Fiji Extends Duty Free List
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From a Suva Correspondent' Fiji has now extended its duty free list. Travellers may now buy furs, electric razors, parts and accesories for cameras and projectors, projector screens and portable typewriters, in addition to the long list of goods which was made duty free in January, 1963. These include radio and TV sets, record players, cameras, watches, telescopes and binoculars.
ALSO now on the list are jewellery, imitation jewellery and perfumes where they come from preferential sources (25 per cent, duty if they come from general sources).
The extension of the very successful duty free arrangements comes at a time when Australia has cracked down on travellers returning to its shores.
As PIM reported in December,
travellers entering Australia are able to bring in only one duty free transistor per person from January 1, 1965, and will have to pay stiff charges on all others.
The Australian decision is bound to have some effect in Fiji because Australians, particularly on Pacific Islands cruises, are regarded by Fiji traders as the biggest spenders of all.