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1. IN ADDITION TO YOUR EXPORT REGISTRATION WITH

JAMPRO, DO YOU REQUIRE ANY OTHER EXPORT

LICENCE FROM A GOVERNMENT AGENCY?

Yes, the export of some specied products requires an

export licence from the Trade Board Limited.

2. WHAT ARE THE PRODUCTS THAT REQUIRE AN EXPORT

LICENCE FROM THE TRADE BOARD LIMITED?

An export licence from the Trade Board Limited is

required for the following products:

Scrap Metal (incl. Scrap

Batteries)

Plasma (in any form)

Scrap Gold/Silver Wood (Lignum Vitae and log wood

only)

Coffee Motor Vehicles

Ammunition (explosives

and rearms)

Jewellery (excluding those from

earth metals)

Brown Sugar

3. WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN AN

EXPORT LICENCE FROM THE TRADE BOARD?

The requirements, along with the expiry dates of

export licences issued by the Trade Board are

outlined below:

ITEM REQUIREMENTS/SUP-

PORT

DOCUMENTS

EXPIRY DATE

Scrap Metal/Silver • Approval letter from

Jamaica Customs

• Scrap Metal Inspec-

tion Report from

Jamaica Customs

• Commercial Invoice

1 month or 30 days

Scrap Gold/Silver • Approval letter from

Jamaica Customs

• Scrap Metal

Inspection Report

from Jamaica

Customs

• Commercial

Invoice

1 month or 30 days

Sugar • Approval Letter from

the Sugar Industry

Authority

3 months

Ammunition

(explosives and

rearms)

• Approval letters

from the Ministry of

National Security,

• The Firearm Licens-

ing Authority and

• The Commissioner

of Police, Jamaica

Constabulary Force

Expiry date based

on letter received

from the Firearm

Licensing Authority

Plasma - in any form • Approved letter

from the Ministry of

Health (MOH)

Expiry date in MOH

letter. If not stated,

then 3 months

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Motor Vehicles/

Equipment

• Applicant’s letter

• Copies of ownership

documents (Fitness,

Registration Certi-

cate, Title, exp. certs

etc.)

3 months

Wood (Lignum Vitae

and log wood only)

Approval letter from the

Ministry of Industry,

Commerce, Agriculture

& Fisheries (MICAF)

3 months

Jewellery (excluding

those from earth

metals)

Commercial Invoice

4. WHICH AGENCY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA

SHOULD BE CONSULTED TO VERIFY ITEMS REQUIRING

AN IMPORT LICENCE?

The Trade Board Limited is also responsible for the

issuing of import licence for selected items, as outlined

below:

TARIFF CODE DESCRIPTION REQUIREMENTS

Chapter 4 (Milk and

other Concentrated

Products) -

04.02

Milk and cream:

concentrated or con-

taining added sugar

or other sweetening

matter.

Must be registered

with the Trade board

with the completion

and submission of the

following:

• Application Form

• Registration Form

• Declaration Form

• Production Record

• Tax Compliance

Certicate

• Product Analysis

Form (to be com-

pleted by manufac-

turers only)

• Business

Registration/

Certicate of

Incorporation (for

new companies)

• A fee of JA$10,000.00

is payable; $5,000.00

Late Fee (Registration

after December 31)

Chapter 13 (Plant

Extracts) – 13.01

Lac: Natural gums,

resins, gum resins

and balsam

Chapter 13 (Plant

Extracts) –

1301001

Cannabis Resin Drug permit to be

obtained from the

Ministry of Health

REQUIREMENTS TO OBTAIN AN EXPORT LICENCE CONT’D

Chapter 13 (Plant

Extracts) –

13.02, 130210

Vegetable saps and

extracts; pectic sub-

stances, pectinates

and pectates; agar

agar and other mu-

cilages and thicken-

ers. Whether or not

modified.Derived

from vegetable prod-

ucts

Chapter 17 (Sugar)

- 17.01, 17019990

Cane and beet sugar

and chemically pure

sucrose in solid

form, Rened Sugar

Approval from the

Bureau of Standards

Jamaica (BSJ

Importer must be a part

of the sugar regime:

• Application Form

• Registration Form

• Declaration form

• Tax Compliance

• Certicate (Valid

• Certicate of Incor-

poration or Business

Registration Certif-

icate.

All forms referred to

above may be down-

loaded from the Trade

Board Ltd. website

www.tradeboard.gov.jm

Chapter 25

(Cement) – 25.23:

2523200;

25232910

Portland Cement,

aluminous cement,

slag cement, super

sulphate cement

and similar hydraulic

cements, building

cement (grey)

Chapter 36

(Explosives) –

360100; 360200;

360300; 3604.10;

3604; 3604.90

Propellant powders,

prepared explosives,

fuses, detonators,

reworks, signalling

ares, rain rockets,

fog signals, other.

Permit from the Com-

missioner of Police,

Same to be stamped

and signed by the

Collector of Customs

& Ministry of National

Security & Justice to

grant approval.

