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(AP) Known for its $30-a-pound Kona coffee beans, $20-a-pound chocolate-dipped cookies, posh $1,000-a-night hotel suites and $1 million ocean-view condos, the west coast of Hawaii's Big Island is now cashing in with another pricey offering: $6 bottled water from the bottom of the ocean. Desalinated deep-sea water from Kona is the state's fastest-growing export with demand soaring in Japan. Super-cold water sucked up from thousands of feet below the Pacific Ocean's surface is being marketed as healthy, pure, mineral-rich drinking water. Koyo USA Corp. already is producing more than 200,000 bottles a day and says it can't keep up with demand in Japan, where it sells 1.5 liter bottles of its MaHaLo brand for $4 to $6 each.
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