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Customs and Excise (Precious Stones and Metals) (Export Duty) (Suspension) Order, 2025

export dutyimport classificationprecious stones and metals

Jurisdiction: Zambia
Structure: 3 provisions
Citation: SI 4 of 2025
Dates: Source version 18 Feb 2025

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“This Order may be cited by its title and is deemed to have come into operation on 1 January 2025.”

This Order may be cited by its title and is deemed to have come into operation on 1 January 2025. The export duty on the precious stones and metals listed in the Schedule is suspended and treated as free. This item lists certain pearls, gemstones, precious metals, and related waste and scrap, and shows them as free.

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This Order may be cited by its title and is deemed to have come into operation on 1 January 2025.

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The export duty on the precious stones and metals listed in the Schedule is suspended and treated as free.

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This item lists certain pearls, gemstones, precious metals, and related waste and scrap, and shows them as free.

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§ 1Section 1Commencement

This Order may be cited by its title and is deemed to have come into operation on 1 January 2025.

1. This Order may be cited as the Customs and Excise (Precious Stones and Metals) (Export Duty) (Suspension) Order, 2025, and shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1st January, 2025.

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§ 2SaturdayCommencement

The export duty on the precious stones and metals listed in the Schedule is suspended and treated as free.

2. The export duty payable on precious stones and metals specified in the Schedule is suspended to free. Title, commence ment Suspension of export duty Copies of this Statutory Instrument can he obtained from the Government Printer. P.O. Box 30136, 10101 Lusaka. Price K4.00 each. 84 Statutory Instruments 18th February, 2025 SCl!EDULE (Regulation 2) SUSPENSION OF EXPORT DlITY HS Code Description of Goods Customs Duty rate

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This item lists certain pearls, gemstones, precious metals, and related waste and scrap, and shows them as free.

71.12 Pearls, natural or cultured, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; pearls, natural or cultured, temporarily strung for convenience of transport. Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set. Precious stones (other than diamonds) and semi precious stones, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; ungraded preciousstones (other than diamonds) and semi precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport. Synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi precious stones, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; ungraded synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport Dust and powder of natural or synthetic precious or semi precious stones. Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum), unwrought or in semi-manufactured fonns, or in powder form. Base metals clad with silver, not further worked than semi manufactured. Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi manufactured forms, or in powder form. Base metals or silver, clad with gold. not further worked than semi manufactured. Platinum, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form. Base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum, not further worked than semi-manufactured. Waste and scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal; other waste and scrap containing precious metal or precious metal compounds, of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal other than goods of heading 85.49. free free free free free free free free free free DR S. MusoKOTWANE, Minister of Finance and National Planning LUSAKA 18th February, 2025 [MFB.64/9/6]

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