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CUSTOMS DUTY (AMENDMENT) ORDER

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CUSTOMS DUTY (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2016



CUSTOMS ACT 2007

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

the Minister responsible for revenue and customs, with the approval of

Cabinet, makes the following Order -





1 This Order may be cited as the Customs Duty (Amendment) Order 2016.



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.



3 The Principal Order is amended by inserting the following new national tariff

splits and their corresponding import duty rates:



Tariff Item Description
Unit

Qty

Import

Duty Rate

Export

Duty

Rate

0204.22.10 --- Lamb breast kg 15% Free

0204.22.20 --- Lamb flap kg 15% Free

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0204.22.90 --- Other kg Free Free

0204.42.10 --- Lamb breast kg 15% Free

0204.42.20 --- Lamb flap kg 15% Free

0204.42.90 --- Other kg Free Free

0207.13.10 --- Chicken leg quarter

cuts

kg Free but

see excise

schedule

Free

0207.13.90 --- Other kg Free Free

0207.14.10 --- Chicken leg quarter

cuts

kg Free but

see excise

schedule

Free

0207.14.90 --- Other kg Free Free

2103.90.10 --- Mayonnaise kg 15% Free

2103.90.90 --- Other kg 15% Free

3301.90.20 --- Of a kind

principally

manufactured for use

on babies (Baby Oils)

.. Free Free

3304.91.10 --- Of a kind

principally

manufactured for use

on babies and in forms

or packing for retail

sale (Baby Powder)

.. Free Free

3304.91.90 --- Other .. 15% Free

3304.99.10 --- Of a kind

principally

manufactured for use

on babies and in

forms or packing for

retail sale (Baby

Lotions)

.. Free Free

3304.99.90 --- Other .. 15% Free

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3305.10.10 --- Of a kind

principally

manufactured for use

on babies and in

forms or packing for

retail sale (Baby

Shampoos)

.. Free Free

3305.10.90 --- Other .. 15% Free

3401.19.10 --- Of a kind

principally

manufactured for use

on babies and in

forms or packing for

retail sale (Baby

Soap)

kg Free Free

3401.19.20 -- Baby Wipes kg Free Free

3401.19.90 --- Other kg 15% Free

3401.30.10 ---- Of a kind

principally

manufactured for use

on babies (Baby Bath

Liquids or Creams)

kg Free Free

3401.30.90 --- Other kg 15% Free

3824.90.10 --- Correction Tape .. 15% Free

3824.90.90 ---Other .. 15% Free

3919.10.10 --- Sheets of a kind

used to cover books

.. 15% Free

3919.10.90 --- Other .. 15% Free

3919.90.10 --- Sheets of a kind

used to cover books

.. 15% Free

3919.90.90 --- Other .. 15% Free

3920.91.10 --- Polythene for use

on construction works

or floor grating

.. 15% Free

3920.91.90 --- Other .. 15% Free

4202.31.10 --- Of a kind used to

store stationery

supplies (Pencil case)

.. 20% Free

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4202.31.90 --- Other .. 20% Free

4202.32.10 --- Of a kind used to

store stationery

supplies (Pencil case)

.. 15% Free

4202.32.90 --- Other .. 15% Free

4202.39.10 --- Of a kind used to

store stationery

supplies (Pencil case)

.. 15% Free

4202.39.90 --- Other .. 15% Free

4811.41.10 --- Of a kind used as

book covers

kg 15% Free

4811.41.90 --- Other kg 15% Free

4820.90.10 ---Book covers .. 15% Free

4820.90.90 --- Other .. 15% Free

6810.19.10 --- Tiles T 15% Free

6810.19.90 --- Other T 15% Free

7308.90.20 --- Cyclone Ties .. 15% Free

7314.14.10 --- Of a kind used as

insect screens

kg 15% Free

7314.14.90 --- Other kg 15% Free

7314.39.10 --- Wire mesh for

concrete

reinforcement

kg 15% Free

7314.39.90 --- Other kg 15% Free

7508.10.10 --- Of a kind used as

insect screens

kg 15% Free

7508.10.90 --- Other kg 15% Free

7616.91.30 --- Of a kind used as

insect screens

kg 15% Free

8214.10.10 --- Pencil Sharpener .. 15% Free

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8214.10.90 --- Other .. 15% Free

