T&T to allow trade in honey soon – COTED Chairman

Chet Greene

Guyana and Grenada are among CARICOM countries that stand to benefit from the export of honey to Trinidad and Tobago once the twin-island republic enacts legislation to facilitate trade in honey, says Antigua and Barbuda Minister of Trade, Commerce and Industry Chet Greene. 

Greene, who chaired the just-concluded CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) meeting at the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown told Stabroek News by phone on Saturday from Antigua that the matter of the honey which was an agenda item for non-compliance with provisions of the Revised Treaty and decisions of COTED by Trinidad, “is in the final stages.”

The Heads of Government have deliberated on the issue, he said, “and it is now left for the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament to enact legislation to facilitate the movement.” He added, “It not only affects Grenada honey but the transshipment of honey from Guyana through Trinidad and Tobago.”