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Import entries including simplified entries The submission of documentation by email in support of entries routed to Trade Assurance by CusMod has b....
The New Zealand Customs Service's air cargo inspection facility will be relocating to new premises on 28 November 2009. The new premises are located....
The annual adjustment to the excise and excise-equivalent duty rates on tobacco products will take place on 1 January 2010. The annual adjustment is b....
Five years on, the Secure Exports Scheme is going well. In 2004, the New Zealand Customs Service introduced the Secure Exports Scheme (SES) to Kiwi ....
The following new fact sheets are available: Fact Sheet 40: Advice on Detained, Forfeited and Seized Goods (September 2009) Fact S....
The Border (Customs, Excise, and Tariff) Processing Bill has now been introduced to Parliament.You can read about the Bill, Regulatory Impact Statemen....
Two P smugglers have been given life imprisonment – a legal first in New Zealand.Drug smugglers Chen Ming Chin and Pan Wei Feng – caught during Operat....
Thinking of avoiding Customs when entering New Zealand on a yacht or small craft? Think again. Crossing New Zealand’s maritime border without th....
The final amendments in the Customs and Excise Amendment Act (No 3) 2008 come into force on 24 September 2009. These changes relate to three main are....
Think you got a bargain with the cosmetics you just purchased online? The New Zealand Customs Service has seen a significant increase in counter....
During the past two weeks the New Zealand Customs Service has carried out an intensive operation in Auckland targeting organised crime syndicates who ....
Yesterday morning Otaki Police assisted a team of Customs officers executing a search warrant on a dwelling in Otaki Township. As a result of the op....
With the passing of the Order in Council for the Customs and Excise Amendment Act (No 3), long held remedies for relief from seizure pass into history....
Importers of illegal drugs have found another way to smuggle precursors into New Zealand and are preying upon Asian landlords to carry out their illeg....
Brokers will have experienced improvement in processing times for import entries provided by the New Zealand Customs Service single national work queu....
The New Zealand Customs Service invites a response from entities with an interest in being designated as a certification body able to issue certificat....
Today the Prime Minister, John Key, and his Australian counterpart, Kevin Rudd, announced a number of measures to improve the border crossing experien....
The New Zealand Customs Service in working with British American Tobacco (BAT) New Zealand to crack down on the illegal trade of tobacco and tobacco p....
On Friday The New Zealand Customs Service published the new look electronic Customs Release. The new HTML release allows Customs to make use of col....
Two seamen on a visiting cargo ship were convicted in North Shore District Court on Friday after being prosecuted by the New Zealand Customs Service f....
The New Zealand Customs Service is being given greater powers to prosecute intellectual property rights (IPR) infringements under proposed legislation....
In the past few weeks medal and long service award ceremonies were held in Christchurch, Auckland, and Wellington.The Customs medal recognises 14 year....
Two Christchurch Customs dogs and their handlers recently volunteered their assistance at The Press Dogs Day Out on Sunday 12 July.Sean Quin and explo....
The New Zealand and China Customs administrations have signed an exchange of letters that rectifies a number of issues with the certificate of origin ....
The two Customs forms NZCS 205 and NZCS 206 have now been combined into one document, namely NZCS 205.Previously these forms were used for application....
The Auckland HCV x-ray truck is no longer situated at the Ports of Auckland Fergusson Terminal, now being situated at Bledisloe terminal. Access to ....
Approval is required from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade under the: Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1996 to import and export triethanol....
New rates for the Alcohol Advisory Council levy (‘ALAC levy’) will apply from 1 July 2009. The new rates are those set out in the Alcohol Advisory Cou....
Auckland Airport has been voted the best in the Australia Pacific region, and the tenth best in the world, in the 2009 independent Skytrax awards.Over....
From 1 July 2009, the New Zealand Food Safety Authority Verification Agency (NZFSAVA) will manage all NZFSA’s border clearance procedures for imported....
Three New Zealand Customs Service explosive detector dogs and their trainers recently completed a three month training course.Last Friday the new dogs....
