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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill.

Local Manufacturing Sector Gets Large Benefits Under the Government’s Productive Inputs Relief (PIR) Regime

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 04 Nov 2022    admin   
Kingston, Jamaica – The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC) has announced that for fiscal year 2021/2022 the government’s Productive Inputs Relief (PIR) resulted in $109,290,084,368 worth of duty and tax relief to the local manufacturing sector. “We have been very deliberate about creating avenues for real growth in domestic production and exports,” said Senator Aubyn Hill, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce. “As at August 2022, some 600 Jamaican companies have been benefitting under the regime,” the Minister continued, noting that individuals and organizations can...


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JAMPRO Hosts Jamaican Filmmakers in London

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 04 Nov 2022    admin   
Jamaica Promotions Corporation ( JAMPRO ) recently hosted a networking reception at the Jamaican High Commission in London to introduce four locally based filmmakers to potential British financiers, investors, and distributors. The delegation from Jamaica comprised filmmaker and storyteller, Ina Sotirova; Producer, ‘Have a Bawl Productions’, Analisa Chapman; writer, filmmaker and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ayzha Productions, Mezan Ayoka; and CEO, producer and director at Liquid Light Digital, Adrian Lopez. The filmmakers’ visit to London and participation in the British Film Institute (...


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Inspector in charge of the Food Safety Inspectorate at the National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA), Janiese Pinnock, speaks at a recent JIS ‘Think Tank’.

Food Manufacturers Must Ensure Basic Requirements Are Met – NCRA

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 04 Nov 2022    admin   
The National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA) is reminding food manufacturers to ensure basic requirements are met to be registered. Inspector in charge of the Food Safety Inspectorate of the NCRA, Janiese Pinnock, said manufacturers must ensure that sanitation and security needs are satisfied. “The place needs to be clean and windows and doors must be secure. It has to be pest-proof. Doorways shouldn’t have any spaces or crevices where insects or animals can crawl through. You also need to have some pest control system and sanitation system. Those are some of the basic things...


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Chief Executive Officer at the National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA), Dr. Lorice Edwards Brown.

National Compliance and Regulatory Authority a Key Part of the Quality Infrastructure

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 04 Nov 2022    admin   
The National Compliance and Regulatory Authority (NCRA) is playing a key role in ensuring that Jamaica has a strong national quality infrastructure (NQI) that creates opportunities for expanding trade, which is crucial to economic development. The NQI is a platform to strengthen the quality and standard threshold for locally produced goods and services based on international benchmarks, and includes standardisation, accreditation and conformity assessment services. Jamaica, like many other countries, requires a quality infrastructure that not only develops standards and technical regulations...


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Senator Aubyn Hill, minister of industry, investment and commerce

Local manufacturing sector gets large benefits

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 04 Nov 2022    admin   
The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce has announced that, for fiscal year 2021-2022 the Government’s Productive Inputs Relief (PIR) resulted in $109,290,084,368 worth of duty and tax relief to the local manufacturing sector. “We have been very deliberate about creating avenues for real growth in domestic production and exports,” said Senator Aubyn Hill, minister of industry, investment and commerce. “As at August 2022, some 600 Jamaican companies have been benefitting under the regime,” the minister continued, noting that individuals and organisations can apply for ‘Manufacturing...


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Guests particpate in a recent Jamaica Observer Business Forum at EXIM's 85 Hope Road offices in Kingston. From left are John Mafood, JMEA president; Lisa Bell, managing director of EXIM; Winston Lawson, business development consultant: and Colin Ebanks, general manager of corporate services at EXIM.

EXIM bemoans slow take-up of loans

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 04 Nov 2022    admin   
With over $1 billion in its portfolio left to lend this year, business development executive with the National Export-Import Bank of Jamaica (EXIM Bank) Winston Lawson has bemoaned the slow pace of take-up for loan products offered by the development financing institution. "I think EXIM has put together loan products that are feasible and are actually required by the market, but what has been challenging and is also one of my main concerns, is the slow level of take-up and response," he said during a Jamaica Observer Business Forum held recently at the company's Hope Road offices in St Andrew...


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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, addressing the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ) President’s Forum at Sandals Ochi Beach Resort in St. Ann, on October 27.

Workforce Upskilling Deemed Key for Local Take-Up of Top Tier Global Services Jobs

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 01 Nov 2022    admin   
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, has reiterated the importance of upskilling Jamaica’s workforce to take up management and leadership positions under the Global Services Sector (GSS) Apprenticeship Programme. He said the programme is crucial for the transfer of knowledge in the sector which, noting that it creates a “pool of talent” specifically tailored to tap into the growth and business opportunities in the industry, deemed Jamaica’s third-largest employer behind the public and tourism sectors. “I like the GSS Apprenticeship...


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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill, addresses the launch of the Sagicor/PriceSmart Credit Card, in Portmore, St. Catherine, today (October 28).

Investors Looking to Do Business in Jamaica – Industry Minister

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 31 Oct 2022    admin   
Many investors are looking towards the island to do business, as the Jamaican economy is performing well, says Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill. Addressing the Sagicor/PriceSmart credit card launch in Portmore, St. Catherine, on October 28, the Minister argued that the climate for investors is right, and consumer confidence is at the highest it has been in 20 years. The Minister said this has resulted from deliberate actions by the Government, adding that the economy grew by 5.7 per cent during the first quarter of the current fiscal year. “We have a...


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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill.

Senate Approves Parliamentary Committee Appointed to Review Bail Act, 2022

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 31 Oct 2022    admin   
The Senate, on Friday (October 28), approved the appointment of a Special Select Committee to review the Bail Act, 2022. The legislation, which will reform the bail framework in the criminal justice system, comprises 24 Clauses and four schedules. It will repeal and replace the existing Act of 2000. Committee members from the Upper House are Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell, and Senators Charles Sinclair, Natalie Campbell Rodriquez, Peter Bunting, and Donna Scott Mottley. The motion was moved by Minister of Industry,...


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Manager for the Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems (BIGEE) Programme, Christopher Brown (left), addresses a Jamaica Information Service Think Tank on Thursday (October 27). With him is Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Lilyclaire Bellamy.

$100M DBJ Patent Grant Facility Now Available to Entrepreneurs and Inventors

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 31 Oct 2022    admin   
Inventors and entrepreneurs can now access funding support under the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) $100-million patent grant facility. Manager for DBJ’s Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems (BIGEE) Programme, Christopher Brown, made the announcement during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s head office in Kingston on Thursday (October 27). The BIGEE Programme, under which the patent grant falls, aids entrepreneurial development in Jamaica. Mr. Brown said a maximum $4 million will be provided to each successful inventor, researcher, and...


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