SOUTH PACIFIC REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT
[SPARTECA]
(Tarawa, Kiribati:14 July1980)
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 1 JANUARY 1981
Depositary: Director of the South Pacific Bureau for Economic Cooperation

THE GOVERNMENTS OF AUSTRALIA, THE COOK ISLANDS, FIJI, KIRIBATI, NAURU, NEW ZEALAND, NIUE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, TONGA, TUVALU AND WESTERN SAMOA, BEING MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC FORUM (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "THE FORUM"):
MINDFUL of the close historic, economic, political and geographic links that bind the members of the Forum; 
RECOGNISING the special relationship and commitment of Australia and New Zealand to Forum Island countries; 
BEARING IN MIND the desire to strengthen economic cooperation within the South Pacific; 
ACKNOWLEDGING the Forum's commitment to the promotion of sustained economic development of the island countries in the region; 
AWARE of the crucial and vital role that trade plays in the economic development of the Forum Island countries; 
HAVING REGARD to the greater dependence of Forum Island countries vis-a-vis other countries on the Australian and New Zealand markets; 
RECOGNISING the desirability of broadening the already extensive duty-free treatment accorded by Australia and New Zealand to products of the Forum Island countries; 
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the limited industrial potential of Forum Island countries vis-a-vis other developing countries; 
RECOGNISING the need to foster trade in products currently produced in the region as well as trade in new products, primary, processed and manufactured; and 
MINDFUL of the differing economic potential of Forum Island countries and the special development problems of the Smaller Island countries; 
HAVE AGREED as follows: 

Article I
Definitions
In this Agreement: 
"Director" means the Director of the South Pacific Bureau for Economic Cooperation; 
"Forum Island countries" means the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Western Samoa and the countries of acceding Parties; and 
"Smaller Forum Island countries" means the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Niue, Tonga, Tuvalu, Western Samoa, and such other countries, the Governments of which are Parties, as the Governments of Forum Island countries may jointly determine. 

Article II
Objectives
The objectives of this Agreement are: 
(a) to achieve progressively in favour of Forum Island countries duty free and unrestricted access to the markets of Australia and New Zealand over as wide a range of products as possible; 
(b) to accelerate the development of the Forum Island countries in particular through the expansion and diversification of their exports to Australia and New Zealand; 
(c) to promote and facilitate this expansion and diversification through the elimination of trade barriers; 
(d) to foster the growth and expansion of exports of Forum Island countries through the promotion of investment in those countries; 
(e) to promote greater penetration by exports from Forum Island countries into the Australian and New Zealand markets through such measures as cooperation in the marketing and promotion of goods from Forum Island countries; and 
(f) to promote and facilitate economic cooperation, including commercial, industrial, agricultural and technical cooperation. 

Article III
Schedules of concessions
1. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement the Government of Australia shall: 
(a) permit the duty free and unrestricted entry of goods listed in Schedule 1 to this Agreement that originate in and are imported from Forum Island countries; 
(b) permit the entry of goods listed in Schedule 2 to this Agreement that originate in and are imported from Forum Island countries, subject to the duties and quantitative limits specified in that Schedule. 
2. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement the Government of New Zealand shall permit the duty free and unrestricted entry of all goods wholly obtained or partly manufactured in the territory of a Forum Island country, except those goods listed in Schedule 3 to this Agreement which shall be subject to such treatment as may be specified therein. 
3. The Schedules to this Agreement shall be an integral part of this Agreement. 

Article IV
Amendment to Schedules
1. A Government of a Forum Island country may at any time propose in writing to the Director the amendment of a Schedule to this Agreement. 
2. On receipt of such a proposal the Director shall advise all Parties of the proposed amendment, and if requested by the Government of any Forum Island country, shall arrange consultations between the Party to which the Schedule applies and interested Governments of Forum Island countries. 
3. Following the consultations referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article the Party to which the Schedule applies shall, within a reasonable period, notify the Director of the outcome of consultations. The Director shall thereupon notify all Parties of this outcome including any amendment to the Schedule and the date of its entry into effect. 
4. The Party to which a Schedule applies may amend it in order to provide improved concessionary treatment in respect of the importation of goods to which the rules of origin in Article V apply. Such amendments and the date on which they shall take effect shall be notified to the Director by the Government to which the Schedule applies. The Director shall thereupon notify all Parties of the amendments to the Schedule and of the date of their entry into effect. 

Article V
Rules of Origin
1. Goods shall be treated by the Government of Australia as originating in the territory of a Forum Island country if these goods are: 
(a) the unmanufactured raw products of a Forum Island country; or 
(b) manufactured goods, in relation to which: 
(i) the process last performed in manufacture of the goods was performed in a Forum Island country; and 
(ii) not less than 50 percent of the factory or works cost of the goods is represented by the value of labour or materials, or both, of: 
(a) a Forum Island country; or 
(b) a Forum Island country and one or more other Forum Island countries; or 
(c) one or more Forum Island countries and Australia. 
2. The following shall be the classes of goods entitled to be entered under the New Zealand Tariff at the rates and exemptions provided for Forum Island countries, namely: 
(a) Then following goods wholly obtained in the territory of any of the Forum Island countries: 
(i) mineral products extracted from its soil or from its seabed; 
(ii) vegetable products harvested there; 
(iii) live animals born and raised there; 
(iv) products obtained there from live animals; 
(v) products obtained by hunting or fishing conducted there; 
(vi) products of sea fishing and other products taken from the sea by its vessels; 
(vii) products made on board its factory ships exclusively from the products referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(vi) of this paragraph; 
(viii) used articles collected there fit only for the recovery of raw materials; 
(ix) waste and scrap resulting from manufacturing operations conducted there; and 
(x) products obtained there exclusively from products specified in sub-paragraphs (a)(i) to (ix) of this paragraph.
(b) Goods partly manufactured in the territory of a Forum Island country subject to the following conditions: 
(i) that the process last performed in the manufacture of the goods was performed in the territory of a Forum Island country; and 
(ii) that in respect of the goods, the expenditure: 
(a) in material that is the origin of one or more Forum Island countries or of New Zealand; 
(b) in other items of factory or works cost (as defined in the New Zealand Customs Regulations) incurred in one or more Forum Island Countries or in New Zealand; or 
(c) partly in such material and party in such other items as aforesaid 
is not less than 50 percent of the factory or works costs of the goods in their finished state. 
3.
(a) In special circumstances either the Government of Australia or the Government of New Zealand may determine that the expenditure referred to in paragraph 1(b)(ii) of this Article in the case of the Government of Australia, or paragraph 2(b)(ii) of this Article in the case of the Government of New Zealand may be less than 50 percent of the factory or works cost of the goods in their finished state for particular goods or classes of goods. Any such determination may be applied to all such goods originating from the Forum Island countries or restricted to goods from individual Forum Island countries. 
(b) In making a determination under this paragraph of the rules of origin, the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand shall take account, inter alia, of the special problems of the Smaller Island countries and the area content derived from all Forum Island countries. 
4. A Government of a Forum Island country may request the Government of Australia or the Government of New Zealand to make a determination pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article. The requesting Government shall notify the Director of its request who shall thereupon inform all the Parties. The Government requested to make a determination shall notify the Director of the outcome of the request within 3 months of receipt of that request. The Director shall thereupon notify all the Parties of that outcome. 

Article VI
General exceptions, revenue duties, dumped and subsidised goods
General exceptions
1. Provided that such measures are not used as a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination or as a disguised restriction on trade, nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the adoption or enforcement by the Government of Australia or the Government of New Zealand of measures: 
(a) necessary for the protection of its essential security interests; 
(b) necessary to protect public morals and the prevention of disorder or crime; 
(c) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health; 
(d) necessary to protect industrial property rights, copyrights, or to prevent unfair, deceptive or misleading practices; 
(e) necessary to secure compliance with laws or regulations relating to customs enforcement, to tax avoidance and evasion and to foreign exchange control or for the application of standards or of regulations for the classification, grading or marketing of goods, or to the operation of recognised commodity marketing boards; 
(f) relating to trade in gold or silver; or 
(g) relating to obligations entered into in the context of multilateral or bilateral commodity agreements whilst taking account of any special needs and interests of Forum Island countries. 
