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  • 1 year ago

Shoppers usually flock to businesses either a week or two before Christmas to take advantage of the new stock or specials offered by retailers to boost sales.

But this year, business have been slow in South Trinidad.
President of the San Fernando Business Chamber, Daphane Bartlett says she is looking forward to the reopening of the refinery.

Sharla Kistow has this report.

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00:00President of the San Fernando Business Chamber Daphne Bartlett says she noticed
00:05a downward trend in food traffic and the sales in South Trinidad since the
00:09Petriton refinery closed its doors in 2018 as people do not have enough money
00:13to shop. She said homelessness has been on the rise since its closure.
00:30And on the issue of
00:59foreign exchange the business chamber president believe the closure of the
01:03refinery is one of the reasons for the country's forex crisis.
01:06She says the refinery brought in a lot of foreign currency
01:10and she believes that the government does not understand how important the
01:14refinery is to TNT.
01:29Bartlett speaks about diversifying the economy and is urging citizens,
01:42especially big companies, to stop importing foodstuff.
01:46She asks why do we feel the need to import 10 different brands of cornflakes.
01:59Sharla Kesto, TV6 News.
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