BELIZE EXPANDING ROLE OF CENTRAL AMERICAN INTEGRATION

BELIZE IS TO INTERGRATE MORE FULLY WITH THE CENTRAL AMERICAN SYSTEM OF SEVEN JOINT GOVERNMENTS.

BELIZE Foreign Minister says it is similar to what we do with CARICOM in the far away West Indies.

From producers in Belize, the Central American joint integration system makes more sense, as the markets for Belize products are larger and easier to get to by road, to Central America. It is very difficult to try and sell goods to CARICOM countries, because of lack of Caribbean internal air transport and shipping, and the very small island markets, which often are not big enough to be cost effective.