8477.59.10 --- Heat moulding

machine

no Free Free

8477.59.90 --- Other no 3% Free

9619.00.30 ---Napkin Liners no Free Free

9834.00.00 Specific goods of a

kind for sports and

physical activity

.. Free Free

9835.00.00 Specific goods of a

kind for educational

purposes

.. Free Free

9836.00.00 Water pumps and their

parts and other

plumbing and

electrical fittings

imported for use in a

rural community

Water Scheme

.. Free Free

9837.00.00 All goods imported

for the construction,

maintenance and

related development

of all Pacific Games

2019 facilities

.. Free Free

9838.00.00 Specific construction

materials to support

development of

infrastructure

.. Free Free

9839.00.00 Fuel up to a volume of

400 litres per month

for each village water

scheme

.. Free Free





4 The following subheadings of the Principal Order are amended by deleting the

values in their respective Tariff Item columns, Unit Qty columns, Import duty

rate columns, Export duty rate columns and leaving only their description

values to cater for the new national splits in order 3:



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Tariff Item Description

0204.22.00 -- Other cuts with bone in :

0204..42.00 -- Other cuts within bone in :

0207.13.00 -- Cuts and offal, fresh or chilled :

0207.14.00 -- Cuts and offal, frozen :

2103.90.00 - Other :

3304.91.00 -- Powders, whether or not compressed :



3304.99.00 -- Other :

3305.10.00 - Shampoos :

3401.19.00 -- Other :

3401.30.00 - Organic surface-active products and preparations for washing

the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail

sale, whether or not containing soap :

3824.90.00 - Other :

3919.10.00 - In rolls of a width not exceeding 20cm :



3919.90.00 - Other :

3920.91.00 -- Of poly(vinyl butyral) :

4202.31.00 -- With outer surface of leather or of composition leather :



4202.32.00 -- With outer surface of plastic sheeting or of textile materials :

4202.39.00 -- Other :

4811.41.00 -- Self-Adhesive :

4820.90.00 - Other :

6810.19.00 -- Other



7314.14.00 -- Other woven cloth, of stainless steel :

7314.39.00 -- Other:

7508.10.00 - Cloth, grill and netting of nickel wire:

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8214.10.00 - Paper knives, letter openers, erasing knives, pencil sharpeners

and blades therefor :

8477.59.00 -- Other:



5 The Principal Order is amended by reducing the import duty rates of the

following commodities to “Free” to promote healthy living:



Tariff Item Description

0210.11.00 -- Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in

0306.11.00
-- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp.,

Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.)

0306.12.00 -- Lobsters (Homarus spp.)

0306.14.00 -- Crabs

0306.15.00 -- Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus)

0306.16.00



-- Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon

crangon)

0306.17.00 -- Other shrimps and prawns.

0306.19.00
-- Other, including flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit

for human consumption

0306.21.00
-- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp.,

Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.)

0306.22.00 -- Lobsters (Homarus spp.)

0306.24.00 -- Crabs

0306.25.00 -- Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus)

0306.26.00
-- Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon

crangon)

0306.27.00 -- Other shrimps and prawns”.

