CARICOM is launching a major regional platform to facilitate intra-regional trade in goods and agricultural products. This CARICOM Marketplace, dubbed CIMSUPRO (CARICOM Marketplace and Suspension Procedure), will register suppliers and buyers of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) originating goods.
Chandrikapersad Santokhi, chair of CARICOM and president of Suriname, will give remarks and a ‘call-to-action’ before launching the online portal on September 26 at 10 am ECT.
A brief launching ceremony will be held online and presentations are also expected from CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett; the Suriname Minister of Economic Affairs, Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation, Rishma N. Kuldipsingh and a representative from the private sector.
CIMSUPRO, when populated, will create a ‘Marketplace’ that will allow regional buyers to find sellers of regionally produced goods, thereby creating the conditions for direct contact between parties.
The online platform also has the potential for improving the efficiency of the application process for a suspension of the Common External Tariff (CET).
CARICOM Trade Ministers had approved a proposal from the government of Suriname to create an online tool to promote intra-regional trade. Stakeholders, especially suppliers of regionally produced goods can access the portal and register here.
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