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Trade policy review
Latest Trade Policy Review (Report by the WTO Secretariat): WT/TPR/S/378/Rev.1
A. Import prohibitions and restrictions and import licensing
3.30.
Pursuant to the Customs (Prohibited Import) Regulations Order No. 115 of 2014, the following items are subject to an import prohibition: (1) absinthe; (2) beef in any form originating from Europe, as set out under the Food (Control) Act [CAP 228] (Prohibition of Beef from Europe Order No. 53 of 2001); (3) copra; (4) any obscene material as described in the Obscenity Act [CAP 73]; (5) any offensive weapon as defined in the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act [CAP 54] of 1969; (6) any ozone-depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases, as set out in the Ozone Layer Protection Act No. 27 of 2010; (7) wine with a false description and presentation, as provided for in the Geographical Indications (Wine) Act [CAP 269]; and (8) various chemicals[30]. In addition, the Customs Act No. 7 of 2013 prohibits the importation of goods infringing intellectual property rights.
3.31.
Certain goods are subject to import licensing (Table 3.5). The licences specify the conditions under which a product may be imported. Vanuatu has not notified its import licensing procedures to the WTO, nor has it answered the questionnaire on import licensing. No information was made available on the cost of each permit or licence.
B. Export prohibitions and restrictions
3.41.
Pursuant to the Customs (Prohibited Export) Regulations Order No. 114 of 2014, an export prohibition applies to acetic anhydride and any other explosive or its components.
3.42.
Various products are subject to licences or permits upon export (Table 3.6). No information was made available on the cost of each permit or license.
WTO's environmental database (EDB)
The EDB contains environment-related measures that may qualify as QRs and therefore should be notified under the QR Decision.