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CARIBBEAN EXPORT
AT A GLANCE
Caribbean Export is the only regional trade and investment promotion
agency among the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, and
was established in 1996 by an Inter-Governmental Agreement among the
Forum of the Caribbean Group (CARIFORUM) of ACP States.
Headquartered in Barbados, with a Sub Regional Office in theDominican Republic,
Caribbean Export serves the 15 States of CARIFORUM, namely: Antigua and
Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti,
Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
The Agency’s vision is to be internationally recognised, as the leading driver
for Caribbean Private Sector Development, with a mission to enhance the
competitiveness and value of Caribbean brands through the delivery of
transformative and targeted interventions in export development and investment
promotion.
Caribbean Export carries out numerous programme-based activities designed to
enhance the competitiveness of regional small and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs), promote trade and development among the CARIFORUM, foster stronger
trade and investment relations among CARIFORUM and the French Caribbean
Outermost Regions (FCORs) and the European Union (EU) Overseas Countries
and Territories (OCTs) in the Caribbean, as well as encourage stronger trade and
investment cooperation between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the
Dominican Republic.
The Agency currently undertakes work in nine priority sectors: Agro-processing,
Creative Industries, Financial Services, Health and Wellness, Information and
Communication Technology, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Specialised
TourismandRenewable Energy. This developmentwork has also strengthened the
institutional capacity of public and private sector agencies, and business support
organisations (BSOs), particularly sector associations, trade support institutions
(TSIs), investment promotions agencies (IPAs), and coalitions of service industries
(CSIs).
Under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) Regional Private Sector
DevelopmentProgramme(RPSDP),supporthasbeenofferedtoCARIFORUMStates
in a gamut of areas ranging from investment promotion to business advocacy. The
Agency also seeks to foster intra and extra regional partnerships with countries
andagencies. Someof theCaribbeanExport’s key initiatives include the facilitation
of the Direct Assistance Grants Scheme (DAGS), as well as training in grant
The Agency’s vision is to be internationally
recognised, as the leading driver for
Caribbean Private Sector Development