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Introduction
CARIBCAN is a
unilateral preferential scheme between Canada and
Anguilla, Antigua-Barbuda, The
Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the
Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St.
Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It came into effect in June 1986.
The objectives of CARIBCAN are to enhance
Commonwealth Caribbean trade and export earnings, improve the trade and
economic development prospects of the region, promote new investment
opportunities, and encourage enhanced economic integration and
co-operation.
The main feature of CARIBCAN is the unilateral extension
by Canada, beginning on June 15, 1986, of duty-free access to the
Canadian market for most commodities originating in Commonwealth
Caribbean countries.
Canada – Tariff Treatment for Commonwealth
Caribbean Countries
2003 Report on the
Trade-Related Provisions
of CARIBCAN
2002 Report
on the Trade-Related Provisions of CARIBCAN
Rules of Origin
Rules of Origin Respecting CARIBCAN
Rules of Origin Respecting the General Preferential Tariff and Least
Developed Country Tariff
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