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21 April 2021

Agriculture Ministry calls for greater logistics support to facilitate increased food exports

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21 Apr 2021

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dermon Spence, is calling for greater facilitation and increased logistics support for agricultural exports, noting that while there is an increased demand for Jamaican produce exports continue to lag behind imports.

Speaking at a Fresh Produce Exporters’ Forum on April 20, Spence stated that some 1.134 billion kilograms of produce valued at US$932.6 million was imported in 2020 as against exports of approximately 95.679 million kilogrammes of produce valued at US$238.5 million.

“While these figures reflect...