PLAYLIST: Local businesses already feeling impacts from newly enacted tariffs

GRANGER, Ind. -- Trump’s tariffs took effect Wednesday, affecting nearly 70 countries worldwide.

India, who now has a 25 percent tariff, is a primary jewelry provider for the U.S.

For local jewelry store Van Horne, these tariffs are causing the store to shift to more U.S. based products. But they are not completely ruling out imported jewelry.

Tammy Boyer the general manager says, “We know they are very good quality, so we still want to keep them, so we're trying to eat some of the costs ourselves. But we want to stay in business too, so that's one of the reasons we have been trying to find more vendors that are American made.”

Boyer says shifting to more U.S. based product will bring in better quality pieces. She says the lifespan of imported jewelry is not nearly as long due to mass production.

Another way to combat tariffs is by making jewelry in-house. Customizations at Van Horne have become more popular. According to Katie Brenneman, the custom jewelry designer, this is partially because of tariffs.

Brenneman says, “Uptick with the tariffs, as well I believe, because we can do everything in house, so we are passing those savings to the customer."

India is not the only country affected by tariffs. Brazil is seeing a 50 percent tariff and as a primary coffee bean provider, a local coffee importing company is already feeling the effects of these tariffs.

Kevin Kuyers, the President of Theta Ridge Coffee says, “Tariffs are going to be a huge impact on us as well as to all our customers. We are seeing price increases already.”

Theta Ridge Coffee buys from all over the world because it is not easy to grow in the U.S. Kuyers says, “The only places in the United States that grows coffee is Hawaii and Puerto Rico."

One place they purchase from is Brazil, which right now is not in harvest season, so Kuyers says the company has yet to experience the 50 percent.

Kuyers said, “So new crop won't come in until later this year, and then hopefully we'll see how this plays out, if that 50 percent stays in or if it gets reduced to some other number.”

Theta Ridge Coffee sells to customers across the U.S. and Canada. Kuyers says the people who will really feel the pain of these tariffs are the customers.

He says," It's going to be an impact, A huge impact, on all our local roasters here, they unfortunately are going to have to bear the brunt of that, but they're going to have to raise their prices, which means the consumer is the one ending up going to be paying all this.”

Kuyers also says many importers will go to other countries to get blends from places with lower tariffs than Brazil to combat the high costs.