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. 22) 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

A

2309.90.19

High strength forage innoculant

Free

Free

99

310627G

4/16

..

A

3923.90.28)
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 three-layer polyethylene tube, scissors and ties (whether or not imported together or separately)

Free

Free

99

310336G

10/15

..

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

Free

Free

99

310384G

2/16

..

X

8302.42.00

Brass furniture fittings of a type used in the restoration of antique and period furniture only

Free

Free

99

982089C

3/90

..

A

8507.60.00

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

Free

Free

99

310345F

11/15

..

A

8516.60.19

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

Free

Free

99

310383J

2/16

..


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

0811.90.19

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

Free

Free

99

310638B

8/16

7/17


THIRD SCHEDULE
Tariff Concession Approvals Withdrawn

      Rates of Duty     Effective

 

Tariff Item

Tariff Concession

Normal

Pref

Part 2 Ref

Ref No.

From

To

 X

8302.42.00

Brass furniture…railing systems

..

..

99

982089C

..

..

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 4th day of August 2016.

ALAN J. MASTERS, New Zealand Customs Service.