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Cluster Development · Saint Lucia · 2025
Agro-processing cluster raises export sales
Two dozen small sauce and spice makers were each too small to fill an export order or pay for the certification buyers asked for.
+38%export sales in 18 months
24firms in the cluster
3new export markets
The challenge
Two dozen small sauce and spice makers were each too small to fill an export order or pay for the certification buyers asked for.
Our approach
We mapped the cluster, set up a shared certification and labelling service, and brokered two group contracts with regional distributors.
The results
Export sales rose by 38% in 18 months. Fourteen firms gained food safety certification, and the cluster now runs the shared service itself.
“They found the bottleneck in our export process in two weeks and stayed until it was fixed.”
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