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 Concession Approvals, Withdrawals and Declines Notice (No. 19) 2015

I, Alan J. Masters, Chief Customs Officer, Revenue and Assurance, New Zealand Customs Service, acting pursuant to section 8 of the Tariff Act 1988 under delegated authority hereby:

  1. 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;
  2. 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:


FIRST SCHEDULE
Tariff Concessions Approved

 

 

 

Rates of Duty

Part
2
Ref

Ref
No.

Effective

 

Tariff Item

Tariff Concession

Normal

Pref

From

To

A

3925.20

Impact swing door, leaf type, made of polyethylene HWPE and having stainless steel hinges, with an operating temperature range -30°C and 60°C

Free

Free

99

310248D

8/14

..


SECOND SCHEDULE
Tariff Concessions Approvals Subject to Prescribed Purposes and Conditions

 

 

 

Rates of Duty

Part
2
Ref

Ref
No.

Effective

 

Tariff Item

Tariff Concession

Normal

Pref

From

To

IM

0811.90.19

600,000kg of organic blueberries (frozen and certified organic) for own use in manufacture by Omaha Blueberries Limited

Free

Free

99

310257C

8/15

7/16

CE

8419.31

One (1) only, dryer-dehydrator for hay bales, on production of purchase order by PMR Grain Systems

Free

Free

99

310261A

10/14

1/15

CE

8705.90.00

Furnace tending vehicle, capable of furnace stirring, skimming, cleaning and charging, skimming dross waste by-product, control of all operations by a multifunctional joystick, and having the following: telescopic arm, built in safety controls, emergency electric retraction, swivelling upper carriage, and short down length, on production of purchase orders by New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited

Free

Free

99

310260C

3/15

2/16

Category of Approval:

A
CE
GT
IM
MS
RUC
S
SMI
SS
M
X











General Approval
Capital Equipment
Goods in Transit
Inputs to Manufacturing – Inability to Supply
Manufacturers’ Samples
Revocation of Unused Concession
Shortfall of Other Than Manufacturing Inputs
Shortfall of Manufacturing Inputs
Special Situation
Modification of Existing Concession
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 Auckland this 4th day of June 2015.

ALAN J. MASTERS, New Zealand Customs Service.