| Name | Online process to obtain concession on agriculture-related items |
|---|---|
| Description | The Ministry of Agriculture through the AgTrade unit coordinates provision of duty exemption support letters for each interested stakeholders. These includes assignment of duty concessions on agricultural materials, equipments for processing, production and packaging (specialized machineries) and agricultural inputs – seeds, feed and meals, vaccines, live animals, plants and part thereof. |
| Comments | The Fijian Government offers a range of customs and taxation incentives to support the agricultural sector. Under customs incentives, companies and individuals engaged in agriculture can import goods with free fiscal duties, free import excise, and 9% VAT, provided they submit a support letter from the Ministry of Agriculture, along with an invoice and bill of lading. These concessions apply to agricultural machinery, livestock and dairy equipment, packaging materials, and items related to floriculture, greenhouse farming, and beekeeping. Some goods, like tractors, ploughs, and milking machines, are eligible for automatic concessions without prior approval |
| Validity From | 03-03-2004 |
| Validity To | 06-12-0002 |
| Measure Type | General |
| Agency | Ministry of Agriculture and Waterways |
| Legal Document | - Agricultural Marketing Authority Act No. 2 of 2004 |
Procedures
| # | Procedure Name | Description | Category | View Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Application for Duty Concession on Agricultural Items | The Fijian Government offers a range of customs and taxation incentives to support the agricultural sector. Under customs incentives, companies and individuals engaged in agriculture can import goods with free fiscal duties, free import excise, and 9% VAT, provided they submit a recommendation letter from the Ministry of Agriculture, along with an invoice and bill of lading. These concessions apply to agricultural machinery, livestock and dairy equipment, packaging materials, and items related to floriculture, greenhouse farming, and beekeeping. Some goods, like tractors, ploughs, and milking machines, are eligible for automatic concessions without prior approval. | Import |
Forms
| # | Title | Description | Issued By | File |
|---|
Commodity/s
| # | HS Code | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40117000 | - Of a kind used on agricultural or forestry vehicles and machines |
| 2 | 69091100 | - - Of porcelain or china |
| 3 | 69091200 | - - Articles having a hardness equivalent to 9 or more on the Mohs scale |
| 4 | 69091900 | - - Other |
| 5 | 69099000 | - Other |
| 6 | 84248100 | - - Agriculture or horiticulture |
| 7 | 84321000 | - Ploughs |
| 8 | 84322100 | - - Disc harrows |
| 9 | 84322900 | - - Other |
| 10 | 84323000 | - Seeders, planters and transplanters |
| 11 | 84323100 | - No-till direct seeders |
| 12 | 84323900 | - Other |
| 13 | 84324000 | - Manure spreaders and fertiliser distributors |
| 14 | 84324100 | - Manure spreaders |
| 15 | 84324200 | - Fertiliser distributors |
| 16 | 84328000 | - Other machinery |
| 17 | 84329000 | - Parts |
| 18 | 84331100 | - - Powered, with the cutting device rotating in a horizontal plane |
| 19 | 84331910 | - - - Other lawn mowers,powered |
| 20 | 84331990 | - - - Other |
| 21 | 84332000 | - Other mowers, including cutter bars for tractor mounting |
| 22 | 84333000 | - Other Haymaking machinery |
| 23 | 84334000 | - Straw or fodder balers, including pick-up balers |
| 24 | 84335100 | - - Combine harvester-threshers |
| 25 | 84335200 | - - Other threshing machinery |
| 26 | 84335300 | - - Root or tuber harvesting machines |
| 27 | 84335900 | - - Other |
| 28 | 84336000 | - Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other agricultural produce |
| 29 | 84339010 | - - - Suitable for use solely or principally with mowers falling within items nos. 84... |
| 30 | 84339090 | - - - Other |
| 31 | 87011000 | - Pedestrians controlled tractors |
| 32 | 87012010 | ---New |
| 33 | 87012090 | ---Used or recoditioned |
| 34 | 87012110 | New |
| 35 | 87012190 | Used or reconditioned |
| 36 | 87012290 | Used or reconditioned |
| 37 | 87012210 | New |
| 38 | 87012310 | New |
| 39 | 87012390 | Used or reconditioned |
| 40 | 87012490 | Used or reconditioned |
| 41 | 87012410 | New |
| 42 | 87012900 | Other |
| 43 | 87013010 | ---New |
| 44 | 87013090 | ---Used or recoditioned |
| 45 | 87019120 | New |
| 46 | 87019110 | Agricultural tractors |
| 47 | 87019190 | Other used or reconditioned tractors |
| 48 | 87019290 | Other used or reconditioned tractors |
| 49 | 87019220 | Other, new tractors |
| 50 | 87019210 | Agricultural tractors |
| 51 | 87019390 | Other used or reconditioned tractors |
| 52 | 87019310 | Agricultural tractors |
| 53 | 87019320 | Other , new tractors |
| 54 | 87019420 | Other new tractors |
| 55 | 87019490 | Other used or reconditioned tractors |
| 56 | 87019410 | Agricultural tractors |
| 57 | 87019590 | Othe used or reconditioned tractors |
| 58 | 87019520 | Other, new tractors |
| 59 | 87019510 | Agricultural tractors |
| 60 | 87162010 | - - - New |
| 61 | 87162090 | - - - Used or reconditioned |
| 62 | 87163910 | - - - New, for agricultural purposes |
| 63 | 87163990 | - - - Used or reconditioned for agricultural purposes |
Step-by-Step Guide
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