Trade, Import & Export

Customs, shipping, exports like nutmeg and cocoa, trade agreements.

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Silver right-hand-drive hatchback rolling down the ramp of a roll-on roll-off ship at a Caribbean port, low side angle, bright afternoon sun

Importing a Used Car Into Grenada: Costs, Rules and Common Traps

Importing a used car into Grenada: choosing a vehicle, shipping, duties and excise, inspection, registration and the traps that make imports cost more than plan

14/10/2026 8 min read

Container ship gliding past the green headland into St George's harbour at dawn, aerial view, pastel sky and calm turquoise water

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CSME, the EU Deal and US Preferences: Grenada's Trade Agreements

Grenada's trade agreements explained for exporters and importers: CARICOM and the CSME, the OECS, the CARIFORUM-EU and UK deals, US and Canadian preferences.

14/10/2026 8 min read

Two women in hairnets filling glass jars with golden nutmeg syrup at a stainless steel table in a small agro-processing kitchen in St David, mid-shot, bright light

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Exporting From Grenada as a Small Producer: A Practical Checklist

A checklist for small producers exporting from Grenada: standards, phytosanitary certificates, certificates of origin, labelling, shipping and finding buyers.

14/10/2026 8 min read

Farmer raking cocoa beans across a wooden drying floor under a sliding roof on an estate in St Patrick, low angle, warm late-morning sunlight

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Fine Flavour Cocoa: How Grenada Sells Beans and Chocolate Abroad

How Grenada exports fine flavour cocoa and chocolate: Trinitario beans, fermentation and drying, bean-to-bar makers, buyers abroad and challenges for growers.

14/10/2026 7 min read

Workers sorting dried nutmegs on long wooden trays inside a high-ceilinged processing station in Gouyave, wide angle, shafts of sunlight through tall windows

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Grenada's Nutmeg and Mace Exports: How the Trade Works After Ivan

How Grenada's nutmeg and mace exports work: the GCNA, farmers, grading, markets, the slow recovery after Hurricane Ivan and value-added opportunities.

14/10/2026 8 min read

Mother and teenage son packing a blue shipping barrel with rice, towels and school shoes in a Toronto living room, high angle, soft window light

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Shipping a Barrel to Grenada: Packing, Clearing and What Gets Charged

Shipping a barrel to Grenada from the US, Canada or UK: what to pack, how barrels clear customs, which items attract duty and how to avoid delays at the port.

14/10/2026 8 min read

Young Grenadian shop owner doing calculations with a calculator and invoices at a wooden counter in a hardware store in Grenville, overhead angle, natural light

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Landed Cost in Grenada: Working Out What an Import Really Costs

How to calculate the landed cost of importing into Grenada: CIF value, import duty, VAT, excise, broker and port fees, with a worked example and costing mistake

14/10/2026 8 min read

Customs officer and broker inspecting an open shipping container of boxed goods at St George's port, cranes behind, mid-shot, bright midday sun

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Clearing Imports Through Grenada Customs: The Process Step by Step

How commercial and personal imports clear Grenada customs: brokers, ASYCUDA declarations, examination, permits and the delays that cost importers money at the p

14/10/2026 8 min read

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