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CARICOM SG challenges investors to help reduce the high import food bill of the Caribbean

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CARICOM Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett, addressing the the five-day International Trade and Investment Conference organised by the World Trade Center Georgetown (WTCG).

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Oct 20,  CMC- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett, says much of the multi-billion US dollar export growth in the region has been driven by energy and commodities and that the regional  integration grouping  continues to import a large share of its food, manufactured goods and capital equipment.

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