0306.29.00
-- Other, including flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit

for human consumption

0307.11.00 -- Live, fresh or chilled

0307.19.00 -- Other

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0307.21.00 -- Live, fresh or chilled

0307.29.00 -- Other

0307.31.00 -- Live, fresh or chilled

0307.39.00 -- Other

0307.41.10 --- Bait

0307.41.90 --- Other

0307.49.10 -- Bait

0307.49.90 --- Other

0307.51.10 --- Bait

0307.51.90 --- Other

0307.59.10 --- Bait

0307.59.90 --- Other

0307.60.00 - Snails, other than sea snails

0307.71.00 -- Live, fresh or chilled

0307.79.00 -- Other

0307.81.00 -- Live, fresh or chilled

0307.89.00 -- Other

0307.91.00 -- Live, fresh or chilled

0307.99.00 -- Other

0308.11.00 -- Live, fresh or chilled

0308.19.11 ---- Amber fish

0308.19.12 --- Hairy blackfish

0308.19.13 --- Black teat

0308.19.21 ---- Brown sandfish

0308.19.22 ---- Curry fish

0308.19.23 ---- Deep-water redfish

0308.19.31 ---- Elephant trunk fish

0308.19.32 ---- Green fish

0308.19.33 ---- Lolly fish

0308.19.41 ---- Pink fish

0308.19.42 ---- Prickly red fish

0308.19.43 ---- Sand fish

0308.19.51 ---- Snakefish

0308.19.52 ---- Stone fish

0308.19.61 ---- Surf redfish

0308.19.62 ---- Tiger fish

0308.19.71 ---- White teat fish

0308.19.72 ---- Chalk fish

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0308.19.81 ---- Flower fish

0308.19.82 ---- Dragon fish

0308.19.90 --- Other

0308.21.00 -- Live, fresh or chilled

0308.29.00 -- Other

0308.30.00 - Jellyfish (Rhopilema spp.)

0308.90.00 - Other.


Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or

other sweetening matter.

0401.10.00 - Of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1%

0401.20.00
- Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1% but not exceeding

6%

0401.40.00
- Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6 % but not exceeding

10 %

0401.50.00 - Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 10 %.

0402.10.00
- In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by

weight, not exceeding 1.5%

0402.21.00 -- Not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

0402.91.00 -- Not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

0402.99.00 -- Other



Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other

fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not

concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening

matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa

0403.10.00 - Yogurt

0403.90.00 - Other

Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked.

0407.11.00 -- Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus

0407.19.00 -- Other

0407.21.00 -- Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus

0407.29.00 -- Other

0407.90.90 --- Other

0409.00.00 Natural honey.

Potatoes, fresh or chilled.

0701.90.00 - Other

0703.10.00 - Onions and shallots

- Ginger

0910.11.00 -- Neither crushed nor ground

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0910.12.00 -- Crushed or ground

1517.10.00 - Margarine


Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood;

food preparations based on these products.

1601.00.10 --- Beef

1601.00.20 --- Pork

1601.00.90 --- Other


Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes

prepared from fish eggs

1604.31.00 -- Caviar

1604.32.00 -- Caviar substitutes


Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared

or preserved

1605.10.00 - Crab

1605.21.00 -- Not in airtight container

1605.29.00 -- Other

1605.30.00 - Lobster

1605.40.00 - Other crustaceans

1605.51.00 -- Oysters

1605.52.00 -- Scallops, including queen scallops

1605.53.00 -- Mussels

1605.54.00 -- Cuttle fish and squid

1605.55.00 -- Octopus

1605.56.00 -- Clams, cockles and ark shells

1605.57.00 -- Abalone

1605.58.00 -- Snails, other than sea snails

1605.59.00 -- Other

1605.61.00 -- Sea cucumbers

1605.62.00 -- Sea urchins

1605.63.00 -- Jellyfish

1605.69.00 -- Other



Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated

waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

nor flavoured; ice and snow

2201.10.00 - Mineral waters and aerated waters

2201.90.00 - Other



6 The Principal Order is amended by reducing the import duty rates of the

following commodities to “Free” as to support the local manufacture of water

bottles and plastic water tanks:


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Tariff Item Description

3904.90.00 - Other

3925.10.00
- Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, of a capacity

exceeding 300L

8477.30.00 - Blow moulding machines





7 The following construction materials shall be exempted from import duty under

new concession code 9838.00.00 to support infrastructure development:


