The bulk of sales by all members on the island are to the mainland, but usually to the United States or internationally. Speaking from my own experience, probably only about 1% of my sales would be in the Maritimes and then maybe 10% would be to the rest of Canada and a pretty solid 60% to 70% to the United States.
We predominantly sell off-island. In the last five years that I've been doing this, I've noticed that the average wait time of customers for their parcels has increased.
I can't speak to whether mainland businesses would have a different experience, but I assume that they would because there is that additional distance from P.E.I., that additional isolation. I'm not entirely sure how we could be more competitive, but I imagine that having some level of sorting and processing on the island would maybe speed things up.