What Belize buys most from China

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Posted: Friday, October 24, 2025. 9:50 am CST.

By Zoila Palma:  Over the previous few years, Belize’s commerce relationship with China has deepened and new information from the Statistical Institute of Belize (SIB) exhibits simply how far-reaching that dependence has turn out to be — from primary home items to main shopper items.

Between 2020 and 2024, Belize imported practically BZ$500 million value of products from China, greater than double the worth imported simply 4 years earlier.

The information reveals that Chinese-made merchandise at the moment are a central a part of Belizean every day life — spanning meals, vogue, transportation, and know-how.

At the highest of the import listing are cigarettes, with Belize spending an estimated BZ$219 million on tobacco merchandise from China over the five-year interval.

In second place are athletic sneakers — together with tennis, basketball, and coaching sneakers — valued at roughly BZ$192 million, adopted by jerseys, pullovers, and cardigans, totaling greater than BZ$105 million.

The listing continues with a mixture of shopper and industrial items, together with plastic-based outerwear (BZ$67 million), males’s undergarments (BZ$50 million), and rubber tires (BZ$39 million).

Belize additionally spent hundreds of thousands on leather-based footwear (BZ$38 million), bikes and mopeds (BZ$30 million), cosmetics and toiletries (BZ$30 million), and herbicides (BZ$24 million).

While smaller agricultural imports resembling garlic and dried mushrooms proceed to movement from China, the development has clearly shifted towards higher-value manufactured items. Retailers throughout Belize more and more depend upon Chinese suppliers to inventory clothes, electronics, and family items at aggressive costs.

However, this rising dependency raises questions on financial vulnerability.

Disruptions in international transport or adjustments in China’s export insurance policies may considerably have an effect on Belizean markets, particularly as native industries battle to compete with cheaper imports.

In addition, this information from the SIB reveals a fancy commerce actuality: Belize’s consumption habits are deeply tied to China’s manufacturing energy — a connection that exhibits no signal of slowing.

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