Vanuatu
Letter mail
Parcel
EMS
Prohibited articles list
Weight / size limit admitted:
üPostcard – maximum weight 20g. maximum size - 240X340mm; maximum thickness – 5mm.
üLetter – maxsimum weight 250g. maximum size - 240X340mm; maximum thickness: 5mm.
üSmall packets – maxsimum weight 2kg. maximum size - 240X340mm; maximum thickness: 50mm.
üM bag – maxsimum weight 30kg. maximum height - 80cm; maximum circumference -120cm.
Insured* letters admitted – no;
Maximum insured value –
On-line tracking provided – yes;
Payments for inbound items in case, when content is a goods:
ü Customs clearance fee -
ü Threshold level below which items are free of customs duties and other taxes - VT10,000 / $100;
Numbers of customs declarations required for inbound letter – 1;
Languages in which customs declarations must be completed – English;
Delivery charge for small packets exceeding 500 g –
Period of retention for letters – 1 month;
*Insured Parcel–Type of Registered Parcel, which is insured at cost declared by the sender. Insured value should not be more than the actual cost of the package content and should not exceed 10 000 GEL.
**Custom declaration for letter post is required only in case, when content is a goods.
Weight / size limit admitted:
ü Max weight – 20 kg
ü Max size - 1,05m X 1,05m X 1,05m (or 2m length & greatest circumference);
Insured* parcels admitted – no;
Maximum insured value -
On-line tracking provided – yes;
Numbers of customs declarations required for inbound parcels – 1;
Languages in which customs declarations must be completed – French, English;
Payments for inbound parcels:
ü Customs clearance fee -
ü Threshold level below which parcels are free of customs duties and other taxes - VT10,000 / $100;
To customers’ address:
ü Free – yes;
ü Paid service – no;
Period of retention for parcels:
ü Min – 1 month;
ü Max – 2 months;
*Insured Parcel–Type of Registered Parcel, which is insured at cost declared by the sender. Insured value should not be more than the actual cost of the package content and should not exceed 10 000 GEL.
Weight / size limit admitted:
ü Max weight – 20 kg
ü Max size - 1,05m X 1,05m X 1,05m (or 2m length & greatest circumference);
Maximum insured value:
for documents: 4000 GEL
for merchandise: 10 000 GEL
Numbers of customs declarations required for inbound EMS – 3;
Languages in which customs declarations must be completed – English;
Payments for inbound parcels:
ü Customs clearance fee -
ü Threshold level below which parcels are free of customs duties and other taxes:
For private customers - 5 000 VUV;
For business customers - 10 000 VUV;
How many attempts at delivery are made: 3
Period of retention for EMS items: 15 days;
Coverage:
Days of the week on which EMS items are delivered: 1/2/3/4/5
EMS item delivery to P.O. Box: Yes
National holidays on which EMS items are not delivered: 1 January, 21 February, 5 March, 19,22 April, 1,30 May, 24,30 July, 15 August, 5 October, 29 November, 25,26 December
*SDR–Monetary unit (Special Drawing Rights) created by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - The value of the SDR in terms of the US dollar is determined daily based on exchange rates quoted at noon each day in the London market and posted on the IMF’s
The amount of insurance paid by the customer should not exceed the actual value of the contents of the parcel
Definition of Terms
· Prohibited items – items whose import into the country is prohibited.
· Items admitted conditionally – items whose importation into the country is allowed with the term if a document issued by the relevant authorities of the exporting country is presented.
· Items admitted without conditions – items whose import into the country is allowed.
Detailed information on the HS codes and their titles can be found on the Revenue Service web-page (http://www.rs.ge/4509) or at the following address: http://www.foreign-trade.com/reference/hscode.htm
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The below information is based upon the official source of Vanuatu
Part I:
List of articles prohibited as imports (or in transit) or admitted conditionally
Section I Live animals; animal productsChapter 1 Live animals
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
01.01-06 All live animals. Their import is either prohibited or subject to regulation.
ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
All live animals.
Chapter 2 Meat and edible meat offal
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
02.01-10 All meat. Their import is either prohibited or subject to regulation.
ÿ Articles admitted conditionally
All meat.
Chapter 3 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
03.01-07 All products of this kind according to the nature and place of origin of these products, their importation is either prohibited or subject to regulation.
Chapter 4 Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
04.03-10 The importation of the above is either prohibited or subject to regulation and according to the nature and place of origin.
Chapter 5 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
Nil.
Section II Vegetable productsChapter 6 Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
06.01-04 The above are subject to an import permit. Total prohibitions are aquatic plants, cacti, cotton, ginger, palm plants, rubber plants.
Chapter 7 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
07.01-14 Total prohibitions are cassava, kava, manioc, rice, hulls, sugar cane, sweet potato, taro, yams and aroids.
