| GOODS |
PURPOSE |
AUTHORITY |
LEGISLATION |
Afghanistan — exports of arms and related materials of all types including weapons, ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment and parts for all of these goods to:
(a) Usama bin Laden.
(b) The Taliban.
(c) A Taliban entity.
(d) An Al Qaida entity. |
United Nations sanctions. |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
United Nations Sanction (Afghanistan) Regulations 2001 |
| Animal products — meat, fish, honey, etc. |
Quality control. |
New Zealand Food Safety Authority |
Animal Products Act 1999 |
| Animals. |
Animal welfare. |
Ministry of Fisheries |
Animal Welfare Act 1999 |
| Antarctic toothfish, Patagonian toothfish. |
Conservation measure. |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
Customs Export Prohibition (Toothfish) Order 2006 |
| Anti personnel mines. |
To enforce the provisions of the Convention on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti personnel mines and on their destruction. |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
Anti Personnel Mines Prohibition Act 1998 |
Protected New Zealand objects — e.g.,
(a) Maori artifacts over 50 years old.
(b) Any bones, feathers, or other parts of the Moa or other extinct New Zealand Species.
(c) Other goods over 50 years old which have national, scientific, or artistic importance, e.g., Books; Letters and other documents; Parts of ships and aircraft; Photographs and films; Stamps and coins; Traction engines; Veteran and vintage motor vehicles; Works of art. |
To control the export of protected New Zealand objects. |
Ministry of Culture and Heritage |
Protected Objects Act 1975 |
| Birds (other than domestic birds) and other wildlife. |
Conservation measure. |
Department of Conservation |
Wildlife Act 1953 |
| Cattle, deer, goats and sheep for slaughter |
Animal welfare |
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry/Biosecurity New Zealand |
Customs Export Prohibition (Livestock for Slaughter) 2007 |
| CFCs, halons, carbon tetrachloride, methyl chloroform, methyl bromide, HCFCs and HBFCs. |
To protect the ozone layer. |
Ministry of Economic Development |
Ozone Layer Protection Act 1996 |
| Chemical weapons and a range of chemicals that may be used in the manufacture of chemical weapons. |
To enforce the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention. |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1996 |
| Cloned and hybrid human embryos. |
To prohibit unacceptable human assisted reproductive procedures and research. |
Ministry of Health |
Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004 |
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| Controlled drugs. |
To control the export of drugs. |
Ministry of Health |
Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 |
| Cote d’Ivoire — exports of arms and related materials of all types including weapons, ammunition, military vehicles, and equipment or paramilitary equipment, including spare parts for any such goods. |
United Nations sanctions. |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
United Nations Sanctions (Cote d’Ivoire) Regulations 2005 |
Dairy produce. Only the New Zealand Dairy Board Ltd or an approved exporter may export to:
• Canada — all butter.
• Japan — all prepared edible fats and all cheeses of tariff heading 0406 excluding: cheeses not made from cows milk; mascarpone, ricotta, feta, blue mould cheeses, and white mould cheeses, in each case in immediate packages having a net content not exceeding 12 kilograms; all other cheese in immediate packages having a net content not exceeding 3 kilograms (prepared for immediate consumption, not for further processing).
• the Dominican Republic — all milk powder.
• The EU — butter, cheddar cheese, and cheese for processing to be imported into the EU under New Zealand’s current access quota.
• The USA — all cheddar, low fat, NSPF, and American-type cheeses. |
Marketing of dairy products. |
New Zealand Food Safety Authority/ Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry/Biosecurity New Zealand |
Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 |
| Dairy produce (Exporters of dairy products must be registered with the New Zealand Food Safety Authority). |
Quality control. |
New Zealand Food Safety Authority |
Dairy Industry (Exporter Registration) Regulations 2002 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo—exports of arms and related materials of all types including weapons, ammunition, military vehicles, and equipment or paramilitary equipment, including spare parts for any such goods. |
United Nations sanctions. |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
United Nations Sanctions (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Regulations 2004 |
| Endangered, threatened and exploited species. |
To prevent the trade in endangered, threatened and exploited species and products made from them. |
Department of Conservation |
Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989 |
| Fruit wine, vegetable wine, and grape wine made from grapes not grown in New Zealand. |
Quality control. |
New Zealand Food Safety Authority |
Wine Act 2003 |
| Grape wine made from grapes grown in New Zealand exported for sale. |
Quality control. |
New Zealand Food Safety Authority |
Wine Act 2003 |
| Greenshell (live) New Zealand mussels with a shell size of less than 50mm in length. |
Conservation measure. |
Ministry of Fisheries |
Customs Export Prohibition Order 2005 |
| Hazardous wastes that are covered by the Basel Convention. |
To control export of hazardous wastes. |
Ministry of Economic Development |
Imports and Exports (Restrictions) Prohibition Order (No. 2) 2004 |
| Hazardous chemicals and pesticides that are covered by the Rotterdam Convention, e.g., 2.4.5-T, Crocidolite, Lindane. |
To enforce the provisions of the Rotterdam Convention. |
Ministry for the Environment |
Imports and Exports (Restrictions) Prohibition Order (No. 2) 2004 |
| Horticultural products — apricots, avocados, blackcurrants, boysenberries, cherries (sweet), chestnuts, kiwifruit to Australia, nashi pears, nectarines, peaches, persimmons, plums, squash, tamarillos, and truffles. |
Marketing of horticultural products. |
New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority/Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry/Biosecurity New Zealand |
New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority Act 1987 |
| Indigenous timber and indigenous timber products. |
Conservation measure. |
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry/Biosecurity New Zealand |
Forests Act 1949 |
| Iran— export of goods that could contribute to Iran’s enrichment-related, or reprocessing, or heavy water-related activities, or to the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems. |
United Nations Sanctions. |
Ministry of Foreign Affiars and Trade |
United Nations Sanctions (Iran) Regulations 2007 |
Iraq — exports of:
(a) Weapons of all kinds such as arms, ammunition, missiles, military vehicles and equipment, or paramilitary equipment.
