Category

Import Permit 

Responsible Agency       

Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Affairs

Address: 10-16 Grenada Way

Kingston 5

Phone: 876-633-8172

Email:

Legal base of the Procedure

The Foods and Drugs Act

Processing time          

Fee (Import permit)

 Not Available 

No.

Type of information

Note

1

Step 1

Submit product information to Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Affairs (PRA)

Step 2

Step 3

Importer receives evaluation, completes permit application and  makes payment

Step 4

a) If permit application is deemed to be incorrectly completed;

i) the application is turned out, the importer is notified and the application returned. 

ii) The importer then corrects the application and resubmits to MoH, Step 6 is repeated

b) If permit application is deemed to be correctly completed, go to step 8.

a) If the product is not registered/approved by PRA; the applicant is notified of the unsuccessful request for permit.

b) If the product is registered /approved by PRA; the PRA then verifies that the importer is authorized. 

 If the importer has been authorized by the PRA to import; the application is approved. Go to Step 10

If not, the importer is notified of the unsuccessful request for the permit.