Suggestions for Study by Aldrie Henry Lee

On January 1, 1999, the final phase of the common external tariff for CARICOM was implemented in Jamaica. Table 4 shows a growth in the proportion of Jamaican imports from CARICOM countries (principally Trinidad and Tobago) in the 1990s, alongside a decline in the proportion of exports from 6.2 percent in 1990 to 3.4 percent in 1999. ................
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