1 Prohibited export
A person must not export acetic anhydride or any other explosive or its components.
2 Restricted exports
(1) A person must not export the following goods unless he or she has been issued a permit or license by the relevant issuing authority:
Items | Goods | Authority responsible for issuing permit or license |
(a) | Cattle (cattle Export Act [CAP 97]) | Minister of agriculture |
(b) | Cocoa Beans (Cocoa Act [CAP 13]) | Minister of Trade |
(c) |
Commodities (Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Board Act [CAP 133]) a) Cocoa b) Copra c) Lavender Oil d) Tea-Tree Oil |
Vanuatu Commodities Marketing Board |
(d) | Cultural Items (Preservation of Sites & Artifacts Act [CAP 39]) | Minister of Environment |
(e) |
Currency or negotiable bearer instruments not less than the equivalent of 1,000,000 VT (Proceeds of Crime Act [CAP 284]) |
Financial Intelligence Unit |
(f) | Fauna and Flora (International Trade (Fauna & Flora) Act [CAP 210]) | Minister of Environment |
(g) | Kava (Kava Export Fee Order No. 17 of 1999 – Plant Protection Act [CAP 239]) | Vanuatu Quarantine and Inspection Services |
(i) | Logs and Flitches (Forestry Act [CAP 276]) | Minister of Forestry |
(m) | Meat and meat products (Cattle (Export) Act [CAP 97]) | Minister of Agriculture |
(o) | Sandalwood (Forestry [CAP 276]) | Minister of Forestry |
(p) | Turtles embalmed with preservative substance (Prevention of Cruelty to Animals [CAP 78]) | Minister of Enviroment |
(2) For the purposes of item (l),
kava means natural extracts, dried roots, stumps (chips), and/or basal stems from selected varieties of the plant species Piper methysticum;
logs and flitches means any timber that has not been processed into plywood, veneer, planks or any other finished products except timber from coccos nucifera or santalum austro-caledonicum.