Revenue duties
2. Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the imposition by the Government of Australia of: 
(a) sales taxes; or 
(b) revenue duties which are levied equally on both imports and domestic products. 
3. Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the Government of New Zealand from imposing at any time on the importation of any product, a charge equivalent to an internal tax imposed consistently in respect of the like domestic products or in respect of an article from which the imported product has been manufactured or produced in whole or in part. 
Dumped and subsided goods
4.
(a) Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the Government of Australia or the Government of New Zealand from taking action, in accordance with their respective national legislation, relating to dumped or subsidised goods. 
(b) Before the Government of Australia or the Government of New Zealand takes action in accordance with sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph it shall notify in writing, and if requested consult with, the Party or Parties from whose territory the goods are being exported. For the purposes of this paragraph consultations shall be deemed to have commenced on the day on which the notification was made. 
(c) If a mutually satisfactory solution of the matter is not reached within a period of 60 days from the commencement of the consultations referred to in sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph, the Party into the territory of which the goods are being imported may, after giving notice to the Party from the territory of which the goods are being exported, levy dumping or counterfeiting duties on the goods. 
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph the Government of Australia or the Government of New Zealand may take action under sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph provisionally without prior consultation where, in its opinion, the circumstances are so critical that delay would cause injury to a domestic industry which would be difficult to repair. A Party taking provisional action under this sub-paragraph shall immediately provide written advice of the action taken to the Director who shall notify the other Party or Parties concerned. The Parties shall then enter into consultations as soon as possible.

Article VII
Variation or suspension of obligations
Australia
1. The Government of Australia may vary the treatment accorded goods listed in Schedules 1 and 2 to this Agreement. 
2. Before taking action pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article the Government of Australia shall give notice in writing to the Director who shall inform the Parties of the action proposed. The Government of Australia shall afford those Governments of Forum Island countries, which have an interest as exporters of the product concerned, an opportunity to consult with respect to the proposed action. Such consultations shall be held within a period of 90 days of the receipt by the Director of the notification by the Government of Australia of the proposed action. 
3. In varying the treatment accorded goods listed in Schedules 1 and 2 the Government of Australia shall apply the following procedures: 
(a) for goods listed in Schedule 1 the Government of Australia may, after consulting with the Governments of Forum Island countries in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article with respect to the level of imports of those goods which shall continue to receive duty free access, transfer those goods from Schedule 1 to Schedule 2 with an indication of the duty and/or quantitative limit of imports that it has determined with respect to those goods; or 
(b) for goods listed in Schedule 2 which are being imported into Australia from any Forum Island country in such quantities or under such conditions as to cause or threaten serious injury to a domestic industry producing like or directly competitive goods the Government of Australia may request in writing the Party or Parties of the country from which the goods are being exported to consult with it on measures to reduce or prevent that injury. For the purpose of this sub-paragraph consultations shall be deemed to have commenced on the day on which the request was made. 
4. If a mutually satisfactory solution of the matter is not reached within a period of 90 days from the commencement of the consultations referred to in paragraph 3(b) of this Article, the Government of Australia may either remove the goods in question from Schedule 2 or increase the duties and/or reduce the quantitative limits specified in that Schedule with respect to those goods. Before taking this action, the Government of Australia shall ensure that: 
(a) an enquiry has been held by an Australian assistance advisory body; and 
(b) all the Governments of Forum Island countries are given notice of the terms of the enquiry. 
5. The Government of Australia shall advise the Director of its decision on the matter upon which the Director shall advise all the Parties. 
6. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article the Government of Australia may take the action referred to in paragraphs 1 and 4 of this Article without prior consultation where, in its opinion, the circumstances are so critical that delay would cause severe difficulty before consultations provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article could be held. In taking provisional action under this paragraph the Government of Australia shall provide urgent written advice of the action taken to the Director who shall notify the other Parties. 
7. Any action taken under the provisions of paragraph 6 of this Article shall cease to have effect 90 days after the implementation of the action, unless, within that period, the Government of Australia has afforded the Governments of interested Forum Island countries the opportunity to consult with it on the matter and has: 
(a) undertaken to hold a prompt enquiry by an Australian assistance advisory body; and 
(b) informed the Governments of the Forum Island countries of the terms of the enquiry. 
New Zealand
8. If, as a result of the application of this Agreement, goods are being imported into New Zealand in such quantities or under such conditions as to cause or threaten serious injury to domestic producers of like or directly competitive goods, the Government of New Zealand may, in respect of such goods, suspend its obligations to the extent and for such time as may be necessary to prevent or remedy such injury, bearing in mind the objectives of this Agreement. 
9. Before taking action pursuant to paragraph 8 of this Article the Government of New Zealand shall give notice in writing to the Director who shall inform the other Parties of the action proposed. The Government of New Zealand shall afford those Governments of Forum Island countries which have an interest as exporters of the product concerned an opportunity to consult with respect to the proposed action. Such consultations shall be held within a period of 90 days of the receipt by the Director of the notification by the Government of New Zealand of the proposed action. 
10 
(a) If a mutually satisfactory solution is reached through the application of the procedures provided for in paragraph 9 of this Article the Director shall notify the Parties of any decision to modify Schedule 3 to this Agreement and the date on which that modification shall take effect. 
(b) If a mutually satisfactory solution of the matter is not reached following the application of the procedures provided for in paragraph 9 of this Article the Government of New Zealand shall advise the Director of the action it proposes to take and the date from which such action shall take effect. The Director shall notify the Parties of any modification of Schedule 3 and the date on which that modification shall take effect. 
11. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 9 of this Article the Government of New Zealand may take the action referred to in paragraph 8 of this Article without prior consultation where, in its opinion, the circumstances are so critical that delay would cause injury to a domestic industry which would be difficult to repair. If provisional action is taken under this paragraph the Government of New Zealand shall provide urgent written advice of the action taken to the Director who shall notify the Parties. 
12. Any action taken under the provisions of paragraph 11 of this Article shall cease to have effect 90 days after the implementation of the action unless, within that period, the Government of New Zealand has afforded the Governments of interested Forum Island countries the opportunity to consult with it on the matter. 
Article VIII
Economic, commercial and technical cooperation
1. In furtherance of the objectives of this Agreement the Parties shall facilitate cooperation between their commercial and industrial organisations and firms, encourage administrative cooperation and take steps to simplify, as far as practicable, procedures and formalities affecting trade. 
2. The Parties shall also take appropriate measures to encourage and facilitate the development of economic and technical cooperation between relevant organisations and firms of the countries concerned. 
3. In addition, the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand shall consider appropriate forms of assistance within their bilateral and regional development assistance programs in the South Pacific, in accordance with the developmental priorities of individual Forum Island countries. Within these priorities such assistance shall be considered in response to specific requests relating to measures and programs in the fields of export development and trade promotion, industrial development and the development of agriculture, forestry and fisheries. 
4. The Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand shall also give appropriate support to approaches which may be made by the Governments of Forum Island countries, either individually or collectively, to United Nations, Commonwealth or other international technical assistance agencies for training, research or funding support. 
