{"id":104936,"date":"2020-02-28T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T10:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=104936"},"modified":"2020-02-28T06:00:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T10:00:18","slug":"barbuda-loses-china-market-for-lobster-export-because-of-the-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/barbuda-loses-china-market-for-lobster-export-because-of-the-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbuda Loses China Market For Lobster Export Because Of The Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Barbuda laments over the loss of its biggest overseas lobster market, China who is currently battling the dreaded coronavirus.<\/p>

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Chairman of the Agriculture Committee on the Barbuda Council, Devon Warner, said that the China market was Barbuda’s most consistent buyer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Chinese market was extremely significant, because during the time when we weren\u2019t exporting to different territories, that is where we used to export to, through our lobster buyer from Antigua,\u201d he said.<\/p>

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However, moving forward, Barbuda is seeking to establish trade with other territories with the main target being the European Union.<\/p>

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According to Warner, Barbuda, currently, has trade markets in some neighbouring European territories such as Guadeloupe and St Maarten.<\/p>\n

“We now have the reintroduction of the exports to the European territories \u2013 which was absent for quite a while. Mr Lincoln Burton has started his exports again, to St Maarten [and] actually he had two shipments for this week and I think before the end of the week, he might have another shipment,\u201d he explained.<\/p>

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Warner said the lobster export has already met the European standard and as such its just a matter of finding suitable buyers in the European Union.<\/p>\n

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