More CARICOM Countries to Sign on to Single Market in March

Other six CARICOM members have agreed to complete all arrangements and join the CARICOM Single Market (CSM) by March 31, the CARICOM Secretariat announced last week.

The six nations –Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, and St Vincent & the Grenadines- advised of their readiness at the 20th meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development, held in Georgetown, Guyana on last week.

They will join Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago for whom the single market took effect on January 1.

The Bahamas, though a CARICOM member, has no plans to participate, while Haiti´s membership is abeyance.