Jamaican business stakeholders are urging the local manufacturing and sale of more construction inputs and renewable energy to offset the commodity spikes and supply disruptions resulting from the global economic upheavals caused by the Russian invasion.
“We have got to learn to make things here, rather than buy from overseas just because it is cheaper. In doing this, we are burdening our foreign exchange and making other countries richer,” declared manufacturer Metry Seaga, the CEO of furniture maker JFP Limited and a past president of the umbrella Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association.
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