The Plant Quarantine Produce Inspection (PQPI) Division, Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, will be the next border regulatory agency (BRA) to implement a platform under the Jamaica Electronic Single Window for Trade (JSWIFT). JSWIFT is a one-stop-shop facility designed to provide fully automated services to enable traders and their representatives to transact all attendant business engagements online through a...

Importers and exporters are now seeing a faster turnaround time for the approval of certificates and permits through the Trade Board Limited’s online platform. Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, said that the agency is moving from a two to three-day turnaround time for the processing of transactions to 24...

Entrepreneurs wishing to close their companies or businesses will have an additional two months to do so under the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) COVID-19 Relief Initiative. The Agency has extended the initiative’s deadline to December 31, 2020. Previous deadlines were August 31 and October 30. In addition to the extension, the offer will now include overseas companies. These companies...

Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw says he is confident in Jamaica’s capacity to safely pursue its engagement with nuclear science and technology in all aspects of national development and wealth creation strategies. He said this is made possible through the establishment of the Hazardous Substances Regulatory Authority (HSRA). “Our use of radiation, though inherently dangerous, will be...

Jamaica is benefiting from intervention aimed at strengthening the value chain for the production of indigenous Black Castor Oil. The support is being provided under the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) component of the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Programme, implementation of which is being spearheaded by the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ)....

Jamaica has officially launched the Hazardous Substances Regulatory Authority (HSRA), becoming the first country in the English-speaking Caribbean to establish a full regulatory body for radiation protection and safety, and enhancing the country’s reputation regionally and globally. Representatives from several organisations of the international radiation protection and safety community participated in the virtual event held on Thursday (October 29). Among...

Animators in Jamaica and across the Caribbean are set to benefit from a project, which will create greater job opportunities by facilitating increased cooperation among them in leveraging their services and talents. Dubbed, ‘the Caribbean Cooperation Business Model for Animation Studios Project’, the initiative seeks to improve the quality and number of animation contracts across the region, and assist animators...