CARICOM
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Caribbean Export to help Regional Food Producers with €500,000 Special Assistance Programme (EDF)
CARIFORUM food exporters will benefit from some much needed assistance when the Caribbean Export Development Agency rolls out a €500,000 Special Assistance Programme funded under the 10th EDF programme of the European Union (EU), to help prepare them for existing and anticipated food safety regulations in key export markets. CARIFORUM food exporters will benefit from some much needed assistance when…
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CARICOM seeks heightened cooperation with IICA
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque this week welcomed the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA) Dr Victor Villalobos as his first visitor from an institution since assuming office on August 15. “I believe that it is not insignificant that the first visit to me as Secretary-General is from the head of…
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Irwin LaRocque is new CARICOM Secretary-General
Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has been selected to serve as the seventh Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) by the Heads of Government. LaRocque, 56, a national of Dominica, replaces Sir Edwin Carrington of Trinidad and Tobago. Ambassador LaRocque is the current Assistant Secretary-General for Trade and Economic Integration at the CARICOM Secretariat, having served in that post since September 2005.…
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CRNM Presents New Industry Study on Agri-Food Distribution Services
The agri-food distribution service sector is particularly important as it facilitates the delivery of agri-food products from the producer to the consumer using the services of retailers, wholesalers and restaurants. The agri-food distribution services sector is particularly important to CARICOM. The Food Distribution Service industry in CARICOM has over 17,000 firms, employing 112,000 people and generating sales of US$ 5.6…
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Communiqué Issued At The Conclusion Of The Fourth CARICOM Sugar Stakeholders Meeting, Georgetown, Guyana
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Stakeholders on Sugar are confident that the industry will retain its ability to meet the challenges of the international environment for the commodity. At their Fourth Meeting in Georgetown, Guyana, on 11 and 12 January 2007, Ministers and industry representatives of Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, and Trinidad…
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CARICOM Trade Ministers, Portman Agree on Council to Advance Trade Relations
WASHINGTON, DC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-US trade relations received a boost today, as a result of a decision by the two sides to revitalize a long-dormant Trade and Investment Council (TIC). This decision was reached at a meeting of CARICOM Trade Ministers with United States Trade Representative Rob Portman in Washington, D.C. this afternoon. One of eight CARICOM Ministers at…
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Historic Step towards greater Regional Unity – Ceremonial Inauguration of the Caricom Single Market held
Historic Step towards greater Regional Unity Ceremonial Inauguration of the Caricom Single Market held An historic milestone was reached with the formal launch of the CARICOM Single Market (CSM) on Monday January 30, in Kingston, Jamaica. A new spirit of regional cooperation was ushered in at yesterday’s signing ceremony, which marked the signing of two declarations by the Heads of…
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