CEDA: Costly shipping, inefficient logistics hurting regional food trade

WESTERN BUREAU: The region’s push to boost food and agricultural exports is being held back by high shipping costs, inefficient logistics and fragmented sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements, according to the CEO of the Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA). CEDA head Dr Damie Sinanan said the current shipping system makes it expensive and inefficient to move food between Caribbean…

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