TARIFF CONCESSION APPROVALS, WITHDRAWALS AND DECLINES NOTICE (NO. 16) 2013
I, Allwyn John Netto, Chief Customs Officer, New Zealand Customs Service, 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
Tariff Concessions Approved
Part
Tariff Rates of Duty 2 Ref. Effective
Item Tariff Concession Normal P ref. Ref. No. From To
A 3926.90.69) Hanging bird feeders, of the following types: Free Free 99 303508F 10/12 ..
7326.20.19) (a) Made of steel wire that has been coated or covered with plastics, resembling a cage
(suet feeder type)
(b) Made of plastics, resembling a log with a number of holes through it
(suet log feeder type)
A 3926.90.69 Cribbing blocks, of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC), having non-slip surfaces, so shaped as to Free Free 99 303478L 08/12 ..
interlock with each other
A 8428.90.00 Hydraulically operated truck or utility tailgate lifts, having two cylinders, aluminium Free Free 99 303530B 11/12 ..
platforms, tilt assist, and of a lifting capacity exceeding 1,500kg
A 8535.90.19 Stainless steel power cable link boxes, internally fitted with tinned copper connection Free Free 99 303488H 09/12 ..
links and plastic insulators
M 8537.20.00 Gas insulated switchgear using SF6 gas as an insulating medium with either vacuum, or Free Free 99 303531L 11/12 ..
SF6 gas as a breaking medium. Range 17.5kV to 552kV
A 9506.29.00 Water powered personal propulsion board which features a pump mechanism nozzle to Free Free 99 303528L 10/12 ..
direct water flow and a throttle to control thrust. The device is propelled via a pipe which
connects to a water skimming jet bike or a jet boat
SECOND SCHEDULE
Tariff Concession Approvals Subject to Prescribed Purposes and Conditions
Part
Tariff Rates of Duty 2 Ref. Effective
Item Tariff Concession Normal Pref. Ref. No. From To
IM 0404.90.19 28,000 metric tonnes of Milk Permeate, for own use in manufacture by Fonterra Group Ltd Free Free 99 310016C 3/13 02/14
SMI 0811.90.19 500 tonnes of individually quick-frozen blueberries, for own use in manufacture by Free Free 99 310018K 3/13 12/13
Blueberry Country Ltd for the period March 2013 - December 2013
IM 1905.32.00 225 metric tonnes of rolled sugar waffle cones, in sleeves, for own use in the manufacture Free Free 99 310017A 2/13 01/14
of ice cream cones
IM 3920.20.09 600 tonnes of three-layer, cast, co-extruded film, made up of layers of polypropylene Free Free 99 310008B 4/13 03/14
and ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), with an overall thickness of 25 microns to 45 microns.
For own use in manufacture by Fonterra Brands Ltd
X Chapter 84) 136 Megawatt binary power station at Ngatamariki Plant site. Major components Free Free 99 310046E 3/13 12/13
Chapter 85) being Binary Turbines, Energy Converter Brine Units, Generators, Transformers,
Chapter 90) Circuit Breakers, Air Cooled Condensers and associated cooling plant, Pre heaters,
Super Heaters, Vaporizers, Recuperators, Geothermal Separators and Accumulators.
Excluding transformers up to 10 MVA. Mechanical workshop equipment and
construction machinery of Tariff chapters 84 and 87
THIRD SCHEDULE
Tariff Concession Approvals Withdrawn
Part
Tariff Rates of Duty 2 Ref. Effective
Item Tariff Concession Normal Pref. Ref. No. From To
3926.90.69 Cribbing ... other .. .. .. 303478L .. ..
8428.90.09 Hydraulically ... aluminium .. .. .. 303530B .. ..
8537.20.00 Gas ... 362KV .. .. .. 987405E .. ..
Tariff Concession Approvals, Withdrawals and Declines Notice No. 2013/16 - continued
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
M - Modification of Existing Concession
X - Administrative Amendment
The tariff 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.
A request for a decision to be reconsidered must be lodged with Customs within 20 working days of the notification of the decision in the Customs Edition of the New Zealand Gazette.
Dated at Auckland this 24th day of May 2013. A.J. NETTO, New Zealand Customs Service.