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RECOVERY AND THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS:
MANUFACTURING
transformation, expansion, and diversification. It
CREATE AND ENABLING is private sector driven and must be facilitated by
ENVIRONMENT TO SUSTAIN the Government to create the enabling
environment for firms to function.
AND DEVELOP OUR
MANUFACTURING SECTOR To expand to its full potential, the myriad of
bureaucratic bottlenecks impeding the sector
must be addressed. These bottlenecks negatively
The manufacturing sector is key to the survival of impact productivity and competitiveness and
the domestic economy. It contributes 20% of our Covid-19 has not helped.
GDP and employs over 50,000 people.
To overcome this, the PNM Government will
As the country seeks to chart a new and collaborate with the private sector, to transform
innovation-driven future post COVID-19, the the manufacturing sector to become globally
sector will be the catalyst for achieving economic competitive, productive, and innovative, utilising
advanced technologies and environmentally
friendly practices.
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PNM THE RIGHT CHOICE ON AUGUST 10 People’s National Movement Manifesto 2020
