Many manufacturing and wholesale businesses in the UK have customers in the Caribbean because, along with other countries, we make and supply things that they do not make or have themselves in the islands. If they do make them, they may find that ours are better quality, cheaper, and so on, so they prefer to import them from us.
It follows that if you are such a manufacturer or wholesaler you will need to find a shipping company that you can rely upon to deliver your goods on time, failing which your customers will very likely go elsewhere. They are not going to be very happy if they keep running out of stock because of erratic supplies. You may be manufacturing and delivering to the shipping company on time every time, so in that sense it is not your fault, but you do need a reliable shipper.
Fortunately, in recent years there have grown some shipping companies who deal regularly with the Caribbean islands. If you are shipping to Barbados, or shipping to St. Lucia, there are companies who have become specialists in the area and they know all there is to know about the customs on the various islands along with the import regulations, so they can get your goods to its' destination island.
These shipping companies also have contacts and arrangements with transport companies on the islands who can get your cargo to the final destination which is your customer's business.
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