The development and implementation of a new import duty on palm oil to reduce non-communicable disease in Fiji
Abstract Background Non communicable diseases (NCD) place a significant health burden on Pacific Island countries including Fiji. Policy interventions to curb NCDs have been implemented in Fiji including a 32% increase in the import duty on palm oil. This study aims to analyse the development and im...
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| description | Abstract Background Non communicable diseases (NCD) place a significant health burden on Pacific Island countries including Fiji. Policy interventions to curb NCDs have been implemented in Fiji including a 32% increase in the import duty on palm oil. This study aims to analyse the development and implementation of the increase in palm oil import duty in Fiji. Also, to document the policy process, identify barriers and facilitators during implementation and to examine the impact of the new import duty on import volumes. Methods Data were collected through key informant interviews with private stakeholders, government officials and supermarket managers. Transcripts were analysed thematically. Import volumes were analysed for the 2010–2015 period. Results Facilitators of policy development and implementation included stakeholder awareness of the health implications of palm oil, preparation of a comprehensive policy briefing paper, and inter-sectoral support and leadership. This decrease in the availability of palm oil was encouraging however, it may have been counteracted to some extent by industry relabelling the product as vegetable oil. Conclusions Barriers to policy changes need to be anticipated during the policy development process. Whilst the decline in imports probably reduced population consumption, further research is needed to determine if this translated to a population wide reduction in saturated fat. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eb6c53e847504d458723cd74c2220d772022-12-21T19:00:54ZengBMCGlobalization and Health1744-86032018-08-011411910.1186/s12992-018-0407-0The development and implementation of a new import duty on palm oil to reduce non-communicable disease in FijiJeremaia Coriakula0Marj Moodie1Gade Waqa2Catherine Latu3Wendy Snowdon4Colin Bell5Pacific Research Centre for the Prevention of Obesity and Non-Communicable Diseases (C-POND), College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Fiji National UniversityDeakin Health Economics, Centre for Population Health Research, Faculty of Health, Deakin UniversityPacific Research Centre for the Prevention of Obesity and Non-Communicable Diseases (C-POND), College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Fiji National UniversityPacific Research Centre for the Prevention of Obesity and Non-Communicable Diseases (C-POND), College of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Fiji National UniversityGlobal Obesity Centre, Centre for Population Health Research, Faculty of Health, Deakin UniversityGlobal Obesity Centre, Centre for Population Health Research, Faculty of Health, Deakin UniversityAbstract Background Non communicable diseases (NCD) place a significant health burden on Pacific Island countries including Fiji. Policy interventions to curb NCDs have been implemented in Fiji including a 32% increase in the import duty on palm oil. This study aims to analyse the development and implementation of the increase in palm oil import duty in Fiji. Also, to document the policy process, identify barriers and facilitators during implementation and to examine the impact of the new import duty on import volumes. Methods Data were collected through key informant interviews with private stakeholders, government officials and supermarket managers. Transcripts were analysed thematically. Import volumes were analysed for the 2010–2015 period. Results Facilitators of policy development and implementation included stakeholder awareness of the health implications of palm oil, preparation of a comprehensive policy briefing paper, and inter-sectoral support and leadership. This decrease in the availability of palm oil was encouraging however, it may have been counteracted to some extent by industry relabelling the product as vegetable oil. Conclusions Barriers to policy changes need to be anticipated during the policy development process. Whilst the decline in imports probably reduced population consumption, further research is needed to determine if this translated to a population wide reduction in saturated fat.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12992-018-0407-0Palm oilPolicyNon communicable diseaseGovernment |
| spellingShingle | Jeremaia Coriakula Marj Moodie Gade Waqa Catherine Latu Wendy Snowdon Colin Bell The development and implementation of a new import duty on palm oil to reduce non-communicable disease in Fiji Globalization and Health Palm oil Policy Non communicable disease Government |
| title | The development and implementation of a new import duty on palm oil to reduce non-communicable disease in Fiji |
| title_full | The development and implementation of a new import duty on palm oil to reduce non-communicable disease in Fiji |
| title_fullStr | The development and implementation of a new import duty on palm oil to reduce non-communicable disease in Fiji |
| title_full_unstemmed | The development and implementation of a new import duty on palm oil to reduce non-communicable disease in Fiji |
| title_short | The development and implementation of a new import duty on palm oil to reduce non-communicable disease in Fiji |
| title_sort | development and implementation of a new import duty on palm oil to reduce non communicable disease in fiji |
| topic | Palm oil Policy Non communicable disease Government |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12992-018-0407-0 |
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