Membership status

Belize

Contact points

Coordinator(s) of national trade facilitation committee

Name
Mr. Andy Sutherland
Position
Director General for Foreign Trade
Address

Directorate General for Foreign Trade
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, and Immigration
The Leigh Richardson Building
North Ring Road
City of Belmopan, Cayo

Telephone
Email
directorgeneral [at] mft.gov.bz

Geneva delegate(s)

Name
Mr. Raineldo Urbina
Position
First Secretary, Embassy of Belize in Brussels
Address

Boulevard Brand Whitlock 87/93
6th Floor, 1200 Brussels
Belgium

Email
raineldo.urbina [at] mfa.gov.bz

National Transit Coordinator

Name
Ms. Dian Vasquez
Position
Chief Transport Officer
Address

Department of Transport
Belize

Telephone
Email
CTO [at] transport.gov.bz

Government official(s) responsible to coordinate with donors

Name
Dr. Osmond Martinez
Position
Chief Executive Officer, National Authorizing Officer, Ministry of Economic Development
Address

Ground Floor
Right Wing 
Sir Edney Cain Building
Belmopan City
Belize

Email
ceo [at] med.gov.bz

Additional Contact(s)

Name
Mrs. Estelle Leslie
Position
Comptroller of Customs and Excise Department
Address

#1 Caesar Ridge Road 
Port Loyola
Belize

Telephone
Email
estelle.leslie [at] customs.gov.bz
TFA Implementation Assistance
Country Project Type Implementing Organizations
Belize Accelerate trade facilitation Short-term training activity or other event United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) View
Belize Trade Facilitation Project Longer-term grant/loan support, infrastructure, etc.) International Development Bank View
Belize Needs Assessment
to
Other World Trade Organization View
Belize Needs Assessment
to
Other World Trade Organization View
Information Extracted from Article 22 Notifications
Notifying Country Date and Description of the assistance Committed/Disbursed Beneficiaries Implementing Agencies Procedures for disbursements
Taipei, Chinese -
National Broadband Plan (Belize)
To support Belizean government’s policy goal of bringing fiber connection to the home, a concessional loan was provided to the Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL), a state-owned telecommunications company and a major player in the Belizean market, to serve as a foundation for government and businesses to better adopt ICT techniques/tools, which will contribute to streamlining and increasing transparency and efficiency in customs clearance (e.g., e-data interchange, e-documents, customs automation, online tracking movement of goods, e-single windows) to facilitate trade.

The project is under implementation (Implementation period: June 28, 2018 to June 27, 2021).
As of the end of May 2019, people in major cities, towns and villages across the country have had access to faster and cheaper internet services provided by the fiber network constructed.
Committed amount is US$ 17.5 million. As of July 15, 2019, all of the committed amount has been disbursed.
Committed:
17500000 USD
Disbursed:
1750000 USD
Belize

Lender/funding provider: International Cooperation and Development Fund

The disbursements were made in accordance with the loan agreement signed between BTL and the International Cooperation and Development Fund.