The annual adjustment to the excise and excise-equivalent duty rates on alcohol products will take place on 1 July 2009. The annual adjustment is base....
Customs Import and Export Prohibition (Toothfish) Orders 2006 will expire on 10 May 2009. These Orders will be replaced on 11 May 2009 by the: Customs....
The New Zealand Customs Service, under the direction of the Ministry of Health, is managing all international passengers arriving at all New Zealand i....
New Zealand Customs’ biggest single drugs interception in April this year was 40 kilograms of the precursor, Contac NT hidden in a shipping container ....
Fact Sheet 30 has been substantially updated and is now available on the Customs website. Fact Sheet 30 – New Zealand – Thailand Closer Economic Par....
Today the New Zealand Customs Service remembered those Customs officers who fell in the battlefields of the First and Second World Wars. Their names a....
Trade Assurance is implementing a single national work queue which will take effect on 27 April 2009. Brokers will see little change in the way thei....
The New Zealand Customs Service is working with Procter & Gamble (P&G) to enhance Customs ability to detect counterfeit consumer products that are att....
The New Zealand Customs Service as an organisation is constantly seeking to innovate and find new and better ways of conducting its business. Trade As....
Stephen Baggs, of Kelston, received the Queen's Service Medal at an investiture ceremony atGovernment House in Auckland on 1 April 2009 for services t....
Customs Minister Maurice Williamson says increasingly ‘P’ makers are using vacant rentalproperties as drop-off and pick-up points for illegally import....
The last week has been a very successful one for New Zealand Customs officers at Auckland Airportand at the International Mail Centre, also in Aucklan....
Two men who smuggled in enough 'P' to provide a hit for every single person in Auckland were sentenced to life imprisonment in December, in a legal fi....
In December last year New Zealand Customs completed a survey of travellers, of the business community and of our colleague Government agencies, to mea....
A new series of Border Patrol began on TV One this month. Past series have been very popular andthis one is no exception. It gives a ‘fly-on-the-wall’....
Customs organisations worldwide celebrate International Customs Day (ICD) each year on 26 January. This marks the day of the first official meeting of....
The following new/updated fact sheets are now available: Fact Sheet 2 (updated), United Nations Export and Import Sanctions. This has been updated to ....
The following new/updated fact sheets are now available: ·....
The annual adjustment to the excise and excise-equivalent duty rates on tobacco products will takeplace on 1 January 2009.
Please note that The New Zealand Customs Service updated FACT Sheet 17 Deferred Payment Scheme on the 1st July 2008. Applications for acceptance to th....
It is Anniversary Day in Canterbury....
Fact Sheet 18 - this Fact Sheet has been updated to incorporate the changes under the new section 68a of the Cus....
The below Customs Fact Sheets have been updated and are now available on the website.Fact Sheet 4 – Export Prohibitions and Restrictions Fact She....
Fact Sheet 38: Exports to China - Certification and Trade Facilitation (October 2008) is now available. The contact details for New Zealanders seeking....
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The New Zealand Trade Assurance team advise that the counter located at
Report on Round Three, 8‑9 October 2008,
The Biofuel Bill was ....
Exporting to Ch....
New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) has released important information in relation to Melamine....
Fact Sheet 2 Fact Sheet 2 has been updated to include ther changes in the UN Sanctions, namely the inclusion of arms and related materials exported....
New Zealand Customs Service officers have seized 80-kilos of Contac NT (pseudoephedrine), enough to produce as much as 24-kilos of Methamphetamine (P)....
A JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT FROM NZ POLICE, NZ CUSTOMS SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS:Police have today executed more than twenty search warrants in th....
The 12-month transition period for BMS import requirements ends on 30 August 2008. From this date, only countries that have a pre clearance arrangeme....
The Chief Executive of the New Zealand Customs Service is to designate Independent Verification Services Ltd of Hamilton, the New Zealand Chambers of ....
The Working Tariff Document of New Zealand 2008 is currently being produced and will replace the existing (2007) Working Tariff Document of New Zealan....
