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The Directorate General for Foreign Trade (DGFT) extends special thanks to all stakeholders that contributed to making CARICOM Week a great success. CARICOM Week, celebrated under the theme “What CARICOM Means to Me”, highlighted the opportunities ac...

Belize Trade Policy Framework and Environment Despite its active participation in the regional and multilateral trading regime, Belize does not have a National Trade Policy. Following the development and launch of Belize’s Trade Policy Framework i...

Belize’s contribution to world trade is less than 0.01%, an insignificant value in the pool of goods and services traded globally. While Belize may be faced with this reality there are opportunities to stimulate trade growth through having fair, pred...

Belize has successfully completed its third Trade Policy Review (TPR), at the World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, from the 24th - 26th April 2017.  The Belize delegation was led by H.E Ambassador Dylan Vernon, Embassy o...

Several disruptive factors including a hurricane and diseases, caused a slump in the production and exports of Primary products such as Citrus, Bananas and Shrimps in 2016. These factors allowed for a drop of about 25% in export revenues figures from...

Belize has long recognized the importance of expanding trade and investment relations with Mexico. This cognizance was further pronounced during the State visit of the Prime Minister of Belize to Mexico in October, 2010. Consultations since 2010 have...

The 41st Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) endorsed the recommendations from the Trade Officials meeting that came out of the regional workshop on the Preparation of Services and Investment Liberalisation Offers held in June 2015. Th...