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Massive Chicken Back Bill - $2.7 Billion Spent On Imports Last Year;
Affordability, Not Love, Driving Imports, Say Poultry Campanies
Published: Sunday | November 2, 2014 21 Comments
Ryon Jones, Staff Reporter
Jamaica spent almost $3 billion dollars last year to import some 70 million pounds of chicken back from the United States, as many Jamaicans continue to depend on this cheap meat for the protein in their diets.
In 2012, $2.5 billion was spent importing chicken back while $2.3 billion was spent in 2011, pushing up the country's already high import bill despite the 11-year-old Eat Jamaica Campaign.
Affordability, Not Love, Driving Imports, Say Poultry Campanies
Published: Sunday | November 2, 2014 21 Comments
Ryon Jones, Staff Reporter
Jamaica spent almost $3 billion dollars last year to import some 70 million pounds of chicken back from the United States, as many Jamaicans continue to depend on this cheap meat for the protein in their diets.
In 2012, $2.5 billion was spent importing chicken back while $2.3 billion was spent in 2011, pushing up the country's already high import bill despite the 11-year-old Eat Jamaica Campaign.
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