Jamaican agriculture faces significant opportunities in overseas markets.
This is reflected in the increase in recent years, in the number of exporters of non-traditional products and in the value of products exported. In particular, a dramatic increase is noticeable since the liberalisation of foreign exchange markets provided an incentive for movement into export activities. For example, non-traditional agricultural exports increased by 15.4 percent in volume, between 1992 and 1993. This translated into a 21.9 percent increase in value. The opportunities in external markets are due to several factors.