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. 20) 2013
I, Suzanne Carol Green, Operations Manager Client Services, 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
(d) Decline to approve in respect of the goods listed in the Fourth Schedule to this notice Tariff concessions for which application was made.
FIRST SCHEDULE
Tariff Concessions Approved
Part
Tariff Rates of Duty 2 Ref. Effective
Item Tariff Concession Normal P ref. Ref. No. From To
X 8419.40.00) Heat exchange and cooling and distillation apparatus suited for use in manufacture and/or Free Free 99 310077E 6/13 ..
8419.50.00) processing of nitrogen, oxygen, argon, hydrogen or chlorine dioxide
8419.89.09)
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 3923.21.15 Printed retort pouches, of multi-layered sheet, of a kind used for the packaging of pet food. Free Free 99 310029E 1/13 12/13
For own use in manufacture by Mars Petcare New Zealand
CE 87.05 Six airport rescue fire fighting vehicles compliant with the following standards: Free Free 99 310003A 12/12 3/14
1. Part 139 of the Civil Aviation Rules issued by the New Zealand Ministry of Transport
under the Civil Aviation Act 1990
2. International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Airport Services Manual Doc.9137
Part 1, including amendment No.1
3. National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) NFPA414:2012, Standard for Aircraft Rescue
and Fire-Fighting Vehicles
4. New Zealand Transport Agency Rules and Regulations, specifically including:
a. Rule 33001/1 Vehicle Exhaust Emissions 2006
b. Rule 32015 Heavy-vehicle Brakes 2006
THIRD SCHEDULE
Tariff Concession Approvals Withdrawn
Part
Tariff Rates of Duty 2 Ref. Effective
Item Tariff Concession Normal Pref. Ref. No. From To
8419.40.00) Heat ... dioxide .. .. .. 981877E .. ..
8419.50.00)
8419.89.09)
FOURTH SCHEDULE
Applications for Tariff Concessions Declined
Tariff Ref.
Item Proposed Tariff Concession No.
7322.11.00) Radiators for central heating, not electrically heated 310002C
7322.19.00)
7616.99.90)
A 84.18 Refrigerators, freezers, refrigerator/freezers, and cool boxes, 12/24 volt DC, with a total 303331H
storage capacity not exceeding 360 litres, of a kind used in motor homes and boats
Tariff Concession Approvals, Withdrawals and Declines Notice No. 2013/20 - 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 concessions approved subject to prescribed purposes and conditions as listed in the Second Schedule to this notice and declined applications listed in the Fourth 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 20th day of June 2013. S.C. GREEN, New Zealand Customs Service.