What needs to declared
The following items must be declared on your Passenger Arrival Cards and may be inspected by Biosecurity Officers on arrival into Fiji.
All food– commercially prepared, cooked and raw food and ingredients, dried fruits and vegetables, instant noodles, pack- aged meals, herbs and spices, snack foods, infant formula (must be accompanying a child) and airline food/snacks etc
All plants and plant products– all potted/bare rooted plants, cuttings, roots, bulbs, corms, stems, fresh or dried fruits and vegetables, fresh or dried flowers, seeds, nuts, foliage, mushrooms, straw, bamboo, wood
or wooden articles and carvings, mats, bags and other items made from plant materials, handicraft and other plant products.
– animals, reptiles, fresh/frozen/dried fish, birds and poultry, meat, dairy products, skins, taxidermied animals, feather, bones, eggs, shells, bee products including honey and bee wax and pet food including canned products and raw hide chews.
Used Materials/Equipments– equipments used with animals, fish or plants including bee-keeping equipment, saddle, or any other used equipment.
Biological specimens– vaccines, culture, blood, live/dried, or preserved insects or fungi and any other kind of biological specimens.
Other materials– soil, rock, earth, mineral sample, tools used in farm, used tents, camping equipments, bicycle, golf clubs, used sporting shoes/boots and equipments.
What can be brought into Fiji for personal consumption
Some of the plant products that can be brought into Fiji for personal consumption include canned vegetables, canned fruits, potato chips, cakes (muffins, puddings, and Christ- mas cakes), biscuits, tortilla wraps, cooking oils, peanut butter, tomato sauce, salt, sugar, tea leaf and cooked root crops such as yams, taro, cassava, breadfruit.
BAF is also allowing people to bring into Fiji certain animal products only from Australia and New Zealand for personal consumption and not for commercial purposes.
Some of these include cheese, dairy spreads, fresh or chilled meat (lamb, beef, mutton), mayonnaise, chocolates, canned meat, butter, animal skins etc.
However, to bring the animal products allowed under personal consumption list, people need to have purchase receipt(s) from the supermarket, butcher or other retail outlets where they bought the products from. Most importantly the total quantity of products brought into Fiji should not exceed 10 kilo- grams.
Import permit required
All plant and plant products and animal and animal products – other than those allowed for personal consumption- requires an import permit to be brought into Fiji. BAF advises people to contact BAF for more information or clarification on this.
Biosecurity regulations are vitally important to protect Fiji’s environment, agricultural industry, employment, and the health of our people.
Our agricultural industry enjoys an enviable market position, partly due to Fiji’s freedom from many serious pests and diseases and it is in everyone’s interest to protect Fiji from the introduction of foreign pests and diseases that could seriously threaten our agricultural industry and environment.