Business View Caribbean | December 2019

32 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN DECEMBER 2019 infrastructure, which satisfies and agrees with WTO rules, in that regard. One independent body does accreditation, another does certification, another does compliance and regulations, and the Bureau of Standards Jamaica is now left with facilitating trade for entrepreneurs, manufacturers, exporters, anyone trading locally and internationally.” BVC: How do you facilitate trade for such a wide business spectrum? Heron: “We prepare them by developing standards for our own use, but we’re also cognizant that there are many standards globally. We adopt those standards that can be adapted for Jamaica because it makes no sense to reinvent the wheel. The Bureau has developed a Client Services program where we invite entrepreneurs through our doors to show them how the standards can be used and how they can be ready for trade and product development. Beyond that, we do conformity assessment to deal with laboratory tests. We have a fully Executive Director, Hopeton Heron