APPENDIX TABLES
Belize
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Table AIII.1
Items with specific duties, March 2004
(BZ dollars, imperial gallons, and pounds)
Tariff line
Description
Specific duty (BZ$)
0701900000
0703101000
2106908000
2203001000
2203002000
2203009000
2204100000
2204210000
2204291000
2204299000
2204300000
2205100000
2205900000
2206001000
2206009000
2207100000
2207200000
2208201000
2208209000
2208301000
2208309000
2208401000
2208409000
2208501000
2208509000
2208600000
2208700000
2208901000
2208902000
2208909000
2402100000
2402200000
2402900000
2403100000
2403910000
2403991000
2403999000
2710001310
2710001390
2710003110
2710003190
2710004210
2710004290
2710004910
2710004990
2710009200
Other potatoes fresh or chilled
Onions
Preparations of types used in manufacture of beverages with alcohol > 0.5%
Beer
Stout
Other beer made from malt
Sparkling wine
Other wine in containers holding 2 litres or less
Grape must with fermentation prevented or arrested by adding alcohol
Other wines
Other grape must
Vermouth and other wines of fresh grapes in containers holding 2 litres or less
Other vermouth and other wines of fresh flavoured grapes
Shandy
Other fermented beverages (e.g. cider, perry, mead); mixtures of fermented beverages
Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcohol strength by vol. of 80% or higher
Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength
Brandy, in bottles of a strength not exceeding 46% volume
Other spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc
Whiskies in bottles of a strength not exceeding 46% volume
Other whiskies
Rum and tafia in bottles of a strength not exceeding 46% volume
Other rum and tafia
Gin and geneva in bottles of a strength not exceeding 46% volume
Other gin and geneva
Vodka
Liqueurs and cordials
Aromatic bitters used as a flavouring agent for food and beverages
Other aromatic bitters
Other undenatured ethyl alcohol
Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos containing tobacco
Cigarettes containing tobacco
Other cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes
Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitute in any proportion
Homogenised or reconstituted tobacco
Snuff
Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
Motor spirit exported under the processing agreement
Other motor spirit (gasoline)
Gas oils exported under the processing agreement
Other gas oils
Bunker "c" grade fuel oil exported under the processing agreement
Other bunker "c" grade fuel oil
Fuel oils not elsewhere specified or included
Other fuel oils not elsewhere specified or included
Lubricating oils
0.42/100lb
0.42/100lb
91/gallon
12/gallon
12/gallon
12/gallon
51/gallon
37/gallon
32/gallon
37/gallon
30/gallon
36/gallon
36/gallon
30/gallon
30/gallon
12/gallon
6/gallon
91/gallon
91/gallon
90/gallon
90/gallon
90/gallon
90/gallon
90/gallon
90/gallon
91/gallon
91/gallon
4.17/gallon
91/gallon
91/gallon
26.67/lb
34.40/lb
20.00/lb
20.00/lb
20.00/lb
24.80/lb
33.07/lb
0.54/gallon
0.54/gallon
0.32/gallon
0.32/gallon
0.04/gallon
0.04/gallon
0.04/gallon
0.04/gallon
0.057/gallon
Source: Information provided by the authorities of Belize.
