Halifax airport posts record-setting year in shipments due to seafood exports
Posted Feb 20, 2015 06:41:49 AM.
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HALIFAX – Halifax Stanfield International Airport says cargo shipments rose sharply last year, due largely to growing demand in Asia for Canadian seafood.
It says more than 32,000 metric tonnes were shipped in 2014, an increase of 8.5 per cent over 2013.
The airport says Canadian live lobster exports to Asia have gone up 428 per cent over the last five years.
Growth in seafood exports to the Chinese market has been in the double digits, with Air Canada, CargoJet, FedEx, UPS, Purolator and Korean Air Cargo handling the loads.
The airport says Korean Air Cargo used weekly flights over the holiday season to carry an average of 50 tonnes of lobster per flight to South Korea.
It says the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union, as well as a free trade deal with South Korea could boost cargo business.
