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T&T on tight rope:80 per cent of the goods on the shelves of supermarkets are imported
At least 80 per cent of the goods on the shelves of our supermarkets are imported. And this has contributed to the rise in our country’s food import bill from $2 billion in 2006 to a staggering $4 billion. Food Production Minister Vasant Bharath plans to reduce this figure by half in 2015. The task is daunting but Bharath said it has to be done if we want to see cheaper food prices, a reduction in food inflation, obtain food security and a slash in our growing food import bill.
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