Establishment of Statutory Measure and Determination of Levies on Macadamia Nuts, Notice no. R 2725 of 2022.

This Statutory Measure, made under sections 13 and 15 of the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, no. 47 of 1996, provides for establishing the statutory measures and determining the guideline price for macadamias. The Statutory Measure concerns: activities in relation to imported macadamias wholly exempted from the payment of taxes; commercial production; growers selling macadamias to traders, exporters, wholesalers, retailers, consumers and/or other purchasers; exporter and importer of macadamia nuts; nut in shell industry standards. This Statutory Measure aims at financing the following activities related to macadamia industry, through the imposition of levies on all macadamias received from a grower: production, post-harvest treatment, and market development research; determination of quality standards; increasing consumption of macadamia nuts; promotion of cooperation between growers, handlers, processors and other macadamia industry role players; improving the health benefits of macadamia nuts consumption.