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”