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. 8) 2017

I, Simon van Weeghel, Supervising 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

32.08)
32.09)

Polymer resin protective coating (one pot) for long term UV protection of hard substrates, unpainted metals, painted and powder coated metals, fibreglass, ceramics and hard plastic

Free

Free

99

310618H

03/16

..

A

32.09)
32.10)

Low migration coating and varnish for use with printing inks

Free

Free

99

310357K

11/15

..

A

3215.19.00

Radiation curing flexographic printing ink

Free

Free

99

310641B

06/16

..

A

3923.10.01

Wine storage containers for up to six bottles, stackable, made of recycled HDPE, dimensions less than 28cm high, 30cm wide, 21cm deep

Free

Free

99

310698F

12/16

..

A

4302.19)
4302.30)

Reindeer skin: tanned or dressed, whole, pieces or cuttings

Free

Free

99

310688J

11/16

..


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

0404.90.19

Milk permeate, 30,000MT, for the use by Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited.

Free

Free

99

310702H

03/17

02/18

IM

3923.21.15

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

Free

Free

99

310701K

01/17

12/17

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 15th day of March 2017.

SIMON van WEEGHEL, New Zealand Customs Service.