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Table AIII.2
Goods subject to licensing requirements, March 2004
Licence granted
automatically
HS code
Description of product
10.06
Rice
No
Positive recommendation from the
Belize Marketing Development
Corporation required
0708.102000
Blackeye peas, fresh, shelled or unshelled
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0708.209000
Other beans, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0710.20
Leguminous vegetables (uncooked or cooked by
steaming or boiling in water), shelled or unshelled,
frozen
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0713.10300
Blackeye peas, dried, shelled, whether or not
skinned
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0713.30
Beans (Vigna spp; Phaseolus spp): dried, shelled,
whether or not skinned or split
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
1201.09000
Other soya beans, whether or not broken, not for
sowing
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
3402.204000a
Liquid bleaches, put up for retail sale
No
No licences are granted
3402.909000a
Other liquid bleaches, in bulk
No
No licences are granted
2828.900000a
Sodium hypochlorite and other hypochlorites
No
No licences are granted
0407.001000
Hatching eggs, for breeder flock, of the species
Gallus Domesticus
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0407.002000
Hatching eggs, not for breeder flock, of the species
Gallus Domesticus
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0407.003000
Other fresh eggs, of the species Gallus domesticus
1101.001000a
Flour of durum wheat
No
Licences are not granted; for the
importation of specialty flour,
approval is granted if deemed
necessary for the promotion of the
tourist sector
1101.009000
Other flour
No
No licence granted
1102.200000
Maize flour
No
A total of 26,000 lb per year can be
imported into Belize
0701.900000
Other potatoes, fresh or chilled
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0702.000000
Tomatoes, fresh or chilled
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0704.101000
Cauliflowers, fresh or chilled
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0704.901000
Cabbages, fresh or chilled
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0705.110000
Cabbage lettuce (head lettuce), fresh or chilled
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0705.190000
Other lettuce, fresh or chilled
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0706.101000
Carrots, fresh or chilled
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0707.001000
Cucumbers, fresh or chilled
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0708.201000
String beans, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0709.300000
Aubergines (egg plant), fresh or chilled
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
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Conditions
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Table AIII.2 (cont'd)
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Licence granted
automatically
HS code
Description of product
Conditions
0709.601000
Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0709.609000
Other peppers, fresh or chilled
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0709.901000
Zucchini, fresh or chilled
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0709.902000
Ochroes, fresh or chilled
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0709.903000
Pumpkins, fresh or chilled
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0709.904000
Sweet corn (on the cob), fresh or chilled
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required.
0710.100000
Potatoes (uncooked or cooked by steaming or
boiling in water), frozen
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0710.40
Sweet corn (uncooked or cooked by steaming or
boiling in water), frozen
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0710.803000
Carrots (uncooked or cooked by steaming or
boiling in water), for use in industry, frozen
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0710.804000
Other carrots (uncooked or cooked by steaming or
boiling in water), frozen
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0710.808000
Other vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming
or boiling in water), for use in industry, frozen
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0710.809000
Other vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming
or boiling in water), frozen
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0714
Manioc, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet
potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high
starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or
dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of
pellets, sago pith (excluding arrowroot of
0714.901000)
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0801.10
Coconuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or
peeled
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0803
Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0804.300000
Pineapples, fresh
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0804.400000
Avocados, fresh
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0804.501000
Guavas, fresh
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0804.502000
Mangoes, fresh
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0804.503000
Mangosteens, fresh
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0807.110000
Watermelons, fresh
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0807.191000
Cantaloupes, fresh
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0807.192000
Muskmelons, fresh
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0807.199000
Other melons, fresh
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0807.200000
Papaws (papayas), fresh
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
Table AIII.2 (cont'd)
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Licence granted
automatically
HS code
Description of product
0810.901000
Sapodillas, fresh
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0810.902000
Golden apples, fresh
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0810.903000
Passion fruit, fresh
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0810.904000
Soursop, fresh
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0810.905000
Breadfruit, fresh
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0810.906000
Carambolas, fresh
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0810.908000
Christophine (choyote), fresh
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
0811.901000
Pineapples, uncooked or cooked by steaming or
boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing
added sugar or other sweetening matter
No
Positive recommendation from the
MAFC required
9401.300000
Swivel seats with variable height adjustments,
made of wood
No
Licences are not granted for
importation in commercial quantities
9401.400000
Seats other than garden seats or camping
equipment, convertible into beds
9401.500000a
Seats of cane, osier, bamboo, rattan or similar
material
No
Licences for the importation of
furniture made of rattan or bamboo
are not granted
9401.610000a
Upholstered seats with wooden frames
No
Licences are not granted for
importation in commercial quantities
9401.690000a
Other seats with wooden frames
No
Licences are not granted for
importation in commercial quantities
9403.300000a
Wooden furniture of a kind used in offices
No
Licences are not granted for
