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New budgetary allocations for FDA could mean technical assistance for Bahamas exporters
March 10, 2015
New budgetary allocations for FDA could mean technical assistance for Bahamas exporters
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law in January 2011, and the FDA expects fiscal years 2015 and 2016 to be crucial years for doing the up-front work that is needed to implement FSMA, which will be of great concern to The Bahamas, as the U.S. is one of the major destinations for Bahamian food exports.
December 12, 2014
GBPA participates in 2014 Caribbean Exporter's Colloquium in Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- "Building Economic Resilience in the Caribbean Region" was the focal point for government ministers, private sector participants and donor agencies, as they gathered at the Caribbean Exporter's Colloquium 2014, held in Bridgetown, Barbados last month.
In keeping with the colloquium's agenda, discussions addressed key factors facing the Caribbean community, including the st...
No industry VAT 'zero rated' except exporters
September 30, 2013
No industry VAT 'zero rated' except exporters
Domestic and international transportation, educational, medical and dental services, as well as some financial services, sales and rentals of residential homes and certain bread basket items, will all be VAT exempt, Guardian Business can confirm...
CRAWFISH EXPORTER MULLING PRICE CUTS
October 21, 2011
CRAWFISH EXPORTER MULLING PRICE CUTS
By NATARIO McKENZIE
Tribune Business Reporter
nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net
THE BAHAMAS must get its prices "in line" with the global average to remain the leader in the crawfish (spiny lobster) export industry, a leading fisheries wholesaler telling Tribune Business yesterday his company may have to look at reducing its purchase price by $0.50 to $0.75 per pound.
Anthony McKinney, president and...
Norway -- world's number one exporter of peace
July 25, 2011
Norway -- world's number one exporter of peace
IT SEEMS so unfair that Norway should become a target of terrorism. Once the scourge of Europe, when Vikings pillaged their way across the continent, Norway is the world's number one exporter of peace and reconciliation. Wherever there is a conflict you may find a Norwegian up to his elbows trying to solve it.
218m exporter:More transparencyon electricity rates
June 19, 2011
218m exporter:More transparencyon electricity rates
By ALISON LOWE
Business Reporter
alowe@tribunemedia.net
The Bahamas' $218 million leading exporter has called for more "transparency" from the Grand Bahama Power Company and extra "synergy" between the industrial community and the education system, noting that high power costs and suitably-skilled employees remain the two main obstacles facing industrial investors.
Greg Ebelhar, chief op...
April 19, 2024
Trade Commission eyeing direct import route to slash costs by 20 percent
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Chairman of the Bahamas Trade Commission said that efforts are underway to eliminate the middle process and ensure that goods can come directly from major export countries to Grand Bahama and then directly to the islands of The Bahamas, which he said could reduce the cost of goods by 20 percent. [...]
November 07, 2023
PM Davis: Fisheries Institute Conference will have dialogue that will lead to ‘a range of auspicious, actionable outcomes for the region’
While bringing Keynote Remarks at the 76th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute conference, on November 6, 2023, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. Philip Davis noted that that forum would be filled with “fruitful dialogue that, through sustained and considered collaboration, will lead to a range of auspicious, actionable outcomes for the region."
October 11, 2023
The Bahamas Hosts JMEA Companies with a Goal to Increase Trade in the Caribbean
The Bahamas is hosting several Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) companies following a trade and business fact-finding mission by representatives from the Small Business Development Centre (SBDC), The Bahamas Trade Commission and The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce in March 2023 to that country with a goal to increasing trade throughout the Caribbean.
October 11, 2023
Call to enact article 238 of Economic Partnership Agreement for regional trade
During the opening of Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association's Trade Mission, Director of Trade and Industry Brickell Pinder called on regional business people to advocate for their governments to implement article 238 of the region's trade Economic Partnership Agreement with European Union (EU) states that would allow the same trade concession when trading between Cariforum ...
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