(WIPO code: BZ) (latest review October 2023)
by KATZAROV SA, Geneva, Switzerland
(WIPO code: BZ) (latest review October 2023)
by KATZAROV SA, Geneva, Switzerland
24,000 sq. km.
419,137 (2023).
Belmopan.
English (official), Spanish, Maya.
Belize dollar.
Food processing, clothing and tourism. The fishing industry is important
Sugar (main export), citrus, bananas, tobacco and honey
Drilling for oil began in 1977 in offshore and onshore areas.
Imports: mainly food, machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods and fuels; exports: chiefly sugar, molasses, citrus fruits, fish, timber and clothing.
United States, Great Britain, Canada, Caribbean countries and Mexico.
Belize has a highly agricultural and tourist-dependent economy. Services such as telecommunications, offshore banking, hotels, cable TV, car rental, etc., are well-developed.
Starting in 2000, Belize enacted a set of modern legislation for the protection of intellectual property including patents, trademarks, industrial designs, layout designs (topographies) of integrated circuits, new plant varieties and copyrights.