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Customs Information
Jamaica
- CUSTOMER MUST BE IN COUNTRY FOR CLEARANCE
- Only one new household goods, personal effects and tools of trade may be imported duty-free by a returning resident.
| Transportation |
Jamaica |
| Railways: |
total: 272 km
standard gauge: 272 km 1.435-m gauge
note: 207 of these km belonging to the Jamaica Railway Corporation had been in common carrier service until 1992 but are no longer operational; 57 km of the remaining track is privately owned and used
by ALCAN to transport bauxite (2003) |
| Highways: |
total: 18,700 km
paved: 13,109 km
unpaved: 5,591 km (1999 est.) |
| Waterways: |
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| Pipelines: |
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| Ports and Harbors: |
Kingston , Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Port Rhoades, Rocky Point |
| Merchant Marine: |
total: 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 74,881 GRT/100,682 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 5, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 3
foreign-owned: 8 ( Germany 2, Greece 5, UAE 1) (2005) |
| Airports: |
35 (2004 est.) |
Airports -
with paved runways: |
total: 11
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 5 (2004 est.) |
Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 24
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 22 (2004 est.) |
| Heliports: |
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| Geography |
Jamaica |
| Location: |
Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba |
| Geographic Coordinates: |
18 15 N, 77 30 W |
| Map References: |
Central America and the Caribbean |
| Area: |
total: 10,991 sq km
land: 10,831 sq km
water: 160 sq km |
| Area Comparative: |
slightly smaller than Connecticut |
| Land Boundaries: |
0 km |
| Coastline: |
1,022 km |
| Maritime Claims: |
measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin |
| Climate: |
tropical; hot, humid; temperate interior |
| Terrain: |
mostly mountains, with narrow, discontinuous coastal plain |
| Elevation Extremes: |
lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m
highest point: Blue Mountain Peak 2,256 m |
| Natural Resources: |
bauxite, gypsum, limestone |
| Land Use: |
arable land: 16.07%
permanent crops: 10.16%
other: 73.77% (2001) |
| Irrigated Land: |
250 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural Hazards: |
hurricanes (especially July to November) |
| Environment - current issues: |
heavy rates of deforestation; coastal waters polluted by industrial waste, sewage, and oil spills; damage to coral reefs; air pollution in Kingston results from vehicle emissions |
| Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography - Note: |
strategic location between Cayman Trench and Jamaica Channel, the main sea lanes for the Panama Canal |
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