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. 2017/17

Applications Advertised for Objection

Closing Date for Objections 13 June 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 13 June 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

2106.90.99

Fruit blend capsules: whole food based nutrition capsules containing concentrated fruit juice powders and fruit pulp powders

The Juice Plus Company (Australia) Pty Limited
18 Cryers Road
East Tamaki
Auckland 2013

99

310696K

A

2106.90.99

Fruit blend soft chews: whole food based nutrition pastilles containing concentrated fruit juice powders and fruit pulp powders

The Juice Plus Company (Australia) Pty Limited
18 Cryers Road
East Tamaki
Auckland 2013

99

310722B

A

9403.10.09

Modular acoustic pod designed to provide a private space within open plan workplaces

Europlan Limited
125 The Strand
Parnell
Auckland 1010

99

310721D

A

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 18th day of May 2017.

SIMON van WEEGHEL, New Zealand Customs Service.