Executive
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Oscar Ramos
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President
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Joseph Hamilton
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Vice President
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Therese Halliday
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Secretary
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Enrique Edwards
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Treasurer
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Margaret Usher
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Executive Member
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Peter Vasquez
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Executive Member
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Ernesto Perrera
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Executive Member
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From the planting of
a seed comes a tree and subsequently a fruit (Author unknown) In the early
part of 1992, The Customs Department with the urging of government informed
practicing brokers that they needed to get organized.
In light of this an
initial meeting was held at the Customs House Conference room where the
late Karl Tillet Jr. Senior Customs Officer and Mr. Norris Hall reiterated
this need. However it was noted that an Executive, an Article of
Association and Regulations would have to be put in place for such an organization.
A group of 17 Brokers led by Mr. Oscar Ramos established the Customs
Brokers Association and subsequently registered the organization as a
non-profit entity in 1993.
Several years later,
an elected Executive reviewed the existing legislations of Caricom
countries, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and Barbados and produced the
Belize Customs Brokers and Customs Clerk Act. This executive and subsequent
executives worked tirelessly to formalize this act and eventually submitted
it to Cabinet in 2001. The Act was passed in the House on July 1, 2001.
The Brokers
Association now awaits acceptance into the Caricom Union of Customs Brokers
Association and the Central American Union of Customs Brokers.
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Customs Brokers Association
of Belize
P.O Box 2498
Email: info@customsbrokers.bz
Web add: http://www.customsbrokers.bz