The first consignment of goods from Haiti shipped under a temporary non-reciprocal preferential basis with other CARICOM member states arrived in St. George’s, Grenada last week.
Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General Trade and Economic Development, hailed the development as “a positive one by Haiti to become a part of CARICOM’s trading arrangements”, according to a press release from the CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen. He also lauded the Community’s non-reciprocal access to sister member state Haiti as a sign of their commitment to Haiti’s reconstruction through private sector engagement. According to the release,