importation in commercial quantities
9403.400000a
Wooden furniture of a kind used in the kitchen
No
Licences are not granted for
importation in commercial quantities
9403.500000a
Wooden furniture of a kind used in the bedroom
No
Licences are not granted for
importation in commercial quantities
9403.601000a
Other wooden furniture of a kind used in schools,
churches and laboratories
No
Licences are not granted for
importation in commercial quantities
9403.609000a
Other wooden furniture
No
Licences are not granted for
importation in commercial quantities
9403.801000a
Furniture of other materials, including cane, osier,
bamboo, rattan or similar material, of a kind used in
offices
No
Licences for the importation of
furniture made of rattan or bamboo
are not granted
9403.802000a
Furniture of other materials, including cane, osier,
bamboo, rattan or similar material, of a kind used in
schools, churches and laboratories
No
Licences for the importation of
furniture made of rattan or bamboo
are not granted
9403.809000a
Other furniture of cane, osier, bamboo, rattan or
similar material
No
Licences for the importation of
furniture made of rattan or bamboo
are not granted
9404.100000a
Mattress supports (of wood only)
No
Licences are not granted for
importation in commercial quantities
9406.001000a
Prefabricated buildings of wood
No
Licences are granted for items that
cannot be produced in commercial
quantities locally or made of species
of wood not available locally
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Conditions
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Table AIII.2 (cont'd)
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Licence granted
automatically
HS code
Description of product
Conditions
4403
Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark
or sapwood, or roughly squared
No
Licences are granted for items that
cannot be produced in commercial
quantities in Belize or are made of
species of wood not available locally
4404
Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of
wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden
sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned bent or
otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of
walking sticks, umbrellas, tool handles, or the like.
No
Licences for the importation of utility
poles are only granted to two
companies
4407
Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or
peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or fingerjointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm
No
Licences are granted for items that
cannot be produced in commercial
quantities locally or made of species
of wood not available locally
4409
Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet
flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped
(tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed,
beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of
its edges or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or
finger-jointed
No
Licences are granted for items that
cannot be produced in commercial
quantities locally or made of species
of wood not available locally
4414.000000
Wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors
or similar objects, not mounted
No
Licences are granted for items that
cannot be produced in commercial
quantities locally or made of species
of wood not available locally
4417.001000
Handles (for brooms only), of wood
No
Licences are granted for items that
cannot be produced in commercial
quantities locally or made of species
of wood not available locally
4418. 100000
Windows, French windows and their frames
No
Licences are granted for items that
cannot be produced in commercial
quantities locally or made of species
of wood not available locally
4418.200000
Doors and their frames and thresholds
No
Licences are granted for items that
cannot be produced in commercial
quantities locally or made of species
of wood not available locally
4418.300000
Parquet panels
No
Licences are granted for items that
cannot be produced in commercial
quantities locally or made of species
of wood not available locally
4418.400000
Shuttering for concrete constructional works
No
Licences are granted for items that
cannot be produced in commercial
quantities locally or made of species
of wood not available locally
4420
Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; cases for
jewellery or cutlery, and similar articles, of wood;
statuettes and other ornaments, of wood; wooden
articles of furniture not falling in Chapter 94
(excluding caskets)
No
Licences are granted for items that
cannot be produced in commercial
quantities locally or made of species
of wood not available locally
0201
Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled
No
Positive recommendation from MAFC
required
0202
Meat of bovine animals, frozen
No
Positive recommendation from MAFC
required
0203
Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen
No
Positive recommendation from MAFC
required
0206
Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep and
goats, fresh, chilled or frozen
No
Positive recommendation from MAFC
required
0210.111000
Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone
No
Positive recommendation from MAFC
required
Table AIII.2 (cont'd)
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Licence granted
automatically
HS code
Description of product
Conditions
0210. 12 1000
Bacon
No
Positive recommendation from MAFC
required
0210.120000
Bellies (streaky) and cuts thereof: salted, in brine,
dried or smoked
No
Positive recommendation from MAFC
required
1601.002000
Other chicken sausages (except canned)
No
Positive recommendation from MAFC
required
1601.003000
Salami sausages (except canned)
No
Positive recommendation from MAFC
required
1601.009000
Other sausages (except canned)
No
Positive recommendation from MAFC
required
1602
Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or
blood, except goods of 1602.102000; 1602.491000
(canned only); and 1602.501000
No
Positive recommendation from MAFC
required
1701
Cane sugar, excluding icing sugar of 1701.991000
No
Licences are not granted
1703
Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining
of sugar
No
Licences are processed in consultation
with the Belize Sugar Industries
6109. 101000
T-shirts (of cotton)
No, except for plain
shirts that are
destined for local
printing
None
6109.901000
T-shirts (of other textile materials)
No, except for plain
shirts that are
destined for local
printing
None
2202a
Waters, including mineral waters and waters
containing added sugar or other matter, or
flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not
including fruit or vegetable of 20.09 (excluding
dietetic beverages)
Yes
Licences are not granted for the
importation of beverages that are
similar to locally-produced beverages,
including grape, strawberry,
pineapple, orange, and generic cola
drinks
2203a
Beer made from malt
No
Licences are only granted to four
traditional importers
1005
Maize (corn)
No
Positive recommendation from MAFC
required
2710.13
Motor spirit: gasolene
Yes
None
2710.20
Kerosene
Yes
None
2710.31
Diesel
Yes
None
0401
Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing
added sugar or other sweetening matter
No
Positive recommendation from MAFC
required. Licences are only granted
for the importation of UHT milk
2711.130000
Butanes (in portable, refillable cylinders for
household or similar use)
Yes
None
0105
Live poultry, i.e. fowl of the species Gallus
Domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys guinea fowl
(excluding baby chicks)
..
