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Media Release: The EximBank Forex Window for the Importation of Essential Items has been Resumed after careful review

After careful consideration and a comprehensive review by the Ministry of Finance and the EximBank over the last month, Cabinet, at its regular weekly meeting last week, which was held on Friday, November 1st, 2024, agreed to a recommendation from the Minister of Finance that the forex window at the EximBank for essential imports, which…

The Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, Minister of Finance Keynote Speech at the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange Limited Capital Market Conference 2024: “Charting New Horizons: Accelerating Growth With Diversification And Seizing Digital Opportunities” at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Regency Ballroom, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain on Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Today’s conference is driven by the thought-provoking theme of “Charting New Horizons: Accelerating Growth with Diversification and Seizing Digital Opportunities.”At this critical juncture in our economic development, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago is fully prepared to expand and develop our capital markets. Our goal is clear: to create a resilient, diversified economy that can…

Media Release: Misleading Forex Access Stories in the Trinidad Express

The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, has noticed yet another series of misleading and inaccurate stories about access to foreign exchange being peddled by the Trinidad Express as if these stories were factual. This media campaign is clearly mischievous, and it is necessary to set the record straight. EXIMBANK’s PURPOSE A perusal of…

Media Release: AGOJ2021/001 Ellis Richards and Others v The State of Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean Court of Justice

The Minister of Finance, Honourable Colm Imbert, MP, wishes to advise that yesterday the Caribbean Court of Justice (“CCJ”) dismissed the claim brought by Ellis Richards and others against Trinidad and Tobago in relation to the CL Financial bailout in 2009, which excluded annuity and investment products issued by British American Insurance Company Limited (a…

Media Release: EXIMBANK and CAF Partner to Strengthen SMEs and Drive Export Growth in Trinidad and Tobago

More than one hundred (100) Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Trinidad and Tobago are set to receive a significant boost in financing to grow their operations and expand into new markets. The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert and the Director Representative for CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean in…