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Examen de las políticas comerciales
Último Examen de las Políticas Comerciales (Informe de la Secretaría de la OMC) WT/TPR/S/444/Rev.1
A. Importación prohibiciones, restricciones y licencias de importación
3.24.
Fiji did not submit any notifications to the Committee on Import Licensing during the period under review. The authorities affirm that licensing requirements are mainly used for national security, public safety, health, morality environmental reasons, or for the enforcement of international obligations undertaken by Fiji. Non‑automatic licensing requirements continue to apply on several imports, including firearms, explosives, noxious gases, ozone‑depleting substances, narcotics, medicines, alcoholic beverages, tobacco and cigarettes, indecent or obscene material, gambling machines, and endangered species. The legal instruments governing restricted imports remains the Customs Act and Customs Regulations as amended in 2022.
3.25.
The authorities state that the Biosecurity Authority of Fiji must license certain types of agricultural imports, such as rice, dairy, poultry, and meat. The Ministry of Economy issues import licences for gold and other precious metals, cigarette lighters, and other mechanical or electrical lighters. Import licences for products such as lubricants, transformers, circuit breaker oils, cleansing oils, and hydraulic brake oils are issued by the MTCSME.
3.26.
Prohibited imports include counterfeit currency, pornographic or subversive materials, goods infringing intellectual property rights, and hazardous waste (Tables A3.4 and A3.5).
B. Exportación prohibiciones y restricciones
3.33.
In Fiji, in addition to the general business licence for engaging in cross‑border trade, special licensing requirements remain in place for certain exports, such as fisheries and agricultural products (Table 3.3). Exports proceeds must be repatriated to Fiji through the banking system within six months of shipment.
3.34.
As with imports, the legal instruments governing export restrictions have not much changed and the granting of licences is administered by several line ministries and government agencies.[53]
3.35.
Over the review period, the BAF aligned registration of export Biosecurity Approved Premises (BAP) with the Fruit Exporters License (FEL) under the Fruit Export and Marketing Act (Chapter 154) to streamline registration processes and make it simpler for exporters of agricultural commodities to comply. According to the authorities, it now takes 48 hours (down from 1 week) to get a Forest Harvesting Licence, thanks to the Ministry of Forestry's online system.[54]
3.36.
Prohibited exports include round logs for environmental reasons and to promote downstream processing.
3.37.
Exports of fish and other marine products require an export permit from the Ministry of Fisheries and exports of certain species are prohibited on conservational and environmental grounds. Export permits are required for every consignment 48 hours before shipment. In order to export tuna to major markets such as the United States, Japan, Australia, and Canada, the exporter is required to adopt and implement the following food safety systems: (i) Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) System; (ii) Standard Sanitization Operating Procedure (SSOP); (iii) Good Manufacturing Practices Plan (GMPP); and (iv) Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).
3.38.
As for tuna exports to the European Union, exporters must comply with EU fish export standards. That is, vessels, crew, processing plants, and storage facilities must be certified by the competent authority. The exported fish also need to be accompanied by a Catch Certificate confirming that the fish caught by Fiji fishing vessels are not IUU (illegal, unreported and unregulated) caught. In the ongoing negotiations of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union, Fiji continues to strive for the establishment of more flexible rules of origin than those in the interim EPA that would allow for global sourcing of fisheries raw materials.[55] Source: Customs (Prohibited Imports and Exports) Regulations, Schedule 7.
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