NY patties being sold in Ja..imported patties!!wat di heck

[evanovitch]

NY patties being sold in JA
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
The Jamaica Manufacturer's Association (JMA) is seeking Government's intervention to determine why patties are being imported.

JMA President Omar Azan raised the issue at the organization's Annual General Meeting on Wednesday.

According to Mr. Azan, the practice is especially disturbing as the savoury pastry is available in abundance from local producers.

"I'm not sure it is a real widespread thing but what it shows is how we think in this country. We are a country that is known for patties, we manufacture patties, yet companies in Jamaica are importing patties out of New York to sell here.

"Foreign exchange is short so manufacturers find it hard to find foreign exchange to pay their raw material bills yet still we're finding finished products coming into Jamaica that (may not) meet the sanitary conditions required by our agencies here," said Mr. Azan.

He is questioning how the patties with patty meats are imported from the United States which does not allow the importation of meats from Jamaica to be imported into their country,

Mr. Azan added that he has already informed the Bureau of Standards, Commerce Minister Karl Samuda and Prime Minister Bruce Golding of the practice.

He stressed that the JMA has no objection to imports to fill shortages of certain products but that in light of the economic conditions it is important to buy local and support local industries.

Mr. Azan was returned unopposed as president of the JMA at Wednesday's Annual General Meeting.

[tsophra]

Re: NY patties being sold in Ja..imported patties!!wat di heck

say wha?? y would they wanna do that. .Jamaican patties fram jamaica a de bess (for the most part)

[evanovitch]

Re: NY patties being sold in Ja..imported patties!!wat di he

Can u believe dat ish? Dang man! Smaddy really bring een patty from farrin..wat nex?..sea water????

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: NY patties being sold in Ja..imported patties!!wat di he

The same ones who are now complaining are the same ones that side with theor friends to import stuff that are manufactured inthecountry.
They never realize that the chickens would eventually come home to roost in their beds. They only cpomplain when it affects the lifestyle of themselves and their friends. .

[evanovitch]

Govt seh nutten wrong wid importing patty..... Ooookkkaaayyy


The Government has dismissed concerns raised yesterday by the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) about the importation of frozen patties, arguing there was nothing illegal about persons engaging in such trade.

"What we can do is lament the fact that patties are brought in here on a competitive basis but we can't prevent people from importing anything into Jamaica," said Karl Samuda, minister of industry, investment and commerce. "We can't stop it because we are an open market."

Samuda was responding to alarms raised by the JMA about imported frozen patties out of the United States being sold by a Corporate Area supermarket.

The JMA had raised the issue at its annual general meeting yesterday morning.

"There is Juici Beef, there is Tastee Patties producing and Jamaicans are purchasing imported patties and I find this totally ridiculous," said Omar Azan, re-elected president of the JMA.

"We are having problems with foreign exchange to buy raw materials to produce and employ Jamaicans but yet still we are finding US dollars to purchase imported patties?"

Azan told the JMA's members that the product was found on the shelves of an upscale supermarket in St Andrew, PriceSmart, while he was shopping there on the weekend.

Dan Kitson, assistant general manager at PriceSmart, declined to discuss the matter.

"We do sell Juici Beef Patties," Kitson told The Gleaner when informed of the JMA heads criticism.

"I am going to be pressing (on this), because if we don't put our foot down we won't have a country for our children to live and enjoy," Azan said.

Produced by Caribbean Delights


Samuda

The frozen patties in question are produced by Caribbean Delights, which is based in the United States.

But yesterday Samuda pointed out that, because Jamaica is a signatory to free trade agreements, the country could not stop patties from being imported.

Meanwhile, the commerce ministry yesterday reported that the way was now clear for Jamaican 'Tastee' patties to be exported to Trinidad.

"This follows the completion of a report carried out by the CARICOM Sanitary and Phytosanitary Inspection Team, which conducted an inspection into the product, and the general environment and conditions under which it is prepared," the ministry said in a release.

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: Govt seh nutten wrong wid importing patty..... Ooookkkaaayyy

The private sector organization and thechamber if commerce, were at the forefront of lobbying fior open market.

