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. 6) 2016

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

7614.90

Cable, electrical conducting, aluminium conductor composite core (ACCC) type, suitable for overhead power transmission.

Free

Free

99

310369C

12/15

..

A

8507.80.00

Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI) saltwater batteries.

Free

Free

99

310370G

12/15

..


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

3920.20.09

600 tonnes of three-layer cast co-extruded film, comprising: layers of polypropylene and ethyl vinyl acetate (EVA) with an overall thickness of 25 microns to 45 microns. For own use in manufacture by Fonterra Brands Limited.

Free

Free

99

310367G

4/16

3/17

IM

3926.21.15

Pouch, stand up type, resealable, with de-metallised see through window, containing the following layers: polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and printed linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE).

Free

Free

99

310376F

1/16

12/16

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 3rd day of March 2016.

ALAN J. MASTERS, New Zealand Customs Service.