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 (Advertisement) Notice No. 2016/20

Applications Advertised for Objection

Closing Date for Objections 2 August 2016

  1. Notice is hereby given that the following applications have been made in respect of the goods advertised in the Schedule to this notice. Any person wishing to lodge an objection should do so in writing, to the New Zealand Customs Service, Attn: Valuation, Origin and Classification section, PO Box 29, Shortland Street, Auckland 1140. Email: voc@customs.govt.nz, before 2 August 2016. All submissions should include:
    1. the Tariff Concession (Advertisement) Notice number;
    2. the Tariff item; and
    3. reference number.
  2. All submissions from local New Zealand manufacturers should include:
    1. the range of suitable alternative goods made locally in New Zealand;
    2. the grounds on which objection is made (including reasons why the locally produced or manufactured good is a suitable alternative);
    3. present and potential output;
    4. details of factory cost in terms of materials, labour, overheads, including the proportion of domestic and imported content.
  3. Where further information is required in order to make a submission an objector should contact the applicant in writing and refer a copy of the enquiry to the New Zealand Customs Service quoting the details in paragraph 1 above.

 

SCHEDULE

Tariff
Item

Proposed Tariff Concession

Name and Address
of Applicant

Part
2
Ref.

Appn
Ref.
No.

*Category
of
Appn

0811.90.19

500,000kg of organic blueberries (frozen and certified organic) for own use in manufacturing by OOB Foods from August 2016 to August 2017

OOB Foods GP Limited
89 Jones Road
Warkworth 0986

99

310638B

IM

2309.90.19

High strength forage innoculant

PPP Industries Limited
C/o McKenzie & Co Ltd
16 Wear Street
Oamaru 9400

99

310627G

A

3923.21.28)
8716.80.09)

Waste and recycling type rubbish system, incorporating the following components: a trolley stand, to which is fitted a cassette of up to 110m of 3-layer polyethylene tube, scissors and ties (whether or not imported together or separately)

Easi Recycling NZ Limited
C/o PKF Ross Melville
Level 5
50 Anzac Avenue
Auckland 1010

99

310336G

A

3926.90.69)
7308.90.90)
7326.90.09)
7610.90.00)
8302.41.00)

Curtain track components of a kind used in theatres, auditoriums, halls and the like

John Herber Limited
C/o Ashton Wheelans Limited
Level 2
83 Victoria Street
Christchurch 8013

99

310384G

A

6005.32.19

Warp knitted 16 gauge HDPE shade cloth

Q.C.D. Limited
8 Taylors Road
Sandringham
Auckland 1025

99

310621H

A

73.22)
76.16)

Radiators for central heating

Belle Comfort Solutions Limited
6 Murray Place
Camberley
Hastings 4120

99

310620K

A

8507.60.00

AC-coupled electrical energy storage system, which incorporates rechargeable lithium-ion battery packs and a bi-directional power conversion system

Vector Limited
Level 4
101 Carlton Gore Road
Newmarket
Auckland 1023

99

310345F

A

8516.60.19

Airfryers, of kind used in domestic kitchens, circulates heated air to cook food

Breville New Zealand Limited
Private Bag 94411
Botany
Auckland 2163

99

310383J

A

Category of Application:

A
CE
IM
MS
RUC
S
SMI
SS
M
W
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General Approval
Capital Equipment
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
Withdrawal of Concession
Denotes amendment or addition

 

Dated at Auckland this 7th day of July 2016.

DANIEL WRIGHT, New Zealand Customs Service.