St. Vincent To Export Largest Single Shipment Of Livestock To Grenada

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, November 5, 2019 (CMC) – A bilateral agri-export agreement, between Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, will see the export of 100 head of cattle and 400 pigs to Grenada, later this month. 

It will be the largest, single shipment of animals to be exported to Grenada in the island’s history.

Since the establishment of the agreement, over EC$10 million worth of products have been traded on the platform.

Minister of Agriculture in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Saboto Caesar, welcomed the continued support from the government and people of Grenada, and outlined plans to further deepen regional trade relationships.

“The focus for 2020 to 2025, is to include as many OECS (Organisation of Eastern Caribbean) Member States on this established agri-export, intra-regional trading platform.

“While we attempt to increase livestock export to other islands, we also embrace the importation of goods, produced in other OECS Member States that have particular production advantages,” Caesar said.

The Ministry of Agriculture in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is expected to obtain help from the government of Grenada, before year-end, regarding planting material for spices.

Vincentian farmers wishing to sell animals to Grenada have been asked to take their information to the nearest agriculture station.