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Trade Agreements
Fiji's WTO membership plus regional and EU agreements give exporters duty-free or preferential access to key Pacific, Australian, New Zealand and EU markets.
Overview
Fiji sits inside a useful web of trade agreements that can cut or eliminate the duties your buyers pay, making your goods more competitive. As a WTO member Fiji trades on Most-Favoured-Nation terms globally. Regionally, PICTA and the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Trade Agreement give duty-free or preferential access across many Pacific island markets, while SPARTECA has long provided access to Australia and New Zealand and PACER Plus deepens Pacific-Australia-New Zealand trade. For Europe, the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (iEPA), which Fiji has applied since 2014, gives duty-free, quota-free access for most Fijian goods (a major reason Fijian sugar and tuna reach the EU), subject to meeting rules of origin. To actually claim these preferences you must prove origin with the right certificate (for example a EUR.1 movement certificate for the EU). Check the specific agreement and origin rule for your product and market on the FRCS trade-agreements page or ITC Market Access Map.
Key requirements
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Confirm the applicable agreement
Identify which agreement (iEPA, PICTA, MSG, SPARTECA, PACER Plus) covers your product-market pair.
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Meet rules of origin
Ensure your goods satisfy the origin rules (wholly obtained or sufficient transformation) of the agreement claimed.
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Obtain the right origin document
Apply for the correct certificate of origin (e.g. EUR.1 for the EU iEPA) to unlock preferential duty.
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Keep origin evidence
Retain supplier declarations and production records to support origin claims if audited.
Documents you will need
- Certificate of origin (EUR.1 or regional form)
- Supplier/manufacturer origin declaration
- Commercial invoice
- Bill of materials / production records
- Export declaration