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Minister of Industry, Commerce & Investment Karl Samuda said that 5,000 tons of cement would arrive in Jamaica from Cuba within the next two weeks, to ease the current shortage, reports JIS (Oct. 4, 2007). Representatives from the Ministry, the Airports Authority of Jamaica and the Port Authority

of Jamaica visited Cuba a week earlier to finalize arrangements for imports of 40,000 tons of cement, which will arrive on a phased basis. He added that Caribbean Cement Co. Ltd (CCCL), the sole local manufacturer, has arranged to import 9,000 tons of cement from Colombia and 9,000 tons from the Dominican Republic. The demand for cement between now and year end is estimated at 245,000 tons.

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