Commercial logging and the export of timber were for years the basis of the Belizean economy, but by the combined value of sugar and citrus exports had exceeded that of timber.
Ukugawulwa kwamabhizinisi kanye nemali yokugawulwa kwamapulangwe kwaba yisikhathi eside impela embonweni wezomnotho waseBelizean, kepha ngo-1960 ukulinganiswa okuhlanganisiwe koshukela nezentengiselwano zamawolintshi kwakweqile lokho kokhuni.