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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Karl Samuda, and a team from the Ministry met with members of the board of the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA) on Friday (September 22, 2017) to discuss the recently announced regime for imported sugar and the Minister’s statement regarding the alleged leakages of duty-free refined sugarContinue reading “Joint Statement by Agriculture Minister Karl Samuda and the Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association”

Wayne Chin, Project Manager, Craftop; demonstrates use of motorised knapsack sprayer at the St Jago Farm Supplies Limited ‘Salute to Farmers’ event held in collaboration with Easi-Grow and Craftop in Douglas Castle, St. Ann, on September 19. Ninety-six farmers received gift vouchers for seeds, fertilizers, chemicals and plant nutrition products with assistance from overseas suppliersContinue reading “St. Jago Farms & Hardware Supplies salute to farmers”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd left), exchanges documents with His Excellency Mr. Zhi Shuping, Minister of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China, following the signing of an MoU between the General Administration of Quality Supervision Inspection & Quarantine of theContinue reading “Signing of MOU between the People’s Republic of China and the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda bid farewell to Cuban Ambassador, H.E. Bernardo Guanch Hernandez, who will be completing his four-year tour of duty in Jamaica in October, and will be returning to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cuba. Speaking during a courtesy call at his New Kingston offices onContinue reading “Minister Samuda bids farewell to Cuban Ambassador”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda, has pledged to continue to build on the partnership between Jamaica and Britain. The renewed commitment was made when the Minister met with a five-member delegation from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, United Kingdom, at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on September 21. Minister Samuda saidContinue reading “Samuda pledges continued partnership with Britain”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), Hon. Karl Samuda (2nd left); along with (from left) Permanent Secretary at MICAF, Donovan Stanberry; Minister of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection & Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China, H.E. Zhi Shuping; and Chinese Ambassador, H.E. Niu Qingbao, sign a Memorandum of Understanding toContinue reading “Signing of MOU to pave the way for access to the Chinese fisheries market”

In an effort to secure the export of Jamaican aquatic products such as lobster into the Chinese market, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries today (Friday, September 22, 2017) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China. UnderContinue reading “Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry paves way for access to Chinese fisheries market”

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Karl Samuda has announced that the Monymusk Sugar Factory in Clarendon will remain open for the 2017/ 2018 sugar crop. Minister Samuda made the announcement Wednesday afternoon at a press conference at the Ministry’s St. Lucia Avenue offices in New Kingston. Minister Samuda said the decision wasContinue reading “Monymusk to Remain Open”

The Agriculture Minister has announced changes to the regime for the importation of refined sugar for the retail trade. Minister Samuda made the announcement Wednesday afternoon at a press conference at the Ministry’s St. Lucia Avenue offices in New Kingston. This, he said, is in an effort to stop the leakage of refined sugar, importedContinue reading “Agriculture Minister Announces Changes to the Regime for the Importation of Refined Sugar”

Executive Director, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Lilyclaire Bellamy (2nd right), engages (from left) Former Vice President, Marketing, Sponsorship and Advertising Calgary Flames, Calgary, Canada, Jim Bagshaw; Jamaican athlete/UNESCO Ambassador, Champion for Sports, Veronica Campbell-Brown; and Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Vivian Brown, in conversation at the Inter-Regional ConferenceContinue reading “Inter-Regional Conference on the Strategic Use of Intellectual Property in Sport”