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1 Economic development through culturally-inspired creativity and innovation. Caribbean Business Day Bremen, Germany Investing In Jamaica

2 JAMAICAN FDI TRENDS & INDICES › World Investment Report (WIR) 2008 ranks Jamaica among 141 countries : › 21 st as an Inward Investment Location The FDi Intelligence Report 2009 ranks Jamaica among 31 Caribbean and Latin American countries: 2 nd for best infrastructure. Jamaica scored the highest for the number of ports compared with the rest of the region. 8 th for FDI Strategy 10 th for Business Friendliness 7 th for Cost Effectiveness

3 Infrastructural Developments

4 Air Routes Map

5 Donald Sangster Airport Improvements

6 NMIA Airport Improvement Programme

7 Port Expansions Underway US$ 20 mn Expansion planned Expansion Planned Expansion Complete Port (Bustamante/Gordon Cay)-Further Expansion planned

8 Port of Kingston Logistics Centre › Capacity of 2.0 › Million TEU’s › Throughput 1.3 › Million TEU’s › 19 Gantry Cranes (end-2007) › 50 Straddle Carriers › Warehouses - 10,200 square meters (110,000 sq.ft.)

9 Montego Bay Cruise Shipping Port

10 Port Antonio – West Harbour

11 Opened July 2006 (Causeway) Opened section (12/15/2004) (KBP) Opened Section (22/09/2003 (OHB) Phase IIPhase 1B Phase 1a H2K Project: Stimulus to Heavy Industry development and South Coast Tourism

12 Highway 2000

13 North Coast Highway

14 INCENTIVES AVAILABLE IN JAMAICA 14

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17 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Jamaica Investors have been bullish on Jamaica because: › consistent low inflation, › equilibrium exchange rate, › liberalized trade, › stable and transparent political institutions and procedures, › an independent and capable judiciary, › very low levels of infectious disease 17

18 Investing in Jamaica JTI Services ›Investment Support ›Business Approvals Facilitation ›Trade Advice ›Marketing Intelligence ›Technical Assistance ›Trade Commissioner Services

19 JTI Going Forward: ‘Culturally-inspired Creativity & Innovation’ Building our Competitive Advantage… one Investor at a Time!

20 Investing in Jamaica JTI Services Laurence Jones Regional Manager European Regional Office, London 1 Prince Consort Road London SW7 2BZ Tel: 020 7584 8894 Fax: 020 7823 9886 E-mail: ljones@jti.org.jmljones@jti.org.jm


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