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Regional exporters face 'significant barriers' to China market
High trade barriers coupled with stringent tax policies and subsidies that form more protection for Chinese investors are some reasons why exporters in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region continue to find it hard to penetrate the Chinese market and promote trade liberalization.
New budgetary allocations for FDA could mean technical assistance for Bahamas exporters
New budgetary allocations for FDA could mean technical assistance for Bahamas exporters
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law in January 2011, and the FDA expects fiscal years 2015 and 2016 to be crucial years for doing the up-front work that is needed to implement FSMA, which will be of great concern to The Bahamas, as the U.S. is one of the major destinations for Bahamian food exports.
Undersize crawfish harvesting warning
Undersize crawfish harvesting warning
Bahamians face prosecution "to the fullest extent of the law"?for harvesting undersize crawfish, Agriculture and Marine resources Minister Lawrence S 'Larry' Cartwright stated.
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"The practice of harvesting undersize crawfish presents a clear and present danger to the crawfish industry," he told a press conference on Monday.
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Mr. Sulton Floyd "Pork" Sands
Mr. Sulton Floyd "Pork" Sands
Final Rites and Burial for the late Mr. Sulton Floyd "Pork" Sands age 70 years Dundas Town, Marsh Harbor, Abaco will be held on Saturday July 22nd, 2023, 11:00 am, at Friendship Tabernacle Church Central Pines Abaco.
PM Davis: Fisheries Institute Conference will have dialogue that will lead to ‘a range of auspicious, actionable outcomes for the region’
While bringing Keynote Remarks at the 76th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute conference, on November 6, 2023, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. Philip Davis noted that that forum would be filled with “fruitful dialogue that, through sustained and considered collaboration, will lead to a range of auspicious, actionable outcomes for the region."
The Bahamas Hosts JMEA Companies with a Goal to Increase Trade in the Caribbean
The Bahamas is hosting several Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) companies following a trade and business fact-finding mission by representatives from the Small Business Development Centre (SBDC), The Bahamas Trade Commission and The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce in March 2023 to that country with a goal to increasing trade throughout the Caribbean.
IDB launches program to boost US business investment in region
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched a new program yesterday it calls Bid for the Americas, which is meant to strengthen and grow economic ties between the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, the IDB said in a statement.
The Closure of the 2017-2018 Crawfish Season and the Use of Air Compressor to Assist with the Harvesting of Marine Resources
The Department of Marine Resources would like to advise the general public that the closed season for the harvesting of crawfish is from April 1, 2018 to July 31, 2018...
Opening of Crawfish Season Brings Renewed Focus on Sustainable Fishing and Expansion into International Markets
Opening of Crawfish Season Brings Renewed Focus on Sustainable Fishing and Expansion into International Markets
GOVERNMENT SET TO PUSH FOR INCREASED NUMBERS OF BAHAMIAN DIVERS IN LUCRATIVE LOBSTER INDUSTRY...
Christie: LNG will be hot topic in Bahamas
Christie: LNG will be hot topic in Bahamas
The government of The Bahamas has renewed its conversations with liquified natural gas (LNG) producers to explore the prospects for that energy source in The Bahamas, and in fact, Prime Minister Perry Christie said in the margins of the Caribbean Energy Security Summit (CESS) that the government is talking with "one of the major players for natural gas who has just gone into Jamaica."