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. 37) 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 1902.40.00 Dried couscous prepared from semolina flour Free Free 99 303482J 8/12 ..
A 3808.99.00 Ditrac, Contrac, Final and Tomcat Rodenticides Free Free 99 303452G 8/12 ..
A 44.12 European birch plywood (100%) (specie Betula Pendula) with either a plywood face, Free Free 99 303470E 7/12 ..
or overlayed
A 8418.30) Commercial scoop ice cream freezer exceeding 430 litres with static evaporator, Free Free 99 303486A 8/12 ..
8418.50) separate under-storage door and glass sliding lids)
A 8418.40) Commercial glass door freezer exceeding 245 litres with static evaporator Free Free 99 303487K 8/12 ..
8418.50) and fixed shelves
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
X 0811.90.19 300MT of individually quick frozen (IQF) blueberries for use by Blueberries Country Ltd Free Free 99 303400D 4/12 12/12
- period 04/2012 to 12/2012
X Chapter 84) Thyristor valve pole 3 system and parts thereof, for the upgrade of Benmore and Free Free 99 302945L 6/10 6/13
Chapter 85) Haywards substation, for the period 06/2010 to 06/2013:
Chapter 90) 1. AC Switchyard & Filter Systems viz:
Circuit Breakers
Surge Arresters
Disconnectors and Grounding Switches
Instrument Transformers
PLC Filters
Passive AC Filters
Passive DC Filters
Steel Structures
Insulators
Clamps and Connectors
Disc Insulators
Conductors
Grounding Material
Power Transformer
Reactors (Smoothing Reactors)
SVC PLUS 60/100 MVAr
2. Converter System
Thyristor Valves
Wall Bushings
Converter Transformers
Transformer Grounding System
Valve Cooling System
3. Control, Protection & Auxiliary System
Control Cables (Incl Fibre Optic)
Power Cables
Cable Installation Material
Medium Voltage Switchgear
AC Protection
Filter Protection
Metering and Measuring
Diagnostic System
Remote Control Unit
Interface Systems
DC Station Control
DC Control and Protection System
Operator Control
General LAN-Masterclock
AC Station Control
Auxiliary Transformers
Station Service Switchgear
Battery Systems
Battery Chargers
AC & DC Distribution
UPS
Simulator
Tariff Concession Approvals, Withdrawals and Declines Notice No. 2012/37 - continued
THIRD SCHEDULE
Concession Approvals Withdrawn
Part
Tariff Rates of Duty II Ref. Effective
Item Description of Goods Normal Pref. Ref. No. From To
3808.99.00 Ditrac ... rodenticides .. .. 99 302600A .. ..
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 11th day of October 2012. M.G. GARCIA, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.