Jamaica boosts Caricom exports over 9%

Jamaica has been boosting exports to Caricom so far this year. Data released by the Statistical Institute of  Jamaica, Statin, show exports to the region are up 9.5% over last year.  Between January and July, exports were valued at US$39 million U.S.dollars. Imports from the region were higher as well, going up by US$5 million to US$ 426 million. Goods bought from Caricom account for 15% of  Jamaica’s imports while the region takes 5% of  Jamaica’s exports.   In the meantime, Statin has revised the performance of  the manufacturing sector saying it grew 4% compared to earlier estimates that it declined by a percentStatin says the performance was due to the sector benefiting from strong growth in sugar production and petroleum refining.  Sugar production in the second quarter was more than double its output last year while petroleum refining was up 26%.

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Jamaica boosts Caricom exports over 9%

Jamaica boosts Caricom exports over 9%

Jamaica has been boosting exports to Caricom so far this year. Data released by the Statistical Institute of  Jamaica, Statin, show exports to the region are up 9.5% over last year.  Between January and July, exports were valued at US$39 million U.S.dollars. Imports from the region were higher as well, going up by US$5 million to US$ 426 million. Goods bought from Caricom account for 15% of  Jamaica’s imports while the region takes 5% of  Jamaica’s exports.   In the meantime, Statin has revised the performance of  the manufacturing sector saying it grew 4% compared to earlier estimates that it declined by a percentStatin says the performance was due to the sector benefiting from strong growth in sugar production and petroleum refining.  Sugar production in the second quarter was more than double its output last year while petroleum refining was up 26%.

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Jamaica boosts Caricom exports over 9%

Warner Park, St Kitts boosts lighting for international cricket fixtures

Tuesday, January 21, 2014 | 11:12 AM    

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A lighting project at the Warner Park Cricket Stadium in St Kitts has beefed up the venue to better accommodate international night cricket and also allow for training at nights.

According to a report from the St Kitts and Nevis Information Service (SKNIS) people moving throughout Basseterre the capital town last week may have noticed the rack of outdoor sports lights mounted on four, two-pole design structures. 

“There are 72 individual bulbs on each structure for a total of 288 bulbs. These will provide about 3,600 lux of lights to illuminate the field for night matches. Lights have also been erected at the Len Harris Cricket Academy located in Warner Park allowing players to train at nights – a convenience not available anywhere else in the Caribbean,” SKNIS said. 

SKNIS added that five screens, including a 44×22 foot ‘jumbotron’, were now being installed by local electrical engineers guided by the expertise of officials from Ardent Lighting Group in the United States. 

“The next five to seven days is going to be critical,” SKNIS reported Senior Sports Officer Vernon Springer as saying. “It’s going to be an ongoing process and all of this is in preparation for two scheduled games which are already on the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) calendar.”

 The first match is between the Leeward Islands and the Combined Campus and Colleges teams slated for February 28 to March 03. The second is a day-night match slated for March 07 to 10 between the Leeward Islands and Jamaica.

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Warner Park, St Kitts boosts lighting for international cricket fixtures