Q&A: Recession Woes Trickle Down to Caribbean Islands

Carla Murphy, carla.murphy@journalism.cuny.edu

Abstract

You know, when America have a cold, if America sneeze, then we catch the same cold that America has. ... Every barrel [that goes through customs], you might pay about $60-$80 EC which is equivalent to about $30 US. A container might contain 200 barrels and you multiply that by $30 and you see the amount of money going into the economy. Let’s say, between the other shippers and myself, you have at least three, four containers going in per week. Now, we have only one.