I have not yet found a statement from official Belizean government sources as to that country's standard of measurement, but a couple of different "fact" sites state that Belize uses "British weights and measures."
"Metric Today" had an article on CARICOM back in the mid-2000s, and due to CARICOM, metrication was proceeding in those countries. Paul Trusten, Registered Pharmacist Vice President and Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association, Inc. Midland, Texas, USA +1(432)528-7724 www.metric.org trus...@grandecom.net > On Oct 1, 2013, at 9:37, cont...@metricpioneer.com wrote: > > > In 1969 the Caribbean Community (CARICOM, whose members are > Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, > Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. > Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago) took the > decision to move as a group to the metric system. A year later it was > agreed by the Heads of Government Conference of the Caribbean Free > Trade Association that all member countries will go metric. > > David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917 > > ----- Message from ezra.steinb...@comcast.net --------- > Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 05:37:50 +0000 (UTC) > From: ezra.steinb...@comcast.net > Reply-To: ezra.steinb...@comcast.net > Subject: [USMA:53300] Why is Belize not mentioned as a non-metric country? > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> > > >> Traditionally, the three countries listed as not using the metric system are >> the USA, Liberia, and Burma (Myanmar). >> >> I just learned that Belize is also in that camp. From the Huffington Post: >> >> Belize's court system is based on British common law, familiar to most of >> us. And unlike the rest of Latin America, measurements here are in inches, >> feet, miles, and acres -- so no metric conversions are necessary. >> >> And from Frommer's Fast Facts: >> >> >> >> Measurements -- English measurements are the norm in Belize, although the >> metric system is making slight inroads. >> However, it does sound like Burma and Liberia are making some moves towards >> metric, which I presume leaves the USA and Belize as the last die-hard >> holdouts! >> >> Ezra > > ----- End message from ezra.steinb...@comcast.net ----- > >