Only theydid not bothr to think that other countries would use non tarrif barriers to make it uneven.
realluy a one way street.

Jamaica can't export beef to thestates, but they can export any amount to Jamaica.

They wanted that because they were not in the beef export business. well guess what??

chikens and at the gates now. and they will bee coming home where they belong.

[jah_yout]

Re: Govt seh nutten wrong wid importing patty..... Ooookkkaaayyy

doesn't j-a also import milk and cheese?

[j-kid]

Re: NY patties being sold in Ja..imported patties!!wat di heck

Dem can't sell it if wi noh buy it.



Whe di people dem whe cry protectionism deh?

[St_Bess]

Re: NY patties being sold in Ja..imported patties!!wat di heck

Ah so me say too. Why would jamaicans
living in JA buy imported patties? It's
like selling heat to satan. Aldoah
jamaicans like buy fareign things you know
but ef it no taste good dem not going to buy eh.
How much dese patty cost? Dem cheaper dan dose
in JA?

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: NY patties being sold in Ja..imported patties!!wat di heck

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: J kid</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Dem can't sell it if wi noh buy it.



Whe di people dem whe cry protectionism deh? </div></div>Any product sold cheap enough will be bought by people who can only afford it.

[Tuff Gong]

Re: NY patties being sold in Ja..imported patties!!wat di heck

Who are folks buying these patties?
Rich, poor, middle class, tourists?
What stores are they being sold in?
Who are the manufacturers in the country of origin(s), Jamaican Nationals?

In my opinion while it not good it is not unsurprising. This one aspect of all our chickens coming home to roost.

The fact that in the 70s and 90s we allowed our Government to deliberately drive out of Jamaica our local entrepreneurs and productive class.

The fact that we have consistently elected a set of politicians who only mandate was to destroy our productive base and substitute it with trading in Government Paper.

The fact that we have consistently elected Governments that pay zero attention to the scourge of crime, which has further increased every cost, related to manufacture and security in Jamaica.

The fact that we have allowed the Government of Jamaica to enter into agreements with Foreign entities such as the Jamaica Public Service, The Communications providers and Toll Roads Operators which has increased the cost of manufacturing, transportation. These excessive costs have removed a significant potation any disposable income from the hands of income earners in Jamaica forcing them to make choices based primarily of cots rather than quality.

The fact that we have a allowed the State via the so-called Executive Agencies to move to a fee based regime for almost every service in Jamaica, further restricting the disposable income of wage earners.

This is not simply a matter of relaxing trade rules, although relaxing trade rules in such an environment is akin to sealing the vault that you have placed yourself in.

[j-kid]

Re: NY patties being sold in Ja..imported patties!!wat di heck

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tuff Gong</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> This one aspect of all our chickens coming home to roost.


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Speaking of Chicken. Mi still caa understand why anni self respecting Jacan dung ah yaad would gi up wi world class an famous chicken fi Kentucky Fried Choken.

[uswe]

Re: NY patties being sold in Ja..imported patties!!wat di heck

The exporter of the frozen patties to jamaica is Jamaican!

[Tuff Gong]

Re: NY patties being sold in Ja..imported patties!!wat di heck

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: J kid</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tuff Gong</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> This one aspect of all our chickens coming home to roost.


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Speaking of Chicken. Mi still caa understand why anni self respecting Jacan dung ah yaad would gi up wi world class an famous chicken fi Kentucky Fried Choken. </div></div>KFC is one of the oldest franchises in Jamaica.

[evanovitch]

Re: NY patties being sold in Ja..imported patties!!wat di heck

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: J kid</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tuff Gong</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> This one aspect of all our chickens coming home to roost.


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Speaking of Chicken. Mi still caa understand why anni self respecting Jacan dung ah yaad <span style="font-weight: bold">would gi up wi world class an famous chicken </span>fi Kentucky Fried Choken. </div></div>

an she a di bess dress one in di world...ah sah..always use fi stan up deh wid har chess puff out looking ovah alllll a Hope Road