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. 28) 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;
  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

9401.80.00)
9401.90.19)
9403.70.00)
9403.90.00)

Chair and/or table, of moulded polypropylene resin, CATAS certified, of a kind suited for use in the hospitality industry; parts whether or not imported separately, excluding parts of general use

Free

Free

99

310379L

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

0811.10.09

Strawberries, organic and frozen, 200,000kg, for use in manufacture by OOB Foods GP Limited

Free

Free

99

310658G

9/16

8/17

IM

0811.20.09

Blackberries, organic and IQF (individually quick frozen), 150,000kg, imported by Alchemy Agencies Limited for use in manufacture by OOB Foods GP Limited

Free

Free

99

310654D

8/16

7/18

IM

5111.20.08)
5515.13.29)

Woven fabrics containing wool:
55% polyester, 45% wool; 370/390g/m² – 3,000m²
60% wool, 40% polyester; 325/350g/m² – 2,500m²

Free

Free

99

310656L

10/16

7/17

IM

5515.13.29

Woven fabrics containing wool:
Ref: F70.6790 (Tartan); 55% polyester, 45% wool; weight 320g/m² – 400m²
Ref: F70.7501 (Light Navy); 55% polyester, 45% wool; weight 320g/m² – 400m²
Ref: F70.7561 (Stripe); 55% polyester, 45% wool; weight 320g/m² – 400m²
Ref: F70.2097 (Stripe); 55% polyester, 45% wool; weight 320g/m² – 400m²
Ref: F70.6755 (Tartan); 55% polyester, 45% wool; weight 300g/m² – 400m²
Ref: F70.9196 (Tartan); 55% polyester, 45% wool; weight 300g/m² – 400m²
Ref: F70.7503 (Navy); 55% polyester, 45% wool; weight 300g/m² – 400m²
Ref: F79.7503 (Navy); 55% polyester, 45% wool; weight 240g/m² – 600m²
Ref: F09.9500 (Grey); 55% polyester, 45% wool; weight 255g/m² – 3,000m²
Ref: F09.9700 (Clerical Grey); 55% polyester, 45% wool; weight 255g/m² – 3,000m²

Free

Free

99

310640D

6/16

2/17

CE

7308.90.90)
7610.10.00)

Steel structures for the construction of agricultural mushroom growing rooms and parts thereof. Aluminium sliding doors with food safe coatings for use in mushroom growing rooms and parts thereof, imported by Mercer Assets Limited

Free

Free

99

310637D

6/16

5/17

CE

7312.10.00)
8428.60.00)
8431.39.00)

Traction mechanism, for the upgrade of the Wellington Cable Car (funiculars); associated parts, whether imported together or separately and regardless of tariff classification, excluding: parts of general use; imported by Doppelmayr Lifts NZ Limited and covered by order WAA0004119

Free

Free

99

310634K

5/16

4/17

CE

7610.90

Canopy, with aluminium framing and polycarbonate panels, of a kind used to enclose ski field conveyor systems

Free

Free

99

310632C

5/16

4/17

CE

8537.10.00

Electric control system, for the upgrade of the Wellington Cable Car (funiculars); associated parts, whether imported together or separately and regardless of tariff classification, excluding: parts of general use; imported by Doppelmayr Lifts NZ Limited and covered by order WAA0004119

Free

Free

99

310633A

5/16

4/17


THIRD SCHEDULE
Tariff Concession Approvals Withdrawn

      Rates of Duty     Effective

 

Tariff Item

Tariff Concession

Normal

Pref

Part 2 Ref

Ref No.

From

To

X

9401.80.00)
9401.90.19)
9403.70.00)
9403.90.00)

Chair…use

..

..

..

310379L

..

..

Category of Approval:

A
CE
GT
IM
MS
RUC
S
SMI
SS
M
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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 29th day of September 2016.

ALAN J. MASTERS, New Zealand Customs Service.