Export development and trade promotion
5. The measures and programs within the fields of export development and trade promotion referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article may include those which contribute to: 
(a) the establishment or the improvement of the structure of organisations and firms in Forum Island countries which contribute to the development of those countries, with particular emphasis on staffing requirements, financial management and working methods; 
(b) basic training, management training, and vocational training of technicians in fields related to the development and promotion of domestic and international trade; 
(c) product research, processing, quality guarantee and control, packaging and presentation; 
(d) the development of supportive infrastructure, including transport and storage facilities, in order to facilitate the flow of exports from Forum Island countries; 
(e) the development of effective marketing and promotion techniques, based on research, marketing studies and advertising; 
(f) cooperation between relevant organisations and firms in the establishment of schemes to promote the transfer and application of technology, the development of research, and the training of personnel; 
(g) the collection, analysis and dissemination of trade information and access, where appropriate, to existing or future information systems of bodies in Australia or New Zealand; and 
(h) participation by the Forum Island countries in trade fairs and exhibitions. 
Industrial and Agricultural Development
6. The measures and programs within the fields of industrial development and the development of agriculture, forestry and fisheries referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article, may include those which contribute to: 
(a) investment in industries, including agro-based industries, with particular emphasis on those of a smaller or medium size; 
(b) the transfer of resources from Australia and New Zealand to the Forum Island countries through joint ventures and other commercial arrangements; 
(c) a greater degree of processing of raw materials produced in, and exported from, the Forum Island countries; 
(d) scientific and technological cooperation and training directed towards the acquisition, adaption and development by the Forum Island countries of skills essential to their industrial and agricultural development; 
(e) improvement of transport and communications, and other infrastructure associated with industrial and agricultural development; and 
(f) closer cooperation, including the exchange of information, between firms and organisations contributing to the improvement and expansion of industrial and agricultural production. 
Article IX
Special Treatment for Smaller Forum Island Countries
In implementing this Agreement the particular trade problems and interests of Smaller Forum Island countries shall be taken into account and special treatment and special measures may be provided by the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand to enable individual Smaller Forum Island countries to overcome the specific difficulties and obstacles resulting from the exceptional nature of their needs and characteristics and to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by this Agreement. This shall not be deemed to exclude the eligibility of other Forum Island countries to receive special treatment as provided for in this Agreement to enable them to overcome special problems. 
Article X
Consultations
1. In addition to the procedures for consultation provided for elsewhere in this Agreement a Party may at any time request consultations on any matter related to the implementation of this Agreement. 
2. Any such request shall be submitted in writing to the Director and shall be accompanied by a statement of the reasons for which the consultations are sought. 
3. On receipt of a request for consultations the Director shall inform the Parties accordingly and arrange for consultations between interested Parties. 
Article XI
Institutional Arrangements
1. For the purposes of this Agreement a Regional Committee on Trade is hereby established, which shall be composed of a representative from each Party. 
2. The Committee shall have the following functions: 
(a) to review the operation of this Agreement and to make necessary recommendations to the Forum; 
(b) to consider any matter relating to the implementation of this Agreement; 
(c) to review the Schedules; and 
(d) to report annually to the Forum through the Director. 
3. Annual meetings shall be convened by the Director. Special meetings may be convened by the Director or by the Director at the request of the majority of the Parties. The Committee shall hold its first meeting not later than one year after the entry into force of this Agreement. 
4. The Committee shall appoint a Chairman at its first meeting. The chairmanship shall rotate every year as decided by the Committee. 
5. Decisions of the Committee shall be by consensus. 
6. The Committee shall establish its own rules of procedure and may appoint sub-committees to assist in performing its functions. 
7. The Director shall be responsible for the secretariat services for the Committee and other duties as specified in this Agreement. 
Article XII
Bilateral Arrangements
The provisions of this Agreement shall be without prejudice to the bilateral commitments or arrangements which the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand have entered into with the Governments of the Forum Island countries, within the framework of special historical, constitutional or economic bilateral relationships. 
Article XIII
Amendment of the Agreement
1. Without prejudice to the amendment of the Schedules of this Agreement which may be effected only in accordance with Articles IV and VII of this Agreement, this Agreement may be amended at any time by the unanimous agreement of all the Parties. The text of any amendment proposed by a Party shall be submitted to the Director who shall transmit it to the Parties. 
2. If three or more Parties request a meeting to discuss the proposed amendment the Director shall call such a meeting. 
Article XIV
Acceptance, Accession and Entry into Force
Acceptance and accession
1. This Agreement shall be open for acceptance by signature subject to ratification or by accession by the Governments of Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Western Samoa. 
2. Any Government which from time to time becomes a member of the Forum may apply to become a Party by submitting a request for accession to this Agreement to the Director who shall notify all the Parties. A Government may accede to this Agreement after receipt of an invitation to do so issued by the Director with the approval of all the Parties. 
3. Acceptance of or accession to this Agreement shall not be taken as extending the rights and obligations set forth in this Agreement to fully self-governing countries freely associated with the accepting or acceding Government, or to territories named by the accepting or acceding Government for whose international relations that Government is responsible. 
4. Instruments signifying acceptance or accession shall be deposited with the Director. 
5. This Agreement shall enter into force when either the Government of Australia or the Government of New Zealand and the Government of a Forum Island country have accepted it. For each other Government it shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the date of acceptance of, or accession to, this Agreement by that Government. 
6. The original of this Agreement shall be deposited with the Director who shall transmit to each Party a certified copy thereof and of each amendment thereto pursuant to Article XIII and a notification of each acceptance thereof or accession thereto pursuant to this Article, and of each withdrawal therefrom pursuant to Article XV. 
7. This Agreement shall be registered by the Director in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. 
Article XV
Withdrawal and Termination
1. If a Party wishes to withdraw from this Agreement, that Party shall give notice in writing of its wish to the Director, who shall thereupon inform the Parties. The Party giving notice shall cease to be a Party to this Agreement 30 days from the date on which the Director receives the notice, unless: 
(a) in the meantime the notifying Party has withdrawn its notice, in which event that Party shall continue to be a Party to the Agreement; or 
(b) the notifying Party is either the Government of Australia or the Government of New Zealand, in which event that Party shall cease to be a Party to this Agreement 180 days from the date on which the Director received that Party's notice. 
2. This Agreement shall terminate 180 days after the date on which the Director receives notification of withdrawal from this Agreement from: 
(a) the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand; or 
(b) all other Parties.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, duly authorised by their respective governments, have signed this agreement. 
DONE at Tarawa, Kiribati this 14th day of July One thousand nine hundred and eighty (1980). 
