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. 32) 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

3920.20.29)
3920.99.39)

Clashing strip (furniture edging); of polypropylene (PP), thickness (between and including) 0.6mm to 3mm; of poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA), thickness (between and including) 1mm to 2mm

Free

Free

99

310280H

7/15

..


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

IM

1702.11)
1702.19)

Monohydrate lactose powder, 12,000MT only, for own use in manufacture by Westland Milk Products

Free

Free

99

310287E

6/15

5/16

IM

5515.13.29

Woven fabric containing wool:
Ref: N96058 “Montal”; 55% polyester, 45% wool; weight 232g/m² — 15,000m²

Free

Free

99

310285J

7/15

4/16

IM

6005.31.19

Knitted fabric:
Ref: T1526 “TK700”; 100% polyester — 40,000m²

Free

Free

99

310284L

7/15

6/16

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 24th day of September 2015.

ALAN J. MASTERS, New Zealand Customs Service.