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CUSTOMS DUTY (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2010

CUSTOMS ACT 2007

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Customs Act 2007, the Chief Commissioner, with the approval of His Majesty in Council, makes the following Order:
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1	(1) This Order may be cited as the Customs Duty (Amendment) Order 2010.

(2)	This Order shall come into force on 1st July 2010. 

2	The Customs Duty Order 2008 imposing customs duty on goods effective from 1 February 2008 and published in the Government Gazette Supplement Extraordinary on 21 January 2008 as amended, shall be referred to as the Principal Order. 

3	The Principal Order is amended by – 

(a)	inserting the following new tariff items in their correct Chapters and numerical placings; 

Tariff Item 	Description 	Unit Qty 	Import Duty rate 	Export Duty Rate 	
	---Other 	Kg 			
0307.99.01 	---Amber fish 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.02 	---Hairy blackfish 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.03 	---Black Teat 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.04 	---Brown sandfish 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.05 	---Curry fish 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.06 	---Deep-water redfish 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.07 	---Elephant trunk fish 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.08 	---Green fish 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.09 	---Lolly fish 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.10 	---Pink fish 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.11 	---Prickly red fish 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.12 	---Sandfish 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.13 	---Snakefish 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.14 	---Stonefish 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.15 	---Surf redfish 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.16 	---Tiger fish 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.17 	---White teat fish 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.18 	---Chalk fish 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.19 	---Flower fish 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.20 	---Dragon fish 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
0307.99.90 	---Other 	Kg 	20% 	Free 	
823.69.10 	---Egg tray 		Free 	Free 	

(b) deleting "Free" from column "Import Duty Rate" of the following tariff code and replacing it with "10%"
2201.10.00, 2201.90.00; and

(c) deleting "15%" from column "Import Duty Rate" of tariff code 3806.20.10 and replacing it with "10%".

Made at Nuku'alofa this 11th day of June 2010.

By Order,

Chief Commissioner of Revenue