With effect from October 29, 2021, Jamaica now has access to export pineapples (fruit) commercially to Barbados.
Exporters, farmers/farms producing pineapples for export must be registered with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’ Plant Quarantine/Produce Inspection Branch and adhere to the export protocols, that is, phytosanitary requirements as well as post-harvest handling, packaging and certification.
In addition, exporters who want to export pineapples to Barbados must obtain an import permit from the Plant Quarantine Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and...