Jamaica Gleaner Business published: Thursday | January 6, 2005
Major reprieve for CARICOM EU delays plan to cut sugar price until 2006
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has agreed to delay the implementation of the price cut on sugar from African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries until July 2006 instead of the July 2005 date originally proposed. Agriculture Minister, Roger Clarke, who made...
Shipping charges up
THE JAMAICA Exporters Association (JEA) has lashed out against newly proposed port congestion surgcharges by shipping companies, stressing that they are bound to make Jamaica's exports less competitive on the world market.
