 As part of its mandate, the Division of Plant Research and Development of the Agricultural Ministry aims to safeguard plant health while enabling the smooth flow of international trade. The division recognising the importance of providing exporters with the necessary information and guidance to navigate the complexities of post-Brexit trade, hosted a workshop that served as a platform for exporters to gain a comprehensive understanding of the challenges they may encounter and how to effectively manage them. The workshop addressed specific requirements requested by importing countries, focusing on the conditions set for Saint Lucia farmers, which served as a guideline for exporters to meet the expectations of importing nations and ensure compliance with stringent plant health standards. Senior Client Manager of Exports in Lucia, Anthony John, says the consultation is timely, reinforcing their commitment to equip exporters for evolving international market demands while upholding plant health and compliance standards. This basically deals here today presented by the Ministry of Agriculture dealing basically with the exports of agricultural produce both to the UK market and the UK EU market and also the United States. These are very important markets for us as an agency to ensure that our clients, farmers, exporters have the necessary information and knowledge that would impact their exports rather. According to Chief Plant Health Officer Hannah Romain, the division's role is to stay informed about the traceability systems being implemented by various countries. She highlights that the discussion on a pilot programme, evaluating the effectiveness of the traceability system, offered exporters valuable insights and opportunities for enhancing product integrity throughout the supply chain. We have seen over the years post-Brexit several changes to the regulations for plant health and we have had some challenges over the years where we have had consignments being detained in the UK for several reasons because of perhaps changes to the declarations, changes to regulations and we have seen it fit to bring all our stakeholders together to ensure that they do understand what the changes are and how we can eliminate some of those challenges that we had to deal with over the years. Through the promotion of awareness and plant health requirements, facilitating knowledge exchange and encouraging the adoption of traceability systems, the division of plant research and development aims to enhance the competitiveness and sustainability of the industry. From the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture, I am Anicia Antoine reporting.