Learn about barriers to market entry and local requirements, i.e., things to be aware of when entering the market for this country.
Last Published: 8/5/2019

Some of the common market challenges experienced in doing business in Fiji include:

  • Government requirements on the remittances of profits;

  • Slow, lengthy, inconsistent, and often inefficient processing of government approvals;

  • Poor infrastructure in rural areas;

  • Relatively high costs of utilities, especially power and communication, and taxes;

  • Small population base;

  • And Geographic isolation and time differences between the United States and Fiji.

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