THE CARIBBEAN’S POULTRY industry is under threat from the importation of chicken leg quarters from the United States of America.
And the situation is becoming untenable, says Dr Desmond Ali, executive director of the Caribbean Poultry Association (CPA) which represents 15 poultry companies and three national associations in nine Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries.
Ali was speaking at the Barbados Yacht Club yesterday during a Trade Agreements and Trade Negotiations Seminar hosted by the CPA, the Barbados Egg and Poultry Producers Association (BEPPA) and the Barbados Agricultural Society.
He said the Caribbean was in “the unfortunate position of being located between Brazil to the south and the United States to the north who are the two largest exporters of poultry products in the world”.
(Nation News)