Tariff Item Description

3214.10.00
- Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking

compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings

3214.90.00 - Other



Prepared glues and other prepared adhesives, not elsewhere

specified or included; products suitable for use as glues or

adhesives, put up for retail sale as glues or adhesives, not

exceeding a net weight of 1kg

3506.91.00
-- Adhesives based on polymers of headings 39.01 to 39.13 or

on rubber

3506.99.00 -- Other

3816.00.00
Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar

compositions, other than products of heading 38.01

3917.32.00
-- Other, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other

materials, without fittings

3917.33.00
-- Other, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other

materials, with fittings

3917.39.00 -- Other

3917.40.00 - Fittings

3918.10.00 - Of polymers of vinyl chloride

3918.90.00 - Of other plastics

3920.10.00
- Products suitable for use as glues or adhesives, put up for retail

sale as glues or adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1kg

3920.91.10 --- Polythene for use on construction works or floor grating

3925.20.00 - Doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors


Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of

headings 39.01 to 39.14.


Sheets for veneering, plywood or other similar laminated wood

or other wood

4408.10.00 - Coniferous

4408.31.00 -- Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti and Meranti Bakau

4408.39.00 -- Other

4408.90.00 - Other

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Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not

assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated,

chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like)

along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed,

sanded or end-jointed.

4409.10.00 - Coniferous

- Non-coniferous

4409.21.00 -- Of bamboo

4409.29.00 -- Other



Particle board and similar board (for example, oriented strand

board and waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials,

whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic

binding substances.

- Of wood:

4410.11.00 -- Particle board

4410.12.00 -- Oriented strand board (OSB)

4410.19.00 -- Other

4410.90.00 - Other


Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not

bonded with resins or other organic substances.

- Medium density fibreboard (MDF):

4411.12.00 -- Of a thickness not exceeding 5mm

4411.13.00 -- Of a thickness exceeding 5mm but not exceeding 9mm

4411.14.00 -- Of a thickness exceeding 9 mm

- Other

4411.92.00 - Of a density exceeding 0.8 g/cm³

4411.93.00 -- Of a density exceeding 0.5 g/cm³ but not exceeding 0.8g/cm

4411.94.00 -- Of a density exceeding 0.5 g/cm³

Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood.

4412.10.00 - Of bamboo:


- Other plywood, consisting solely of sheets of wood (other than

bamboo), each ply not exceeding 6 mm thickness :

4412.31.00
- With at least one outer ply of tropical wood specified in

Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter

4412.32.00 - Other, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood:

4412.39.00 -- Other

- Other:

4412.94.00 -- Blockboard,laminboard and battenboard

4412.99.00 -- Other

4413.00.00 Densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes.

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Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood

panels, assembled parquet panels, shingles and shakes.

4418.10.00 - Windows, French-windows and their frames

4418.20.00 - Doors and their frames and thresholds

4418.40.00 - Shuttering for concrete constructional work

4418.50.00 - Shingles and shakes

4418.60.00 - Posts and beams

- Assembled flooring panels :

4418.71.00 -- For mosaic floors

4418.72.00 -- Other multilayer

4418.79.00 - Other

4418.90.00 '- Other

6808.00.00

Panels, boards, tiles, blocks and similar articles of vegetable

fibre, of straw or of shavings, chips, particles, sawdust or other

waste, of wood, agglomerated with cement, plaster or other

mineral binders.

Articles of plaster or of compositions based on plaster.


- Boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles, not

ornamented:

6809.11.00 -- Faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only

6809.19.00 -- Other

6809.90.00 - Other articles


Articles of cement, of concrete or of artificial stone, whether or

not reinforced.

6810.11.00 -- Building blocks and bricks

6810.19.10 --- Tiles

6810.91.00
-- Prefabricated structural components for building or civil

engineering

6810.99.00 -- Other


Articles of asbestos-cement, of cellulose fibre-cement or the

like.

- Not containing asbestos

6811.81.00 -- Corrugated sheets

6901.00.00

Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil

meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite) or of

similar siliceous earths.



Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory ceramic

constructional goods, other than those of siliceous fossil meals

or similar siliceous earths.

6902.10.00
- Containing by weight, singly or together, more than 50% of

the elements Mg, Ca or Cr, expressed as MgO, CaO or Cr2O3

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6902.20.00
- Containing by weight more than 50% of alumina (Al2O3), of

silica (SiO2) or of a mixture or compound of these products

6902.90.00 - Other



Other refractory ceramic goods (for example, retorts, crucibles,

muffles, nozzles, plugs, supports, cupels, tubes, pipes, sheaths

and rods), other than those of siliceous fossil meals or of similar

siliceous earths.

6903.10.00
- Containing by weight more than 50% of graphite or other

carbon or of a mixture of these products

6903.20.00
- Containing by weight more than 50% of alumina (Al2O3) or

of a mixture or compound of alumina and of silica (SiO2)

6903.90.00 - Other


Ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support or filler tiles

and the like.

6904.10.00 - Building bricks

6904.90.00 - Other

- Ceramic wares for laboratory, chemical or other technical uses:

6909.11.00 -- Of porcelain or china

6909.12.00
-- Articles having a hardness equivalent to 9 or more on the

Mohs scale

6909.19.00 -- Other

6909.90.00 - Other



Ceramic sinks, wash basins, wash basin pedestals, baths, bidets,

water closet pans, flushing cisterns, urinals and similar sanitary

fixtures.

6910.10.00 - Of porcelain or china

6910.90.00 - Other

7213.10.00
- Containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations

produced during the rolling process

Angles, shapes and sections of iron or non-alloy steel.

7216.10.00
- U, I or H sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-

drawn or extruded, of a height of less than 80mm

7216.21.00 -- L sections

7216.22.00 -- T sections

7216.31.00 -- U sections

7216.32.00 -- I sections

7216.33.00 -- H sections

7216.40.00
- L or T sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn

or extruded, of a height of 80mm or more

7216.50.00
- Other angles, shapes and sections, not further worked than hot-

rolled, hot-drawn or extruded


- Angles, shapes and sections, not further worked than cold-

formed or cold-finished:

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7216.61.00 -- Obtained from flat-rolled products

7216.69.00 -- Other

- Other:

7216.91.00 -- Cold-formed or Cold-finished from flat-rolled Products

7216.99.00 -- Other

Wire of iron or non-alloy steel.

7217.10.00 - Not plated or Coated, whether or not polished

7217.20.00 - Plated or coated with zinc

7217.30.00 - Plated or Coated with Other base metals

7217.90.00 - Other


Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of 600 mm or

more.

- Not further worked than hot-rolled, in coils:

7219.11.00 -- Of a thickness exceeding 10mm

7219.12.00 -- Of a thickness of 4.75mm or more but not exceeding 10mm

7219.13.00 -- Of a thickness of 3mm or more but less than 4.75mm

7219.14.00 -- Of a thickness of less than 3mm

- Not further worked than hot-rolled, not in coils:

7219.21.00 -- Of a thickness exceeding 10mm

7219.22.00 -- Of a thickness of 4.75mm or more but not exceeding 10mm

7219.23.00 -- Of a thickness of 3mm or more but less than 4.75mm

7219.24.00 -- Of a thickness of less than 3mm

- Not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced):

7219.31.00 -- Of a thickness of 4.75mm or more

7219.32.00 -- Of a thickness of 3mm or more but less than 4.75mm

7219.33.00 -- Of a thickness exceeding 1mm but less than 3mm

7219.34.00 -- Of a thickness of 0.5mm or more but not exceeding 1mm

7219.35.00 -- Of a thickness of less than 0.5mm

7219.90.00 - Other


Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of less than

600mm.

- Not further worked than hot-rolled:

7220.11.00 -- Of a thickness of 4.75mm or more

7220.12.00 -- Of a thickness of less than 4.75mm

7220.20.00 - Not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced)

7220.90.00 - Other

7221.00.00
Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of stainless

steel.


