Applications Advertised for Objection

Closing Date for Objections 11 April 2017

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 (attention: Valuation, Origin and Classification section), PO Box 29, Shortland Street, Auckland 1140, email: voc@customs.govt.nz, before 11 April 2017. 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.

Dated at Auckland this 15th day of March 2017.

SIMON van WEEGHEL, New Zealand Customs Service.