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PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
Customs Tariff (Budget Provisions 2001) Act 2000
No. 41 of 2000
Certified on: 02 Feb 2001
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
1. Interpretation (Amendment of Section 1).
2. Exemption from and Reduction of Import Duty (Amendment of Section 9).
3. Transitional Provisions.
4. Repeal of Section 10.
5. Amendment of Schedule 1.
AN ACT
entitled
Customs Tariff (Budget Provisions 2001) Act 2000,
Being an Act to amend the Customs Tariff Act 1990,
MADE by the National Parliament to be deemed to have come into operation on 28 November 2000.
Section 1 of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by inserting a new definition of "lal" as follows:-
- " 'lal' means litre of contained alcohol and is calculated by multiplying the volume of alcoholic beverage with the percentage of alcohol contained therein;"; and
(b) by inserting a new definition of "volume of alcohol" as follows:-
- "'volume of alcohol' means-
- (a) the volume of alcohol contained in alcoholic beverages, that would be that volume of alcohol if measured at a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius; and
- (b) in a calculation made by reference to the specific gravity of alcohol, the specific gravity of alcohol in relation to water, at a temperature of twenty degrees Celsius and in vacuum, is 0.79067.".
Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended -
(a) in Subsection (1)(a), by inserting after the words "any goods" the following:-
- "(other than goods imported in relation to a commercial project)"; and
(b) by adding the following new Subsection:-
- "(3) For the purposes of Subsection (1)(a), "commercial project" means a project intended to be operated so as to make a profit.".
The limitation imposed by Section 2 of this Act (Customs Tariff (Budget Provisions 2001) Act 2000) on exemptions from import duty granted under Section 9(1)(a) of the Principal Act does not apply to-
(a) exemptions granted prior to the coming into operation of this Act in implement of a contractual, international or treaty obligation of the State; or
(b) exemptions to be granted in implement of a contractual, international or treaty obligation of the State entered into prior to the coming into operation of this Act.
Section 10 of the Principal Act is repealed.
Schedule 1 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:-
(a) by repealing the tariff rates of import duty shown in the following rates of duty column and replacing them with the tariff rates of import duty shown below:-
| Tariff Classification | Description | Tariff Rate | |||
| | | From 1 Jul 1999 Until 31 Dec. 2000 | From 1 Jan 2001 Until 31 Dec 2002 | From 1 Jan 2003 Until 31 Dec 2005 | On and From 1 Jan. 2006 |
| 22.01 | Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter,
nor flavoured; ice and snow; toea per litre | 0.50t/lt | 0.45t/lt | 0.45t/lt | 0.40t/lt |
| 2202.10.00 (replaces 2202.90.90) | Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, or flavoured;
toea per litre | 0.50t/lt | 0.45t/1t | 0.45t/lt | 0.40t/lt |
(b). by repealing the tariff rates of import duty shown in the following rates of duty column (old item) and the dates of application for those duties and replacing them with the tariff rates and dates shown below:-
| Tariff Classification | Description | New Tariff Rate | |||||
| Old Item | New Item | To 31/5/01 | 1/6/01 to 30/11/01 | 1/12/01 to 31/5/02 | 1/6/02 to 30/11/02 | From 1/12/02 | |
| 22.03 | 22.03 except 2203.00.40 2203.00.90 | Beer made from malt, including mixed drinks containing beer, except beer concentrates, per litre of contained volume of alcohol | K70 Per lal | K70 Per lal | K60 Per lal | K60 Per lal | K55 Per lal |
| | 2203.00.40 | Beer Concentrates per KG | K6.25 Per Kg | K6.25 Per Kg | K6.25 Per Kg | K6.25 Per Kg | K6.25 Per Kg |
| | 2203.00.90 | Other | K6.25 Per Kg | K6.25 Per Kg | K6.25 Per Kg | K6.25 Per Kg | K6.25 Per Kg |
| 22.06 | 22.06 except 2206.10.00 | Other fermented beverages (for example cider, perry, mead), mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and
non-alcoholic beverages (except such beverages made from fruit grown in Papua New Guinea) per litre of contained volume of alcohol | K70 Per lal | K70 Per lal | K60 Per lal | K60 Per lal | K55 Per lal |
| | 2206.10.00 | Other fermented beverages, mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, made from fruit grown in Papua New Guinea | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free |
| 22.08 | 22.08 except 2208.90.10 | Undenatured ethyl alcohol, spirits, liqueurs, per litre of contained volume of alcohol, (except concentrates used for manufacture) | K70 Per lal | K70 Per lal | K60 Per lal | K60 Per lal | K55 Per lal |
| 24.02 | 24.02 except 2402.10.00 | Cigarettes of tobacco or tobacco substitutes, per thousand cigarettes | K90 Per 1000 | K90 Per 1000 | K80 Per 1000 | K80 Per 1000 | K65 Per 1000 |
| | 2402.10.00 | Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos containing tobacco, per kilogram | K60 Per Kg | K60 Per Kg | K50 Per Kg | K50 Per Kg | K45 Per Kg |
| 24.03 | 24.03 except 2403.10.20 | Other manufactured tobacco, (except used for the production of cigarettes) per kilogram | K60 Per Kg | K60 Per Kg | K50 Per Kg | K50 Per Kg | K45 Per Kg |
I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the Customs Tariff (Budget Provisions 2001) Act 2000 which has been made by the National Parliament.
Acting Clerk of the National Parliament.
I hereby certify that the Customs Tariff (Budget Provisions 2001) Act 2000 was made by the National Parliament on 7 December 2000.
Acting Speaker of the National Parliament.
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