IN the wake of last week’s announcement by Jamaica Broilers that it will hike the price of chicken meat by 10 per cent, Agriculture Minister Pearnel Charles Jr has announced that the Government is considering a temporary suspension of the common external tariff (CET) and additional stamp duties (ASD) on imported leg quarters.

Jamaica Broilers outlined that the pending chicken price hike is due to “continued cost increases across the entire operation, including corn, soy, and a lot of other raw materials”.

 

In Parliament on Tuesday, Charles outlined a raft of measures to help cauterise the situation, including suspension of duties on leg quarters to make poultry more affordable to consumers.

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