Results for Business

The Tonga Trade Fair 2025 opens on Thursday 3 July at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall, where more than 40 local businesses will showcase Tonga-made products. The exhibition will run through to Saturday

A new strategy, ‘Growing the Pacific 2050 Strategy for Agriculture and Forestry’, was endorsed by Pacific Island countries at the Regional Meeting of Ministers for Agriculture and Forestry, in Nuku’alofa, last week.

The Pacific Farmer Organizations (PFO) will receive AUD$3 million in funding from the Australian Government to support climate-resilient farming initiatives in seven Pacific countries, including Tonga, over the next four years.

Tomorrow, 1 May, retail prices for petrol, kerosene and diesel will decrease by 10 seniti/litre in Tongatapu, as approved by the Tonga Competent Authority (TCA).

Only one petrol station in Tonga complies fully with the business requirements of the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development, the Minister Hon. Kapelieli Lanumata told media this afternoon. He threatened to shut down all of the bowsers that did not meet the standards required, citing lax safety compliance at most of the stations.

The quarterly prices for Liquified petroleum gas both increased by TOP 0.10 /kg for Tongatapu and TOP 0.05/kg for Vava’u this week.

The retail prices of petrol and kerosene for Tongatapu will remain unchanged, $3.25 per litre for petrol and $2.45 for kerosene, while the retail prices of diesel will increase by 5 seniti per litre, $3.25 per litre, stated the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development.

A new building complex for JH International Ltd. was opened by HM King Tupou VI and HM Queen Nanasipau'u, at Matatoa, Tongatapu, on 11 December 2024.

Imports of raw poultry meat have been restricted by the Ministry of Agriculture (MAFF) to prevent the bird flu, a type of avian influenza that has spread across areas in three countries, the US, Australia, and New Zealand, that are Tonga's main source of chicken, turkey, and duck meat imports. Individual passengers from USA, Australia and New Zealand may not bring in raw poultry meat, although cooked poultry is allowed.