Sint Maarten: FAIRS Country Report
With its duty-free status and limited import regulation, Sint Maarten has traditionally been an open market for U.S. food and agricultural products. However, with its newly acquired autonomous country status, within The Kingdom of the Netherlands, Sint Maarten is beginning to develop its own food safety, and plant and animal health regulatory systems. Of course, development and implementation of these regulatory systems will take time. Thus, for the time being no significant changes to Sint Maarten’s import-friendly handling of incoming U.S. products is expected.