SCHEDULE 1 
AUSTRALIA
Tariff Item 	Brief description of goods 	
		
Ex 02.06.000 	Beche de mer 	
03.01.000 	Fish, fresh, chilled or frozen 	
03.02.000 	Fish, dried, salted, or in brine, and smoked fish, except unprocessed flesh of salmon, trout 	
03.03.000 	Crustaceans and molluscs, excluding oysters in shell 	
04.06.000 	Natural honey 	
05.05.000 	Fish waste 	
05.09.000 	Tortoise shell, turtle shell 	
05.12.000 	Coral, shells and their waste 	
05.13.000 	Natural sponge 	
06.01.000 	Bulbs and tubers for nursery purposes 	
06.02.000 	Live plants, including trees, shrubs, bushes, roots, cuttings, slips, buds for nursery purposes 	
06.03.000 	Cut flowers 	
06.04.000 	Foliage, branches, etc 	
07.01.100 	Onions, fresh or chilled 	
07.01.400 	Garlic, fresh or chilled 	
07.01.590 	Fresh olives, other than green 	
07.01.900 	Other fresh or chilled vegetables (excluding onions, potatoes, mushrooms, tomatoes, garlic, olives) 	
Ex 07.05.900 	Pulses, lentils - dried 	
07.06.000 	Manioc, arrowroot, other high starch roots and tubers, fresh or dried 	
08.01.000 	Dates, coconuts, brazil nuts, cashew nuts, pineapples, mangoes, fresh or dried 	
Ex 08.02.000 	Citrus fruits, dried 	
08.11.300 	Citrus fruits, preserved 	
09.01.100 
.190 	Raw coffee 	
09.02.000 	Tea 	
09.04.000 	Pepper, pimento 	
09.05.000 	Vanilla 	
09.08.000 	Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms 	
Ex 09.10.900 	Herbs and spices including thyme, saffron, bay leaves, curry paste or powder, tumeric 	
10.06.000 	Rice 	
11.01.000 	Cereal flours 	
11.04.900 	Flours of dried leguminous vegetables 	
11.08.100 	Potato starch 	
11.08.200 	Maize starch 	
12.01.900 	Palm nuts and kernels and oleagineous fruits, other than ground nuts 	
12.02.000 	Flours 	
12.03.900 	Seeds 	
12.07.990 	Plants or parts of trees, etc. used in perfumery, pharmacy or for insecticidal or fungicidal purposes 	
14.01.000 	Vegetable material for planting, including bamboo, rattan 	
14.03.100 	Broom millet 	
14.03.900 	Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in brushes and brooms other than millet 	
Ex 14.05.000 	Vegetables products - printed masi, plain masi 	
Ex 15.02.000 	Edible tallow - subject to local standards 	
15.04.000 	Fats and oils of fish and marine mammals 	
Ex 15.07.100 	Coconut oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil 	
Ex 15.08.200 	Coconut oil, soyabean oil and peanut oil, processed 	
15.11.100 	Crude glycerol and glycerol lyes 	
Ex 15.15.000 	Beeswax 	
16.02.900 	Canned meat products 	
16.03.000 	Meat and fish extracts 	
16.04.200 	Canned tuna 	
16.04.900(01) 	Small immature fish, prepared 	
16.04.900(02) 	Other prepared or preserved fish 	
16.05.100 	Extracts, pastes of crustaceans and molluscs 	
16.05.900 	Other crustaceans and molluscs excluding oysters in shell 	
17.03.900 	Molasses, not flavoured or coloured 	
17.04.100 	Sugar confectionery, pastes and meals 	
17.04.900 	Other sugar confectionery, including chewing gum 	
18.01.000 	Cocoa beans, raw or roasted 	
18.02.000 	Cocoa shells, husks, skins and waste 	
18.03.000 	Cocoa paste 	
18.05.000 	Cocoa powder, unsweetened 	
18.06.000 	Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa 	
19.02.100 	Custard powder, not containing egg 	
19.03.000 	Macaroni, spaghetti and similar not containing egg 	
19.04.000 	Tapioca, sago 	
19.05.000 	Prepared (swollen, roasted) cereal grain foods 	
Ex 19.07.000 	Bread, ships biscuits and other ordinary bakers ware 	
19.08.110) 
19.08.190) 	Biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa 	
19.08.900 	Pastry, cakes and other fine bakers wares 	
20.03.200 	Citrus fruits, frozen 	
20.07.100 	Lime juice, unsweetened 	
21.06.000 	Natural yeasts, prepared baking powders 	
Ex 21.07.190 	Banana, taro, breadfruit chips 	
Ex 22.01.000 	Waters, including spa waters and aerated waters 	
22.02.000 	Lemonade, flavoured spa waters and aerated waters and other non-alcoholic beverages 	
22.03.900 	Beer made from malt, containing not more than 1.15 percent of alcohol 	
22.10.000 	Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar 	
23.01.000 	Flours and meals of fish, crustaceans, molluscs unfit for human consumption 	
23.02.000 	Bran, sharps and other residues of cereals or legume 	
23.03.000 	Bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing and distilling dregs and waste, residues of starch manufacture and similar residues 	
23.04.000 	Oil cake and other residues from extraction of vegetable oils 	
23.06.000 	Products of vegetable origin of a kind used for animal food 	
23.07.000 	Sweetened forage, other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding 	
25.01.100 	Common salt, rock salt, sea salt, table salt 	
25.01.900 	Pure sodium chloride 	
25.10.000 	Natural phosphates 	
25.23.100 	Portland cement 	
30.01.100 
.900 	Orango-therapeutic glands or extracts of glands or other organs, etc 	
30.02.000 	Antisera, microbial vaccines, toxins, etc 	
30.03.100 
.200 
.300 
.400 
.500 
.900 	Medicaments, etc 	
30.04.100 	Crepe bandages, waddings, cotton wool, absorbent cotton and the like 	
30.04.200 	Other waddings, gauze, bandages, etc 	
Ex 31.01.000 	Guano 	
31.02.000 	Mineral and chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous 	
31.03.000 	Mineral and chemical fertilisers, phosphatic 	
31.04.000 	Mineral and chemical fertilisers, potassic 	
31.05.000 	Other fertilisers, not of animal origin 	
Ex 32.04.000 	Annato seed dyes - subject to WHO specification 	
32.09.100 
.210 
.220 
.290 
.900 	Paints, enamels, varnishes, lacquers and dyes 	
34.01.000 	Soap, organic surface active products and preparations 	
34.02.100 
.200 
.900 	Organic surface active agents and preparations and washing preparations 	
39.07.510 	Attache or executive cases, school cases, suit cases, toilet cases, trunks, cases for sporting equipment, of plastic other than ABS 	
39.07.590 	Other travel goods, satchels , wallets, purses NSA - of plastic 	
41.01.000 	Raw hides and skins 	
42.01.000 	Saddlery and harness 	
42.02.100 
.210 
.290 
.300 
.910 
.990 	Travel goods, shopping bags, handbags, etc. of leather 	
42.03.400 	Articles of apparel, clothing accessories, of leather 	
42.04.000 	Goods of leather used in machinery or industry 	
42.05.000 	Other goods made of leather 	
42.06.000 	Goods made from gut, etc 	
44.02.000 	Wood, charcoal 	
44.03.000 	Wood in the rough 	
44.04.000 	Wood roughly squared 	
44.05.100 
.200 
.310 
.390 
.910 
.990 	Wood sawn lengthwise, of a thickness exceeding 5mm - exotic, non-competitive species only 	
44.13.100 
.200 
.900 	Wood planed, tongued, grooved, etc. - exotic, non-competitive species only. 	
