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Export from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The St. Vincent and the Grenadines economy is heavily dependent on agriculture being the world’s leading producer of arrowroot and grows other exotic fruit, vegetables and root crops. Bananas alone account for upwards of 60% of the work force and 50% of merchandise exports. Such reliance on a single crop makes the economy vulnerable to external factors. St. Vincent's banana growers benefited from preferential access to the European market. In view of the European Union's announced phase-out of this preferred access, economic diversification is a priority.

There is a small manufacturing sector and a small offshore financial sector whose particularly restrictive secrecy laws have caused some international concern. In addition, the natives of Bequia are permitted to hunt up to four humpback whales per year under IWC subsistence quotas.

The Financial Sector and offshore services deliver in Saint Vincent are currently an important role of the island economy.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines' main exports are wheat flours, passenger and cargo ships, scrap vessels, cassava, rice, recreational boats, animal food, beer, tug boats, flavored water.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines' main export partners are Saint Lucia, Turkey, Poland, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Sudan, Antigua and Barbuda, Spain, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis.

 

 

Import to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

St. Vincent and the Grenadines is a beneficiary of the U.S. Caribbean Basin Initiative. The country belongs to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which has signed a framework agreement with the United States to promote trade and investment in the region.

Agriculture, dominated by banana production, is the most important sector of this lower-middle-income economy. The services sector, based mostly on a growing tourist industry, is also important. The government has been relatively unsuccessful at introducing new industries, and the unemployment rate remains high at 19.8% in the 1991 census to 15% in 2001. The continuing dependence on a single crop represents the biggest obstacle to the islands' development as tropical storms wiped out substantial portions of bananas in many years.

Tourism has grown to become a very important part of the economy. In 1993, tourism supplanted banana exports as the chief source of foreign exchange. The Grenadines have become a favorite of the up-market yachting crowd. The trend toward increasing tourism revenues will likely continue. In 1996, new cruise ship and ferry berths came on-line, sharply increasing the number of passenger arrivals. In 1998, total visitor arrivals stood at 202,109 with United States visitors constituting 2.7%, as most of the nation's tourists are from other countries in the Caribbean and the United Kingdom. Figures from 2005 record tourism's contribution to the economy at US$90 million.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines' main imports are refined petroleum, wheat, poultry meat, other edible preparations, petroleum gas, rice, cars, cement.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines' main import partners are United States, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, United Kingdom, China, Barbados, Spain, Italy, Antigua and Barbuda, Norway.

 

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Customs requirements of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Customs Contacts

Customs & Excise Department

Website: http://www.customs.gov.vc/index.php  

E-mail: customs@vincysurf.com / office.customs@mail.gov.vc  

Address: Custom House, Upper Bay Street, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Phone: 784-457-2421 / 457-2711

Fax: 784-456-1851

 

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country situated in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. Its nearest neighbours are Barbados, St. Lucia and Grenada. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a member of the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States, Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom), Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), World Trade Organization and other international organizations.

 

Tariffs

Customs value is based on the cost, insurance, freight value of the products, including all other foreign costs. 

There is a 4% customs service charge which is applied on the c.i.f. value of imports (products coming from other CARICOM countries are not exempt). A value-added tax of 15% is applied on services and goods, including imports. VAT on imports is levied on the c.i.f. value plus customs duties and all other duties and charges payable upon importation. 

There are also excise taxes imposed on the following products:

  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Tobacco products
  • Petroleum oils and gases
  • Used tires
  • Motor vehicles for transport of persons and goods
  • Non-alcoholic beverages
  • Water
  • Bulbs-incandescent

 

Product certificates ans licences

A licence is required in the following cases:

  • to import curry powder, wheat flour, margarine, pasta products, aerated beverages, beer, stout, oxygen, carbon dioxide, acetylene, candles, toilet paper, paper bags, solar water heaters, chairs and other seats of wood and upholstered fabric, other furniture of wood and upholstered fabric - if the goods originate from any country outside the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States and Belize

 

  • to import goods such as live poultry; meat of bovine animals, sheep, goat and swine fresh, chilled or frozen; ther meat and edible offals, fresh chilled or frozen; frozen fish; milk and cream not concentrated nor containing, added sugar or other sweetening matter; natural honey; part of trees and other plants suitable for use as, Christmas trees; tomatoes, onions, cabbage, carrots, sweet pepper, okra, pumpkin; coconut, brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled; bananas, including plantains fresh or dried; pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried; peppers, dried, crushed or ground; cinnamon, cloves, rice, starches etc. - if the goods originate from any country outside the Community. 

 

Documents for import

  • Asycuda waybill
  • Certificate of origin
  • Commercial invoice
  • Entry for home use
  • Health declaration
  • Import license
  • Insurance certificate

 

Sources:

http://www.customs.gov.vc/downloads/act-import-export-2008.pdf  

http://www.customs.gov.vc/downloads/tariff-classification.pdf  

http://www.customs.gov.vc/customs-legislation.php  

http://web.ita.doc.gov/tacgi/overseasnew.nsf/alldata/Saint%20Vincent%20and%20the%20Grenadines  

http://www.doingbusiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/st-vincent-and-the-grenadines/#trading-across-borders