Chapter 8 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
08.01-14 Total prohibitions are avocado, banana, breadfruit, citrus, cocoa, coconut, coffee, heliconia, mango, passion fruit and pineapple.
Chapter 9 Coffee, tea, maté and spices
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
09.01-10 Import permit needed for unprocessed products.
Chapter 10 Cereals
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
10.01-08 Rice, according to the nature and place of origin.
Chapter 11 Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
11.01-09 Flour, according to the nature and place of origin.
Chapter 12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
12.01-14 According to the nature and place of origin and subject to regulation.
Chapter 13 Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
13.01-02 According to the nature and place of origin and subject to regulation.
Chapter 14 Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included
Nil.
Section III Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxesChapter 15 (Sole chapter)
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
15.01-22 According to the nature and place of origin and also subject to regulation.
Section IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutesChapter 16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
16.01-05 According to the nature and place of origin and subject to regulation.
Chapter 17 Sugars and sugar confectionery
Nil.
Chapter 18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations
Nil.
Chapter 19 Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products
Nil.
Chapter 20 Preparations of vegetables, fruits, nuts or other parts of plants
Nil.
Chapter 21 Miscellaneous edible preparations
Nil.
Chapter 22 Beverages, spirits and vinegar
Nil.
Chapter 23 Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder
Nil.
Chapter 24 Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
24.01-03 Subject to an import licence.
Section V Mineral productsChapter 25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials; lime and cement
Nil.
Chapter 26 Ores, slag and ash
Nil.
Chapter 27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
Nil.
Section VI Products of the chemical or allied industriesChapter 28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
Nil.
Chapter 29 Organic chemicals
Nil.
Chapter 30 Pharmaceutical products
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
30.01-06 Subject to an import licence.
Chapter 31 Fertilisers
Nil.
Chapter 32 Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks
Nil.
Chapter 33 Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
Nil.
Chapter 34 Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes; polishing or scouring preparations,candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster
Nil.
Chapter 35 Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes
Nil.
Chapter 36 Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
36.01-06 Subject to an import licence.
Chapter 37 Photographic or cinematographic products
Nil.
Chapter 38 Miscellaneous chemical products
Nil.
Section VII Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereofChapter 39 Plastics and articles thereof
Nil.
Chapter 40 Rubber and articles thereof
Nil.
Section VIII Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut(other than silk-worm gut)Chapter 41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
41.01-11 According to the nature and place of origin and subject to regulation.
Chapter 42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers;
articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)
Nil.
Chapter 43 Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof
Nil.
Section IX Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware andwickerworkChapter 44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
44.01-21 Subject to regulation, nature and place of origin.
Chapter 45 Cork and articles of cork
Nil.
Chapter 46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork
Nil.
Section X Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulose material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard;
paper and paperboard and articles thereofChapter 47 Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulose material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
47.01-07 According to the nature and place of origin and subject to regulation.
Chapter 48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
Nil.
Chapter 49 Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans
Nil.
Section XI Textiles and textile articlesChapter 50 Silk
Nil.
Chapter 51 Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
Nil.
Chapter 52 Cotton
Nil.
Chapter 53 Other vegetable textile fibres, paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn
Nil.
Chapter 54 Man-made filaments
Nil.
Chapter 55 Man-made staple fibres
Nil.
Chapter 56 Wadding, felt and non-wovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof
Nil.
Chapter 57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings
Nil.
Chapter 58 Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery
Nil.
Chapter 59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use
Nil.
Chapter 60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics
Nil.
Chapter 61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
Nil.
Chapter 62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
Nil.
Chapter 63 Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags
Nil.
Section XII Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding- crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles madetherewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hairChapter 64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles
Nil.
Chapter 65 Headgear and parts thereof
Nil.
Chapter 66 Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof
Nil.
Chapter 67 Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers;
articles of human hair
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
67.01-04 The above are subject to regulations.
Section XIII Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products;
glass and glasswareChapter 68 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials
Nil.
Chapter 69 Ceramic products
Nil.
Chapter 70 Glass and glassware
Nil.
Section XIV Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coinChapter 71 (Sole chapter)
Nil.
Section XV Base metals and articles of base metalChapter 72 Iron and steel
Nil.
Chapter 73 Articles of iron and steel
Nil.
Chapter 74 Copper and articles thereof
Nil.
Chapter 75 Nickel and articles thereof
Nil.
Chapter 76 Aluminium and articles thereof
Nil.
Chapter 77 (Reserved for possible future use in the harmonized system)
Nil.
Chapter 78 Lead and articles thereof
Nil.
Chapter 79 Zinc and articles thereof
Nil.
Chapter 80 Tin and articles thereof
Nil.
Chapter 81 Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof
Nil.
