Import-Export License
Agency: Consumer Affairs Department
Regulation: Import and Export Control Regulation 2008 - SR&O No.55 of 2008
REQUIREMENTS: The application form should be completed in triplicate at the Department of Consumer Affairs. Five ($5.00) dollars revenue stamp (obtained from the Treasury Department) must be affixed to the application for a License. At least Forty-eight hours is required for the processing of the license.
Import Permit
Agency: Plant Protection and Quarantine
Regulation: 1900 Plant Protection Regulations
Requirements: A Phytosanitary Certificate from the country of export must accompany all plants or vegetables that are being imported. A St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ plant/plant material import permit must also be obtained from the Plant and Quarantine Division
Link: Agriculture
Download of forms also a model
Import Permit (Animals)
Agency: Animal Health and Production Division (AHPD)
Regulation: Animal (National and International) Movement & Diseases prevention Act No. 7 of 1994
Requirements: An Export Health Certificate from the country of export must accompany all animals, meat and meat products that are being imported into St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
A permit is issued by the AHPD for or meat and meat products. An Application for License to Import should be submitted through Consumer Affairs. It must be completed in triplicate and submitted at the AHPD office.
The permit application for animals is available by request online.
Link: Agriculture
Conformity Assessment
Agency: Bureau of Standards
Regulations: Standards Act No. 70 of 1992
Requirements: Conformity Assessment- A written assurance that a Product conforms to a specific requirement contained In National Standards. Issuing certificates bearing the Bureau’s mark and seal confirming the goods consistently comply with the standards for quality, safety, reliability or Performance.
Link: Bureau of Standards
Health Certificate
Agency: Public Health Department
Regulations: Public Health Act 1977 Environmental Health Service Act 1001
Requirements: Inspection of all imported food whether or not in containers.
Human Remains: For the importation of human remains, the death certificate, the embalm certificate and the tourist certificate must be presented before clearance is given.
Link: Health
The following schedules contain the list of products pertaining to the Import License.
The importation of any goods listed in the First Schedule is restricted from any place outside the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States and Belize. They may only be imported if a license is obtained from the Minister with responsibility for Consumer Affairs.
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SCHEDULE ONE |
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1 |
curry powder |
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2 |
wheat flour |
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margarine |
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shortening |
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pasta products, whether or not cooked or stuffed or otherwise prepared |
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aerated beverages |
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Malta |
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beer |
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stout |
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10 |
oxygen |
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carbon dioxide |
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12 |
acetylene |
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candles |
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toilet paper |
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solar water heaters |
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16 |
chairs and other seats of wood and upholstered fabric |
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other furniture of wood and upholstered fabric |
The importation of any goods listed in this Schedule is restricted from any place outside the Caribbean Community. They may only be imported if a license is obtained from the Minister with responsibility for internal trade.
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SCHEDULE TWO |
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live poultry, that is to say fowls of the species gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls |
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meat of bovine animals, sheep, goat, and swine fresh chilled or frozen |
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Meat and edible offals (except liver) that is to say fowl, ducks, geese, turkey, and guinea fowls fresh, chilled or frozen. |
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other meat and edible offals, fresh chilled or frozen. |
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fish frozen |
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salmon, trout and other fish except codfish, mackerel, herring, hake, saithe, haddock and Pollock dried, salted or in brine |
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milk and cream not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
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natural honey |
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part of trees and other plants suitable for use as Christmas trees |
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tomatoes |
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onions |
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cabbage |
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carrots |
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sweet pepper |
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ochroes (Okra) |
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pumpkin |
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other vegetables |
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dried vegetables, whole cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared |
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coconut, brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried whether or not shelled or peeled |
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bananas, including plantains fresh or dried |
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pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mango stems, fresh or dried |
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peppers, dried, crushed or ground |
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cinnamon |
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cloves |
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rice |
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starches |
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fixed vegetable oils - edible |
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sausages and similar products of meat, meat offals or blood; food preparation bases on these products |
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beet and cane sugar and chemically pure sucrose in solid form |
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cheezees and corn curls |
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Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits, ice cream cones, and other bakers wares, whether or not containing cocoa in any proportion. |
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jams, fruit jellies, marmalade, fruit or nut puree and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
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fruit juices ( including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added sugar and other sweetening matter |
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ice cream |
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water including mineral waters and aerated waters containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavored and other non-alcoholic beverages not including fruit or vegetable juice or heading No: 20.09. |
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Over proof rum |
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paints and varnishes |
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shampoos |
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hair conditioners |
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deodorant |
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42 |
household soaps (cakes, tablets or bars) |
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toilet soaps (cakes, tablets or bars |
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medicated soaps |
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plastic tubing for the banana industry |
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poly vinyl chloride (PVC) pipes |
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poly foam |
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wooden doors including paneled doors |
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grass mats |
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corrugated cartons |
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exercise books |
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52 |
carpets, carpeting, rugs and mats or vegetable plaiting materials |
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53 |
t-shirts |
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54 |
bed linens |
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55 |
mattresses and mattress supports |
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56 |
Groundnuts, shelled or unshelled |
