From snacks to tea, Japan food makers eye US plants to avoid tariffs

Companies fear levies will lift prices too high for popular products to sell

20250702N Ginbis animal cookies

Japanese snack maker Ginbis exports its Tabekko Dobutsu animal crackers to the U.S. market. (Photo obtained by Nikkei)

YUME NAMEKATA, KEI KIMURA and YUIYA SHIBATA

TOKYO/NIIGATA, Japan -- Japanese food manufacturers are exploring U.S. production to mitigate pricing and supply chain risks posed by looming tariffs imposed by the Trump administration that could reach 24% or higher.

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