(b) Spare parts for the goods listed in paragraph (a); and
(c) Goods that may be used to produce the equipment listed in paragraph (a).
(d) Iraqi cultural property, i.e., items of archaeological, historical, cultural, rare scientific, and religious importance illegally removed from the Iraq National Museum and other locations in Iraq. |
United Nations sanctions. |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
United Nations (Iraq) Reconstruction Regulations 2003 and United Nations (Iraq) Amendment Regulations 2003 |
| Kiwifruit — to all destinations other than Australia. |
Marketing of kiwifruit. |
NZ Kiwifruit Marketing Board/ Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry/Biosecurity New Zealand |
Kiwifruit Export Regulations 1999 |
| Korea — Democratic People’s Republic of (North Korea). Military equipment, weapons of mass destruction ballistic-related goods and luxury goods. |
United Nations sanctions. |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
United Nations Sanctions (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Regulations 2006 |
| Liberia — exports of weapons; ammunition; military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment, and their spare parts. |
United Nations sanctions. |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
United Nations Sanctions (Liberia) Regulations 2001 |
| Living modified organisms (LMOs). |
To enforce the provisions of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. |
Ministry for the Environment |
Import and Exports (Living Modified Organisms) Prohibition Order 2005 |
| Marine mammals, for example, seals, whales, dolphins and porpoises, and parts of marine mammals. |
To protect marine mammals. |
Department of Conservation |
Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978 |
| Meat. |
Quality control. |
New Zealand Food Safety Authority/New Zealand Meat Board |
Meat Board Act 2004 |
| Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) covered by the Stockholm Convention, e.g., Aldrin, DDT, Dieldrin, Endrin, PCBs. |
To enforce the provisions of the Stockholm Convention. |
Ministry for the Environment |
Imports and Exports (Restrictions) Prohibition Order (No. 2) 2004 |
Pounamu (greenstone).
This prohibition does not apply to:
• Articles made from pounamu (for example, jewellery, pendants or sculptures containing pounamu).
• Consignments that are being exported by a single exporter and in which the total weight of pounamu does not exceed 5 kilograms. |
Conservation measure. |
Te Runanga O Ngai Tahu |
Customs Export Prohibition Order 2005 |
| Radioactive materials. |
Control of radioactive materials. |
National Radiation Laboratory |
Radiation Protection Act 1965 |
| Rough diamonds. |
United Nations Kimberly Process Certification Scheme. |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
United Nations Sanctions (Kimberly Process) Regulations 2004 |
| Rwanda — exports of weapons; ammunition; military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment, and their spare parts. |
United Nations sanctions. |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
United Nations Sanctions (Rwanda) Regulations 1994 |
Sierra Leone — exports of:
(a) Arms and related materials of all types, including weapons, ammunition and military vehicles, military and paramilitary equipment, and spare parts for the above goods.
(b) Petroleum and petroleum products. |
United Nations sanctions. |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
United Nations Sanctions (Sierra Leone) Regulations 1997 |
| Somalia — exports of weapons and military equipment. |
United Nations sanctions. |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
United Nations Sanctions (Somalia) Regulations 1992 |
| Sudan—exports of arms related and materials of all types including weapons, ammunition, military vehicles, and equipment or paramilitary equipment, including spare parts for any such goods. |
United Nations sanctions. |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
United Nations Sanctions (Sudan) Regulations 2004 |
| Toheroa. |
Conservation measure. |
Ministry of Fisheries |
Customs Export Prohibition Order 2005 |
| Weapons — certain conventional weapons and dual use (strategic) goods that have or may have military use, such as computers, navigation and marine equipment, firearms, ammunition, military aircraft and vessels; dual use equipment, chemicals, biological agents and plant pathogens, that may be used to manufacture chemical, nuclear and biological weapons. |
To control the export of certain weapons, military equipment, chemicals and dual use equipment. |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
Customs Export Prohibition Order 2005 |