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. 33) 2012

I, Martin Gerard Garcia, Chief Advisor, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, 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;
(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; and
(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.


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

A 3923.50.00 Polyethylene overcap, of a kind used for bottles with a screw-cap closure Free Free 99 303439K 06/12 ..
A 9506.29.00 Paddle boards, stand up type, exceeding 2.9 metres in length, including parts and Free Free 99 303474H 08/12 ..
accessories thereof


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

SMI 3503.00.09 2,000MT of pharmaceutical grade gelatine for own use in manufacture of gelatin Free Free 99 303469A 07/12 06/13
capsules of health supplement products, by Alpha Laboratories (NZ) Ltd
period 07/2012 to 06/2013
IM 60.06 Knitted fabrics: Free Free 99 303464L 07/12 06/13
PB11436 Mr Ripley polyester 67%, viscose 31%, spandex 2% - 5,000m2
PB11340 Backfire polyester 67%, viscose 31%, spandex 2% - 5,000m2
PB11501 White Tail polyester 97%, viscose 3% - 10,000m2
PB11388 Zen polyester 65%, cotton 35% - 15,000m2
PB11513 Scaredy Cat polyester 67% viscose, 22%, nylon 6%, spandex 3%, lurex 2%
- 5,000m2
PB11573 Sparticus polyester 100% - 5,000m2
PB2091 Cardie viscose 80%, wool 20% - 50,000m2
PB11341 Ski Bunny wool 50%, acrylic 26%, cotton 13%, viscose 6%, polyester 5%
- 5,000m2
PB11334 Otis wool 100% - 3,500m2
CE Chapters Flour milling plant comprising the following major components, regardless of Free Free 99 303462D 07/12 08/13
84 to 90 Tariff classification: grain cleaning, purification and tempering machinery,
milling machinery, electrical control system, conveying systems, finished
product storage bins, packaging lines


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Concession Approvals Withdrawn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

9506.29.00 Paddle ... length .. .. .. 301840H .. ..


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 of Other Than Manufacturing Inputs
SMI - Shortfall of Manufacturing Inputs
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 will not be published in the Consolidated List of Approvals.

Any request for a review of a decision must be lodged with the Ministry within one calendar month of the notification of the decision in the Customs Edition of the New Zealand Gazette.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of September 2012. M.G. GARCIA, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.