Chapter 82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal
Nil.
Chapter 83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal
Nil.
Section XVI Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articlesChapter 84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
Nil.
Chapter 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers andparts and accessories of such articles
Nil.
Section XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipmentChapter 86 Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (includingelectro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds
Nil.
Chapter 87 Vehicles, other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof
Nil.
Chapter 88 Aircraft, spacecraft and parts thereof
Nil.
Chapter 89 Ships, boats and floating structures
Nil.
Section XVIII Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereofChapter 90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
Nil.
Chapter 91 Clocks and watches and parts thereof
Nil.
Chapter 92 Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
Nil.
Section XIX Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereofChapter 93 (Sole chapter)
Heading HS Code ÿ Prohibited articles
93.01-07 Air guns (rifles or pistols). Automatic weapons capable of multi-shot action. Gas pistols or gas rifles.
Section XX Miscellaneous manufactured articlesChapter 94 Furniture, bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
Nil.
Chapter 95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
Nil.
Chapter 96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Nil.
Section XXI Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiquesChapter 97 (Sole chapter)
Nil.
Part II:
Conditions of admission of articles imported or in transit
2.1 Animals and animal products
2.1.1 Production of documents
2.1.2 Provisional import permit
2.1.3 Prohibition of landing and removal without permission
2.2 Plants and plant products
2.2.1 Minister may prohibit import of plants
2.2.2 Import through sea ports
2.2.3 Detention of plants on arrival in Vanuatu
No person shall import or introduce any animal, animal product, biological product or any related article into Vanuatu without a permit issued under the Animal Importation and Quarantine Act.
Every person entering Vanuatu from another country and who has any animal or animal product in his possession shall, at the port of entry, produce to a quarantine officer any documents requiredto be provided under the conditions of the provisional import permit.
Any person who intends to import or introduce into Vanuatu any animal, animal product, biological product or related article shall make an application to the principal veterinary office in theprescribed form. The principal veterinary officer, upon receipt of an application, grant or authorize the granting of a provisional import permit according to the regulation made by the Minister andsubject to such prescribed conditions as he may specify in such permit or may refuse the grant of such permit.
No animal, animal product, biological product or related article, including refuse, shall be landed or removed or discarded from the vessel until such animal, animal product or related article isexamined by a veterinary officer or a quarantine officer, as the case maybe and permission for the landing or removal has been issued by him or unless authorized temporarily, move them to aquarantine zone or quarantine station for the purposes of examination and in order to facilitate the scheduled and timely operations of the vessels.
No person shall without applying to the Director of Agriculture for an import licence in the approved form for the purpose of importing into Vanuatu any of the following:
a live plants or any part thereof, including seeds, tubers, bulbs, ryzomes, shoots, suckers cuttings, grafts, flowers and fruits;
b dry plants including straw, hay or fodder whether or not from packing or in powder;
c any other matter capable of containing any organism dangerous to cultivation including soil, compost and manure.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1, the Minister responsible for agriculture may, by order, prohibit absolutely, except by the Agricultural Department for scientific purposes, the importation of any plant, part or derivative of a plant.
The articles referred to in sub-section 2.2 may be imported at other places of entry with the authority, in writing, of the Director of Agriculture and in such circumstances that satisfactoryphytosanitary control can be enforced under his direction.
Every consignment of articles referred to in sub-section 2.2 arriving in Vanuatu shall be immediately detained by the Customs or Posts and Telecommunications Department pending a decision bythe Director of Agriculture as to whether it may be imported. Provided that in the case of a perishable nature such decision shall be given within 48 hours of their detention as aforesaid.
2.7 Narcotics Absolute prohibition.
2.8 Pharmaceutical products
2.9 Chemical matches and prepared matchwood
2.11 Books, brochures, newspapers, printed matter
2.13 Television receivers
No person may import drugs and medicines without an import licence issued by the Minister of Home
Affairs.
To be imported only by sea freight.
Any person found in possession of obscene publications or materials shall have committed an offence against section 147(i) of the Penal Code Act No 17 of 1981.
Antennas and satellite dishes are liable to a licence fee.
2.15 War material Export of war material is banned.
Part III:
Special provisions, Customs and other
3.1 Drawing up of customs declarations
3.2 Need to insert invoices
3.3 Need to attest to the origin of goods
3.4 Miscellaneous customs provisions
3.5 Provisions on infringements
The customs declaration form (C 1) must be completed in full by the importer or his agent and care should be taken in completing this form and the information must be accurate and complete. Itis an offence knowingly to make a false declaration.
The original invoice from the overseas supplier should be presented with the C 1 as evidence of value.
Not required. No preferential agreements. See Customs Guide to Importers.
False declarations – chapter 3, sections 32, 33 and 34.
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