CONTACT Magazine (Vol.18 No.3 – December 2018)

looking outwards
Where to go
for help?
A checklist of private sector and government agencies
which provide assistance, advice, information and
documentation for exporters
Government agencies
Organisation Location Contact Function
Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries
Animal Production and
Health Division
80 Abercromby St.,
Port of Spain
625-5997, 625-1473,
669-6623
• Export Health Certificate: meat, poultry and
dairy products
Plant Quarantine Division
• Phytosanitary Certificate: unprocessed plant
products
World Trade Organisation
(WTO) Sanitary and
Phytosanitary Enquiry
Point
Ministry of Finance
Research Division,
Central Experiment Station,
Centeno
646-4334/7
Internet site where enquiries about Trinidad and
Tobago’s agricultural health and food safety
requirements/legislation and changes that can
affect trade are published, for the information and
comments of affected countries or countries that
are members of the WTO. Established in fulfillment
of Trinidad and Tobago’s obligation as a member of
the WTO
The Customs and Excise
Division
Customs House,
Ajax Street,
Port of Spain
612-7010
By monitoring compliance with trade-related
rules and agreements, plays an important role for
businesses accessing imported raw materials and
inputs. Tries to assist the public with determining
import duties before the delivery of goods, though
the list of available options is skewed towards oneoff
imports by consumers.
Also issues Certificates of Origin for goods exported
to the United States and the European Union
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Trinidad
and Tobago Chamber
of Industry and Commerce
www.chamber.org.tt/contact-magazine