NAME OF FEATURE | THE GLEANER | SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2023 25 CUSTOMS WEEK 2023 more efficient and effective. The PQPI Branch was the second Border Regulatory Agency to join this platform (Trade Board was the first). This new platform represents a change in the way Jamaica do business with the establishment and implementation of a tool that provides a one-stop shop paperless service within a single submission trade mechanism. The Single Window systemwas also implemented right in the heart of the COVID 19 pandemic. This system facilitated trade during the height of the pandemic and further help to reduce risk and improve the ease of doing business. The PQPI Branch is currently working with the JSWIFT team to launch the export platform in 2023. TRADING PAPERLESS PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATES Jamaica became one of the first Caribbean Countries to implement the IPPC online system ‘GeNS’ to send and receive phytosanitary certificates from other National Plant Protection Organisation. The system currently allows Jamaica to receive certificate at one instant click from any country that is registered to the platform long before the goods even reach Jamaica and vice versa. The system now allows Jamaica to trade Phytosanitary Certificates with USA, EU member states, Argentina, Costa Rica, Dominica, just to name a few. We await other Caribbean countries to quickly come on board. In 2021 Jamaica partnered with the United States Department of Agriculture and Dominica to develop a road map to provide practical information to assist other member states on how to implement this online system. PLANT QUARANTINE OUTSTATIONS As the branch continues to expand its operations to facilitate export trade across Jamaica, we recently opened an outstation at the RADA Office located in Mandeville. This office also services the parishes of St Elizabeth and Clarendon. The other existing PQ Outstations locations include: 1. Kingston Export Complex, Norman International Airport 2. Montego Bay Export Complex, Sangster International Airport 3. Boundbrook Boat Yard, Port Antonio, Portland 4. Reynolds Pier, Ocho Rios. 5. Mandeville at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Manchester Parish Office These outstations facilitate non-commercial export inspections of plant products such as dried herbs. CONTACT INFORMATION Plant Quarantine Produce Inspection Branch (Head Office) 193 Old Hope Road, Kingston 6 (876) 977-6401/(876) 977-0637 Email: ppq@moa.gov.jm Kingston Export Complex Normal Manley International Airport Tel: (876) 924-8906/ (876) 924-8865 Email: pqkingston@moa.gov.jm Montego Bay Export Complex Sangster International Airport Tel: (876) 940-4146 Email: pqmobay@moa.gov.jm PLANT CONTINUED FROM 24
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