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Table 3.7 Goods subject to the environmental levy, December 2013
Persons goods and services liable to levy: Households (electricity)
Persons liable to pay levy: Occupier
Amount or rate of levy (in EC$): EC$5 to EC$10/month depending on the consumption of electricity

Persons goods and services liable to levy: Vehicles
Persons liable to pay levy: Importer
Amount or rate of levy (in EC$): 2% of c.i.f.

Persons goods and services liable to levy: Imported used vehicles five years old and over
Persons liable to pay levy: Importer
Amount or rate of levy (in EC$): 30% of c.i.f.

Persons goods and services liable to levy: Imported used trucks over five years old
Persons liable to pay levy: Importer
Amount or rate of levy (in EC$): 5%, 10 or 20% of the c.i.f. value, depending on the tonnage

Persons goods and services liable to levy: White goods
Persons liable to pay levy: Importer
Amount or rate of levy (in EC$): 1% of c.i.f. value

Persons goods and services liable to levy: Beverage containers
Persons liable to pay levy: Importer
Amount or rate of levy (in EC$): Per container, EC$0.50 plastic and EC$0.25 for glass and other containers;

Persons goods and services liable to levy: Tipping service
Persons liable to pay levy: Owner or operator of business
Amount or rate of levy (in EC$): EC$75.00 per tonne

Persons goods and services liable to levy: Haulage service
Persons liable to pay levy: Owner or operator of business
Amount or rate of levy (in EC$): EC$30.00 per tonne

Persons goods and services liable to levy: Stay-over visitors
Persons liable to pay levy: Visitor
Amount or rate of levy (in EC$): EC$4.05

Persons goods and services liable to levy: Marine visitors
Persons liable to pay levy: Agent of ship
Amount or rate of levy (in EC$): EC$4.05

Persons goods and services liable to levy: Haulage and disposal of ship generated solid waste Persons liable to pay levy: Agent of ship
Amount or rate of levy (in EC$): EC$185.00 per tonne
Source: Environmental Levy Act, Third Schedule.

Grenada's import-licensing regime is regulated by the Supplies Control Act No. 314, notified to the WTO in 2010. The regime is administered by the Ministry of Economic Development, Planning, Trade and Cooperatives through its Licensing Division. According to the authorities, the system is used for regulating and monitoring, security, and environmental purposes. The system is also used to encourage sourcing from other OECS or CARICOM partners (Table 3.8). Licences are generally valid for three months or one year, and the fee is EC$5 per licence. Licences are not transferable, and there are no penalties for the non-use of an import licence. There are currently 23 categories of import licences labelled from L1 to L23.

Table 3.9 Technical regulations adopted by Grenada, December 2013
Name of standard: Specification for Labelling – Labelling of Pesticides and other Toxic Chemicals
Reference: GDS 1: Part 7: 1999
WTO notification: G/TBT/N/GRD 2

Name of standard: Specification for Labelling of Retail Packages of Aerosol Insecticides
Reference: GDS 113: 2012
WTO notification: G/TBT/N/GRD 16

According to the authorities, some of the problems the industry faces include illegal fishing activities and inadequate access to transportation. A new fishing complex built in 2011 on the west coast of Grenada in the community of Gouyave (with the assistance from Japan) comprises a processing facility and a fish market equipped with storage facilities.

Since 2007, GRENLEC has run a pilot programme that allows consumers who auto generate renewable energy to connect to its grid. Customers are required to sell all the power they generate to GRENLEC, and buy all the power they need from GRENLEC. The selling price is based on an annual average of the cost of fuel. GRENLEC is also diversifying its infrastructure to accommodate the use of renewable energy, the goal being to use it to meet 30% of its demand by 2016 using this type of energy. A project of a wind farm on the island of Carriacou, financed with an EU grant, is expected to meet approximately 40% of local demand.

In 2011, the Government released the National Energy Policy (NEP), with the goal of increasing energy from renewable sources by 20% in 2020 and in general reducing the dependence on imported hydrocarbons. The Government offers incentives for renewable energy production in the form of tax exemptions. Eligible equipment (including wind and solar systems) is exempted from import duties and the general consumption tax.

Table 3.8 Goods subject to import, restriction, or licensing
(HS code in parenthesis)
Restricted: Ozone depleting substances
(Montreal Protocol)

Table 3.8 Goods subject to import, restriction, or licensing
(HS code in parenthesis)
Priority sourcing from OECS LDCs: Solar water heaters (8419.19.00)

(…) Under the Investment Promotion Act, incentives may be granted only to qualifying enterprises that meet at least one of the following criteria:
• priority investment project: to qualify as a priority investment project, the project has to be valued at least at EC$500,000 or employ more than 20 Grenadians, and contribute to the economy in one of the following areas: (…) sustainable use of domestic raw materials; (…)

Grenada was once the world's second largest producer of nutmeg; it is currently ranked about fifth or sixth. Production has been severely affected by the effects of hurricane Ivan, which destroyed approximately 90% of nutmeg trees, along with nutmeg wilt disease; and the industry produces barely 17% of its pre hurricane level. In 2011, nutmeg and mace represented 12% of total exports and 35% of agricultural exports. Although starting to recover, the nutmeg industry is now being affected by a root-disease, which poses a serious threat to its future. The Ministry of Agriculture hired a consultant to study the disease, and recommendations were made to the Ministry. (…)