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Table 3.3 Exports requiring a licence, 2023
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Description: Whales' teeth (Tabua), breast plates of pearl and ivory
Conditions, restrictions, or requirements: Written permission from the Secretary for Fijian Affairs
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Table 3.3 Exports requiring a licence, 2023
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Description: All Fijian weapons made for war; certain forks of bone, ivory, or wood; artefacts made from whales' tooth including breast plates, pendants, necklaces, food hangers, and human and animal figures; (...)
Conditions, restrictions, or requirements: Export licence from the Secretary for Housing and Urban Affairs
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Table 3.3 Exports requiring a licence, 2023
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Description: Wood and wood products classified in 48 eight digit tariff items within HS Chapter 44, covering unprocessed (round) logs and timber
Conditions, restrictions, or requirements: Export licence from the Conservator of Forests
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Box 3.2 Supports provided to MSMEs and Co-operatives
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Co-operatives: (...)
• The Ministry [The Ministry of Trade, Co-operatives, and Small and Medium Enterprises (MTCSME)] is also working closely with the UN Capital Development Fund to support research contributing to the development of climate disaster risk financing for MSMEs. It has also partnered with the FAO to provide inclusive learning materials to fisher co-operatives.

3.48. The Department of National Trade Measurement and Standards (DNTMS), previously known as Fiji Trade Standards and Quality Control Office, under the MTCSME [The Ministry of Trade, Co-operatives, and Small and Medium Enterprises], remains responsible for preparing, developing, and promoting standards related to goods, services, processes, and practices used or produced in Fiji. The DNTMS administers standards for the protection of the health and safety of consumers and the environment, as well as for industrial development.

3.59. Fiji has no food labelling requirements for genetically modified organism (GMO) foods or restrictions on their importation or production; this issue is currently under discussion.

3.60. Fiji regulates and controls the movement of animals and plants into, out of, and within Fiji, primarily under the Biosecurity Act 2008 and its subsidiary regulations. [23] The Biosecurity Authority of Fiji (BAF), established under the Biosecurity Act 2008, is mandated to discharge necessary functions including (i) protection of Fiji against the entry of regulated pests and diseases; (ii) surveillance pests and diseases in Fiji; and (iii) facilitation of safe import and export of animals and plants and their products. (...)
[23] Other legislation relating to sanitary and phytosanitary requirements includes (...) Notifiable Pests and Diseases (Animal) Order 2022; Goats (Earmarks) Act 1955; Protection of Animals Act 1954; (...) Endangered & Protected Species Act 2002; (...)

3.69. Fiji strictly prohibits importation of GMOs [genetically modified organism]. Thus, there is no requirement for labelling and environmental risk assessment applied to such crops.

Table 3.4 State-owned enterprises, 2023
- Category/entity: Biosecurity Authority of Fiji (BAF)
- Core activities and social obligations: Manages quarantine controls at the borders to minimize the risk of exotic pests and diseases entering Fiji, (...)

Table 3.4 State-owned enterprises, 2023
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Category/entity: Water Authority of Fiji
Core activities and social obligations: Provides access to drinking water and waste water services to more than 700,000 people
Government shareholding (%): 100
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