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There has been a three-fold increase in the amount of goods imported into Bermuda because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Customs officials. Lucinda Pearman the Collector of Customs, said that residents were buying goods online from oversea...

Bermuda has been hit by a shortage of fresh milk because of low production by dairy cows sparked by a shortage of imported cattle feed. Dunkley’s Dairy said yields of fresh milk – which the company collects from farms before it is pasteurised and pac...

People expecting packages from overseas were today asked to complete the required paperwork to avoid delays in the run-up to the festive season. Renée Ming, the Minister of National Security, added that people should be patient while goods were proce...

A bid to get details of a controversial link-up between the Bermuda Post Office and a US private courier company has been stonewalled by the Government. The refusal came after Mailboxes Unlimited, a Bermuda courier company, challenged the deal, set u...

Questions about a controversial plan to set up a Bermuda Post Office shipping service in partnership with a foreign courier firm have been stonewalled by the Government. Wayne Furbert, the minister for the Cabinet Office, also declined to comment on ...

A plant nursery will not sell Christmas trees this year because of a shortage of the traditional fir trees in North America, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Julie Greaves, the general manager of Aberfeldy Nurseries in Paget, explained that a combinatio...

A government policy that has allowed second-hand vehicles to be imported for commercial use is under review, a government spokesman has disclosed. In effect for some years, the policy has quietly slashed the cost of vehicles for small businesses and ...

Bermuda recorded a first quarter 2021 balance of payments surplus nearly $100 million higher than for the same period the year before, Minister for the Cabinet Office Wayne Furbert has reported. In a press statement, the Minister said: “Bermuda’s tra...

Bermuda’s trade surplus rose by $20 million to $248 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, but imports of goods and services dropped compared to the same October to December period in 2019. The current account surplus was the highest it has been sinc...

Imported Christmas trees are under examination by Government officials who will check for possible infestations. Staff from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources will carry out inspections on the island as the team did not perform check...

The crisis on Hamilton’s docks is having a huge impact on Bermuda’s retailers, a company boss said. Paula Clarke, chief executive officer at Gibbons Company, said: “It’s having a major disruptive effect.” She added: “We have inventory coming every si...

Bermuda got a welcome break from a long banana drought after the first shipment since January hit the shelves yesterday. Residents have been limited to locally grown stock since invasive pests halted imports early in the year. Mealybugs, a type of sc...