Jamaican sugar industry

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:industry
gptkbp:affects gptkb:government
abolition of slavery
trade agreements
mechanization
global sugar prices
gptkbp:beganIn 17th century
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Jamaican
Jamaican culture
transatlantic slave trade
Jamaican economy
gptkbp:declinedAfter late 20th century
gptkbp:employs thousands of workers
gptkbp:exportedTo Kingston port
Montego Bay port
gptkbp:facedCompetitionFrom Brazilian sugar industry
European beet sugar
gptkbp:harvestSeason December to July
gptkbp:historicallyDominatedBy British planters
gptkbp:historicalSignificance slave labor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jamaican sugar industry
gptkbp:includes sugar estates
sugar factories
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Jamaica
gptkbp:mainCrops sugarcane
gptkbp:mainExports gptkb:European_Union
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:market molasses
refined sugar
raw sugar
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Frome_Sugar_Estate
gptkb:Bernard_Lodge_Sugar_Estate
gptkb:Hampden_Estate
gptkb:Worthy_Park_Estate
gptkb:Appleton_Estate
Monymusk Sugar Estate
gptkbp:producedBy private companies
government-owned companies
gptkbp:product gptkb:sugar
gptkbp:regulates Sugar Industry Authority (Jamaica)
gptkbp:relatedTo rum production
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:farmer
books
documentaries
historical research
economic reforms
labor strikes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bernard_Lodge_Sugar_Estate
gptkb:Montpelier_Estate
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8