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Tariffs force Hawaiian Chip Company to raise its prices

The Trump administration’s tariff implementation has forced Hawaiian Chip Company to raise its prices twice this year, coupled with an increase in its packaging costs due to supplies coming from China.

By Jamm Aquino

April 22, 2025

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Hawaiian Chip Company owner Jimmy Chan stands in the warehouse staging area of the company’s production facility on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Honolulu. The Trump administration’s tariff implementation has forced Hawaiian Chip Company to raise its prices twice this year, coupled with an increase in its packaging costs due to supplies coming from China.
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Hawaiian Chip Company owner Jimmy Chan sorts a stack of corrugated packing boxes as bags of freshly made chips are seen at right on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Honolulu. The Trump administration’s tariff implementation has forced Hawaiian Chip Company to raise its prices twice this year, coupled with an increase in its packaging costs due to supplies coming from China.
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Hawaiian Chip Company owner Jimmy Chan, right, assists worker Ester Laroya, left, and Talyn Goodman, back, in bagging and weighing freshly made chips at the company’s production facility on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Honolulu. The Trump administration’s tariff implementation has forced Hawaiian Chip Company to raise its prices twice this year, coupled with an increase in its packaging costs due to supplies coming from China.
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Hawaiian Chip Company owner Jimmy Chan sorts bags of freshly made chips at the company’s production facility on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Honolulu. The Trump administration’s tariff implementation has forced Hawaiian Chip Company to raise its prices twice this year, coupled with an increase in its packaging costs due to supplies coming from China.
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Hawaiian Chip Company worker Ester Laroya bags freshly made chips at the company’s production facility on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Honolulu. The Trump administration’s tariff implementation has forced Hawaiian Chip Company to raise its prices twice this year, coupled with an increase in its packaging costs due to supplies coming from China.
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Hawaiian Chip Company worker Ester Laroya bags freshly made chips at the company’s production facility on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Honolulu. The Trump administration’s tariff implementation has forced Hawaiian Chip Company to raise its prices twice this year, coupled with an increase in its packaging costs due to supplies coming from China.
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Hawaiian Chip Company worker Ester Laroya bags freshly made chips at the company’s production facility on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Honolulu. The Trump administration’s tariff implementation has forced Hawaiian Chip Company to raise its prices twice this year, coupled with an increase in its packaging costs due to supplies coming from China.
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Raw local taro is peeled, sliced, and prepped for frying at Hawaiian Chip Company on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Honolulu. The Trump administration’s tariff implementation has forced Hawaiian Chip Company to raise its prices twice this year, coupled with an increase in its packaging costs due to supplies coming from China.
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Raw local taro is peeled and prepped for frying at Hawaiian Chip Company on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Honolulu. The Trump administration’s tariff implementation has forced Hawaiian Chip Company to raise its prices twice this year, coupled with an increase in its packaging costs due to supplies coming from China.
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Hawaiian Chip Company owner Jimmy Chan holds a raw taro root—which is sourced locally—at the company’s production facility on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Honolulu. The Trump administration’s tariff implementation has forced Hawaiian Chip Company to raise its prices twice this year, coupled with an increase in its packaging costs due to supplies coming from China, although most, if not all, of the ingredients Chan tries to source locally.
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Hawaiian Chip Company owner Jimmy Chan holds a bag of sweet potato chips at the company’s production facility on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Honolulu. The Trump administration’s tariff implementation has forced Hawaiian Chip Company to raise its prices twice this year, coupled with an increase in its packaging costs due to supplies coming from China.
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A bag of Hawaiian Chip Company taro chips is seen, with owner Jimmy Chan in the background, at Hawaiian Chip Company on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Honolulu. The Trump administration’s tariff implementation has forced Hawaiian Chip Company to raise its prices twice this year, coupled with an increase in its packaging costs due to supplies coming from China.
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A worker hauls storage racks towards the shipping area at Hawaiian Chip Company on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in Honolulu. The Trump administration’s tariff implementation has forced Hawaiian Chip Company to raise its prices twice this year, coupled with an increase in its packaging costs due to supplies coming from China.

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