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Once called British Honduras, the independent Commonwealth country now named Belize shipped US$242.3 million worth of products around the world in 2025.<\/p>\n

That dollar amount results from a -5.9% downturn compared to $257.5 million 5 years earlier during 2021.<\/p>\n

From 2024 to 2025, the overall value of Belizean exports fell by -12.6% from $277 million.<\/p>\n

The only country in Central America having English as its official language, Belize is located along Central America\u2019s eastern cost and shares its northern land border with Mexico. In the real world, however, English-based Kriol (also called Belizean Creole) is the language most native Belizeans speak from day to day.<\/p>\n

Belize\u2019s Top Trading Partners<\/h2>\n

The latest available country-specific data shows that 88.3% of products exported from Belize was bought by importers in: United Kingdom (26.3% of the Belizean total), United States of America (25.9%), Trinidad\/Tobago (6.3%), Ireland (5.6%), Jamaica (5.4%), Honduras (5%), Mexico (4.2%), Guatemala (3.9%), Barbados (1.7%), Taiwan (1.4%), Italy (1.35%) and Guyana (1.27%).<\/p>\n

From a continental perspective, 38.2% of Belize\u2019s exports by value was delivered to fellow European countries while 30.3% was sold to importers in North America.<\/p>\n

Belize shipped another 28.6% worth of goods to customers in Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

Smaller percentages went to buyers in Asia (2.4%), Oceania\u2019s Australia only (0.5%) then Africa (0.001%).<\/p>\n

Given Belize\u2019s population of 412,000 people, its total US$242.3 million in 2025 exports translates to roughly $600 for every resident in the Central American nation. That per-capita amount lags the average $675 for 2024.<\/p>\n

The following export product groups represent the highest dollar value in Belizean global shipments during 2025. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of overall exports from Belize.<\/p>\n

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  1. Sugar, sugar confectionery: US$61.8 million (25.5% of total exports)<\/li>\n
  2. Fruits, nuts: $46.6 million (19.2%)<\/li>\n
  3. Fish: $23.4 million (9.7%)<\/li>\n
  4. Mineral fuels including oil: $20 million (8.3%)<\/li>\n
  5. Vegetable\/fruit\/nut preparations: $19.5 million (8.1%)<\/li>\n
  6. Tobacco, manufactured substitutes: $12.3 million (5.1%)<\/li>\n
  7. Live animals: $8.1 million (3.4%)<\/li>\n
  8. Vegetables: $5.8 million (2.4%)<\/li>\n
  9. Animal\/vegetable fats, oils, waxes: $5.7 million (2.4%)<\/li>\n
  10. Food industry waste, animal fodder: $5.1 million (2.1%)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Belize\u2019s top 10 exports accounted for 86% of the overall value of its global shipments.<\/p>\n

    Vegetables represent the fastest grower among the top 10 export categories, up by 59.4% from 2024 to 2025.<\/p>\n

    In second place for improving export sales were live animals via a 36.4% advance.<\/p>\n

    Belize\u2019s shipments of animal or vegetable fats, oils and waxes posted the third-fastest gain in value, up by 32.8%.<\/p>\n

    The leading decliner among Belize\u2019s top 10 export categories was the sugar grouping, both as materials and including sugar confectionery, thanks to a -39.6% year-over-year drop.<\/p>\n

    At the more granular four-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level, sugar (23.5% of its global total) is Belize\u2019s most valuable exported product. In second place were bananas and plantains (18.9%) trailed by processed petroleum oils (8.3%), fruit or vegetable juices (8%), crustaceans including lobsters (6.5%), cigarettes, cigars and cigarellos (5.1%), live bovine cattle (3.4%), moluscs (3%), dried shelled vegetables (2.4%), then soya-bean oil (also 2.4%).<\/b><\/p>\n

    Products Generating Greatest Trade Surpluses for Belize<\/h2>\n

    The following types of Belizean product shipments represent positive net exports or a trade balance surplus. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country\u2019s total exports minus the value of its total imports.<\/p>\n

    In a nutshell, net exports represent the amount by which foreign spending on a home country\u2019s goods or services exceeds or lags the home country\u2019s spending on foreign goods or services.<\/p>\n

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    1. Sugar, sugar confectionery: US$60.3 million (Down by -40.2% since 2024)<\/li>\n
    2. Fruits, nuts: $45.8 million (Up by 6.8%)<\/li>\n
    3. Fish: $23.1 million (Up by 23.9%)<\/li>\n
    4. Live animals: $6.9 million (Up by 54%)<\/li>\n
    5. Vegetable\/fruit\/nut preparations: $5.4 million (Up by 8.5%)<\/li>\n
    6. Vegetables: $3.8 million (Up by 163.6%)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Historically, Belize has highly positive net exports in the international trade particularly for sugar and molasses. In turn, these cashflows indicate Belize\u2019s strong competitive advantages under the sugar and sugar confectionery product category.<\/p>\n

      Products Causing Biggest Trade Deficits for Belize<\/h2>\n

      Belize incurred an overall -US$1.21 billion product trade deficit for 2025, increasing by 4.3% from the -$1.16 billion in red ink one year earlier in 2024.<\/b><\/p>\n

      Below are exports from Belize that result in negative net exports or product trade balance deficits. These negative net exports reveal product categories where foreign spending on home country Belize\u2019s goods trail Belizean importer spending on foreign products.<\/p>\n

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      1. Mineral fuels including oil: -US$180.6 million (Down by -4.6% since 2024)<\/li>\n
      2. Machinery including computers: -$163.9 million (Up by 2.7%)<\/li>\n
      3. Vehicles: -$92.5 million (Up by 6.1%)<\/li>\n
      4. Electrical machinery, equipment: -$81.3 million (Down by -19.3%)<\/li>\n
      5. Plastics, plastic articles: -$47.5 million (Down by -6.2%)<\/li>\n
      6. Tobacco, manufactured substitutes: -$47 million (Up by 15.4%)<\/li>\n
      7. Articles of iron or steel: -$44.7 million (Up by 2.5%)<\/li>\n
      8. Footwear: -$41.5 million (Up by 31.7%)<\/li>\n
      9. Iron, steel: -$38.6 million (Up by 12.8%)<\/li>\n
      10. Other chemical goods: -$36 million (Down by -1%)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Belize has highly negative net exports and therefore deep international trade deficits, notably for refined petroleum oils and petroleum gas under the mineral fuels including oil product category.<\/p>\n

        Belize\u2019s Export Companies<\/h2>\n

        Not one Belizean corporation ranks among Forbes Global 2000.<\/p>\n

        Wikipedia does list exports-related companies from Belize. Selected examples are shown below.<\/p>\n