44.14.100 
.900 	Wood sawn lengthwise, of a thickness not exceeding 5mm - veneer sheets, plywood of thickness not exceeding 5 mm - exotic, non-competitive species only 	
44.16.000 	Cellular panels of wood, whether or not faced with base metal 	
Ex 44.19.000 	Wooden beadings and mouldings etc - using exotic non-competitive timber species 	
Ex 44.20.000 	Wooden picture frames - using exotic, non-competitive timber species 	
44.17.000 	Improved wood 	
44.21.100 	Complete wooden packing cases, boxes, crates, drums, etc of fibre building board 	
44.21.900 	Complete wooden packing cases, boxes, crates, drums, etc. other than of fibre building board 	
44.22.900 	Wooden coopers' casks, barrels, vats, tubs, buckets 	
Ex 44.23.100 	Louvred doors - using exotic, non-competitive timber species 	
Ex 44.23.900 
(01) 
(02) 	Builders' carpentry and joinery other than louvred doors of fibre building board - using exotic, non-competitive timber species 
Builders' carpentry and joinery other than louvred doors of other than fibre building board - using exotic, non-competitive timber species 	
44.24.000 	Household utensils of wood 	
44.25.100 	Broom, brush and tool handles of wood 	
44.25.900 	Wooden tools, tool bodies, boot and shoe lasts and trees, of wood 	
44.26.000 	Spools, cops, bobbins, sewing thread reels of turned wood 	
44.27.100 	Fans and handscreens and parts thereof, of wood 	
44.27.900 	Standard lamps, table lamps, other light fittings, caskets, bowls, ornaments and other fancy articles of wood 	
Ex 44.28.000 	Other goods made of wood 	
46.02.100 	Floor mats and matting and plaits and similar products 	
46.02.200 	Plaits etc of wicker, bamboo or cane 	
46.02.900 	Other plaited products 	
46.03.100 	Floor mats made directly to shape 	
46.03.200 	Baskets, panniers, hampers etc and furnishing drapery and napery 	
46.03.300 	Basket work, wicker work, etc of rattan cane 	
46.03.900 	Other basket work and wickerwork articles etc 	
47.01.100 	Pulp derived from vegetable material 	
48.01.100 
.910 
.922 
.929 
.990 	Paper and paperboard in rolls or sheets 	
48.03.100 
.900 	Parchment paper, and paperboard 	
48.04.100 
.900 	Composite paper and paperboard 	
48.05.100 
.200 
.300 
.900 	Paper and paperboard, corrugated, creped, perforated, etc 	
48.07.100 
.210 
.290 
.310 
.320 
.330 
.340 
.390 
.410 
.490 
.510 
.590 
.610 
.620 
.630 
.690 
.710 
.790 
.810 
.820 
.830 
.890 
.910 
.990 	Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated, etc 	
48.14.000 	Writing blocks, envelopes, lettercards, postcards, etc of paper or paperboard 	
48.15.100 
.900 	Other paper and paperboard cut to size and shape 	
48.16.000 	Boxes, bags, boxfiles, etc of paper or paperboard 	
48.18.000 	Exercise books, note books, order books, diary etc of paper 	
48.19.000 	Printed or paperboard labels 	
48.20.100 
.900 	Bobbins, spools, cops of paper pulp, paper or paperboard 	
48.21.100 
.900 	Other goods made of paper 	
49.01.100 	Australian directories, guides and timetables 	
49.01.900 	Other printed books and brochures etc 	
49.09.000 	Picture postcards and greeting cards etc 	
49.10.000 	Calendars 	
49.11.100 
.900 	Other printed matter 	
57.04.000 	Other vegetable textile fibres including coir (coconut fibre) 	
59.05.000 	Nets and netting made up of twine, cordage or rope and made up fishing nets of yarn, twine cordage or rope 	
62.03.900 	Other made up textile articles 	
66.01.000 	Umbrellas and sunshades 	
69.07.100 
.200 
.900 	Unglazed setts, flag and paving tiles 	
69.08.100 
.200 
.300 	Glazed setts, flag and paving tiles 	
69.11.000 	Tableware and domestic porcelain or china 	
69.12.000 	Tableware etc of pottery other than porcelain 	
70.09.910 
.920 	Other glass mirrors 	
70.10.100 	Containers manufactured from glass tubing 	
70.10.900 	Bottles, jars, sets, pots of glass 	
70.13.100 
.200 
.910 
.990 	Glassware etc 	
71.01.000 	Pearls, worked or unworked 	
71.02.100 	Piezo-electric crystals 	
71.02.900 	Other precious and semi-precious stones 	
71.05.100 
.900 	Silver, unwrought or semi-manufactured 	
71.07.000 	Gold, unwrought or semi-manufactured 	
71.12.100 	Brooch pins, clasps, etc of precious metals 	
71.12.200 	Fans and handscreens of precious metals 	
71.12.900 	Other articles of jewellery 	
71.15.000 	Goods consisting of pearls or precious or semi-precious stones 	
71.16.100 	Imitation jewellery (religious medals) 	
71.16.900 	Other imitation jewellery 	
Ex 73.36.100 
.200 
.910 
.990 	Gas stoves 	
74.17.100 
.910 
.990 	Domestic cooling and heating apparatus of copper, non-electric 	
Ex 76.08.000 	Doors and window frames of aluminium 	
Ex 76.10.000 	Drums and cans of aluminium 	
76.15.100 	Soda water siphons and parts, of aluminium 	
76.15.900 	Other goods used for domestic purposes, of aluminium 	
89.02.200 (02) 
(03) 	Launches and sailing yachts between 7.5 and 13.5 metres in length 
Fishing vessels, and other vessels, not exceeding 150 gross tonnes 	
91.01.000 	Watches 	
91.02.000 	Clocks, with watch movements 	
92.12.110 	Disc packs and cartridges for ADP machines 	
92.12.190 	Other prepared tapes, wires, strips, etc used for magnetic recording of sound 	
92.12.900 	Gramophone records, matrices for the production of records, etc 	
94.01.110 	Chairs and seats for flying machines 	
94.03.110 	Smoking requisites and parts thereof 	
94.04.100 	Matress supports and mattresses 	
95.05.100 	Unset cameos and intaglios, not being goods made of tortoise shell, mother of pearl, ivory or bone 	
Ex 95.05.900 	Other worked tortoise shell, mother of pearl, ivory, etc and goods made of those materials 	
95.08.900 	Worked vegetable or mineral carving material and goods made of those materials, and other moulded or carved goods 	
96.01.100 	Brushes from non-electrical vacuum cleaners 	
96.01.900 (01) 
(02) 
(03) 	Artists' brushes, brooms and brushes not mounted in a head, brushes for use in schools and prepared knots and tufts 
Paints and varnish brushes 
Other brooms and brushes of vegetable materials, paint rollers etc, NSA 	
97.04.110 
.190 
.200 
.900 	Equipment for parlour, table and fun fair games 	
97.05.000 	Carnival, entertainment, Christmas festivities articles 	
97.06.100 
97.06.200 
97.06.900(01) 
(02) 
(03) 	Sporting goods including exercise cycles, footballs, golf clubs and balls, gymnastic equipment, roller skates, squash racquets, tennis racquets and balls, underwater swimming equipment 
Leather cases for footballs 
Coir mats for outdoor games 
Other goods for sports and outdoor games 	
98.11.100 
.900 	Smoking pipes, bowls, cigar holders, etc 	
99.03.000 	Original sculptures and statuary of any materials 	
99.04.000 	Postage, revenue and similar stamps put up for retail sale 	
99.04.900 	Other postage, revenue and similar stamps 	
SCHEDULE 2 
AUSTRALIA
Tariff item 	Brief description of goods 	Import treatment 	
			
04.04.100 
.200 
.900 	Cheese and curd* 	Duty Free 
$0.09kg 
$0.096kg 	
07.02.900 	Frozen vegetables (excl. beans and peas, mushrooms, olives, potatoes) 	$0.002kg 	
07.03.900 	Provisionally preserved vegetable exc. capers, olives, not for immediate consumption 	Quantities not exceeding 10,000 lts p.a. - duty free 	
07.04.100 	Tomatoes, dried 	Quantities not exceeding 10,000 kg p.a. - duty free 	
07.04.400 	Mushrooms, dried and heat treated 	Duty free 	
