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2024-04-07JBDC builds bridges for business success
GOVERNMENT entities are pooling resources to bolster micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), unveiling an array of initiatives aimed at cultivating a favourable business environment.
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2023-12-05Motor Vehicle Dealer Companies (Dealership Requirements)
In keeping with Section 9.1 "Guidelines for Certification" of the Motor Vehicle Import Policy, Ministry Paper 36/14, All duly registered companies desirous of participating in the motor vehicle trade as a dealer must submit the following documentation for CERTIFICATION AND RE-CERTIFICATION
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2023-11-23 Contract Awarded to Provide Pre-Shipment Inspection, Sanitization & Quarantine Services
The Jamaica Trade Board Limited (TBL) requested proposals from the public to provide pre-shipment inspection, sanitization and quarantine services for used vehicles during the October 2, 2023 - October 20, 2023 period. Upon receipt of bids, The TBL conducted a careful review and evaluation. As such, The TBL wishes to advise the public that Autoterminal Japan Limited (ATJ) won the bid to provide pre-inspection, sanitization and quarantine services for imported used vehicles.
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2023-08-09Trade agreements underutilised
Despite the many complaints from businesses about having little to no access to export markets, data from the Trade Board Limited (TBL) shows that while a number of trade agreements exist, most are underutilised.
Director of export at the TBL Joan Butler told theJamaica Observerthat of the 11 trade agreements to which Jamaica is a party, the nine managed by her entity is found to be marginally used. The other two the CARIFORUM-European Union (EU) and CARIFORUM-United Kingdom (UK) economic partnership agreements (EPA) that falls under the control of the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) also reflect minimal usage.
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2023-07-14Jamaica Trade Board Limited Honours Long-Serving Employees
Twenty-eight current and former employees of the Jamaica Trade Board Limited (TBL) were recognised for their dedication to Service Excellence, at a recent staff awards ceremony held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in Kingston.
The event was held under the theme 'Recognising Commitment to Service and Excellence' and was hosted as part of TBL’s 40th anniversary celebrations.
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2023-06-28Jamaica Trade Board Promotes Benefits of Agreements
The Jamaica Trade Board Limited (TBL) has been making a positive impact with its ‘Step-Up Export with Trade Agreements’ initiative, which was launched in May 2022.
The project has two overarching goals, which are to promote the benefits of the nine preferential Trade Agreements/Arrangements managed by the entity and increase awareness of the underutilised/inactive agreements.
These Trade agreements can provide various benefits, such as reduced tariffs, streamlined customs procedures, increased market access, as well as helping companies increase their competitiveness and reach new customers in foreign markets.
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2023-06-23Jamaica Trade Board looking to identify and resolve Jamaica's export issues
The Jamaica Trade Board says it is looking to identify and resolve issues surrounding exports from Jamaica.
Retired Major Dr. Hugh Blake, Trade Administrator and Chief Executive Officer at the Jamaica Trade Board, said the agency has established a "4-E" strategy.
The strategy is based on four pillars intended to educate, enable, expedite and evaluate.
Major Blake said the board is also setting key performance indicators, which have seen a 95 per cent efficiency index.
He said he expects these efficiencies to help boost local exports.
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2023-06-22Jamaica Trade Board Limited Develops '4E' Export Strategy
A ‘4E’ strategy has been developed by the Jamaica Trade Board Limited (TBL) to identify and resolve issues surrounding Jamaica’s exports.
Trade Administrator and TBL Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Major (Ret’d) Hugh Blake, says this is among the strategies that are being pursued by the agency to support the country’s export growth.
He was speaking at a recent seminar at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew, which provided traders with guidelines on how they can ‘Step-Up Export with Trade Agreements’.
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2023-05-31TBL Plans Upgrade of Jamaica's Trade Information Portal, JTIP
The Trade Board Limited, TBL, says plans are in place to update and expand the scope and reach of the Jamaica Trade Information Portal, JTIP.
The JTIP is an informational portal, and the only one of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean that provides exporters and importers with data on the regulatory requirements to conduct trade transactions.
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2023-05-24MSMEs urged to utilise trade agreements to bolster exports
MICRO, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are being urged to further tap into overseas markets, through export, by taking advantage of the opportunities presented under a number of preferential trade agreements to which Jamaica is a party.
Speaking at a Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) webinar, manager for client relations, marketing and research at the Jamaica Trade Board Sharisa Buckle shared information on the various trade agreements.
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2023-05-22Jamaica Trade Information Portal to be Updated and Expanded
Plans are in place to update and expand the Jamaica Trade Information Portal (JTIP), says Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill.
The upgrade will see the platform becoming more user-friendly and accessible in Spanish and French.
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2023-05-17Senator Hill Urges Manufacturers to Monitor Trends in Packing and Presentation
The Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Senator Aubyn Hill, is urging local manufacturers to keep abreast of trends in packaging and presentation, if they want to be able to sell their products to lucrative foreign markets.
He made the appeal during a seminar for exporters organised by the Jamaica Trade Board Limited at the UWI’s Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew on Tuesday.
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2023-05-17Exporters Urged to Make Use of Preferential Trade Agreements
Local businesses are being encouraged to utilise the various trade agreements that are available under preferential terms to boost earnings and increase exports for the country.
Industry, Investment, and Commerce Minister, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, in making the call, said that these agreements give local producers a competitive advantage in accessing regional and international markets.
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2023-05-16'Only Haiti is Worse': Hill Bemoans Jamaica'
s GDP per Capita Level
The Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator Aubyn Hill, says the country should be embarrassed that only strife torn Haiti has a lower GDP per capita rank than Jamaica in the Caribbean.
Senator Hill was speaking Tuesday morning at a dissemination seminar put on by the Trade Board Limited at the UWI’s Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew.
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2023-05-16Jamaica Trade Board seeking to get more exporters to utilize 9 preferential trade agreements to get their goods into larger global markets
The Jamaica Trade Board is seeking to get more exporters to utilize 9 preferential trade agreements, to get their goods into larger markets across the world.
The Jamaica Trade Board manages the agreements and certifies products which comply with the Rule- of-Origin-Criteria which allows the goods into those countries for which there are
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2023-05-10Duty-free importation of European automobiles
Duty-free importation of European automobiles is to come into effect this year, says Ambassador, Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Jamaica, Marianne Van Steen.
“As a trading partner, I am very proud to announce that after 15 years, we have a trade agreement, free-trade agreement in force.
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2022-11-30The Importation of Newly Introduced Makes and Models of Motor
Vehicles
The Jamaica Trade Board Limited wishes to remind certified motor vehicle dealers of Section 12.0 of the Motor Vehicle Import Policy, Ministry Paper 36/14, which refers to "Importation of Newly Introduced Makes and Models". Accordingly, certified motor vehicle dealers desirous of importing new makes and models of motor vehicles for resale in the domestic market must first seek prior approval from the Trade Board Limited.
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