Trade monitoring

This is Jamaica’s fourth Trade Policy Review. During the review period 2011-17, Jamaica has made major strides in restoring macroeconomic stability, pursuing prudent fiscal policy, reducing public debt and undertaking significant changes to its tax policy. Moreover, the financial system has become more resilient to shocks, inflation is at historic lows, the current account deficit has more than halved, net international reserves have doubled and business confidence is high. Nonetheless, economic growth remains elusive with an average real GDP growth rate below 1% since 2011. As a result, one fifth of the population still lives below the poverty line.

Nul doute que l’année 2015 aura été l’une des années les plus mémorables de l’histoire de l’OMC. Non seulement nous avons célébré les 20 ans de l’Organisation, mais aussi l’année s’est achevée sur le succès de notre dixième Conférence ministérielle, à Nairobi, où plusieurs accords historiques ont été conclus.

Trade and Investment play an important role in EI salvador’s economy reflecting in part the openness of itstrade and investment regime. The trade policy regime of EI salvador has been further liberalized since EI salvador’s previous Trade Policy Review in 2003. Progress has been made in modernizing customs, elimingating unnecessary licensing requirements, enhancing the transparency of technical regulations and SPS measures, and strengthening the institutional framework on competition policy and government procurement. As part of its liberalization efforts, EI Salvador has entered as well into three new preferential trade agreements(with Chinese Taipei, Panama, and the United States), and continued to assign high priority to deepening central american intergration. EI Salvador has also maintained its long-standing strategy of granting exporters refunds as well as fiscal privileges through free-trade zones (FTZs), which result in subsidies and tex breaks that distort economic incentives.

Los Perfiles comerciales contienen información detallada sobre las corrientes del comercio de mercancías, incluidos los principales productos con que comercia cada economía, una sección más amplia sobre el comercio de servicios comerciales y estadísticas sobre propiedad intelectual. Esta información, que está a disposición de los Miembros de la OMC, los observadores ante la Organización y otras economías determinadas, proviene de múltiples fuentes, como las estadísticas aduaneras, las cuentas nacionales, las estadísticas sobre la balanza de pagos, el comercio de servicios de filiales extranjeras y la propiedad industrial. Los datos se han obtenido de la Secretaría de la OMC y de fuentes externas. Se presentan en un formato normalizado y fácil de visualizar, para su rápida consulta.