CARICOM Foreign Ministers riled at impact of UK’s Air Passenger Duty tax

Irwin LaRocque

CARICOM Foreign Ministers  have denounced in strong terms the negative impact that the UK’s Air Passenger Duty (APD) tax continues to have on the region’s revenue sources.

According to a communiqué issued at the end  of the conclusion of the Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) held from May  3-4 in Paramaribo, Suriname, the foreign ministers observed that the tax was distorting trade and compromising the region’s efforts towards sustainable development,