New Zealand Customs Service is aware of an email scam where members of the public are being informed that a parcel is awaiting Customs clearance. The ....
Information matching between Inland Revenue and New Zealand Customs for the purpose of recovering outstanding child support debt will begin at the end....
New Zealand is hosting an international Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) exercise in Auckland between 15-19 September 2008 and the website supp....
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) has advised Customs that from 16 July 2008 approval will be required to import used: - Other lifting, h....
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) has advised that the Biosecurity Risk Screening Levy has increased, and will apply to qualifying import....
As part of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (June 26) Customs made several media releases.Along with the releases, TV One ....
Effective 06 June 2008, changes have been made to the travellers concessions that cover the duty free entry of: - used aircraft- motor vehicles-....
The Minister of Health has approved new rates of Alcohol Advisory Council (ALAC) levy that apply from 1 July 2008. The new rates are payable on all al....
Press Release: 6 March 2008....
55 year old Charles Yip Mou Lam was convicted in Auckland District Court yesterday for attempting to illegally import 700kg of tropical and sub-tropic....
CUSTOMS RELEASE WEEKLY UPDATE 23 November....
Press Release 9 November: A 21-year-old South African national, Pillipus Fourie, was convicted in Manukau District Court today for attempting to ....
Welcome to this week's edition of Customs Release. In this edition:Import Control of Plastic Hot Water Bottles, New Multiple-Entry Visa, Update of Tar....
Press Release 8 November: Auckland Metro Crime and Operations Support (AMCOS) and New Zealand Customs Service officers have seized more than 150kg o....
Welcome to this week's edition of Customs Release. In this edition:ATA carnets and the Beijing Olympics, new IPR pact in prospect and Customs Rates of....
Welcome to this week's edition of Customs Release. In this edition:Formaldehyde testing of imported clothing and manchester, MAF approval lifted onbis....
SYDNEY POST TO TRANSFER TO CANBERRA The NZ Customs Service's Sydney-based Customs Liaison Officer (CLO) is to re-locate toCanberra on a trial basis f....
NEW YACHT INFORMATION PACK Letting Customs know when you are arriving in New Zealand can be an important safetymeasure as it will help rescue servic....
JAPAN-NEW ZEALAND STATEMENT OF INTENT SIGNED The official signing of a Statement of Intent between New Zealand and Japan in Supportof Supply Chain Se....
CHANGE TO CITES PERSONAL EXEMPTION FOR IMPORTING CAVIAR Over recent years there has been a decline in sturgeon populations, sparking fears that some....
Customs Group Manager Information Services Peter Rosewarne, today announced that Fronde, RHE, Topaz, Beacon and Red Vespa, have been selected as the r....
Welcome to this week's edition of Customs Release. In this edition: Customs warns of e-mail scam, FTA negotiations with Gulf Cooperation Council, Cust....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 1 August 2007 to 7 August 2007. The Co....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 25 July 2007 to 31 July 2007. The Consolidated Lis....
On Monday 30 July Invercargill Customs Officers Bernie Bell and Brett Mackay relocated to the MAF building, where they now share an office with Nicola....
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) has advised Customs that from 30 July 2007 approval will be required to import tapioca from Thailand. ....
New Zealand Customs Service is warning Kiwis who have purchased goods over the internet about an e-mail scam asking them to pay "Customs" fees or duti....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 18 July 2007 to 24 July 2007. The Consolidated Lis....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 11 July 2007 to 17 July 2007. The Consolidated Lis....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 4 July 2007 to 10 July 2007. The Consolidated List....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 27 June 2007 to 3 July 2007. The Consolidated Lis....
New Zealand and United States customs administrations celebrate a major step towardsimplementing the World Customs Organisation's global trade securit....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 20 June 2007 to 26 June 2007. The Consolidated Li....
The 2007 APEC Customs-Business Dialogue will be held in Sydney on 29 June, and will focus on "identifying future trade facilitation opportunities". ....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 13 June 2007 to 19 June 2007. The Consolidated Li....
