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Table 3.10 SOEs subject to privatization and other rationalization processes, 2017-23
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SOEs: NSWMA Waste Management
Type of rationalization process: Ongoing PPP process
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Table 3.10 SOEs subject to privatization and other rationalization processes, 2017-23
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SOEs: Wigton Windfarm Ltd.
Type of rationalization process: Privatized in 2019
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Table 4.2 Agricultural policies, 2024
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Policy: National Organic Agriculture Policy and Implementation Plan
Status: The Plan is being drafted.
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Policy: Agriculture Land Use Policy
Status: The Policy is being revised. Its main objective is to ensure effective land administration, including sustainable management of prime agricultural lands.
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Table 4.3 Main legislation governing agricultural sector, 2024
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Law: Fisheries Act, 2018[c]
Synopsis: Lays down rules for the effective management and sustainable development of fisheries, aquaculture, and other related activities in accordance with ecosystem approach and internationally recognized norms, standards, and best practices.
[c] The Fisheries Act, 2018 repealed the Fishing Industry Act.
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Table 4.6 Mining legislation, 2024
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Legislation: Natural Resources Conservation (Permits and Licences) Regulations, 1996 (amended 2015)
Description: Environmental permits are required to undertake certain activities including minerals exploration, mining, and mineral processing.
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Table A3. 3 Export requirements, 2017 and 2023
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HS code: 0106.20.90
Product description: Crocodiles
(no longer requires a licence from the TBL)
Approval document: Export licence
Authority: TBL[Trade Board Limited]
Other documents required: Approval from the National Environment Planning Agency (NEPA)
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Table A3. 5 Overview of IP protection, 2017-23
Inventions:
Requirements: Be new (absolute novelty); have an inventive step; have industrial application
Protection granted through: Patents
Rights conferred: Exclusive rights
Term of protection: 20 years from the date of filing, non renewable
Selected exclusions and limitations: Exclusions are listed in Section 8 of the Patents and Designs Act, 2020, including plants and animals other than microorganisms; essentially biological processes for the production of plants and animals other than non-biological and microbiological processes; plant and seed varieties; serious prejudice to the environment or injury to human, animal, or plant life or health; methods of surgical and therapeutic treatment; business methods; and computer programs.
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Table A1. 2 Merchandise imports by HS section and main HS chapter, 2017-22
(USD million and %)
Total: (2017) 5537, (2018) 6171, (2019) 6403, (2020) 4765, (2021) 5971, (2022) 7731;
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4 – Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco - 23. Residues and waste from the food industries (% of total imports): (2017) 1.1, (2018) 1.1, (2019) 1.2, (2020) 1.5, (2021) 1.4, (2022) 1.4
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Box 3.1 Import prohibitions and restrictions, 2023
Prohibited articles:
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• Goods covered by the Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes (Trade Policy Review (TPR) 2017)
• Substances included in the Montreal Protocol on Protection of the Ozone Layer (TPR 2017)
• Endangered species according to the CITES Convention (TPR 2017)
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Box 3.2 Preferential financing programmes, 2017-23
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The DBJ[the Development Bank of Jamaica] grants loans in Jamaican and US dollars and determines the repayment period on a case by case basis, based on cash flow. Loans to MSMEs cover up to 90% of the project cost, while those to large enterprises cover up to 70% of the project cost, or 75% if financing is used in energy efficiency projects.
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