Vanuatu has backed off from a ban it had placed on the import of Fiji biscuits worth 1.2 million US dollars a year.
The ban was lifted after Fiji threatened to take retaliatory action by prohibiting the import of Vanuatu kava worth 6 million US dollars a year.
The biscuit ban was in breach of the Melanesia Spearhead Group trade agreement.
Immediately after the ban was lifted, two containers of biscuits left Fiji for Vanuatu at the weekend.