The Minister of Health has approved new rates of ALAC levies for the 2007/2008 year. The new rates are payable on all alcoholic beverages imported or....
The Government has approved new rates of excise and excise-equivalent duty on alcohol products for the 2007/2008 year. The new rates are payable on a....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 6-12 June 2007. The Consolidated List of Excise C....
Customs has announced the trade sectors to be audited as part of Customs' Trade Assurance acitivty in 2007/2008. Trade Sector compliance assurance ....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 31 May 2007 - 5 June 2007. The Consolidated List ....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 24 May 2007 - 30 May 2007. The Consolidated List ....
The maritime history of New Zealand's oldest government department, New Zealand Customs Service, was unveiled this month in Auckland. The growth and....
With effect from the 31st July 2006, the New Zealand Customs Service is changing the way its computer system (CusMod) processes import entries that ex....
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is seeking suggestions for products to be included on a list of environmental goods that New Zealand is deve....
Customs has introduced a number of new and increased security measures to enhance New Zealand’s security. As part of these enhancements, new marine cr....
South Port New Zealand Ltd and the New Zealand Customs Service today formalised their close working relationship with the signing of a FrontLine partn....
The New Zealand Customs Service and ZESPRI International Ltd today signed a Secure Exports Partnership Agreement that will see ZESPRI making an active....
Customs Minister Rick Barker launched the second phase of Customs' new cargo inspection units rollout in Auckland on Thursday 16 December, adding a si....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 15 December 2004 - 22 December 2004. B....
The World Customs Organization (WCO) for the first time ever endorsed a Framework of Standards to secure and facilitate global trade that is based upo....
A combined New Zealand Police and New Zealand Customs operation, code-named Nadia, terminated in Wellington on Monday December 13 with the arrest of t....
New Zealanders returning home after a substantial time living overseas will no longer be required to pay Goods and Services Tax (GST) or other duties ....
Port Otago Ltd and the New Zealand Customs Service today (Thursday 9 December) formalised their close working relationship with the signing of a Front....
New Zealand's largest exporter, Fonterra, has joined the New Zealand Customs Service Secure Exports Partnership scheme.Jay Waldvogel, Fonterra’s Chief....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 08 December 2004 - 14 December 2004. B....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 01 December - 07 December 2004.....
The first of December marks the start of a new era of security at New Zealand's borders. The New Zealand Customs Service is implementing new measures ....
The New Zealand Customs Service and Heinz Watties this week signed a Secure Exports Partnership Agreement that will see Heinz Watties on the front foo....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 24 November - 30 November 2004. Bot....
Over recent months the Ministry of Consumer Affairs has received a number of complaints of rubber hot water bottles bursting. The bursting of rubber h....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 16 November - 23 November 2004. Bot....
As previously advised, new Goods Clearance fees will be introduced from 1 December 2004. Additional information is now available on client codes, bill....
The New Zealand Customs Service advises that the annual indexation adjustment to the excise and excise-equivalent duty rates on tobacco products will ....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 10 November - 16 November 2004. Bot....
Following the enactment of the Customs and Excise Amendment Act 2004 in July this year, statutory regulations have been developed to enable prescripti....
New Customs goods clearance fees will apply from 1 December 2004. Customs Minister Rick Barker announced the fee structure on 20 October. Fees will ap....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 27 October 2004 - 2 November 2004. ....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 20 October - 26 October 2004. Both ....
The New Zealand Customs Service assists the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) by ensuring that importers/Customs brokers obtain approval to i....
Electronic lodgement of MAF (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry) container Quarantine Declarations through the Customs system will be rolled out fro....
From 15 October 2004, ephedrine and pseudoephedrine and products containing them will become controlled drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975.....
Research conducted for the New Zealand Customs Service by UMR Research Ltd has provided useful information for future planning, says Comptroller of Cu....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 13 October - 19 October 2004. Both ....
