Caribbean Chicken will try to export to Trinidad again. That's after a 20 foot container with 24,000 pounds of poultry was sent back to Belize from Trinidad, because it did not have proper import permits.
According to the CEO in the Ministry of Agriculture, Jose Alpuche a meeting held this morning between BAHA, the Producer and the Importer who was trying to get it into Trinidad.
Alpuche says that there were mis-steps at all levels and his ministry will take up the matter, and the first task will be to have the Chief Veterinary Officers of both Belize and Trinidad coordinate to avoid a recurrence. He says both have come to a commercial agreement that they're satisfied with both are determined to make the business happen.
Isaac Bergen the General Manager of Caribbean Chicken told us that he remains committed and determined to export to Trinidad but presently has no time-frame for when the next shipment might go off. He says his company did incur expenses with this failed effort.
This is the first time Belize has tried to export poultry to CARICOM.
