Empty oil tanks Jamaica’s largest export to T&T – Shaw

(Jamaica Gleaner) Amid immigration tensions between Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, Finance Minister Audley Shaw yesterday highlighted trade as another area which represents serious imbalance between Jamaica and the republic.

According to Shaw, empty oil tanks worth J$117 million represented Jamaica’s largest volume of exports to the CARICOM country in the first four months of the year.

The total exports for the four-month period amounted to J$178.9 million

At the same time, Jamaica imported goods worth more than J$13 billion from Trinidad and Tobago.