Other Information

OTHER CARICOM POULTRY INDUSTRY INFORMATION

1. CARICOM Member States are:

Antigua/Barbuda
The Bahamas
Barbados
Belize (part of Central America)
Commonwealth of Dominica
Grenada
Guyana (part of Continental South America)
Haiti
Jamaica
Montserrat
St. Kitts/Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and The Grenadines
Suriname (part of Continental South America)
Trinidad & Tobago

2. The CPA has full Ordinary Members in :

Barbados
Belize
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
Suriname
Trinidad & Tobago

3. The CPA has Associate Members in the United States of America.

4. Institutions with Observer Status to the CPA are in :

Antigua/Barbuda
The Bahamas
Commonwealth of Dominica
Guyana
Haiti
St. Lucia
Suriname
United States of America.

5. The following information refers to CARICOM Member States except for the moment Haiti (Statistics on Haiti are being collected but the industry is now rapidly developing:

Live consumer sales vary from 28% to 89%
No. of Grain Terminals : 17
No. of Feed Mills : 20
Tunnel-Ventilated farms are located in Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica & Trinidad & Tobago)
Commercial Hatcheries: 19
Baby chick exporters: 1 (Barbados)
Total Industry Investment at 2014 prices : US$850 Million
No. of Line Processing Plants : 19
No. of Further Processing Plants: 6
No. of Egg Processing Plants : 1
No. of Cottage Processors : 11,100
Direct Employment in the Industry: 61,900
Indirect Employment 33,500
Largest line processing plants : Located in Jamaica(These belong to the JB Group Ltd & the CB Group Ltd.)
Smallest line processing plants: Located in Belize & Suriname
Feed input producers: Belize (corn), Guyana & Suriname (Rice), Guyana & Trinidad & Tobago (Fish Meal), Dominica, Guyana, Suriname (Coconut Meal)
Feed input exporters: Belize (Corn). Guyana & Suriname (Rice)
Industry-owned cargo ships: 2
Industry-owned aircraft: 1
Commencement of the industry: 1953 (Jamaica); 1964 (Trinidad & Tobago)
Contribution of the industry to Agricultural GDP: Varies from 10-65%

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