Other bars and rods of stainless steel; angles, shapes and

sections of stainless steel.

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- Bars and rods, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or

extruded:

7222.11.00 -- Of circular cross-section

7222.19.00 -- Other

7222.20.00
- Bars and rods, not further worked than Cold-formed or Cold-

finished

7222.30.00 - Other Bars and rods

7222.40.00 - Angles, shapes and sections

7223.00.00 Wire of stainless steel.

7308.30.00 - Doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for Doors

7308.90.20 --- Cyclone ties

7314.14.10 --- Of a kind used as insect screens

7314.39.10 --- Wire mesh for concrete reinforcement



Nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples (other than

those of heading 83.05) and similar articles, of iron or steel,

whether or not with heads of other material, but excluding such

articles with heads of copper.

7317.00.90 --- Other



Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters,

cotter-pins, washers (including spring washers) and similar

articles, of iron or steel.

- Threaded articles:

7318.11.00 -- Coach screws

7318.12.00 -- Other wood screws

7318.13.00 -- Screw hooks and Screw rings

7318.14.00 -- Self-tapping screws

7318.15.00
-- Other screws and bolts, whether or not With their nuts or

washers

7318.16.00 -- Nuts

7318.19.00 -- Other

- Non-threaded articles:

7318.21.00 -- Spring washers and other lock washers

7318.22.00 -- Other washers

7318.23.00 -- Rivets

7318.29.00 -- Other

Sanitary ware and parts thereof, of iron or steel.

7324.10.00 - Sinks and wash basins, of stainless steel

- Baths:

7324.21.00 -- Of cast iron, whether or not enamelled

7324.29.00 -- Other

7324.90.00 - Other, including Parts

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Copper tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows,

sleeves).

7412.10.00 - Of refined copper

7412.20.00 - Of copper alloys



Nails, tacks, drawing pins, staples (other than those of heading

83.05) and similar articles, of copper or of iron or steel with

heads of copper; screws, bolts, nuts, screw hooks, rivets, cotters,

cotter-pins, washers (including spring washers) and similar

articles, of copper.

7415.10.00 - Nails and tacks, drawing pins, staples and similar Articles

- Other articles, not threaded:

7415.21.00 -- Washers (including Spring washers)

7415.29.00 -- Other

- Other threaded articles:

7415.33.00 -- Screws; bolts and nuts

7415.39.00 -- Other

7418.20.00 - Sanitary ware and Parts thereof

7508.10.10 --- Of a kind used as insect screens


Aluminium plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding

0.2mm.

- Rectangular (including square):

7606.11.00 -- Of aluminium, not alloyed

7606.12.00 -- Of aluminium alloys

- Other:

7606.91.00 -- Of aluminium, not alloyed

7606.92.00 -- Of aluminium alloys



Aluminium structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of

heading 94.06) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and

bridge-sections, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing

frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds

for doors, balustrades, pillars and columns); aluminium plates,

rods, profiles, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures.

7610.10.00 - Doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for Doors

- Other

7610.90.90 --- Other



Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, of

aluminium; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves

and the like, of aluminium; sanitary ware and parts thereof, of

aluminium.

7615.20.00 - Sanitary ware and Parts thereof

Other articles of aluminium.

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7616.10.00

- Nails, tacks, staples (other than those of heading 83.05),

screws, bolts, nuts, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter-pins,

washers and similar articles

7616.91.30 --- Of a kind used as insect screens

8311.10.00
- Coated rods and cored wire, of base metal, for soldering,

brazing or welding by flame

8311.20.00 - Cored wire of base metal, for electric arc-welding

8311.30.00
- Coated rods and cored wire, of base metal, for soldering,

brazing or welding by flame

8311.90.00 - Other, including parts

8413.40.00 - Concrete Pump

8426.20.00 - Tower cranes

8474.31.00 -- Concrete or mortar mixers

9406.00.00 Prefabricated buildings.



8 That the following commodities for educational purposes shall be exempt from

import duty under new concession code 98.35.00.00:




