Business in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Kingstown

1. Introduction to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2. Doing Business in Kingstown
3. Saint Vincentian Economy
4. Saint Vincentian Foreign Trade
5. Transport and Logistics
6. Business Opportunities in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
7. Access to the Saint Vincentian Market
8. Business Plan for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The educational aims of the Subject «Doing Business, Trade and Transport in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines» are:

1. To analyze the Saint Vincentian Economy, Logistics and Global Trade
2. To conduct research on business opportunities in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
3. To research the trade relations of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines with the student's country
4. To know Trade Agreements of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
5. To develop a business plan for the Saint Vincentian Market

The Subject «Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines» is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Doctorate: World Trade.

Languages ( San Vicente y las Granadinas Saint-Vincent-et-les-Grenadines São Vicente e Granadinas).

Preferential Access and Trade Agreements of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

1. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the Caribbean Economic Area
2. CARICOM
   1. CARICOM-Dominican Republic Agreement
   2. Costa Rica-CARICOM Agreement (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
   3. CARIFORUM-EU Agreement
   4. Colombia-CARICOM Agreement (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
   5. UK-CARIFORUM Free Trade and Economic Integration Agreement
3. Association of Caribbean States
4. Caribbean Basin Initiative
   1. The United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act
5. Caribbean-Canada Trade Agreement
6. Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
7. Bolivarian Alliance (ALBA)
   1. Energy supply agreement with Venezuela (PetroCaribbean)

1. World Trade Organization (WTO)
   1. Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
   2. Agreement on the Application of Sanitary Measures
   3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
   4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
   5. Agreement on Safeguards
   6. Trade Facilitation Agreement
2. BIC (Containers)
3. Chicago Convention (ICAO)
4. International Maritime Organization
5. Hamburg Rules
6. Is not a member of WCO
   1. Kyoto Convention

1. Organization of American States (OAS)
2. Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)
   1. European Union-CELAC Summit
3. Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC)

1. World Trade Organization (WTO)
2. International Monetary Fund
3. United Nations
   1. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
   2. International Trade Centre
   3. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
4. World Bank
5. Commonwealth
6. ...

1. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is made up of:
   1. The island of Saint Vincent
   2. The Grenadines Archipelago (66% of the northern part)
2. Saint Vincentian capital: Kingstown (island of San Vicente)
3. Parishes of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Charlotte, Saint Andrew, Saint David, Saint George, Saint Patrick and the Grenadines
4. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines does not share land borders with any country
5. Nearest countries to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines by sea: Grenada, Saint Lucia and Venezuela
6. Area of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 387 km²
7. Population of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 110,000 inhabitants
   1. Saint Vincentian Population density: 283 inhabitants / km²
8. Official language of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: English (Vincentian Creole)
9. Abolition of Slavery in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 1834
10. Climate of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: tropical
11. 1498: discovery by the Spanish (Grenadines derivates from the city of Granada, Spain)
12. 1719: French colonization
13. 1779: British colonization
14. Type of government: Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy (Queen Elizabeth II, Commonwealth)
15. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines became independent from the United Kingdom in 1979

Main religion in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Christianity (Protestantism).

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines belongs to the Caribbean Economic Area.

Saint Vincentian Economy.

1. High risk of natural disasters (tropical storms)
2. World Bank Classification: Lower Middle Income Economy
3. Tourism is an emerging sector
4. Construction boom and off-shore banking
5. Main industries: food processing, furniture manufacturing, textiles, cement production and starch production
6. Currency Saint Vincentian: East Caribbean dollar (XCD)
7. Country code top-level domain of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:.vc
8. Argyle International Airport
9. It drives on the left

Saint Vincentian Foreign Trade

1. Main Exports of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are bananas, maranta, tennis rackets
2. Main export markets of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: the United States, the UK, France, Italy, Greece, China, India, Poland, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda
3. Main imports of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: food, machinery, chemicals, fertilizers, minerals and fuels
4. Largest providers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: the United States, Trinidad and Tobago, Singapore, the UK, countries of CARICOM, China, Italy, Turkey, France, Romania