Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulation 1973. Country/Territory Papua New Guinea Document type Regulation Date 1973 (2006) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Papua New Guinea Consolidated Legislation 2006. Subject Food & nutrition, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Agricultural commodities Cereals/grains/rice International trade Standards Protection of species Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract This Regulation prohibits the importation of any goods specified in the second column of Schedule 2. The main part of this Regulation (arts. 3 to 7) concerns the regulation of the importation of rice. It specifies standards of various types of rice and places restrictions on the importation of rice, i.e. allows only the importation of specified types of rice and allows importation of other types only when prior written permission has been obtained from the Minister or public other officers. Full text English Website www.paclii.org