive, no?
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoJones act probably matters somewhat here too
minus-squaresolsangraal@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoand apparently california now too–though i don’t know if they sell it, or are still working on getting production going
minus-squareLowpastlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-24 months ago… and that’s relevant, how? Were talking about tarrifs. Puerto Rican coffee has no increase in tarrifs. Puerto rico grows coffee - not a particularly huge amount of it, (yet), but it’s good (not great).
Puerto Rico.
Still 2 to 4x the cost of beans from other countries, more than the tariffs.
The high price is from high labor costs. So, once tarrifs happen, it’ll be competitive, no?
Are the tariffs 1-300%?
Jones act probably matters somewhat here too
and apparently california now too–though i don’t know if they sell it, or are still working on getting production going
Not a state, a colony.
… and that’s relevant, how? Were talking about tarrifs. Puerto Rican coffee has no increase in tarrifs. Puerto rico grows coffee - not a particularly huge amount of it, (yet), but it’s good (not great).