EXPORTING UNDER CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATIVE (CBI )
Goods are eligible to enter the United States duty free under CBI if they comply with the Rules of Origin.
Goods excluded from the duty provisions of the CBI
- Most textiles and apparel
- Canned tuna
- Petroleum and petroleum products
- Footwear except disposable items and footwear parts such as uppers
- Certain leather, rubber, and plastic gloves
- Luggage, handbags, and flat goods
- Certain leather wearing apparel
- Watches and watch parts
Rules of O rigin
- Goods should be wholly grown in a CBI beneficiary country or manufactured from materials, which originate in a CBI beneficiary country or,
- The cost of raw materials originating in any beneficiary country plus the direct cost of processing must be equal to at least thirty-five percent (35%) of the ex- factory price of the finished product. In addition, the value of materials produced in the United States may be counted, but only to a maximum of fifteen percent (15%) of the price of the finished product
:: Beneficiary Countries ::
| Antigua and Barbuda | Haiti |
| Aruba | Honduras |
| Bahamas | Jamaica |
| Barbados | Monteserrat |
| Belize | Netherlands Antilles |
| British Virgin Islands | Nicaragua |
| Costa Rica | Panama |
| Dominica | St. Kitts-Nevis |
| Dominican Republic | St. Lucia |
| El Salvador | St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Guatemala | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Guyana |