INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Customs Tariff (Amendment) Act 2003. 
No. 9 of 2003.
Certified on : 25.11.03

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTION.
Rates of import duty (Amendment of Schedule 1).

AN ACT
entitled
Customs Tariff (Amendment) Act 2003,
Being an Act to amend the Customs Tariff Act 1990,
MADE by the National Parliament ‑
	(a) in respect of Paragraph (a), to come into operation in accordance with a notice in the National. Gazette by the Head of State, acting on advice of the Minister; and
	(b) in respect of Paragraph (b), to be deemed to have come into operation on the coming into operation of the Principal Act.
RATES OF IMPORT DUTY (AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 1). 
Schedule 1 of the Principal Act is amended ‑
	(a) by repealing tariff item 2501.00.00 and replacing it with the following:-
TARIFF ITEM	DESCRIPTION OF GOODS	Duty Until 31 Dec 2003	Duty Rate from 1 Jan 2004 Until 31 Dec 2005	Duty Rate from 1 Jan 2006	Unit	Remarks	
25.01	SALT (INCLUDING TABLE  SALT AND DENATURED SALT) AND
PURE SODIUM
CHLORIDE, WHETHER
OR NOT IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OR
CONTAINING ADDED ANTI-CAKING OR FREE‑
FLOWING AGENTS.	.					
2501.00.10	Salt packaged in						
	containers/bags less than 25kg	40%	20%	15%	kg	-	
2501.00.20	Others	Free	Free	Free	Kg	-	
	
	 (b) by inserting immediately after tariff item 3923.30.10 (Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles) the following new tariff rate of import duty:-
TARIFF ITEM	DESCRIPTION OF GOODS	Duty Rate Until 31 Dec
2003	Duty Rate From 1st Jan 2004 until 31 December 2005	Duty Rate from 1st January 2006	Unit	Remarks	
3923.30.20	Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) pre-forms	Free	Free	Free	No	.‑	

I certify that the above is a fair print of the Customs Tariff (Amendment) Act 2003 which has been made by the National Parliament.
Clerk of the National Parliament.
I hereby certify that the Customs Tariff (Amendment) Act 2003 was made by the National Parliament on 1 October 2003.
Acting Speaker of the National Parliament.