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One month later, in October 2013 JAMPRO led a delegation of
15 companies on an export mission to the Dominican Republic,
with full financing from Caribbean Export. The mission was an
opportunity for the participants to access and begin the process
of understanding theDominicanRepublicmarket. All participants
reported that the mission was tremendously successful, with one
company establishing contacts and securing a trial order from a
Dominican Republic distributor.
In April 2014, JAMPRO hosted EXPO Jamaica with support from
Caribbean Export with a value of US$20,000, which allowed
the agency to facilitate the participation of 5 European buyers
to Jamaica for the event, where they signalled an interested in
the Jamaican sweet potato. Subsequent to Expo Jamaica, the
Ministry of Agriculture has marshalled producers to generate
new business of six shipments of sweet potatoes for the UK, with
a further incremental substantial order each month once we are
able to supply the specific variety required by that market.
One of JAMPRO’s signature initiatives is the ExportMax
Programme. Under this programme, participating companies
are given the opportunity to improve their business and
productive processes through retooling, improvements in quality
management and new product development. Additionally, these
companies accessed capacity building training via the Caribbean
Export and GIZ ProNET Training Programme.
These are but a fewof the initiatives that JAMPROhave benefitted
from with Caribbean Export, under the 10th EDF RPSDP, but the
success of these projects and the overall impact on the Jamaican
private sector epitomises the significance of the relationship
between the two agencies.
BSO Success Highlights