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Customs Duty (Amendment) Order 2013








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CUSTOMS DUTY (AMENDMENT) ORDER

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Customs Duty (Amendment) Order 2013 Arrangement of Sections





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CUSTOMS DUTY (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2013

Arrangement of Sections

Order

1 Short Title .............................................................................................................. 5
2 Principal Order amended ....................................................................................... 5

Customs Duty (Amendment) Order 2013 Order 1





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CUSTOMS DUTY (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2013



CUSTOMS ACT 2007

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Customs Act 2007, the

Minister responsible for revenue services, with the approval of Cabinet, makes the

following Order and as amended by the Legislative Assembly on the 21st July 2014

by virtue of section 9 of the Government Act (Cap. 3) -

1
st
September 2014

1 Short Title

(1) This Order may be cited as the Customs Duty (Amendment) Order 2013.

(2) The Customs Duty Order 2008, as amended, imposing customs duty on goods

effective from 1 February 2008 and published in the Government Gazette

Supplement Extraordinary on 21 January 2008 shall be referred to as the

Principal Order.

2 Principal Order amended

The Principal Order is amended by –

(a) inserting the following new tariff item in Chapter 98:





“Tariff Item Description
Unit

Qty

Import

Duty

Rate

Export

Duty

Rate
98.22 Specific materials and equipment to be no Free Free”

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used solely in the fishing sector as

approved by Cabinet Decision No. 438

of the 10
th
May 2013



(b) inserting the following new note to the Chapter Notes to Chapter 98 as

follows –

“7. For the purposes of tariff item 9822.00.00 the specific materials and

equipment with conditions are as follows:

Description Tariff Item Conditions

Fishing Vessel 8902.00.00

Restricted to vessels registered

under the Fisheries Management

Act 2002, and the Fisheries

(Coastal Communities) Regulations

2009

Global Positioning

System (GPS) 8526.91.00 As above

Handheld GPS 8526.10.00 As above

Echo Sounder 8526.91.00 As above

Life Jacket 6307.20.00 As above

Life Raft

8907.10.00

8907.90.00

As above

Very High Frequency

Radio

8526.10.00

8526.91.00

8526.92.00

As above

Single Side Band

Radio

8526.10.00

8526.91.00

8526.92.00

As above

Outboard Engine,

Yamaha, Mariner

8407.21.10

8407.21.90

Restricted to vessels registered

under the Fisheries Management

Act 2002 and the Fisheries (Coastal

Communities) Regulations 2009,

and for subsistence fishing

approved by the Government chief

executive officer responsible for

Fisheries



Inboard Engine

Yamaha, Mariner or

any other engine

8408.10.10

8408.10.90 As above

Parts for Outboard and 8409.91.90 As above

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Inboard Engine 8409.99.90

Fishing Gear, Long

Line Gear, Snapper

Gear and Inshore Gear

9507.10.00

9507.20.00

9507.30.00

Restricted to persons holding a

valid fishing licence and to vessels

registered under the Fisheries

Management Act 2002 and the

Fisheries (Coastal Communities)

Regulations 2009

Bait

0307.41.10

0307.51.10

0303.71.10

0303.79.10

0511.91.10

Restricted to vessels registered

under the Fisheries Management

Act 2002 and the Fisheries (Coastal

Communities) Regulations 2009

Fishing Aggregating

Device (FAD) bow

blue line, HI load 9507.90.00

Restricted to equipment or

materials approved by the

Government chief executive officer

responsible for fisheries

Nylite samson

connector 9507.90.00 As above

Tube thimle with

gusset 9507.90.00

As above

Swivel short 9507.90.00 As above

Vessel Monitoring

System, (MTU),

Regulators 8526.10.00

As above

Automatic location

communicators (ALC) 8526.91.00

As above

Mobile transmitter

Unit 8526.92.00

As above

Authorised observer

Equipment, Calibre,

materials 8805.29.00

As above

Hydraulic Drop-line

fishing reel 9507.30.00

Restricted to vessels registered

under the Fisheries Management

Act 2002

Pearl Oyster farm 0307.10.00

Restricted to equipment or

materials approved by the

Government chief executive officer

responsible for fisheries

Culture pearl materials

7116.10.00

7116.20.00 As above

Cultured nets, 5608.19.00 As above

Spat collectors 5608.19.00 As above

Rope for long line 5609.00.00 As above

Foam 9404.90.00 As above

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Made at Nuku’alofa this 12
th
day of June 2013.





Hon. Siosifa T Tu’utafaiva

Minister responsible for Revenue Services

















Pearl seedling

materials (nuclei,

knife, pearl opener 8214.90.00

As above

Knife 8211.92.00 As above

Pearl opener 8467.21.00 As above

Pearl crafting materials

(crafting machine, and

polish tools) 8461.90.00

As above

Water proof sandpaper 6805.30.00 As above

Net cages, pond and

land based cultured

system 5608.19.00

As above

Net cage materials 5608.19.00 As above

Feed 2309.90.90 As above

Water Quality

Parameters equipment 8543.70.00

As above

Fertilizer for ponds 2309.90.90 As above

Cultured Tanks for

outdoor and Indoor 8419.39.00

As above

Algal culture materials 1212.20.90 As above

Fish fence wire

7314.20.20

7314.31.20

7314.41.20

Restricted to persons holding a

valid fish fence licence with the

Ministry responsible for fisheries”