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๐Œ๐“๐„๐ƒ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

Today, we mark World Consumer Rights Day – a global event dedicated to raising awareness and promoting fair treatment for all consumers. It is one of MTEDโ€™s mandates to build consumer awareness and provide fair solutions when problems arise, so…

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๐Œ๐“๐„๐ƒ ๐๐š๐œ๐ค ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‡๐€๐‚๐‚๐ ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

The MTED Pack House in Lapaha has officially achieved its full HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) Certification, marking a significant milestone for Tongaโ€™s agricultural exports. The certification was awarded to the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development in August 2024 and was formally presented…

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๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก: ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ง๐ ๐š ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

The Ministry of Trade and Economic Development (MTED), in collaboration with the Tonga Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc. (TCCI), successfully hosted the third Tonga National Business Conference (TNBC) 2025 from February 18โ€“19. This two-day event brought together government leaders,…

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Upgraded Online Business Registry

The Ministry of Trade and Economic Development has officially launched the upgraded Online Business Registry! This platform offers a user-friendly interface, online accessibility, foreign investment registration, and a fully paperless system. Now, businesses can complete all filings, payments, and registrations…

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๐“๐จ๐ง๐ ๐š ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐”-๐๐š๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐„๐๐€

The 10th EU-Pacific Trade Committee Meeting was held in Brussels from February 6-7, 2025, bringing together officials from Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and the EU, with observers from seven Pacific nations seeking to join the ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ…

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New Petroleum Prices for February 2025

The Ministry of Trade and Economic Development wishes to advise that the Tonga Competent Authority (TCA) has approved the new petroleum prices for February 2025 to be effective from Monday, 3rd February 2025.  The February 2025 price change is based on the…

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๐‡๐จ๐ง. ๐Š๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ข ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ข ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐š ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

The Ministry of Trade and Economic Development (MTED) is pleased to announce the appointment of Hon. Kapelieli Militoni Lanumata as the Minister for Trade and Economic Development. Under his leadership, MTED remains committed to strengthening public-private partnerships, enhancing collaboration with…

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