From 1 July 2017, all applications and approvals for tariff concessions can be found on the New Zealand Customs Service website.

Amendments and withdrawals are published in the Gazette. These notices can be found under the Tariff Act.

Notice Type
Customs
Notice Title

Tariff Act 1988

TARIFF CONCESSION APPROVALS, WITHDRAWALS AND DECLINES NOTICE (NO. 46) 2003

I, Vincent Anthony Manks, Executive Officer, Ministry of Economic Development, acting pursuant to section 8 of the Tariff Act 1988 under delegated authority hereby:
(a) In accordance with Part II of the Tariff approve in respect of the entry of goods listed in the First Schedule to this notice the rates of duty or exemptions from duty specified in that Schedule with effect from the first day of the month so specified; and
(b) In accordance with Part II of the Tariff approve in respect of the entry of goods listed in the Second Schedule to this notice the exemptions from duty specified in that Schedule with effect from the first day of the month so specified subject however to such purposes and conditions which I prescribe
(c) Withdraw with effect fourteen days from the date of this Gazette, or otherwise at the date so specified, the approvals granted in respect of the entry of goods listed in the Third Schedule to this notice
(d) Decline to approve in respect of the goods listed in the Fourth Schedule to this notice concessions for which application was made.


FIRST SCHEDULE
Concessions Approved
Part
Tariff Rates of Duty II Ref. Effective
Item Description of Goods Normal Pref. Ref. No. From To

X 5702.41.11) Machine woven floor rugs Free Free 99 999455G 1/03 ..
5702.41.19)
5702.42.19)
A Chapter 61) æBabies' and young infants clothing of kinds and sizes, as specified below Free Free 99 999822F 9/03 ..
Chapter 62) SHORTALLS
One piece short legged outer-garment with bib front and shoulder straps.
Garment not to exceed maximum length of 51cm shoulder to crutch and
62cm shoulder to hem
V 70.07 Motor vehicle glass Free Free 99 999823D 10/03 ..
A 7010.90.25 400ml stacker twist jars Free Free 99 999833A 10/03 12/05
A 7010.90.38 300ml stacker twist jars Free Free 99 999834K 10/03 12/05
A 7308.90.00 Aircraft maintenance platform of steel Free Free 99 999824B 9/03 12/03
V 84.65 Machine-tools for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, Free Free 99 999825L 9/03 ..
hard plastic or similar hard materials;
EXCLUDING:
1. Sawbenches with sawblades not exceeding 330mm
2. Radial arm saws, overhead crosscut saws, trenching machines and work
centres incorporating a radial arm saw, with blade diameters up to and
including 360mm diameter
3. Pendulum type crosscut saws including spida type for sawblades up to
and including 450mm diameter
4. Thicknessers, with a width capacity up to and including 330mm
5. Surface planers, buzzers, or jointers with a blade not exceeding 310mm
6. Bandsaws with a throat capacity not exceeding 475mm
7. Wood lathes manually operated, with or without copy device
8. Horizontal dowel boring machines with manual feed
9. Drill presses bench or floor mounting, column type, belt driven, manually
operated
10. Glue reactivation edgebanding machines, hand fed
11. Sawmilling machinery:-
Automatic firewood saws
Breast benches
Circular breakdown saws
Docking saws
Log cut-off swing saws
Post peelers
Splitting saws
Vertical breakdown saws
12. Hydraulic wood or log splitters
13. Machine-tools for bending hard plastic
14. Any composite or multipurpose machine incorporating any of the above
excluded machinery or combination of the above excluded machinery
A 8479.89.00 Water activated sprinkler alarms Free Free 99 999828E 7/03 ..
A 8514.40 Industrial heater, being an induction coil wholly encapsulated in a cylinder Free Free 99 999831E 10/03 ..
V 9405.10 Light fittings of GU10, GZ10 or G9 halogen type Free Free 99 999819F 9/03 ..
A 9405.10 Striplights - T4 and T5 fluorescent Free Free 99 999821H 9/03 ..
V 9405.10.19) Industrial light fittings, ballast controlled, consisting of the following Free Free 99 999826J 10/03 ..
9405.40.19) optional/interchangeable components, viz:
1. Corrosion resistant ballast
2. Anodised aluminium reflectors
3. Prismatic acrylic reflectors
4. Electrical/mechanical disconnect mountings
5. High pressure sodium or metal halide lamp
6. Plastic diffusers
A 9506.99.19 Skate ramp, plastic Free Free 99 999830G 9/03 ..


SECOND SCHEDULE
Concession Approvals Subject to Prescribed Purposes and Conditions
Part
Tariff Rates of Duty II Ref. Effective
Item Description of Goods Normal Pref. Ref. No. From To

IM 3923.29.15 Four million printed retort vegetable pouches of triple laminate Free Free 99 999827G 11/03 11/04
IM 51.12 Worsted/combed woollen fabrics of a type used in manufacture of men's suits Free Free 99 999876E 12/03 8/04
55.15 Synthetic and worsted/combed woollen fabrics of a type used in manufacture
of men's suits, 400,000m2
Tariff Concession Approvals, Withdrawals and Declines Notice No. 2003/46 - continued

Part
Tariff Rates of Duty II Ref. Effective
Item Description of Goods Normal Pref. Ref. No. From To

IM 5112.30.08 68% wool, 20% polyamide, 12% acrylic - 800m2 Free Free 99 999856L 10/03 6/04
5112.90.08 42% wool, 40% cotton, 18% polyester - 2000m2


THIRD SCHEDULE
Concession Approvals Withdrawn
Part
Tariff Rates of Duty II Ref. Effective
Item Description of Goods Normal Pref. Ref. No. From To

5702.41.11) Machine - rugs .. .. .. 999455G .. ..
5702.41.19)
70.07 Motor - WGN 3/97 .. .. .. 999477H .. ..
84.65 Machine-tools - machinery .. .. .. 996625A .. ..
9405.10 Light - type .. .. .. 997387H .. ..
9405.10.19) Industrial - lamp .. .. .. 994184D .. ..
9405.40.19)


FOURTH SCHEDULE
Applications for Concessions Declined
Tariff Ref.
Item Description of Goods No.

3926.90.69 Earmuffs, class 4 999820K


Category of Approval: A - General Approval
CE - Capital Equipment
GT - Goods in Transit
IM - Inputs to Manufacturing - Inability to Supply
MS - Manufacturers' Samples
RUC - Revocation of Unused Concession
S - Shortfall
SS - Special Situation
V - Variation of Existing Concession
X - Administrative Amendment


The concessions approved subject to prescribed purposes and conditions as listed in the Second Schedule to this notice and declined applications for concessions as listed in the Fourth Schedule to this notice will not be published in the Consolidated List of Approvals.

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of November 2003. V.A. MANKS, Ministry of Economic Development.