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This report outlines Bermuda’s certification requirements and includes an Export Certificate Matrix as well as examples of select Export Certificates. U.S. Exporters may also refer to the 2021 Bermuda FAIRS Country report for more information on import requirements for food and agricultural products.

The United States is far and away Bermuda’s main agricultural trading partner, accounting for nearly three quarters of its imports of agricultural and related products.

Eager to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind it, the Caribbean is doing all it can to attract visitors and kick-start its tourism sector in 2021.

Global lentil exports in 2020 jumped from $1 billion to $2.6 billion compared to the year before. Canada and Australia led the surge, accounting for more than three-fourths of the exports. Lentil exports peaked at $2.7 billion in 2015 but drifted lower through 2019, primarily due to reduced shipments from Canada to India and Turkey and from the United States to Canada and India.

After exporting a record-high $1.1 billion in consumer-oriented agricultural products to the Caribbean in 2019, U.S. suppliers saw the COVID-19 pandemic take a toll on Caribbean demand...

The Caribbean tourism industry and the hotel/restaurant food service sector have been significantly impacted in both the near and long-term as a result of COVID-19.

In 2018, the United States exported over $1 Billion in U.S. consumer-oriented products to the Caribbean Basin.

The Cayman Islands tourism industry has experienced tremendous growth during the past several years.

The Bahamas is the second largest market for U.S. consumer-oriented products in the Caribbean.

U.S. exports of consumer-oriented products to Aruba reached an all-time high of $80 million in 2017 and are on pace to reach another record level in 2018.

U.S. exports of consumer-oriented products to Aruba reached an all-time high of $74 million in 2016 and are on pace to reach another record level in 2017.

The United States exported over $1 Billion in U.S. consumer-oriented foods and fish products to the Caribbean Basin in 2016.