IN FEBRUARY 2003 an attempt was made to export one piece of pounamu, weighing 6.3kgs in its natural state, as passenger baggage. The passenger said it....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 6 October - 12 October 2004. Both t....
A comprehensive security arrangement between New Zealand and United States Customs authorities has been announced by the Prime Minister Helen Clark a....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 29 September - 4 October 2004. Both....
The New Zealand Customs Service assists the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) by ensuring that importers/Customs brokers obtain approval to im....
The New Zealand Customs Service advises that there has been further development of the requirements for the lodgement of Inward Cargo Reports.....
The New Zealand Customs Service welcomed Martyn Dunne to the position of Comptroller on Monday September 20. Prior to taking up this appointment, ....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 22 September - 28 September 2004. B....
The increasing number of seizures at New Zealand’s borders of amphetamine-type substances is reflected in the number of people of various nationalitie....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 15 September - 21 September 2004. B....
07 Sept - Police and Customs Drug Investigators yesterday seized 1 kilo of what is believed to be high purity cocaine and arrested a 33-year-old Chile....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 8 September - 14 September 2004. Bo....
On Tuesday 31st August, Scott Heath was sentenced in the Blenheim District Court to six months imprisonment after being convicted under the provisions....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 31 August - 7 September 2004. Both ....
The New Zealand Customs Service is expanding its auditing of export paperwork and processes, as part of its overall supply chain security strategy.....
Importers will soon be able to provide information about sea containers to both Customs and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) through one....
The State Services Commission announced the appointment of Martyn Dunne as Chief Executive of the New Zealand Customs Service and Comptroller of Custo....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 25 August - 31 August 2004. Both th....
The announcement was made this morning of the appointment of Martyn Dunne as Chief Executive of the New Zealand Customs Service and Comptroller of Cus....
Customs Minister Rick Barker launched the first of Customs' new mobile cargo inspection units in Wellington on 17 August, indicating the start of the ....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 18 August - 24 August 2004. Both th....
On 19 July 2004, Customs distributed a document called 'Goods Cost Recovery - Proposal to make regulations to recover the costs of goods clearance'. ....
Customs Audit has identified an issue relating to the non-retention of records by some agents compiling import entries.....
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) Quarantine Service is concerned that originals (or copies) of Biosecurity Authority Clearance Certifica....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 3 August - 10 August 2004. Both the....
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) is confident that the health risk for anyone who has consumed food from the affected batches remains ext....
All those lodging export entries are asked to read this notice, which clarifies requirements for the Bill of lading field on an exports entry.....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 28 July - 3 August 2004. Both the C....
We recently advised that MAF and Customs have joined forces to link computer systems so that industry can submit MAF's container Quarantine Declaratio....
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS (RESTRICTIONS) PROHIBITION ORDER (NO 2) 2004: ROTTERDAM, STOCKHOLM AND BASEL CONVENTIONS....
A second meeting, to enable discussions on the regulations proposal, is scheduled for stakeholders in Auckland as follows: Friday 30 July 2004 10....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 21 July - 27 July 2004. Both the Co....
Protecting New Zealand's trade and the reputation of our traders is the intention behind proposed new fees for moving goods into and out of New Zealan....
The New Zealand Customs Service is trialling new management reporting for ports and airports outside Auckland at a senior level.....
Further information will be available on Monday July 19 about the Minister of Customs' proposal to implement a fee structure for the clearance of expo....
Wednesday July 14 marked the return of a full time Customs presence in South Canterbury with the opening of a new office base for Customs officers in ....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 14 July - 20 July 2004. Both the Co....
Many of New Zealand's Customs officers are celebrating 1655 combined years of service around the country this month.....
The Customs and Excise Amendment Bill was enacted on 1 July 2004. Provisions include the legislative authority for recovering from industry, costs as....
People interested in working for Customs can now apply for jobs on-line. A click on the New Zealand Customs Service Vacancies link on the front page....
Recent drug seizures by Customs indicate strongly that New Zealand's borders are under a three-pronged attack from the illicit drug trade.....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 7 July- 13 July 2004. Both the Con....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 29 June - 6 July 2004. Both the Con....
