WORLD TRADE G/STR/N/3/JAM
5May1998
ORGANIZATION(98-1787)
Working Party on Original: English
State Trading Enterprises
STATE TRADING
Updating Notification Pursuant toArticle XVII:4(a) oftheGATT 1994 andParagraph 1
oftheUnderstanding ontheInterpretation ofArticle XVII
JAMAICA
Thefollowing communication, dated 29April 1998, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofJamaica.
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PleaserefertoJamaica'sNotificationpursuanttoArticleXVII:4(a)oftheGATTandParagraph1
oftheUnderstanding ontheInterpretation ofArticle XVII contained inG/STR/N/1/JAM dated
5July1996.
TheSugar Industry Authority
TheSugarIndustryAuthoritywasestablishedin1970underanamendmenttotheSugarIndustry
Control Actof1937. TheAuthority hasthefollowing functions:
1. Arbitration ofalldisputes regarding revenue sharing, canequality andthefulfilment ofexport
quotas. Inexercising thisfunction itwillensure thatallpreferential export quotas anddomestic
requirements aremetbefore producers arefreetoexport sugar intheirownright.
2. Registration ofcanegrowers.
3. Monitoring theuseofleased sugar lands.
4. Inspection ofthesugar factories.
5. Liaison withgovernment onissues concerning thesugar industry.
6. Gathering, collating, analysing andpublishing industry andworld sugar data.
7. Carrying outresearch inrelation totheindustry andencouraging theapplication oftheresults
tothedevelopment oftheindustry through itstechnical arm,theSugar Industry Research Institute.
8. Theprovision oftechnical services tocanegrowers andmanufacturers.
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