Cannabis Wire reports that Jamaica’s export rules and regs are still forthcoming and nobody is quite sure when they might appear…
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Companies and entrepreneurs eager to get their eyes on Jamaica’s long-promised regulations for the commercial export of cannabis will have to wait a while longer, due to COVID-19.
Just how long is unclear. The regulations were due to be made public at the end of April, after being announced as part of a targeted support program for small and medium-sized enterprises in various industries. However, officials at Jamaica’s Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries told Cannabis Wire that they are unable to “commit to a date” by which the document would be published, debated in Parliament, and promulgated.
Audley Shaw, Minister of the Ministry, told Cannabis Wire that “work is still being done on having the regulations complete.” Much of it, he says, has already been done and is “due to be submitted to the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel.”
The delay was expected. Industry stakeholders told Cannabis Wire in March that the COVID-19 pandemic in the Caribbean could set the development of the industry across the islands back by at least a year in some cases.
Jamaica: Cannabis Export Rules, Though Eagerly Anticipated, Are Delayed
