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Government Assistance Schemes

Government assistance schemes have been created to assist and encourage businesses and industries in the production, export, manufacturing and tourism industries. The main purpose of these schemes is to alleviate duty on certain materials otherwise applicable upon importation. This enables most of the burden of material import costs to be removed, resulting in cheaper and more competitive production costs. This, in essence, helps you with your investment.

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Duty Suspension Scheme (DSS)

Duty Concession Scheme (DCS)

Private Sector Support Facility (PSSF)

This Scheme is one of Government's assistance programmes to encourage and assist exporters who produce mainly for overseas markets. The Duty Suspension Scheme (DSS) is designed to assist regular exporters import raw materials needed for export production without prior payment of duty.

Eligibility:

• All regular exporters who require imported inputs/raw materials for the production of products for export are eligible to be registered under the Scheme
• Must hold a valid Export Manufacturing Warehouse license issued by the Ministry of Revenue
• Must first make known their interest to MCIL.

Please view or download the brochure for full details concerning this scheme.
The Application form is also available to view or download.

 DSS Brochure

File details:
Name: dss_brochure.pdf
Size: 38KB

 DSS Registration Form

File details:
Name: dss_registration_form.pdf
Size: 40KB

This Scheme is aimed to assist exporters within the Manufacturing Industry as well as property developers (hotels, motels and beach resorts) within the Tourism Industry. Its purpose is to assist through importation of materials on a duty free basis.

For full details concerning this scheme, please view or download the Guidelines.
The Application format and Table are also available to view or download.

 DCS Guidelines

File details:
Name: Guidelines_HMBM.pdf
Size: 13KB

 DCS Application Format

File details:
Name: Application_Format_HMBM.pdf
Size: 9KB

 DCS Table

File details:
Name: assistance_table.pdf.pdf
Size: 7KB

This fund combines previous allocated type funding schemes supporting Samoa's private sector.
Past schemes included the Tourism Support Fund (TSF) and the Private Sector Support Allocation (PSSA).

The Private Sector Support Facility is due to be launched in May 2008.