3506.10.00
- Products suitable for use as glues or adhesives, put up for retail

sale as glues or adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1kg

4016.92.00 -- Erasers

4820.20.90 --- Other

8214.10.10 --- Pencil Sharpener



Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments

(for example, drafting machines, pantographs, protractors,

drawing sets, slide rules, disc calculators); instruments for

measuring length, for use in the hand (for example, measuring

rods and tapes, micrometers, callipers), not specified or included

elsewhere in this Chapter.

9017.10.00 - Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic

9017.20.00
- other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating

instruments

9017.30.00 - Micrometers, callipers and gauges

9017.80.00 - other instruments

9017.90.00 - Parts and accessories



9 The following commodities shall be exempted from import duty under new

concession code 9834.00.00 to encourage participation of the public in sports

and other physical activities:



New pneumatic tyres, of rubber.

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4011.50.00 - Of a kind used on bicycles (New)


Used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre

treads and tyre flaps, of rubber.

40.12.19.10
--- For use on bicycles and other cycles of 87.12 (Used

pneumatic tyres of rubber)

- Used pneumatic tyres

4012.20.10
- For use on bicycles and other cycles of 87.12 (Other Used

pneumatic tyres)

4012.90.10 --- Of a kind for use on bicycles and other cycles of 87.12

Inner tubes, of rubber.

4013.20.00 --- Of a kind used on bicycles

6402.19.00 -- Other Sports footwear

6403.19.00 -- Other Sports footwear

6404.11.00
-- Sports footwear; tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes,

training shoes and the like


- Water-skis, surf-boards, sailboards and other water-sport

equipment:

9506.19.00 -- Other

9506.21.00 -- Sailboards

9506.29.00 -- Other

- Golf clubs and other golf equipment:

9506.31.00 -- Clubs, complete

9506.32.00 -- Balls

9506.39.00 -- Other

9506.40.00 - Articles and equipment for table-tennis

- Tennis, badminton or similar rackets, whether or not strung:

9506.51.00 -- Lawn-tennis rackets, whether or not strung

9506.59.00 -- Other

- Balls, other than golf balls and table-tennis balls:

9506.61.00 -- Lawn-tennis balls

9506.62.00 -- Inflatable

9506.69.00 -- Other balls

9506.91.00
-- Articles and equipment for general physical exercise,

gymnastics or athletics

9506.99.00
-- Other Articles and equipment for general physical exercise,

gymnastics or athletics



10 The Principal Order is amended by decreasing the import duty rates on the

following commodities to 3%:



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Tariff Item Description


Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or

not concentrated or solid.

3215.11.00 -- Black

3215.19.00 -- Other

3215.90.00 - Other



Hand tools (including glaziers' diamonds), not elsewhere

specified or included; blow lamps; vices, clamps and the like,

other than accessories for and parts of, machine tools; anvils;

portable forges; hand or pedal-operated grinding wheels with

frameworks.

8205.10.00 - Drilling, threading or tapping tools

8205.20.00 - Hammers and sledge hammers

8205.30.00
- Planes, chisels, gouges and similar cutting tools for working

wood

8205.40.00 - Screwdrivers

- Other hand tools (including glaziers' diamonds):

8205.51.00 -- Household tools

8205.59.00 -- Other

8205.60.00 - Blow lamps

8205.70.00 - Vices, clamps and the like

8205.90.00
- Other, including sets of Articles of two or more of subheadings

of this heading



11 The Principal Order is amended by reducing the import duty rate for adult

diapers under tariff line 9619.00.20 to “Free”:



12 The Principal Order is amended by increasing the following duty rate of the

following commodities:



Tariff Item New Import Duty

6811.40.00 15%

9619.00.10 15%







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Made at Nuku’alofa this 1 day of July 2016.





Hon. Tevita Lavemaau

Minister for Revenue and Customs