Assessing the Market Viability of High-Quality, Fortified Peanut-Based Foods in Haiti, Part II
- 91% of adults surveyed report eating prepackaged cookies, crackers and cheese puffs, and 78% buy them for their children.
- Prepackaged snacks are purchased far more frequently than non-staple foods such as milk, cheese, peanut butter and bread.
- Imported peanut-based products face a 5% customs verification fee, a duty of 3% to 20% of value and a 10% sales tax, while locally produced products face only the 10% sales tax.
- Distributors would require credit for a new product and would expect to sell on consignment during an introductory period.
Part II of the report covers the entry of imported snack foods, the peanut value chain, consumer opinions and tastes, distributor margins and competing processed snacks. It reports survey results on how widely prepackaged snacks are eaten and bought for children, and it describes who controls the market and the role of government regulation, imports and quality control.
It estimates the market size for a peanut-based ready-to-use therapeutic food by population segment, from survey probabilities of purchase. It also states the duties and taxes that apply to imported and locally produced peanut-based products and the cost of shipping a 20-foot container from Miami to Port-au-Prince.
How to cite
Socio-Dig, 2015, Assessing the Market Viability of High-Quality, Fortified Peanut-Based Foods in Haiti, Part II, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/sociodig-2015-fortified-peanut-foods-market-part-2
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