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Agriculture Industries Ltd and local rum distillers. Grenada Central Statistics Office recorded exports of agro-processed products in 2008 EC $2,760,000. The Beekeepers Association also exported honey in the quantity of 701 litres to Trinidad, Martinique and St. Vincent valuing over EC $20,000. Other smaller groups and small agro-processors throughout the island processed products such as jams and jellies, tamarind balls, guava cheese, plantain and banana chips, fresh fruit juices, nectars, pepper sauces, cassava bread, farine, rum, ice creams, nutmeg and coconut oil among many other products. Actual production figures during the year 2008 were unavailable. Although it is not mandatory, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Produce Chemist Laboratory has provided support to some commercial and small agro-processors over the years. Since the establishment of the laboratory, hundreds of analyses have been performed which resulted in the development of over fifty (50) formulas, the commercialization of several products formulated and training in excess of five hundred (500) rural persons in agro-processing techn ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????A?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????e??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????A??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????%M