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STATIN: Jamaica spent 16 4% more on imports in January
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Jamaica spending less on imports, first since 2020 says STATIN
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Jamaica’s export earnings grew by a significant 12.1 per cent during the January-November period in 2023, according to the latest International Merchandise Trade Bulletin released on Friday by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). According to the bulletin, Jamaica earned US$1.9 billion from exports during the period, a sum that was 12.1 per cent above the US$1.7 billion that was earned during the similar period in 2022. STATIN is also.
Sophia Frazer Binns
Shadow Minister of Land, Environment and Climate Change, the People s National Party’s (PNP) Senator Sophia Frazer Binns is urging the Government to rethink its plans to use existing sugar lands in Trelawny for housing.
“Food security must be central to any decision made about the use of prime agricultural lands,” remarked Frazer Binns in a statement on Wednesday.
“The lands which the government is planning to use for housing developments are some of Jamaica’s best for food production. These most fertile lands are essential to any strategy to ensure that Jamaica successfully navigates major crises such as the currently evolving COVID 19 pandemic,” Frazer Binns stated.