CARIFORUM – EU EPA
The CARIFORUM – European Union Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) is a region-to- region trade and development Agreement. Jamaica signed the EPA on 15 October 2008, and the Agreement was provisionally entered into force on 29 December 2008. Although Jamaica has not yet ratified the EPA, the duty-free and phased reduction of duties on the importation of goods from the EU was implemented as of September 14, 2012. The EPA provides for immediate duty-free access to the EU market for all goods, excluding arms and munitions, as well as out-of-quota sugar exports; with full liberalization expected in 2017.
Effective January 1, 2017, Jamaica implemented the third tranche of the phased reduction of duties on the importation of goods from the EU; with the elimination of ‘Other Duties and Charges’ (ODCs) expected by December 2018.
View The Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States and the European Community and its Member States
View PROTOCOL I Concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation
