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Export Duties (Amendment) Act 2021


REPUBLIC OF VANUATU


EXPORT DUTIES
(AMENDMENT) ACT NO. 35 OF 2021

Arrangement of Sections

1 Amendment
2 Commencement



REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

Assent: 10/12/2021
Commencement: 01/01/2022

EXPORT DUTIES
(AMENDMENT) ACT NO. 35 OF 2021

An Act to amend the Export Duties Act [CAP 31].

Be it enacted by the President and Parliament as follows-

  1. Amendment

The Export Duties Act [CAP 31] is amended as set out in the Schedule.

  1. Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it is published in the Gazette.

SCHEDULE

AMENDMENTS OF EXPORT DUTIES ACT [CAP 31]

  1. Schedule 1

Repeal the Schedule, substitute


“SCHEDULE 1


All goods of any description from chapter 01 to chapter 97 are free from export duty with the exemption of products shown in Schedule 1 at the rates specified therein on their exportation from Vanuatu.


Export duties payable
Tariff Item
Description
Unit of Measure
Export Tax Rate
VAT
SITC
1211.90.10
- - - Piper metysticum (Kava) in frozen minced form
Kg
2%
0%
292.49
1211.90.20
- - - Piper metysticum (Kava) in dried chips form
Kg
2%
0%
292.49
1211.90.30
- - - Piper metysticum (kava) in powder form
kg
2%
0%
292.49
2106.90.10
- - - Pure noni juice (Natural Extract)
kg
5%
0%
098.99
4403.11.00
- - Coniferous
M3
5% plus VT 3,000 per cubic meter
0%
0247.3
4403.12.00
- - Non-coniferous
M3
5% plus VT 3,000 per cubic meter
0%
0247.3
4403.21.00
- - Of pine (Pinus spp.), of which the smallest cross-sectional dimension is 15 cm or more
M3
5% plus VT 3,000 per cubic meter
0%
0247.4
4403.22.00
- - Of pine (Pinus spp.), other
M3
5% plus VT 3,000 per cubic meter
0%
0247.4
4403.23.00
- - Of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.), of which the smallest cross-sectional dimension is 15 cm or more
M3
5% plus VT 3,000 per cubic meter
0%
0247.4
4403.24.00
- - Of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.), other
M3
5% plus VT 3,000 per cubic meter
0%
0247.4
4403.25.00
- - Other, of which the smallest cross-sectional dimension is 15 cm or more
M3
5% plus VT 3,000 per cubic meter
0%
0247.4
4403.26.00
- - Other
M3
5% plus VT 3,000 per cubic meter
0%
0247.4
4403.41.00
- - Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti and Meranti Bakau
M3
5% plus VT 3,000 per cubic meter
0%
0247.5
4403.42.00
- - Teak
M3
5% plus VT 3,000 per cubic meter
0%
0247.5
4403.49.00
- - Other
M3
5% plus VT 3,000 per cubic meter
0%
0247.5
4403.91.00
- - Of oak (Quercus spp.)
M3
5% plus VT 3,000 per cubic meter
0%
0247.9
4403.93.00
- - Of beech (Fagus spp.), of which the smallest cross-sectional dimension is 15 cm or more
M3
5% plus VT 3,000 per cubic meter
0%
0247.9
4403.94.00
- - Of beech (Fagus spp.), other
M3
5% plus VT 3,000 per cubic meter
0%
0247.9
4403.95.00
- - Of birch (Betula spp.), of which the smallest cross-sectional dimension is 15 cm or more
M3
5% plus VT 3,000 per cubic meter
0%
0247.9
4403.96.00
- - Of birch (Betula spp.), other
M3
5% plus VT 3,000 per cubic meter
0%
0247.9
4403.97.00
- - Of poplar and aspen (Populus spp.)
M3
5% plus VT 3,000 per cubic meter
0%
0247.9
4403.98.00
- - Of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.)
M3
5% plus VT 3,000 per cubic meter
0%
0247.9
4403.99.00
- - Other
M3
5% plus VT 3,000 per cubic meter
0%
0247.9

  1. Schedule 1 –Tariff Item 2106.90.10

Delete “2106.90.10”, substitute “2009.89.10”

  1. At the end of section 10

Add

“(2) The Minister may, by Order, vary an export duty tax rate set out under Schedule 1 of this Act.

(3) An Order having the effect of increasing an export duty tax rate must not exceed the maximum rate of export duty set out under Schedule 1.”



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