07.04.900 	Onions, armagash, cabbage, dried 	Duty free 	
08.08.100 	Berries, fresh or chilled, pulped* 	$0.039 lt 	
08.08.900 	Berries, fresh or chilled, other than pulped* 	Duty free 	
Ex 08.09.900 	Watermelon, rockmelon, passionfruit, paw paw, fresh* 	Duty free 	
08.10.100 	Passionfruit pulp, frozen* 	DC:$0.15 lt 
DPC:$0.14 lt 	
08.10.200 	Citrus fruits, frozen* 	Duty free 	
Ex 08.10.300 	Fruit pulp, frozen, not including passionfruit or citrus* 	$0.039 lt 	
Ex 08.10.400 	Frozen strawberries* 	7% and $0.01 kg 	
Ex 08.10.900 	Frozen paw paw, mango, guava, pineapple, avocado, strawberries* 	$0.01 kg 	
08.11.100 	Passionfruit pulp, preserved* 	DC: $0.15 lt 
DPC: $0.14 lt 	
08.11.900 	Paw paw, mango, pineapple, avocados, guavas, preserved* 	$0.02 lt 	
08.12.100 	Dried apples, apricots* 	7% and $0.09 kg 	
Ex 08.12.900 	Dried fruit, other* 	$0.09 kg 	
Ex 08.13.900 	Peel of melons* 	$0.062 kg 	
12.01.100 	Groundnuts (peanuts) and groundnut kernels and processing 	Duty free 	
15.07.900 	Peanut oil 
Soyabean oil 	10% 
Duty free 	
20.01.100 	Gherkins, cucumbers, in packs not exceeding 1.14 lts, prepared or preserved 	Quantities not exceeding 10,000 lts p.a. - duty free 	
20.01.200 	Gherkins, cucumbers, preserved NSA 	Quantities not exceeding 10,000 lts p.a. - duty free 	
20.01.500 	Onions and pickles, preserved or prepared, in packs not exceeding 1.14 lts 	Duty free 	
20.01 900 	Onions and pickles, prepared or preserved NSA 	Duty free 	
20.02.100 	Tomato paste, pulp, puree or juice having a dry weight content of 7% or more, prepared or preserved 	Quantities not exceeding 10,000 kg p.a. - duty free 	
20.02.410 	Gherkins and cucumbers in airtight containers, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, in packs not exceeding 1.14 lts 	Quantities not exceeding 10,000 lts p.a. - duty free 	
20.02.490 	Gherkins and cucumbers in airtight containers, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, in packs exceeding 1.14 lts 	Quantities not exceeding 10,000 lts p.a. - duty free 	
20.02.610(01) 	Capers in airtight containers, not exceeding 1.14 lts, prepared or preserved 	Quantities not exceeding 10,000 lts p.a. - duty free 	
(02) 	Vegetables not being olives, potatoes or capers, in airtight containers, not exceeding 1.14 lts, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid 	Quantities not exceeding 50,000 lts p.a. - duty free 	
20.02.690(01) 	Capers in airtight containers, NSA, prepared or preserved 	Quantities not exceeding 50,000 lts p.a. - duty free 	
(02) 	Vegetables not being olives, potatoes or capers, in airtight containers, NSA, prepared or preserved 	Quantities not exceeding 10,000 lts p.a. - duty free 	
20.03.100 	Passionfruit pulp, frozen* 	DC: $0.15 lt 
DPC: $0.14 lt 	
20.03.300 	Frozen fruit, pulped NSA* 	$0.039 lt 	
Ex 20.03.900 	Mango, paw paw, guava, pineapple, avocado, strawberries, frozen* 	$0.01 kg 	
20.04.110 	Fruit peel, preserved - citrus* 	3% and $0.062 kg 	
20.04.190 	Fruit peel, preserved - other* 	$0.062 kg 	
20.04.900 	Paw paw, mango, avocado, guava, pineapple, preserved* 	(01) 12.5% 
(02) 22% 	
20.05.000 	Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit puree and fruit paste, cooked* 	(01) 7% and $0.015 kg 
(02) 7% and $0.041 kg 	
20.06.220 	Peanuts, prepared or preserved* 	$0.111 kg 	
20.06.290 	Nuts, not including almonds and peanuts, prepared and preserved* 	Duty free 	
20.06.300 	Passionfruit pulp, prepared or preserved* 	DC: $0.15 lt 
DPC: $0.14 lt 	
20.07.300 	Passionfruit juice* 	DC: $0.14 lt 
DPC: $0.13 lt 	
21.02.110 	Extract or essence of coffee* 	Duty free 	
Ex 21.02.190 	Extract or essence of tea* 	Duty free 	
21.04.100 	Soya sauce* 	Duty free 	
21.04.200 	Sauces other than soya sauce* 	Duty free 	
21.04.900 	Mixed condiments and mixed seasonings* 	10% 	
21.05.110 
.190 
.200 
.900 	Soups, broths and liquids sold in powder form, homogenised composite food preparation* 	Duty free 
Duty free 
20% 
20% 	
Ex 21.07.200 	Peanut butter, coconut cream, in packs not exceeding 1.14 lts* 	$0.04 lt 	
Ex 21.07.300 	Peanut butter, coconut cream, in packs exceeding 1.14 lts* 	$0.26 lt 	
21.07.910 	Jellies* 	Duty free 	
21.07.991 	Hop shoots, protein concentrates, textured vegetable protein* 	Duty free 
10% 	
Ex 21.07.999 	Preparations for making non-alcoholic beverages* 	10% 	
22.07.100 	Cider and perry 	Duty free 	
22.07.900 	Fermented beverages from fruit juices 	Duty free 	
22.08.100 	Alcohol or neutral spirits containing more than 94% by volume of alcohol 	Duty free 	
22.08.900 	Alcohol or neutral spirits containing between 80% and 94% by volume of alcohol, denatured spirit of any strength 	$19.25 per lt of alcohol 	
22.09.3 	Gin 	$18.75 per lt of alcohol 	
22.09.4 
.5 	Rum 	$18.75 per lt of alcohol 	
Ex 22.09.7 	Vodka 	$18.75 per lt of alcohol 	
33.01.100 
.190 
.200 
.900 	Essential oils, resin oils* 	(01) 5% 
(02) Duty free 
Duty free 
Duty free 
Duty free 	
Ex 33.06.900 	Products of dental hygiene, incense sticks, hair cream, face cream, perfumes, skin lotions* 	Duty free 	
34.06.000 	Candles, tapers, night lights and the like* 	$0.021 kg 	
35.06.200 	Glues of artificial plastic materials and resins etc* 	10% 	
35.06.900 	Glues, other, NSA* 	Duty free 	
39.07.510 	Attache or executive cases, school cases, suit cases, toilet cases, trunks, cases for sporting equipment, of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene copolymer (ABS)* 	35% 	
Ex 41.02.100 	Bovine cattle leather, wet blue hides and skins* 	Duty free 	
66.02.000 	Walking sticks, whips, riding crops, etc* 	Duty free 	
66.03.100 
.200 	Parts and accessories for items within 66.01, 66.02* 	Duty free 	
67.01.100 	Feather dusters of birds' feathers* 	15% 	
67.01.200 	Fans and handscreens made of birds' feathers* 	10% 	
67.01.900 	Other goods of birds' feathers 	10% 	
69.09.100 
.900 	Laboratory, chemical or industrial wares, troughs, tubs used in agriculture, pots, jars 	Duty free 	
69.13.100 	Articles of personal adornment, ornaments and lamps, etc of porcelain or china* 	10% 	
69.13.200 	Monumental and other statuary figures and other articles of porcelain or china* 	Duty free 	
69.13.900 	Other articles of porcelain china 	Duty free 	
69.14.100 	Bottles, jars and similar articles* 	Duty free 	
69.14.900 	Other ceramic products, NSA* 	10% 	
70.09.100 	Rear view glass mirrors* 	15% 	
73.03.000 	Waste and scrap metal of iron and steel* 	Duty free 	
73.10.100 	Wire rod in coils* 	Duty free 	
73.10.200 	Bars and rods of iron and steel (not wire rod in coils) decorated but not worked further* 	Duty free 	
73.10.900 	Bars and rods of iron and steel, NSA and hollow mining drill steel* 	30% 	
73.13.100 
.200 
.300 
.400 
.900 	Sheets and plates of iron or steel, hot or cold rolled* 	$5 per tonne 
Duty free 
Duty free and 7% pr 
Duty free 
30% and 3% pr 	
73.14.100 
.900 	Iron or steel wire, not insulated* 	Duty free 
Duty free 	
Ex 73.21.900 	Door and window frames of iron or steel* 	10% 	
73.23.000 	Casks, drums, cans etc of sheet or plate of iron or steel* 	30% 	
73.25.100 	Stranded wire cables etc used as shafting for flexible transmissions* 	Duty free 	
73.25.900 	Other stranded wire cables etc of iron and steel* 	Duty free 	
73.26.000 	Barbed iron or steel wire, twisted, hoop or single flat wire etc of a kind used for fencing* 	Duty free 	
Ex 73.27.900 	Fencing material of iron and steel* 	Duty free 	
