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. 1) 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;
  3. decline to approve in respect of the goods listed in the Fourth Schedule to this notice Tariff concessions for which application was made.


FIRST SCHEDULE

Tariff Concessions Approved

      Rates of Duty     Effective

 

Tariff Item

Tariff Concession

Normal

Pref

Part 2 Ref

Ref No.

From

To

A

71.14

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

Free

Free

99

310691J

12/16

..


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

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

Free

Free

99

310692G

4/17

3/18

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

Free

Free

99

310693E

12/16

11/17


FOURTH SCHEDULE
Applications for Tariff Concessions Declined

             

 

Tariff Item

Proposed Tariff Concession

Ref No.

   

 

8904.00.01

Tug, Rascal 1800 ASD (azimuth stern drive), 18.7 length, 9.2m beam, 30 tonne bollard pull; imported by Port Otago Limited

310648K

   

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 19th day of January 2017.

SIMON van WEEGHEL, New Zealand Customs Service.