Chapter 84 (Equip-

ment) – 84.14.40,

84.27, 84.29, 84.30,

8433.10, 8459,

8464, 8501.33

Compressors,

Cranes and Forklifts,

Self-propelled Bull-

dozers, angledozers,

mechanical shovels,

shovel loaders,

tamping machines,

levellers, scarpers,

excavators, road roll-

ers, graders, Lawn

Mowers, Drilling

Machine, Concrete

Drop Hammer,

Mobile Commercial

standby generators

and mobile hydrolic

• Invoice/ Bill of Sale

· Registration Certif-

icate or Certicate

of Title (for used

Vehicles)

• Importer’s TRN ·

Valid ID

(for individuals)

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Chapter 87 (Motor

Vehicle) –

87.01, 87.02, 87.03,

87.04, 87.05, 87.06,

87.07, 87.08,

87.08.99.9, 8709,

87.11, 8716.20

Tractors, Public

Transport type

passenger motor

vehicles, motor vehi-

cles, motor vehicles

for goods transport,

chassis, bodies,

motor vehicle parts

and accessories,

motor cycles (700cc

and over), Trailers

and Semi-trailers

• Invoice/ Bill of

Sale

• Registration

Certicate or Cer-

ticate of Title (for

used Vehicles)

• Importer’s TRN

• Valid ID (for indi-

viduals)

Chapter 93 (Guns

and other explo-

sive weapons) –

9301.00, 9304.00,

930200, 9305, 9306

Military weapons,

other arms, revolv-

ers and pistols, parts

and accessories,

bombs, grenades,

torpedoes, mines,

missiles etc.

Approval from the

Firearm Licensing Au-

thority and the Ministry

of National Security

Chapter 95

(Recreation Equip-

ment) – 95.02;

9503, 95.04

Other (toy guns),

other games; coin

or disc-operat-

ed: Amusement

machines other

than bowling alley

equipment

Approval from the Min-

istry of National

Security and the

Firearm Licensing

Authority

5. WHAT IS A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN?

The certicate of origin is an important international

trade document attesting that goods in a particular

export shipment have been wholly obtained, produced,

manufactured or processed in a particular country in

accordance with the prescribed rule of origin.

6. IN WHAT CONTEXT ARE CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN

ISSUED?

A certicate of origin may be issued in the context of

preferential trade agreements, which enable export-

ers to benet from tariff exemption or reduction for

eligible exports; OR it may be requested by the Cus-

toms Administration, importers, freight forwarders or

banks.

7. HOW DO YOU APPLY FOR A CERTIFICATE OF

ORIGIN?

To apply for the certicate of origin, exporters are

required to:

i. Complete a product analysis form for each prod-

uct to determine the origin criterion. You may con-

tact the Trade Board Limited to obtain the form.

ii. Submit the completed form along with support-

ing documents, i.e., Import Entries (C87 Forms)

and supporting invoices to the Trade Board’s Cer-

tication Unit

iii. An ocer from the Trade Board Limited will visit

your facility to verify the production process

iv. Exporters will then be advised in writing whether

or not the product qualies for preferential treat-

ment (tariff exemption or reduction) and the ori-

gin criterion, if applicable.

NB: All exporters making application for a certicate

of origin must be duly registered with JAMPRO

8. HOW DOES AN EXPORTER QUALIFY FOR

PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT?

The products manufactured by an exporter will

qualify for preferential treatment (tariff exemption

or reduction) by meeting the prescribe rule of origin,

as outlined in a particular trade agreement.

9. WHAT IS THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE

TRADE BOARD LIMITED?

10th Floor, Air Jamaica Building

72 Harbour Street, Kingston

Tel: 876-967-0507; F: 876-948-7486

Email: [email protected].jm

Web: www.tradeboard.gov.jm

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HEAD OFFICE

18 Trafalgar Road

Kingston 10, Jamaica W.I.

Phone: +1 876 978 7755; 978-3337

Toll Free: +1 888 INVESTJA (468 4352)

Fax: +1 876 946 0090

Email: info@jamprocorp.com

WESTERN REGIONAL OFFICE

Montego Bay Convenon Centre

Rose Hall, Montego Bay

St. James, Jamaica W.I.

Email: jampromoba[email protected]om

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL OFFICE

303 Eglinton Avenue East, 2nd Floor

Toronto, Ontario, M4P 1L3, Canada

Tel: 416 932 2200 (main) 416-598-3008

Fax: 416 932 2207

Toll-Free: 1 877 744 2208

Email: jamprocanada@jamprocorp.com

AND

767 3rd Avenue, Second Floor

New York, NY 10017, USA

Tel: 646 213 0101

Email: jampronewyork@jamprocorp.com

LONDON OFFICE

JAMPRO / Jamaica Trade Commission

1 Prince Consort Road,

London SW7 2BZ, England

Phone: + 44 20 7 584 8894

Fax: + 44 20 7 823 9886

Email: jamprouk@jamprocorp.com