LAWS OF TUVALU
2008 Revised Edition

IMPORT LEVY (IMPOSITION OF LEVY) ORDER

CAP. 26.12.1

Arrangement of Orders

Order 

1 Citation
2 Imposition of import levy
3 Rate of import levy
4 Exemptions from payment of import levy

SCHEDULE

EXEMPTED GOODS 

Supporting Documents 

ENDNOTES 

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IMPORT LEVY (IMPOSITION OF LEVY) ORDER

MADE UNDER SECTION 3 OF THE IMPORT LEVY (SPECIAL FUND) ACT 1

Commencement [8th September, 1997] 

1 Citation 

This Order may be cited as the Import Levy (Imposition of Levy) Order. 

2 Imposition of import levy 

Subject to paragraph 4, an import levy is hereby imposed upon all goods imported by ship. 

3 Rate of import levy 

The import levy is at the rate of $10 per 1000 kilograms or per 1 cubic metres of the goods subject to the payment of the levy, whichever in any case yields the greater amount.2 

4 Exemptions from payment of import levy 

The goods specified in the schedule may be imported without payment of the import levy. 

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SCHEDULE
(Paragraph 4)

EXEMPTED GOODS

1. Accompanied personal baggage not recorded in the ship's manifest 

2. Postal packets 

3. Water 

4. Goods in respect of which by virtue of the Diplomatic Privileges Act or an order made thereunder no import duty or customs is payable 

5. Goods imported as gifts for the government by or on behalf of any government or international organisation as part of an aid programme to Tuvalu 

6. All goods imported by or for the government. 

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ENDNOTES 
1 LN 9/1997 
Amended by LN 12/1997, commencement 8 September, 1997
2 Amended by LN 12/1997