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๐“๐จ๐ง๐ ๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐”๐ ๐š๐ง๐๐š ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

On the sidelines of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, Tongaโ€™s Minister of Trade, Economic Development, and Tourism, Dr. Viliami Uasike Latu, met with Ugandaโ€™s Ambassador to Australia, H.E. Dorothy Samali Hyuha, to strengthen bilateral cooperation in trade, agriculture, energy,…

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๐”๐€๐„ ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐จ๐ง๐ ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐€๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ

Day 2 of the ongoing 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PILFM53), His Excellency Mr. Omar Shehadeh, Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Caribbean and Pacific Islands and Head of Delegation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE),…

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๐๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ง. 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, ๐•๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ข ๐”๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ญ๐ฎ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐‹๐Ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐š๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐–๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐š.

Following the opening of the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting (PIFLM53), the Hon. Minister for Trade, Economic Development and Tourism, Viliami Uasike Latu, held a bilateral meeting with Mr. Martin Wandera, the new ILO (International Labour Organization) Director for…

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๐Œ๐“๐„๐ƒ ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐ฎสป๐ข๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐š ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐š๐ฌ ๐‚๐„๐Ž

The Ministry of Trade and Economic Development (MTED) is pleased to announce the reappointment of Mrs. Distaquaine Pele Tuสปihalamaka as Chief Executive Officer, effective yesterday, 22 August 2024. Mrs. Tuสปihalamakaโ€™s reappointment highlights her valuable expertise and consistent dedication to driving…

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New Petroleum Prices for August – September 2024

The Ministry of Trade and Economic Development wishes to advise that the Tonga Competent Authority (TCA) has approved the new petroleum prices for August – September 2024 to be effective from Monday, 19th August 2024.The mid-August 2024 price change is…

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๐Œ๐“๐„๐ƒ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž: ๐Ž๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‹๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐จ๐ง๐ ๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฉ๐ฎ

The Ministry of Trade and Economic Development (MTED) is committed to upholding a compliant and trustworthy business environment in Tonga. Our inspection teams are currently active in Tongatapu, conducting thorough checks on business licenses to ensure full compliance. This ensures…

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Press Release Petroleum Price for July – August 2024

PRESS RELEASE New Petroleum Prices for July-August 2024 The Ministry of Trade and Economic Development wishes to advise that the Tonga Competent Authority (TCA) has approved the new petroleum prices for July-August 2024 to be effective from Thursday, 18th July…

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Launch of the Tonga Standardisation Roadmap

PRESS RELEASE The Minister for  Trade and Economic Development, Hon. Dr Viliami Uasike Latu, will launch Tongaโ€™s first National Standardisation Roadmap on Wednesday 19th of June at the  Likuโ€™alofa (Resort)Function Centre, Tonga National Centre, Tofoa. The Roadmap sets out a…

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