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. 26) 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     Effective
  Tariff Item Tariff Concession Normal Pref Part 2 Ref Ref No. From To

A

40.06

Ballistic protection material, non-vulcanised rubber, Dura-Panel EXP™ and Dura-Bloc EXP™

Free

Free

99

310268J

4/15

..

A

8479.89

Rapid roll door, having a closing speed of 0.4m/s or faster, utilising an extruded bead seal to retain the curtain in the side columns

Free

Free

99

310264F

5/14

..


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

IM

60.01)
60.05)
60.06)

Knitted fabrics:
Ref: PB4290 “Silly Putty”; 100% modal – 5,000m²
Ref: PF15292 “Little Hound”; 60% polyester, 40% nylon – 5,000m²
Ref: PF15297 “Howling”; 100% acrylic pile on 100% polyester base – 3,000m²
Ref: PF15298 “Mountain King”; 100% acrylic pile on 100% polyester base – 3,000m²
Ref: PF15299 “Bear Island”; 100% acrylic pile on 100% polyester base – 3,000m²
Ref: PF15300 “Animal Farm”; 100% acrylic pile on 100% polyester base – 3,000m²
Ref: PF15302 “Bad Moon”; 100% acrylic pile on 100% polyester base – 3,000m²
Ref: PF15319 “Odin”; 100% acrylic pile on 100% polyester base – 3,000m²
Ref: PF15213 “Festival Pelliccia (Stark)”; 100% polyester pile  – 3,000m²
Ref: PF15214 “Galattico Maglia (Web of Lies)”; 93% acrylic, 7% wool – 3,000m²

Free

Free

99

310275A

5/15

4/16

IM

6001.92)
6006.32)

Knitted fabrics:
Ref: PB4280 “Night Owl”; 90% polyester, 10% spandex velveteen – 6,000m²
Ref: PF2044 “Essential”; 100% polyester stretch mesh – 16,000m²
Ref: PF2151 “Simple Lining”; 100% polyester – 5,000m²

Free

Free

99

310278F

6/15

5/16

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 13th day of August 2015.

ALAN J. MASTERS, New Zealand Customs Service.