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The Star­lite Group has apol­o­gised to cus­tomers for the re­duced avail­abil­i­ty of choco­lates and con­fec­tionery this Christ­mas, point­ing to on­go­ing im­port re­stric­tions that con­tin­ue to dis­rupt re­tail sup­ply chains across T&T.

In a state­ment post­ed on Face­book over the week­end, the phar­ma­cy and re­tail group said it has been un­able to stock its usu­al sea­son­al range due to sig­nif­i­cant chal­lenges fac­ing im­porters. Ac­cord­ing to the com­pa­ny, re­stric­tions now af­fect a wide range of es­sen­tial items, in­clud­ing choco­lates and dairy prod­ucts, food items, vi­t­a­mins and oth­er sim­i­lar goods.