Innovative Approach to Managing Risks and Facilitating Intra-Regional Trade during COVID-19 Pandemic in the Caribbean Region

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Publication Date

29-08-2020

Last Updated

Aug. 29, 2020, 12:45 a.m.

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This is an initiative developed and implemented among Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), St. Vincent & the Grenadines (SVG) and Grenada (GRN), Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the southern end of the Caribbean archipelago.

This initiative is led by Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries (MALF) of the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GoRTT). The Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries (MALF) through the Plant Quarantine (PQ) Unit, have been championing this process through direct bi-laterals with counterpart Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural transformation, Industry and Labour of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands of Grenada.

The PQ Service is the first line of defense in keeping Trinidad and Tobago free of pests and diseases. Its role in facilitating fresh produce imports is central to moving away from paper-based, manual inspections to electronic forms and systems. Electronic systems are now critical to ensure continued trade in a public health pandemic, without compromising the regulations embedded in plant import permits, phytosanitary certificates and port and post-entry inspections of import/export cargo.

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IPPC Contact Point, T&T

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http://news.gov.tt/content/plant-quarantine-services-commences-issuance-approved-plant-import-permits-electronically#.X0mk7XVYapo