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Customs or Import duty for Life fitness machines like treadmills to Belize

The Customs or Import duty for Life fitness machines like treadmills to Belize is classified under Sports & Outdoors(cdf categories).

The HSCODE applied for Life fitness machines like treadmills is 84-9-91-90-0

The tax is applied on the total sum of item cost, insurance cost and shipment cost.

The custom/import taxes are:

General duty is 5%

Special Tariff rate 1 is 0%

Special Tariff rate 2 is NULL

The average VAT rate applicable in Belize is 0.125

Note: If the special tariff rate is NULL then general duty is applicable.

The other taxes applicable are:

Environment Tax

To know more information on which tariff rate is applicable from the country you are importing to, look here

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Calculation method:

Customs Duties or Import duty and taxes will be pending and need to be cleared while importing goods into Belize whether by a private individual or a commercial entity.

The valuation method is CIF.

Below table provide the Duty and Sales tax for Belize:

Duty Rates Average Duty Rate Sales Tax(GST) Threshold on goods
0% to 70% 17.45% 12.5% (CIF + Duty) No Threshold
  1. For alcohol and tobacco excise Duty will be applicable based on quantity
  2. Environmental Tax = 2% (CIF).
  3. Revenue Replacement Duty (RRD) will be applied on specific rate based on product
Prohibited Items:

  • No items are prohibited
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