73.31.100 	Horse shoe nails, of iron and steel* 	Duty free 	
73.31.200 	Drawing pins, of iron and steel* 	25% 	
73.31.300 	Spikes or iron and steel* 	20% 	
73.31.900 	Other nails, tacks, staples etc NSA* 	3% 	
73.32.100 	Cotters and cotter pins screw hooks and screw rings, of iron and steel* 	Duty free 	
73.32.900 	Other bolts and nuts, rivets, washers, etc of iron and steel* 	10% 	
73.34.100 
.900 	Pins, hairpins of iron or steel* 	10% 
Duty free 	
73.38.100 	Kettles, saucepans, boilers, sewing machine bobbins, soda water siphons, of iron and steel* 	Duty free 	
73.38.200 	Smoking requisites of iron and steel* 	15% 	
73.38.300 	Furniture, stationery and parts thereof of iron and steel* 	20% 	
73.38.400 	Kitchenware, soap racks stove toasters* 	23% 	
73.38.500 	Hollowware and tableware of stainless steel, plated tableware* 	20% 	
73.38.700 	Pot scourers and pads, gloves, steel wool, etc* 	10% 	
73.38.900 	Other goods NSA, of a kind commonly used for domestic purposes* 	25% 	
74.15.100 	Nails, tacks, staples etc of copper or of iron or steel with heads of copper* 	15% 	
74.15.900 	Bolts and nuts, screws, rivets, cotters, washers etc of copper* 	15% 	
74.18.100 	Goods of copper alloy in which the allow contains more than 10% of nickel* 	Duty free 	
74.18.210 	Smoking requisites of copper* 	15% 	
74.18.290 	Dishes, pots, pans or plate washes, wire kitchenware and plated tableware of copper* 	15% 	
74.18.900 	Other goods used for domestic purposes, of copper* 	15% 	
Ex 78.06.000 	Lead washers* 	21% 	
Ex 82.01.100 	Spades of base metal* 	15% 	
82.01.200 	Hoes, forks, rakes, trowels, turf edges and the like, of base metal* 	10% 	
Ex 82.01.900 	Cane knives of base metal* 	Duty free 	
82.11.200 	Double edged safety razor blades* 	12.5% 	
Ex 82.11.900 	Other razor blades* 	Duty free 	
83.04.000 	Filing cabinets, racks, etc and similar office equipment of base metal* 	Duty free 	
83.05.100 	Staples of base metal* 	Duty free 	
Ex 83.05.900 	Gem clips and paper pins, and clips* 	18% 	
Ex 83.07.200 	Hurricane lamps* 	Duty free 	
Ex 83.07.900 	Kerosene lamps* 	Duty free 	
83.09.100 
.200 
.300 
.400 
.900 	Clasps, frames, buckles, hooks etc of base metal* 	15% 
Duty free 
10% 
(1) 15% 
(2) 15% 
10% 	
83.13.100 	Capsules of base metal* 	20% 	
83.13.900 	Stoppers, crown corks, bottle caps, bung covers, seals of plombs, case corner protectors and other packing accessories of base metal* 	10% 	
96..06.000 	Hand sieves and riddles of any material* 	Duty free 	
97.01.100 	Bicycles, tricycles and quadricycles* 	27% 	
97.01.200 	Saddles and accessories of leather or rubber for bicycles etc* 	20% 	
97.01.300 	Parts, etc for bicycles, tricycles, quadricycles* 	Duty free 	
97.01.900 	Other wheeled toys, dolls' prams, etc* 	20% 	
97.02.000 	Dolls* 	15% 	
97.03.100(1) 
(2) 	Radio remote control toys and working models* 
Books, toy microscopes, and radio receivers* 	30% 
The DC rate of duty that, but for this item, would apply if the goods were not toys or models or parts or accessories therefore, or if that rate is equal to the GT rate, that rate less 10% of V. 	
97.03.900(1) 
(2) 	Balloons* 
Other toys and working models, NSA* 	24% 
Duty free 	
98.01.110 	Buttons and button moulds of casein, synthetic materials imitation pearl shell or imitation trouchus shell* 	An amount per gross being the product of $0.009 and the number (disregarding any fraction) obtained by dividing the maximum transverse diameter of the goods in mm by 0.635 less 15% of V. 	
98.01.120 	Button and button moulds of vegetable ivory, animal shell, bone, horn or ivory* 	Duty free 	
98.01.190 	Buttons and button moulds of other materials* 	10% 	
98.01.210 	Press fasteners of the two-piece sew-on kind, and parts 	Duty free 	
98.01.290 	Other press fasteners and parts* 	10% 	
98.01.900 	Studs, cufflinks and parts* 	20% 	
98.03.100 	Pen and pencil sets for school use* 	10% 	
98.03.200 	Fountain pens, pen and pencil sets, NSA, propelling and sliding pencils* 	10% 	
98.03.300 	Ball point pens and pencils, complete* 	Duty free 	
98.03.400 	Assembled refills for ball point pens, ball point pens, and pencils without refills* 	Duty free 	
98.03.500 	Parts and fittings for ball point pens and pencils* 	Duty free 	
98.03.900 	Other fountain pens, stylograph pens, and other pens, penholders and similar holders* 	Duty free 	
98.05.100 	Pencils other than slate pencils* 	Duty free 	
98.05.200 	Pencil leads* 	Duty free 	
98.05.900 	Slate pencils, crayons and pastels, drawing charcoals, and chalks, tailors and billiard chalks* 	Duty free 	
98.12.100 	Combs, not being of ornamental character, etc* 	7% 	
98.12.900 	Other combs, hair slides and the like* 	15% 	
•	Denotes goods currently under reference to an Australian assistance advisory body. Revised access arrangements for Forum Island countries on these goods will be considered when the Australian Government considers the relevant assistance advisory bodies' reports. 
•	[Footnote appearing in original text.] 
SCHEDULE 3 
 NEW ZEALAND
The goods listed in this Schedule wholly obtained or partly manufactured in Forum Island countries shall be subject to such tariffs and quantitative treatment as would apply on import into New Zealand to such goods in the absence of this Agreement, except as may be otherwise specified herein. 
CCN 	Description 	Specific conditions for Forum Island countries 		
		Tariffs 	Licensing 	
				
Ex 07.01 	Vegetables, fresh or chilled: viz 
- tomatoes, capsicums 		Licence issued on demand 	
Ex 08.10 	Fruit (whether or not cooked), preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar: viz 
- passionfruit 	Free 	Licences issued on demand subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities 	
Ex 12.01 	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit, whole or broken: viz 
- copra 		Licences issued on demand subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities 	
Ex 15.07 	Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude refined or purified: viz 
- coconut (copra) oil 	Free 	Licences issued on demand subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities 	
Ex.20.03 	Fruit preserved by freezing, containing added sugar: viz 
- passionfruit 		Licences issued on demand subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities 	
Ex.20.06 	Fruit otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or spirit: viz 
- pineapple 	10% 		
Ex.20.07 	Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices whether or not containing added sugar, but unfermented and not containing spirit : viz 
- pineapple juice 
- - in bulk containers 
- - other pineapple juice 
- orange juice 
- - in bulk containers, not containing added sugar 
- - other orange juice 
- lime juice 
- - in bulk containers, containing added sugar 
- - in bulk containers not containing added sugar 
- - other lime juice 
- grapefruit juice, passionfruit juice 
- - in bulk containers, not containing added sugar 
- - other grapefruit juice and other passionfruit juice 	10% 
10% 
10% 
10% 
10% 
10% 	Licences issued on demand 
Licences issued on demand 
Licences issued on demand 
Licences issued on demand 
Licences issued on demand 	
Ex 21.07 	Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included: viz 
- coconut cream 	Free 		
Ex Chapter 60 	Knitted and crocheted goods viz. 
