The following items are restricted from countries outside of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). They may only be imported if a licence is obtained from the Minister with responsibility for Consumer Affairs and Internal Trade.

  • Live poultry, that is to say fowls of the species gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls
  • Meat and edible offals (except liver) that is to say fowl, ducks geese, turkey and guinea fowls fresh, chilled or frozen.
  • Fish frozen
  • Salmon trout and other fish except codfish, mackerel, herring, hake, saithe, haddock and Pollock dried salted or in brine.
  • Milk and cream not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
  • Natural honey
  • Parts of trees and other plants suitable for use as Christmas trees
  • Tomatoes
  • Onions
  • Cabbage
  • Sweetpepper
  • Ochroes (Okra)
  • Pumpkin
  • Other vegetables
  • Dried vegetables, whole cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared
  • Coconut, brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried whether or not shelled or peeled
  • Bananas, including plantains fresh or dried
  • Pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mango stems, fresh or dries
  • Peppers, dried, crushed or ground
  • Cinnamon
  • Cloves
  • Rice
  • Starches
  • Groundnuts, shelled or unshelled
  • Fixed vegetable oil- edible
  • Sausages and similar products of meats, meat offals or blood, food preparation bases on these products
  • Beet and cane sugar and chemically pure sucrose in solid form
  • Cheezees and corn curls
  • Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits, ice creams cones and other bakes wares, whether or not containing cocoa in any proportion
  • Jams, fruit jellies, marmalade, fruits or nut puree and fruit or nut pastes obtained by cooking whether or not containing added sugar and other sweetening matter
  • Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetables juices, unfermented and not containing added sugar and other sweetening matter
  • Ice-creams
  • Water including mineral water and aerated waters containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavored and other non-alcoholic beverages not including fruits or vegetables juices or heading No. 20.09.
  • Over proof rum
  • Paints and varnishes
  • Shampoos
  • Hair conditioners
  • Deodorant
  • Household soaps (cakes. Tablets or bars)
  • Toilets soaps (cakes, tablets or bars)
  • Medicated soaps
  • Plastic tubing for the banana industry
  • Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes
  • Poly foam
  • Wooden doors including paneled doors
  • Grass mats
  • Corrugated cartons
  • Exercise books
  • Carpets, carpeting, rugs and mats or vegetables plaiting materials
  • T-shirts
  • Bed linens
  • Mattresses and mattress support
  • Groundnuts, shelled or unshelled