{"id":190259,"date":"2023-11-14T07:04:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T11:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=190259"},"modified":"2023-11-14T07:04:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T11:04:36","slug":"antigua-and-barbuda-customs-achieves-record-327-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-and-barbuda-customs-achieves-record-327-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Antigua and Barbuda Customs Achieves Record $327 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-1165707161\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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