N.S. Lobster Exports Outside China are Picking Up as Tariffs Soften Demand
Nova Scotia’s lobster sector is feeling the pinch from Chinese tariffs this year, but officials say exporters are starting to crack other international markets.
Geoff Irvine, executive director of the Lobster Council of Canada, says new data shows exports outside the U.S. and China, the sector’s two biggest markets, increased about 43 per cent in October and that’s helping to cushion the blow from the 25 per cent tariff China has placed on Canada’s exports.
Statistics Canada says China bought $11.8 million...
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