Notice Type
General Section
Notice Title

2009 European Union Sheepmeat and Goatmeat Tariff Rate Quota Allocation

Pursuant to section 31 of the Meat Board Act 2004, notice is hereby given that the New Zealand Meat Board has allocated access to European Union Sheepmeat and Goatmeat Tariff Rate Quota for the 2009 Quota Year, commencing 1 January 2009, as follows:
Company General Quota Allowance
(tonnes c.w.e.) Reserved Quota Allowance
(tonnes c.w.e.) Total Quota Allowance
(tonnes c.w.e.)
Abco Meats Limited (in receivership) 352.4 352.4
Affco New Zealand Limited 28,560.0 28,560.0
Alliance Group Limited 62,667.6 62,667.6
Bernard Matthews NZ Limited 12,484.4 12,484.4
Boss NZ Limited 267.9 267.9
Canterbury Fresh Limited 55.9 55.9
Canterbury Meat Packers Limited 15,360.3 15,360.3
Crusader Meats New Zealand Limited 3,753.7 3,753.7
Davmet New Zealand Limited 2,263.4 2,263.4
Frasertown Meat Co Limited 1,391.7 1,391.7
Horizon Meats New Zealand Limited 6,654.0 6,654.0
Integrated Foods Consortium 1,578.7 1,578.7
LANZ Company Limited 278.3 278.3
Lean Meats Limited 3,085.8 3,085.8
Levin Meats Limited 3,712.9 3,712.9
Pilot (NZ) Limited 1,319.1 1,319.1
Prime Range Meats Limited 1,647.7 1,647.7
Silver Fern Farms Limited 62,831.8 62,831.8
Taylor Preston Limited 10,014.1 10,014.1
Te Kuiti Meat Processors Limited 3,116.1 3,116.1
Wallace Corporation Limited 1,197.0 1,197.0
Wilson Hellaby Limited 4,921.2 4,921.2
Total 227,514.0 0 227,514.0
Unallocated RQA 335.0 335.0
Allowance for samples 5.0 5.0
Total 227,514.0 340.0 227,854.0
Note: Totals may not add due to rounding.
The allocation mechanism used is as set out and described in the Quota Allowance Allocation System in Respect of European Union Sheepmeat and Goatmeat Tariff Rate Quota, and printable copies of the appropriate application forms are available from New Zealand Meat Board’s website at
http://www.nzmeatboard.org/main.cfm?id=29
or by contacting the board direct.
Pursuant to section 5 of the Quota Allowance Allocation System in Respect of European Union Sheepmeat and Goatmeat Tariff Rate Quota, the allocation of Reserved Quota Allowance is conditional on new entrant companies meeting certain criteria and their annual production estimate.
Dated at Wellington this 9th day of December 2008.
A. DOMETAKIS, Board Secretary, New Zealand Meat Board.