LandIsland in the Carribean Sea, with 1,022 km of coastline, therefore easy to import and export products! Their exports consist of: alumina, bauxite, sugar, rum, coffee, yams, beverages, chemicals, wearing apparel, mineral fuels. Which is a definite benefit for them because these products are a natural abundance for the country. Countries they export to are, US Canada, Netherlands, UK, and Norway. Countries they import with are, US , Venezuela, Trinidad,Tobago, and China. Goods imported into the country are: food and other consumer goods, industrial supplies, fuel, parts and accessories of capital goods, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials. These resources are more of capital goods, which Jamaica lacks, therefore are considered top imports. Coastal water is polluted due to industrial waste. Hurricanes are an issue for the country, therefore natural disasters could hurt their natural resources.
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LaborPopulation with a total of 2,889,187 people. 87.9% total population of literacy. With a good percentage of literacy within the country, this means a means for good job opportunities. The prevalance rate of 1.7% of population with HIV/AIDS, low number and will rarely affect the labor, therefore the labor within the country will not be affect by citizens with HIV/ AIDS. Life expectancy is 73 years for total population. With a good life expectancy the country can strive for longer projects for production.
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CapitalMain telephone lines is at a total of 263,100. There are 3897 internet hosts, with 1.581 million users. 27 airports total, 12 paved, and 22.121 km of roadways. With a handful of main lines and airports, having products come into the country as well as communicating with other counties will be easier.
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Entrepreneurial Ability
Moderately Free government, therefore the government enforces a good amount of regulation. From the table below you can see that the country has a 72.1 trade freedom. meaning the government only permits so many times of goods going in and out of the country.