Belize Trade Summary

2008 Data

Belize exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR Belize

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 295
No. Of products: 157
No. Of partners: 42
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 837
No. Of products: 3,021
No. Of partners: 112

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...118,279.55
Frozen orange juice, ...46,464.72
Raw cane sugar, in s ...35,691.78
Bananas, including p ...33,381.60
Papaws (papayas), fr ...11,271.91
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils, etc, ...120,627.09
Petroleum gases and ...14,350.18
Diesel powered truck ...11,301.95
Bars&rods,i/nas,hr,h ...11,297.36
Durum wheat9,596.11

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States133 44.97
United Kingdom58 19.63
Costa Rica50 16.84
Netherlands9 2.99
Trinidad and Tobago8 2.65
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States286 34.19
Netherlands Antilles100 11.94
Mexico79 9.38
Panama74 8.90
China68 8.14

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials188 63.71 22 2.60 7.89
Intermediate goods45 15.22 108 12.90 6.61
Consumer goods61 20.75 373 44.57 10.59
Capital goods0 0.02 146 17.51 6.90

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.60
Index of export market penetration: 1.44
World Growth: -59.29
Country Growth: 138.48

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: 3
Maximum Rate (%): 50
Simple Average (%): 11.73
Weighted Average (%): 8.96
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 94,019.08
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 12.36

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 1,729
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 5,120.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): 2.23
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): 39.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 32.17
Trade (% of GDP): 106.04