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 (Advertisement) Notice No. 2016/37

Applications Advertised for Objection

Closing Date for Objections 10 January 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, Attn: Valuation, Origin and Classification section, PO Box 29, Shortland Street, Auckland 1140. Email: voc@customs.govt.nz, before 10 January 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.

 

SCHEDULE

Tariff
Item

Proposed Tariff Concession

Name and Address
of Applicant

Part
2
Ref.

Appn
Ref.
No.

*Category
of
Appn

3920.20.09

600 tonnes of three-layer, cast, co-extruded film, comprising: layers of polypropylene and ethyl vinyl acetate (EVA), with an overall thickness of 25 microns to 45 microns, for own use in manufacture by Fonterra Brands Limited, for the period 1/04/2017 to 31/03/2018

Fonterra Brands Limted
Una Street
Takanini
Auckland 2112

99

310692G

IM

71.14

Platinum, of a fineness of not less than 99.0%, rounds or investment bars, 500gm or less

New Zealand Vault Limited
PO Box 10206
The Terrace
Wellington 6143

99

310691J

A

8419.89.09

Fermentation tank, of a kind for the production of vinegar (with an acidity of up to 14–15%), imported by ACV Health Products Limited

ACV Health Products Limited
27 Boys Road
Rangiora 7400

99

310669B

CE

8465.10.00

CNC double head mitre saw, of a kind for cutting uPVC profiles to length; with a fully automatic CNC driven downstream processing centre, of a kind for reinforcement screw driving, drilling and routing cut-to-length profiles for uPVC window and door manufacturing, imported by NK Window Solutions Limited

NK Window Solutions Limited
8 Anchorage Road
Hornby South
Christchurch 0842

99

310693E

CE

Category of Application:

A
CE
IM
MS
RUC
S
SMI
SS
M
W
+











General Approval
Capital Equipment
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
Withdrawal of Concession
Denotes amendment or addition

 

Dated at Auckland this 15th day of December 2016.

SIMON van WEEGHEL, New Zealand Customs Service.