Caribbean Export Implementation Report 2017-2020

MARKET INTELLIGENCE WORKSHOPS

The Market Intelligence (MI) workshop was launched in 2014 under the 10th EDF RPSDP and has continued under the 11th EDF RPSDP. The workshop provides practical training to build participants’ knowledge and understanding of MI, including information on assessing export readiness, selecting ideal target markets, market entry requirements, developing an export strategy, and data sources for market information. It equips CARIFORUM firms with the skills to gather and develop high quality MI, which can aid in successfully reaching targeted export markets. From January 2017 to December 2020, the Agency conducted eleven (11) MI workshops benefitting at least four hundred and fifty-four (454) participants. Table 6 provides information on the annual participants for these workshops. MI workshops are executed in partnership with local BSOs and remain a highly sought-after Agency intervention. In 2020, the Agency executed three MI workshops in partnership with the International Trade Centre (ITC) for firms in the sauces and condiments, alcoholic beverages, and natural products sectors.

TABLE 6: MARKET INTELLIGENCE WORKSHOPS ANNUAL PARTICIPANTS

YEAR

# OF WORKSHOPS

HOST COUNTRY(S)

TOTAL PARTICIPANTS

2018

4

Antigua and Barbuda St. Vincent and the Grenadines Belize Jamaica Antigua and Barbuda Guyana Dominican Republic St. Kitts and Nevis

121

2019

4

122

2020

3

Virtual (In partnership with ITC)

211

TOTAL

11

454

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