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Caribbean imports of consumer-oriented products shrunk from $2.3 billion in 2019 to $2.1 billion in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, yet Caribbean retail grocery sales grew by an estimated 6 percent during the same period.

South Asia, which includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, accounts for 24 percent of the world’s population, with 1.84 billion people in 2019.

Bermuda, a $100 million plus market for consumer-oriented food products, lies just 600 miles off the East Coast of the United States.

Burma is in the process of updating many of its laws and regulations.

Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma (Myanmar) are part of the fastest developing region in the world and account for roughly 221 million of Southeast Asia’s population.

The Cayman Islands tourism industry has experienced tremendous growth during the past several years.

The Bahamas is the second largest market for U.S. consumer-oriented products in the Caribbean.

The report lists the major export certificates required for food, feed and agricultural product imports to Myanmar.

U.S. exports of consumer-oriented products to Aruba reached an all-time high of $74 million in 2016 and are on pace to reach another record level in 2017.

U.S. exports of consumer-oriented products to Trinidad and Tobago have experienced ten percent average annual growth over the past five years, reaching an all-time-high of $237.7 million in 2015.

The Food Marketing Consultants, Inc. with the help of FAS and its partner commodity organizations, penetrated seven Caribbean markets and tripled its exports sales...