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In 2017, U.S. agricultural exports of consumer-oriented products to Jamaica reached a record level of $470 million.

Jamaica is an important market for U.S. bulk agricultural products, intermediate products and high value products, with a total value of approximately USD 378 million in 2017.

n 2017, U.S. exports of consumer-oriented products to Jamaica reached a record level of US$173.9 million, representing a 38 percent market share.

For Marketing Year (MY) 2018/19, Post forecasts that 100,000 MT of raw sugar will be produced due to expected favorable weather conditions for sugar cane and stable or slightly increased....

This report outlines the requirements in exporting food and agricultural products to Jamaica. There were no major changes to these requirements in 2017.

This report describes the major export certificates required by the Government of Jamaica for imports of food and agricultural products.

In 2016, exports of consumer-oriented products to Jamaica reached a record level of $173.7 million.

On March 17, 2017, Jamaica issued an advisory lifting the restrictions on U.S. poultry exports to Jamaica due to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), 18 months after the outbreak.

Post estimates that Jamaica's sugar production will be 100,000 MT in 2017/18.

There is no commercial production of genetically engineered (GE) crops in Jamaica.

Jamaica is one of the main tourist destinations in the Caribbean region, with over two million tourist arrivals in 2015. Approximately 1.3 millions of these tourists were from the United States.

Post estimates that Jamaica's production will increase to 140,000 MT in 2016/17. The improved performance will be due mainly to an increase in the number of sugar factories that will be in operation.