..
0207.10
Meat and edible offal, of fowl of the species Gallus
Domesticus of 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen
..
..
0207.20
Meat and edible offal, of turkeys, fresh, chilled or
frozen
..
..
0805
Citrus fruit, fresh or dried
No
No licences are granted
2007.911000
Citrus fruit puree and fruit paste, not in retail
packages
No
No licences are granted
Table AIII.2 (cont'd)
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automatically
HS code
Description of product
2007.919000
2103.901000
1902.10
Other citrus fruit cooked preparations, whether or
not containing added sugar or other sweetening
matter
Citrus fruit, otherwise prepared or preserved,
whether or not containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified
or included
Orange juice, unfermented and not containing
added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar
or other sweetening matter
Grapefruit juice, unfermented and not containing
added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar
or other sweetening matter
Juice of any other single citrus fruit, unfermented
and not containing added spirit, whether or not
containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
Other mixtures of grapefruit and orange juices
Pineapple based jams and jellies
Guava jams and jellies
Citrus-based marmalades and citrus-based jams
only
Pepper sauce
Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared
36.05
2309.903000
Matches, other than pyrotechnic articles of 3604
Prepared complete poultry feed
No
No
2309.904000
Prepared complete cattle feed
No
2309.905000
Prepared complete pig feed
No
2309.906000
Other prepared complete animal feeds (except bird,
cat, or dog food)
Toilet paper
No
2008.30
2009.10
2009.20
2009.30
2009.902000
2007.992000
2007.993000
2007.999000
4818.100000
1202.100000
1202.209000
8903.990000
9603.100000
9603.903000
3401.112000
Peanuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, in shell
Other peanuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked,
shelled
Outboard motorboats between 12 ft and 32 ft in
length, for pleasure or sports, made of fibreglass
(excepting rowing boats and canoes)
Brooms and brushes consisting of twigs or other
vegetable materials bound together, with or without
handles (excluding brushes)
Other brooms for sweeping floors only (excluding
mops)
Other soap (for toilet use)in the form of bars, cakes,
moulded pieces or shapes.
No
No licences are granted
No
No licences are granted
No
No licences are granted
No
No licences are granted
No
No licences are granted
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No licences are granted
None
None
None
Yes
No
None
No licences are granted for the
importation of products that are
similar to locally-produced products,
including macaroni, spaghetti,
noodles, shells, and elbows
No licences are granted
Positive recommendation from MAFC
required
Positive recommendation from MAFC
required
Positive recommendation from MAFC
required
Positive recommendation from MAFC
required
None
No, except for toilet
paper originating in
the United States
No
No
..
Not available.
a
Goods that also require a licence when imported from CARICOM MDCs.
Conditions
..
..
Yes
None
Yes
None
Yes
None
Yes
None
Source: WTO Secretariat based on the Supplies Control (Import/Export) Regulations and the Guidelines for the Approval
of supplies Control (Import) (Export) Licence.
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