New Ja-T&T trade war - Duties imposed on product after questions arise over origin
May 15, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica - JAMAICAN AUTHORITIES have imposed duties on the importation of lubricating oil from Trinidad and Tobago in another round of trade wars between the Caribbean territories. Industry Minister Anthony Hylton told legislators yesterday that he has exercised his ministerial authority to secure the transfer of $184 million to the Consolidated Fund. The money, Hylton said, represented duties charged by the Customs Department for the importation of a product over which there is question mark surrounding the rules of origin.
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