TEPA Newsletter- June 2016
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TEPA/SBDC Merger FAQs
Why has SBDC (Small Business Development Centre) merged with TEPA (Trade Export Promotion Agency)? What is the name of this new entity? What does the merger mean for both companies? What does it mean for prospective clients? Read More…[/column]
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TEPA’s B2B Model…
It is often said that in order to gain international success, one must first succeed locally. Depending on the industry, this adage rings true. In entrepreneurship, and manufacturing while it is certainly possible to instantly target and tap… Read More…[/column]
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Music Industry Export Strategy
A robust, well-sustained music industry can play a vital role in the advancement of St Lucia’s economy. Recognizing this, the Trade Export Promotion Agency (TEPA) enlisted Sound Diplomacy — a leading UK-based music development… Read More… [/column]
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SLHTA And TEPA…
As a fringe event to the main local jazz festival the Jazz Sampler seeks to integrate developmental aspects of the music business into their programme. TEPA agreed that the program offered to attendees touched on many areas that we would have offered… Read More… [/column]
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A Slice of St. Lucia in the UK
On October 7th 2016, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom will experience an exquisite slice of St Lucian Paradise! The first of a series of events to increase promotion of St Lucian products within the UK, the Trade Export… Read More… [/column]
Standards and Certification
We cannot emphasise enough the importance of Standards and Certification in products and service exports and even domestic sales. The Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards is the authority on Standards in Saint Lucia. See more information here: https://exportsaintlucia.org/standards/
International News
Market News
Depending on which Walmart store you choose nowadays, you might do a double take. In a growing number of stores, there’s an entire wall dedicated to organic produce, fresh sushi and a selection of about 50 gourmet cheeses, the result of a scouting trip through Europe last year. Forget just having a cold case of packaged deli meats — now there’s a charcuterie section. Even the layout is more appetizing: Roma tomatoes tumble down angled displays that make it easier to see what’s available and honeycrisp apples beckon from farmers market-style crates… Read More…
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ASK Anthony
What are Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures? Does the SPS Agreement cover countries’ measures to protect the environment? Consumer interests? Animal welfare?
For the purposes of the SPS Agreement, Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures are defined as any measures applied:
- to protect human or animal life from risks arising from additives, contaminants, toxins or disease-causing organisms in their food;
- to protect human life from plant- or animal-carried diseases;
- to protect animal or plant life from pests, diseases, or disease-causing organisms;
- to prevent or limit other damage to a country from the entry, establishment or spread of pests
These include sanitary and phytosanitary measures taken to protect the health of fish and wild fauna, as well as of forests and wild flora.
Measures for environmental protection (other than as defined above), to protect consumer interests, or for the welfare of animals are not covered by the SPS Agreement. These concerns, however, are addressed by other WTO agreements (i.e. the TBT Agreement or Article XX of GATT 1994).[/column]
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We cannot emphasise enough the importance of Standards and Certification in products and service exports and even domestic sales. The Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards is the authority on Standards in Saint Lucia. See more information here: https://exportsaintlucia.org/standards/.
Did You Know?
- The phrase “Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)” refers to the use of the domestic regulatory process as a means of protecting domestic producers.The Technical Barrier to Trade (TBT) Agreement seeks to assure that Mandatory product regulation; Voluntary product standards; and Conformity assessment procedures do not become unnecessary obstacles to international trade and are not employed to obstruct trade.
- The Food (Export) Health Certificate is issued to traders, to certify a food consignment as fit for human consumption, and meeting safety standards or other required criteria to facilitate the export of this food consignment. This certificate is only issued for food consignments manufactured or processed or packed in a food processing establishment.
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