Minister Shaw discusses issues/challenges being faced by the manufacturing and export sectors
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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon Audley Shaw (centre), along with Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn (right) in discussion with (from left) Executive Director, Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA), Imega Breese McNab; President, JMEA, Richard Pandohie; and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Michelle Parkins, during an introductory meeting at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Monday October 5, 2020. The meeting was held to discuss some of the issues/challenges being faced during the COVID-19 pandemic by the manufacturing and export sectors, in particular SMEs, also the way forward for the sectors.
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