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Potato packers across Prince Edward Island are doing what they can to provide work for their employees as they struggle with the impact of the export ban to the United States. For some operations, it represents a loss of 60 to 70 per cent of their business.
P.E.I. potato growers and politicians are lobbying for the export of fresh potatoes to Puerto Rico to resume. Potatoes are one of Puerto Rico's biggest imports and there's no risk of spreading potato wart, as potatoes aren't grown domestically.