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NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-29-2025 4PM EDT
Melissa Raftery roasts more than 80,000 pounds of coffee each year at 44 North Coffee in Maine. We can't grow enough for ourselves. President Trump's first round of tariffs included steep import taxes on major coffee producers, Vietnam and Indonesia. He's paused the country-specific tariffs and replaced them with 10% tariffs on most imports. But the coffee industry is rattled.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-29-2025 4PM EDT
The National Coffee Association has requested an exemption from the tariffs, and the entire industry is waiting to see how things shake out. For NPR News, I'm Murray Carpenter.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 04-29-2025 4PM EDT
The U.S. grows about 1% of its coffee supply in Hawaii and Puerto Rico.