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PetroCaribe Trade Compensation Mechanism Activated

By: , July 29, 2016

The Key Point:

The PetroCaribe Agreement provides that loan repayments to Venezuela may be made by way of goods and services, valued at preferential rates under the Trade Compensation Mechanism.
PetroCaribe Trade Compensation Mechanism Activated
Photo: Michael Sloley
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), with President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, His Excellency Nicolás Maduro Moros (right), ahead of a press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister on Sunday, May 22. The briefing followed bilateral talks between the two countries on trade, energy and culture. The Venezuelan President was on a working visit to Jamaica.

The Full Story

Cabinet has approved a reactivation of the trade compensation mechanism, up to a value of US $4m, under bilateral arrangements in place with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

The PetroCaribe Agreement provides that loan repayments to Venezuela may be made by way of goods and services, valued at preferential rates under the Trade Compensation Mechanism. This is to promote the exchange of goods and services and to build domestic production capacity and trade relations.

The arrangement will be coordinated through the PetroCaribe Development Fund which will facilitate the commercial transactions between Jamaican and Venezuelan businesses for the supply of priority products produced in Jamaica and desired by the Venezuelan market.

The details will be worked out in further discussions between the parties, with a projected activation in the last quarter of 2016.

Last Updated: July 29, 2016

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