Metrication in Jamaica

The Ministry of Education also supports a policy of procuring metric-only textbooks for use in the school system.

Large producers of staple foods such as flour, rice, salt, sugar, chicken and other meats, supply products in metric units.

While not yet a majority, large and medium-sized wholesale and retail outlets, such as supermarkets and fabric stores, have converted islandwide, particularly in the capital Kingston and adjoining urban centres.

The act included updates to Jamaica's traffic laws along with the use of the metric system within regulatory descriptions.

[2] On 18 September 2015, the Jamaican government amended the Weights and Measure Act to include considerable fines to business owners who do not use the metric system.