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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/JAM/125

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Title

THE TRADE (PLASTIC PACKAGING MATERIALS PROHIBITION) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 2024

Objective

Protection of the environment (TBT)

Product Covered

Single use plastic food container made wholly or in part of polyethylene, polypropylene or polylactic acid. Tariff code 3923 1090 90Cosmetic care or personal care products to which plastic microbeads or microplastics have been intentionally added

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3923 - Articles for the conveyance or packaging of goods, of plastics; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, of plastics

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The Trade (Plastic Packaging Materials Prohibition) Order, 2024, issued under Jamaica's Trade Act, amends the principal Order the Trade (PlasticPackaging Materials Prohibition) Order, 2018, to update the definitions to ‘Single use plastics’ to now include:1. plastic food containers made wholly or in part of polyethylene, polypropylene or polylactic acid and prohibits their use, but does not apply until the 11th day of July 2024, to the importation of plastic foodcontainers; until the 9th day of January 2025, to the distribution of plastic foodcontainers;2. cosmetic care or personal care products to which plastic microbeads or microplastics have been intentionally addedThe Order does not apply:until the 1st day of July 2025 to cosmetic care or personal care products to which plastic microbeads or microplastics have been intentionally added; andto cosmetic care or personal care products— to which plastic microbeads or microplastics have been intentionally added; and that were imported before the 1st day of July 2025.

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