- articles of apparel 	Free 		
Chapter 61 	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories of textile fabric, other than knitted or crocheted goods 	Free 		
Chapter 64 	Footwear, gaiters and the like, parts of such articles 			

AMENDMENTS TO SOUTH PACIFIC REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT
(SPARTECA)

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 14 APRIL 1989

A. Article III
Access conditions
Delete paragraph 1 and insert new paragraph as follows: 
"1. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement the Government of Australia shall permit the duty free and unrestricted entry of all goods which originate in and are imported from Forum Island Countries, except those goods listed in Schedule A to this Agreement which shall be subject to such treatment as may be specified in the Australian Customs Act and the Australian Customs Tariff." 
Amend paragraph 2 by deleting the words "Schedule 3" and inserting the words "Schedule B". 
B. Article V
Delete paragraph 1 and insert the following two paragraphs: 
"1. Goods shall be treated by the Government of Australia as originating in the territory of a Forum Island Country if those goods are: 
(a) the unmanufactured raw products of a Forum Island Country; or 
(b) manufactured goods, in relation to which: 
(i) the process last performed in the manufacture of the goods was performed in a Forum Island Country; and 
(ii) not less than 50 percent of the factory or works costs of the goods is represented by the value of labour or materials, or both, of: 
(a) a Forum Island Country; or 
(b) a Forum Island Country and one or more other Forum Island Countries; or 
(c) one or more Forum Island Countries and Australia; or 
(d) one or more Forum Island Countries and New Zealand (subject to paragraph 2 of this Article); or 
(e) one or more Forum Island Countries, Australia and New Zealand (subject to paragraph 2 of this Article). 
2. Before the provisions of sub-paragraph (b)(ii)(d) or sub-paragraph (b)(ii)(e) of paragraph 1 of this Article can be applied, the following additional requirements must be complied with: 
(a) not less than 25 percent of the factory or works costs of the goods is represented by the value of labour or materials, or both, or one or more Forum Island Countries; and 
(b) the products of New Zealand origin included in the goods consist of products traded free of duty and quantitative and other restrictions between Australia and New Zealand at the time of importation." 
Renumber the existing paragraph 2 as paragraph 3. Delete existing sub-paragraph 2(b) and insert after renumbered sub-paragraph 3(a) the following new sub-paragraphs 3(b) and 3(c): 
"(b) Goods partly manufactured in the territory of a Forum Island Country subject to the following conditions: 
(i) that the process last performed in the manufacture of the goods was performed in the territory of a Forum Island Country; and 
(ii) not less than 50 percent of the factory or works costs (as defined in the New Zealand Customs Regulations) of the goods in their finished state is represented by the value of labour or materials or both of: 
(a) a Forum Island Country; or 
(b) a Forum Island Country and one or more other Forum Island Countries; or 
(c) one or more Forum Island Countries and New Zealand; or 
(d) one or more Forum Island Countries and Australia (subject to paragraph (c) of this Article); or 
(e) one or more Forum Island Countries, Australia and New Zealand (subject to paragraph (c) of this Article). 
(c) Before the provisions of sub-paragraph (b)(ii)(d) or sub-paragraph (b)(ii)(e) of paragraph 3 can be applied, the following additional requirements must be complied with: 
(i) not less than 25 percent of the factory or works costs of the goods is represented by the value of labour or materials, or both, or one or more Forum Island Countries; and 
(ii) the products of Australian origin included in the goods consist of products traded free of duty and quantitative restrictions between New Zealand and Australia at the time of importation." 
Delete existing paragraph 3(a) and insert the following paragraph: 
"4. (a) In special circumstances either the Government of Australia or the Government of New Zealand may determine that the expenditure referred to in paragraph 1(b)(ii) of this Article in the case of the Government of Australia or paragraph 3(b)(ii) of this Article in the case of the Government of New Zealand may be less than 50 percent of the factory or works costs of the goods in their finished state for particular goods or classes of goods. Any such determination may be applied to all such goods originating from the Forum Island Countries or restricted to goods from individual Forum Island Countries." 
Renumber existing sub-paragraph 3(b) as sub-paragraph 4(b). 
Renumber existing paragraph 4 as paragraph 5. In the renumbered paragraph 5 delete the words "paragraph 3" and insert "paragraph 4". 
C. Article VI
Delete paragraph 1 and insert new paragraph as follows: 
"General exceptions 
1. Provided that such measures are not used as a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination or as a disguised restriction on trade, nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the adoption or enforcement by the Government of Australia or the Government of New Zealand of measures: 
(a) necessary for the protection of its essential security interests; 
(b) necessary to protect public morals and the prevention of disorder or crime; 
(c) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health; 
(d) necessary to protect industrial property rights, copyrights or prevent unfair, deceptive or misleading practices; 
(e) necessary to secure compliance with laws or regulations relating to customs enforcement, to tax avoidance and evasion and to foreign exchange control or for the application of standards or of regulations for the classification, grading or marketing of goods, or to the operation of recognised commodity marketing boards; 
(f) relating to goods the importation of which is prohibited by law; 
(g) relating to trade in gold and silver; or 
(h) relating to obligations entered into in the context of multilateral or bilateral commodity agreements whilst taking account of any special needs and interests of Forum Island countries." 
D. Article VII
Delete paragraphs 1 to 7 of this Article and insert the following: 
"Australia 
1. If, as a result of the application of this Agreement, goods are being imported into Australia in such quantities or under such conditions as to cause or threaten to serious injury to domestic producers of like or directly competitive goods, the Government of Australia may, in respect of such goods, suspend its obligations to the extent and for such time as may be necessary to prevent or remedy such injury, bearing in mind the objectives of this Agreement. 
2. Before taking action pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article or to vary the treatment accorded goods listed in Schedule A, the Government of Australia shall apply the following procedures: 
(a) The Government of Australia shall give notice in writing to the Director who shall inform the other Parties of the action proposed. 
(b) The Government of Australia shall afford those Governments of Forum Island Countries which have an interest as exporters of the product concerned as opportunity to consult with respect to the proposed action. Such consultations shall be held within a period of 90 days of the receipt by the Director of the notification by the Government of Australia of the proposed action. 
(c) If a mutually satisfactory solution is reached through the application of the procedures provided for in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph, the Director shall notify the Parties of any decision to modify Schedule A to this Agreement and the date on which that modification shall take effect. 
(d) If a mutually satisfactory solution is not reached within a period of 90 days from the commencement of the consultations referred to in sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph, the Government of Australia shall advise the Director of its decision, upon which the Director shall advise all the Parties. Before taking this action, the Government of Australia shall ensure that: 
(i) an inquiry has been held by an Australian assistance advisory body; and 
(ii) all the Governments of Forum Island Countries are given prior notice of the terms of the inquiry. 
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, the Government of Australia may suspend its obligations in the manner referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article without prior consultation where, in its opinion, the circumstances are so critical that delay would cause severe difficulty before consultations provided for in sub-paragraph 2(b) of this Article could be held. In taking provisional action under this paragraph, the Government of Australia shall provide urgent written advice of the action taken to the Director who shall notify the other Parties. 
4. Any action taken under the provisions of paragraph 3 of this Article shall cease to have effect 90 days after the implementation of the action, unless, within that period the Government of Australia has afforded the Governments of interested Forum Island Countries the opportunity to consult with it on the matter and has: 
(i) undertaken to hold a prompt inquiry by an Australian assistance advisory body; and 
(ii) informed the Governments of the Forum Island Countries of the terms of the inquiry." 
Renumber the existing paragraphs 8 to 12 as paragraphs 5 to 9. 
E. The Schedules
Delete present "Schedules 1 and 2" and insert "Schedule A - Australia". 
Amend the title of present "Schedule 3" to read "Schedule B - New Zealand".