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Customs Tariff Act 1980 - Customs Tariff (Pacific Islands Countries Trade Agreement) Amendment Order 2006

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CUSTOMS TARIFF (PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES TRADE AGREEMENT) AMENDMENT ORDER 2006

Queen's Representative

ORDER IN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

At Avarua, Rarotonga this 1st day of February 2006

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE QUEEN'S REPRESENTATIVE
IN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

PURSUANT to Sections 7 and 9 of the Customs Tariff Act 1980, His Excellency the Queen's Representative, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby makes the following Order:

ANALYSIS

1. Title
2. Inclusion and Implementation of Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement
Schedule

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ORDER

1. Title - This Order may be cited as the Customs Tariff (Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement) Amendment Order 2006, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Customs Tariff Amendment Order 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the "principal Order").

2. Inclusion and implementation of Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement - Schedule 1, Chapters 1 to 98, section I - XXI of the principal Order is hereby amended by including the Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement ("PICTA") tariff rates as set out in the Schedule attached hereto.

Clerk of the Executive Council

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This Order is administered by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management

SCHEDULE

Ad Valorem tariffs on goods originating in a Party to PICTA which are imported into Small Island States and Least Developed Countries shall be reduced and eliminated according to the following timetable:

A. MAXIMUM TARIFF GOODS FROM:

Specific Tariffs and fixed tariffs on originating goods which are imported into Small Island States and Least Developed Countries shall be reduced and eliminated according to the following timetable:

B. MAXIMUM SPECIFIC OR FIXED TARIFF ON GOODS, AS A PERCENTAGE OF BASE TARIFF (VALUE) FROM:

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