Starkist plant in Samoa Americana. (Photo: Stock File)
Governor claims Washington support to stop StarKist's departure
(AMERICAN SAMOA, 7/13/2017)
The governor of American Samoa has warned that unless the United States government intervenes, tuna cannery StarKist is to leave within the next five years.
Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga made the statement as part of his address to the Fono's joint opening session, pointing out that his administration had played its part with exemption measures to help the cannery compete with other companies, but he stressed that the federal government needed to restore laws that benefitted the company, Radio New Zealand reported.
The governor explained that Washington had taken away a tax credit and terminated a tax incentive, forcing American Samoa to grant the cannery tax exemptions and preferential land leases.
Matalasi Moliga said the automatic minimum wage increase imposed by the United States every three years had forced the Tri Marine cannery to terminate its operation and was deterring other investors from coming to American Samoa.
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