Videocrux - Items imported from mainland France to Guadeloupe.

#Videocrux - Items imported from mainland France to Guadeloupe. The strike on the French Caribbean Island Guadeloupe continues.
Marie-Galante is one of the territory's outlying islands where prices are particularly high. Marie-Galante is 45 minutes by boat from Guadeloupe's capital. Minutes which don't come cheaply? This breakfast drink sells for nearly 10 Euros here - almost double what it costs in mainland France. That's true for most supermarket staples. The reason: the cost of transporting containers. Eric le Maistre, Manager, Bagg Cash store, "The market value of the container is around 16,000 Euros, but by the time it gets to me here, it's 27,000. After that I take my margin, to try to live and pay my employees." Items must be imported from mainland France then to Guadeloupe before finally arriving here in Marie-Galante. The cost of living, which has sparked protests elsewhere in the French Caribbean islands, is particularly high here. Paul Dongal, Farmer, "When I need a pipe for irrigation, I have to go to the capital Point-à-Pitre. The round-trip comes to 100 Euros. Farmers here are growing poorer by the day. The farming population is aging, which means that they can't count on getting any relief." Isolation, poverty, unemployment. Many decide to pack up and go. Today, the island has fewer than 10,000 inhabitants compared to 35,000 in the seventies. Philippe is a fisherman. Philippe Boucaut, Fisherman, "In a family like mine, where there were seven brothers and sisters, only two of us stayed on the island. I am a fisherman. I can afford to stay, while there are still fish and people to feed." Marie-Galante has so far escaped the violence which has crippled the rest of Guadeloupe. Residents say they support the general strike.
Marie-Galante, one of the territory's outlying islands.
Marie-Galante is one of the territory's outlying islands where prices are particularly high. Marie-Galante is 45 minutes by boat from Guadeloupe's capital. Minutes which don't come cheaply? This breakfast drink sells for nearly 10 Euros here - almost double what it costs in mainland France. That's true for most supermarket staples. The reason: the cost of transporting containers. Eric le Maistre, Manager, Bagg Cash store, "The market value of the container is around 16,000 Euros, but by the time it gets to me here, it's 27,000. After that I take my margin, to try to live and pay my employees."
Items imported from mainland France to Guadeloupe.
Items must be imported from mainland France then to Guadeloupe before finally arriving here in Marie-Galante. The cost of living, which has sparked protests elsewhere in the French Caribbean islands, is particularly high here. Paul Dongal, Farmer, "When I need a pipe for irrigation, I have to go to the capital Point-à-Pitre. The round-trip comes to 100 Euros. Farmers here are growing poorer by the day. The farming population is aging, which means that they can't count on getting any relief."
The island has fewer than 10,000 inhabitants.
Isolation, poverty, unemployment. Many decide to pack up and go. Today, the island has fewer than 10,000 inhabitants compared to 35,000 in the seventies. Philippe is a fisherman. Philippe Boucaut, Fisherman, "In a family like mine, where there were seven brothers and sisters, only two of us stayed on the island. I am a fisherman. I can afford to stay, while there are still fish and people to feed." Marie-Galante has so far escaped the violence which has crippled the rest of Guadeloupe. Residents say they support the general strike.

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