Imports / Exports
Compliance monitoring of container status
The New Zealand Customs Service continues to monitor importations where an entry is received showing the container status as Full Container Load (FCL) and further entries, for that same container, are also received.
Information about this monitoring programme was provided in Customs Release, Issue 25, of 29 January 2010. Click here to see article
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Helping New Zealand business do better internationally
The Prime Minister has made it clear that 2010 is the year in which he wants to make a difference, particularly in respect to economic growth.
With a mandate to support New Zealand businesses internationally, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is positioned to help deliver on that commitment.
When we appeared before this Select Committee in [...]
NZ Customs, Compliance monitoring of container status
With three exceptions, Full Container Load (FCL) status can only be used on an entry where that entry accounts for all of the goods in that container.
The only permissible exceptions to this requirement apply to import containers where all of the goods are imported by the same client, and
NZ Customs seizes over one tonne of ‘P’ precursor last year
The New Zealand Customs Services has, for the first time, intercepted over one tonne of methamphetamine precursor ContacNT in a single calendar year. The one tonne mark was passed in November 2009.
The amount Customs intercepted last year was enough to manufacture at least 246 kilograms of methamphetamine, or ‘P’, saving an estimated $138.6 million dollars [...]
ISSUING OF PERMITS TO IMPORT OVER CHRISTMAS ? NEW YEAR PERIOD
Persons importing food into New Zealand requiring a New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) Permit are advised that permits will only be able to be issued until noon on 24 December and from 29 December to noon on 31 December. Normal business will resume on Tuesday 5 January.
Sampling and testing [...]
Welcome to the new Customs air cargo inspection facility
New air cargo inspection facility
On Monday 14 November the New Zealand Customs Service Auckland based Cab 2000 x-ray was moved from the location it started in nearly five years ago (the airport freight centre) to the new air cargo inspection facility across the road on the corner of Tom Pearce Drive and George Bolt Memorial Drive.
Assurance for traders
The word ‘audit’ may invoke apprehension for many, but the New Zealand Customs Service Audit Programme is in the best interests of all concerned…
Trade is the backbone of New Zealand’s economy, but our small size and distance from major world markets poses some unique challenges.
New Zealand Customs Assisting Exporters
If one thing is certain in world trade today, it is the importance of secure international supply chains.
Five years ago the New Zealand Customs Service introduced the Secure Exports Scheme (SES) to Kiwi businesses.
The scheme grew from the need for increased vigilance and security across international trade in the wake of terrorist attacks, and [...]
Import Fundamentals
When it comes to importing and managing an international supply chain, the devil is in the detail. New Zealand-based importers face a barrage of decisions around currency and exchange issues, payment terms, insurance and quality control. Once the goods have arrived in New Zealand, these companies must pick their way through a myriad of options [...]
