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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, has welcomed Red Stripe/Heineken Jamaica’s $2.16-billion (€14-million) investment in a new state-of-the art production line at the entity’s brewery on Spanish Town Road in Kingston.

The new Line 8 facility, which was commissioned into service in October 2017, brews Jamaica’s world-renowned Red Stripe Beer and Dragon Stout for the CARICOM, North American and United Kingdom markets.

It has an output of 40,000 bottles per hour, which will enable it to produce 3.5 million cases of the beverages per annum....

These conditions are in two parts and apply to the importation of cargo shipments only. With the exception of certified seeds, individual travelers are not allowed to import fresh plant products or propagative materials into the Cayman Islands from Jamaica as part of checked or carry-on luggage.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Import Permit
a. A written application to obtain an Import Permit must be made to the Cayman Islands Department of Agriculture (DoA) on the prescribed form provided by the DoA before any consignment of plant products or propagative material is imported into...