The Tariff (Statistical Requirements) Amendment Notice (No.1) 2004 amends the statistical keys in relation to dogs, certain photographic papers and li....
There are instances when changes or updates occur to consignment data or shipping details where an export entry has already been submitted for the shi....
On 22 June, the Ministry of Health advised the Customs Service that new rates of ALAC levies on alcoholic beverages had been set. The new rates, which....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 23 June - 29 June 2004. Both the Co....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 16 June - 22 June 2004. Both the Co....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 9 June - 15 June 2004. Both the Con....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 2 June - 8 June 2004. Both the Cons....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 26 May - 1 June 2004. Both the Cons....
Mixing in with professionals from teaching to hairdressing, web design to diving, Cecilia Ahonen and John Pihema from Wellington, and Iti Paenga from ....
The Border Security Bill, which had its second reading in Parliament on Thursday 20 May, is part of a comprehensive approach to keeping New Zealand se....
Acting Chief Executive John Secker spoke to the Custom Brokers and Freight Forwarders Federation (CBAFF) conference yesterday morning (Thursday).....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 19 May - 25 May 2004. Both the Cons....
The World Customs Organisation have advised that the following publications are now available:....
The New Zealand Customs Service reports an escalation in the amount and frequency of illicit drug and precursor seizures at New Zealand's border.....
ACCOMPLICE GETS NINE YEARS TWO men caught in May 2002 importing 35,790 MDMA (ecstasy) tablets in a wooden crate of camping equipment were jailed w....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 12 May - 18 May 2004. Both the Cons....
The New Zealand Customs Service does its best to treat all travellers into and out of New Zealand with respect, including respecting the privacy of th....
Dunedin is contributing to the ongoing effort of securing New Zealand's borders by being the recipient of 13 new Customs officers who recently complet....
The Minister of Customs spoke to the Wellington Branch of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs this week. The Minister addressed the dip....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 05 May - 11 May 2004. Both the Cons....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 27 April - 4 May 2004. Both the Con....
The New Zealand Customs Service is becoming concerned at the increasing amount of counterfeit bank cheques they are seizing at the border, connected t....
There's a bit of smuggling going on the Hauraki Gulf this week, but surprisingly, it's all kosher.....
Excise Item 99.35.45C of the Third Schedule to the Customs and Excise Act 1996 provides for duty free ethyl alcohol when denatured in accordance with ....
With effect from 1 July 2004, Alcohol Advisory Council (ALAC) levies on locally manufactured wine will be payable monthly to Customs. The levies will ....
New Zealand's fight against drugs at the border has been enhanced, with the graduation of Customs' first 'white powder only' drug detector dogs from t....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 14 April - 20 April 2004. Both the ....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 7 April - 13 April 2004. Both the C....
Building on outcomes from last year's Joint Economic Consultation Talks with Japan, the New Zealand Customs Service entered a Cooperative Framework ar....
As part of the Whole-of-Government Pacific Security Strategy, the New Zealand Customs Service established closer ties with the Fiji Islands Revenue an....
In the new security environment, it is essential for Customs to have accurate information to effectively manage risks to New Zealand security, and con....
Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID) seals for containers are being tested by Customs, working in association with the Ports of Auckland and Napier, and ....
A challenging cry and warm waiata welcomed delegates from 24 Asia Pacific countries as they gathered in Auckland yesterday for the opening of the 10th....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 30 March - 6 April 2004. Both the C....
The Minister of Customs Rick Barker says the New Zealand Customs Service in partnership with industry is making good progress towards securing New Zea....
Regional capacity building will be a key topic at the 10th World Customs Organisation (WCO) Asia Pacific Heads of Administration Conference starting M....
The New Zealand Customs Service and Smiths Detection have signed a contract for the supply of cargo x-ray technology as a key component in the securit....
The attachment contains advice of amendments to the General and Excise Customs Controlled Areas for the period 23 March - 30 March 2004. Both the ....
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