Belize Tariff Guide '22

World Tariff Profiles

2022

SPECIAL TOPICS 1. Preferential rules of origin in international trade 2. Non-tariff measures on “green” and “brown” energy products

Belize Belize

Part A.1

Tariffs and imports: Summary and duty ranges

Summary

Total

Simple average final bound

Ag

59.1

Simple average MFN applied

Non-Ag

101.3

2021 2020

11.9

22.6

10.2

Trade weighted average

18.9

43.2

10.4

Imports in billion US$

2020

0.8

0.2

0.6

5 <= 10

10 <= 15

Duty-free

Frequency distribution

0 <= 5

WTO member since

1995

Binding coverage:

52.0

Total

96.0

Non-Ag

95.4

Ag: Tariff quotas (in %)

0

Ag: Special safeguards (in % )

0

15 <= 25

25 <= 50

50 <= 100

> 100

NAV

Tariff lines and import values (in %)

in %

Agricultural products Final bound

0

0

0

0

0.5

83.5

15.8

0

2021

17.3

32.1

1.8

3.0

7.5

31.7

4.0

2.6

3.3

Imports

2020

41.3

6.7

0.3

1.4

11.0

4.0

7.4

27.8

28.8

0

0

0

0

0

87.9

6.4

1.0

0

MFN applied

2021

10.1

60.0

2.7

3.7

15.9

7.4

0.2

0

0.0

Imports

2020

28.4

29.1

5.7

10.4

21.2

5.0

0.1

0

1.3

Non-agricultural products Final bound

Part A.2

Tariffs and imports by product groups Final bound duties

Product groups

AVG

Duty-free

Max

Binding

in %

MFN applied duties

AVG

in %

Duty-free

Imports Max

in %

Share

Duty-free

in %

in %

Animal products

104.1

0

110

100

30.2

11.8

45

1.3

88.2

Dairy products

100.0

0

100

100

5.4

40.5

20

2.6

55.1

Fruit, vegetables, plants

101.7

0

110

100

26.0

4.3

80

1.0

8.4

Coffee, tea

100.0

0

100

100

9.4

31.3

40

0.9

89.8

Cereals & preparations

100.4

0

110

100

15.2

29.4

110

6.2

50.7

Oilseeds, fats & oils

100.4

0

110

98.8

10.9

43.8

80

3.4

99.3

Sugars and confectionery

101.2

0

110

100

21.9

0

45

0.1

0

Beverages & tobacco

104.5

0

110

100

76.7

1.9

110

9.1

0.0

Cotton

100.0

0

100

100

5.0

0

5

0

0

98.8

0

110

100

9.2

20.2

55

1.3

52.5

Other agricultural products Fish & fish products Minerals & metals

109.6

0

110

18.1

33.1

7.7

40

0.1

8.6

50.2

0

110

100

7.4

17.7

50

14.4

28.7

Petroleum

66.7

0

70

100

3.9

60.8

25

8.6

86.2

Chemicals

50.1

0

100

100

5.9

12.7

35

12.0

25.9

Wood, paper, etc.

52.2

0

70

100

15.2

6.9

65

4.9

32.9

Textiles

50.9

0

70

100

7.2

0.8

30

2.5

8.9

Clothing

70.0

0

70

100

19.9

0

40

3.0

0

Leather, footwear, etc.

50.3

0

70

100

9.9

3.2

30

4.4

1.7 31.8

Non-electrical machinery

50.0

0

50

100

5.3

12.0

30

11.6

Electrical machinery

50.0

0

50

100

9.6

7.0

45

4.7

8.2

Transport equipment

50.0

0

50

100

10.4

15.8

45

5.2

5.7

Manufactures, n.e.s.

50.4

0

70

100

14.4

9.9

50

2.8

5.7

Part B

II COUNTRY/TERRITORY TARIFF PROFILES

0

MFN applied

Exports to major trading partners and duties faced Bilateral imports Major markets

in million US$

Diversification

MFN AVG of

Pref.

95% trade in no. of

traded TL

margin

HS 2-digit

HS 6-digit

Simple

Weighted

Weighted

Duty-free imports TL

Value

in %

in %

Agricultural products 1. European Union

2020

53

7

7

12.3

51.9

51.9

100.0

2. United States of America

2020

26

8

13

3.9

19.6

3.4

97.1

100.0 67.3

3. Jamaica

2020

9

3

4

16.5

25.7

25.7

100.0

100.0

4. Guatemala

2020

3

4

6

8.7

4.4

0.0

26.7

66.7

5. Australia

2020

3

2

2

0.8

0.0

0.0

100.0

100.0

Non-agricultural products 1. Bahrain, Kingdom of

2020

55

1

1

4.3

5.0

0.0

14.3

0.0

2. European Union

2020

23

3

10

5.5

15.0

15.0

100.0

100.0

3. United States of America

2020

23

7

19

1.8

0.2

0.2

100.0

100.0

5

1

3

11.3

10.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

4

2

2

4.6

8.3

0.0

34.2

2.5

4. Côte d'Ivoire 5. China

WTO ITC UNCTAD World Tariff Profiles 2022

2020

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