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. 25) 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;
  3. withdraw with effect 14 days from the date of this New Zealand 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

      Rates of Duty     Effective
  Tariff Item Tariff Concession Normal Pref Part 2 Ref Ref No. From To

X

8421.21.00)
8421.22.00)
8421.29.00)

Degassing machine

Free

Free

99

999581B

4/03

..

M

9608.10.02)
9608.99.19)

Ball point pens (and parts thereof)

Free

Free

99

310272G

5/15

..

M

9608.20.02

Highlighters, being instruments used to overlay transparent fluorescent colour of text or part of an illustration

Free

Free

99

310274C

5/15

..

M

9608.20.02

Permanent marker

Free

Free

99

310273E

5/15

..


SECOND SCHEDULE
Tariff Concessions Approvals Subject to Prescribed Purposes and Conditions

      Rates of Duty     Effective
  Tariff Item Tariff Concession Normal Pref Part 2 Ref Ref No. From To

CE

84.14)
Chapter 73)
Chapter 84)
Chapter 85)
Chapter 90)

2 dome aeration systems, for use in cement storage dome installed at Timaru and Auckland, including: dome aeration pipework and valves, level control and under/over pressure relief valve, fluidised floor with aeration fabric, aeration trenches, silo outlet crushers and aeration blowers, electrical equipment including electrical switchboard (motor starter) and control panel, excludes: parts of general use; on production of purchase order by Holcim (New Zealand) Limited

Free

Free

99

310270L

4/15

3/16


THIRD SCHEDULE
Tariff Concession Approvals Withdrawn

      Rates of Duty     Effective
  Tariff Item Tariff Concession Normal Pref Part 2 Ref Ref No. From To

 

8479.89.00

Degassing machines

..

..

..

999581B

..

..

 

9608.10.02)
9608.99.19)

Ball … each

..

..

..

987621K

..

..

 

9608.20.02

Permanent … prevention

..

..

..

996166G

..

..

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 30th day of July 2015.

ALAN J. MASTERS, New Zealand Customs Service.