Belize
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| Indicative date of implementation | 22 February 2020 |
| Definitive date of implementation | 31 December 2024 |
| Assistance required for implementation |
1. Acquire a legal draftsman. 2. Acquire the necessary external technical assistance to develop a risk management strategy. 3. Acquire the necessary external technical assistance to establish operating procedures due to lack of standardized criteria. 4. Acquire the necessary external technical assistance in areas of risk management analysis in data gathering and criteria building. |
| Donor / Agency |
Caribbean Development Bank, World Customs Organization, International Monetary Fund |
| Progress reported |
10 March 2023 — G/TFA/N/BLZ/4Belize Customs and Excise Department developed internally, using WCO risk management compendium and RKC, a Risk Management framework, Policy, Strategy and Plan.Under the Caribbean Development Bank Project: “Development of a Risk-based Sanitary and Phyo-sanitary Import and Export Control System for Belize” (GA74/BZE), the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA) will be conducting a risk categorization of all products, establishments and eventually even Importers; and establish an electronic platform to facilitate import, export and transit, and conduct on-going training in risk-based inspection. The project has been delayed. Belize will require additional technical support and capacity building in the following areas: o Building and coding of risk criteria o Data analysis and software analytical tool that can interface with ASYCUDA world for other border agencies. o e-platform to interface BAHA with ASYCUDA world system. |