Customs duty removed on farm equipment imports

The Gov­ern­ment has re­moved cus­toms du­ty on a wide range of agri­cul­tur­al equip­ment and in­puts from Jan­u­ary 1, 2026.

Un­der the Cus­toms (Re­mit­tance of Cus­toms Du­ty) Or­der, 2025, all cus­toms du­ty is re­mit­ted on spe­cif­ic items im­port­ed for use in the agri­cul­tur­al sec­tor, once they fall with­in the list­ed tar­iff head­ings and de­scrip­tions.

The items span crop pro­duc­tion, live­stock man­age­ment and agro-pro­cess­ing. They in­clude plas­tic mulch, UV-treat­ed high-den­si­ty poly­thene, seed­ing trays, grow bags and plant con­tain­ers used in pro­tect­ed and hy­dro­pon­ic farm­ing sys­tems. Sharp sand and bricks used for hy­dro­pon­ics and grow box­es are al­so cov­ered.

Bee­keep­ing and small-scale pro­cess­ing in­puts are in­clud­ed, such as hon­ey buck­ets and spouts, along with choco­late-mak­ing moulds. Farm­ers im­port­ing ear tags, net pots and freight con­tain­er farm equip­ment will al­so ben­e­fit from full du­ty re­lief.

The con­ces­sions ex­tend to live­stock and an­i­mal care equip­ment, in­clud­ing hoof trim­mers, shear­ing ma­chines, hair clip­pers and nose rings. For post-har­vest han­dling and val­ue-added pro­cess­ing, the or­der re­moves du­ty on mo­bile re­frig­er­a­tion and chill­ing units, con­tact freez­ers, grind­ing ma­chines and com­mer­cial-grade juicers.

Grow lights im­port­ed specif­i­cal­ly for agri­cul­tur­al pur­pos­es are al­so cov­ered, re­duc­ing costs for in­door and con­trolled-en­vi­ron­ment farm­ing.

The or­der makes clear that the re­lief ap­plies on­ly to the ex­act goods de­scribed un­der the list­ed tar­iff head­ings, even where those head­ings nor­mal­ly cov­er a broad­er range of prod­ucts. Items not ex­press­ly list­ed re­main sub­ject to the usu­al cus­toms regime.