Notice Title

Tariff (Statistical Requirements) Amendment Notice (No. 3) 2022

Pursuant to section 10(2) of the Tariff Act 1988, and acting under delegated authority from the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the Customs Technical Specialist, Revenue and Assurance of the New Zealand Customs Service gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title

This notice is the Tariff (Statistical Requirements) Amendment Notice (No. 3) 2022

2. Commencement

This notice comes into effect on 26 May 2022.

3. Certain Tariff item Statistical Key codes and units amended

The Tariff is hereby amended by revoking the statistical key codes represented by Tariff item and codes 2403.11.10 00F and 2403.11.90 00K and substituting the statistical key codes specified in the First Schedule to this notice. The statistical key unit being aligned with the new statistical key codes is also being amended.

FIRST SCHEDULE
Statistical Code and Unit Substituted
Number Statistical Key Goods
  Code Unit  
2403.11.10 10C kg - - - For further manufacture in a licensed manufacturing area
2403.11.90 10G kg . . . . . . . Other

Dated at Auckland this 24th day of May 2022.

JOSHUA HUNT, Customs Technical Specialist, Revenue and Assurance, New Zealand Customs Service, acting under delegated authority.

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Explanatory Note

This notice amends the Tariff item 2403.11.90 00K to align with the changes made to the Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties table around the calculation of excise-equivalent duty payable on the importation of water pipe tobacco. Tariff item 2403.11.10 00F is likewise being amended so that the statistical units recorded for the two codes under subheading 2403.11 are comparable.