NameOnline process to obtain concession on agriculture-related items
DescriptionThe 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.
CommentsThe 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 From03-03-2004
Validity To06-12-0002
Measure TypeGeneral
AgencyMinistry 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 6909 Ceramic wares for laboratory, chemical or other technical uses; ceramic troughs, tubs and similar receptacles of a kind used in agriculture; ceramic pots, jars and similar articles of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods.
2 8432 Agricultural, horticultural or forestry machinery for soil preparation or cultivation; lawn or sports-ground rollers.
3 8433 Harvesting or threshing machinery, including straw or fodder balers; grass or hay mowers; machines for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other agricultural produce, other than machinery of heading 84.37.
4 8701 Tractors (other than tractors of heading 87.09).
5 401161 - Other, having a “herring-bone” or similar tread: - - Of a kind used on agricultural or forestry vehicles and machines:
6 401192 - Other: - - Of a kind used on agricultural or forestry vehicles and machines:
7 842481 - Other appliances: - - Agricultural or horticultural:
8 870190 - Other:
9 871620 - Self-loading or self-unloading trailers and semi-trailers for agricultural purposes
10 871639 - - Other: - - - Other:
11 40117000 - Of a kind used on agricultural or forestry vehicles and machines
12 69091100 - - Of porcelain or china
13 69091200 - - Articles having a hardness equivalent to 9 or more on the Mohs scale
14 69091900 - - Other
15 69099000 - Other
16 84248100 - - Agriculture or horiticulture
17 84321000 - Ploughs
18 84322100 - - Disc harrows
19 84322900 - - Other
20 84323000 - Seeders, planters and transplanters
21 84323100 - No-till direct seeders
22 84323900 - Other
23 84324000 - Manure spreaders and fertiliser distributors
24 84324100 - Manure spreaders
25 84324200 - Fertiliser distributors
26 84328000 - Other machinery
27 84329000 - Parts
28 84331100 - - Powered, with the cutting device rotating in a horizontal plane
29 84331910 - - - Other lawn mowers,powered
30 84331990 - - - Other
31 84332000 - Other mowers, including cutter bars for tractor mounting
32 84333000 - Other Haymaking machinery
33 84334000 - Straw or fodder balers, including pick-up balers
34 84335100 - - Combine harvester-threshers
35 84335200 - - Other threshing machinery
36 84335300 - - Root or tuber harvesting machines
37 84335900 - - Other
38 84336000 - Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other agricultural produce
39 84339010 - - - Suitable for use solely or principally with mowers falling within items nos. 84...
40 84339090 - - - Other
41 87011000 - Pedestrians controlled tractors
42 87012010 ---New
43 87012090 ---Used or recoditioned
44 87012110 New
45 87012190 Used or reconditioned
46 87012290 Used or reconditioned
47 87012210 New
48 87012310 New
49 87012390 Used or reconditioned
50 87012490 Used or reconditioned
51 87012410 New
52 87012900 Other
53 87013010 ---New
54 87013090 ---Used or recoditioned
55 87019120 New
56 87019110 Agricultural tractors
57 87019190 Other used or reconditioned tractors
58 87019290 Other used or reconditioned tractors
59 87019220 Other, new tractors
60 87019210 Agricultural tractors
61 87019390 Other used or reconditioned tractors
62 87019310 Agricultural tractors
63 87019320 Other , new tractors
64 87019420 Other new tractors
65 87019490 Other used or reconditioned tractors
66 87019410 Agricultural tractors
67 87019590 Othe used or reconditioned tractors
68 87019520 Other, new tractors
69 87019510 Agricultural tractors
70 87162010 - - - New
71 87162090 - - - Used or reconditioned
72 87163910 - - - New, for agricultural purposes
73 87163990 - - - Used or reconditioned for agricultural purposes
Step-by-Step Guide
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