Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) has said that amid some downturns brought on by the novel coronavirus pandemic, trade volumes have increased by 126 per cent relative to the pre-pandemic era and have been positively impacting revenue streams.

According to Earl Stewart Jr, director of planning and research at the JCA, some of the areas accounting for the largest growth flow from imports in petroleum-based products, construction materials, oxygen, and food items.

 

“We’re seeing some level of recovery relative to 2020 wherein the volume of trade has gone up by 1.815 billion kg or 66 per cent to 4.568 billion kg in 2021,” he said during a Jamaica Observer Business Forum held last week at the company’s Beechwood Avenue headquarters in St Andrew.

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