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New Zealand Customs Service Technical Publications
Document TitleDescription
List of Chemicals that are covered by the Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1996 (594 kb doc)Chemicals that require approval to import and export from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade under the Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1996
EDI Code List (79 kb pdf)Consolidated List of Customs Codes
CUSDEC MIGS (765 kb pdf)Message Implementation Guidelines for Customs Declarations
Descriptions of the Dairy Products in the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 (36 kb doc)Dairy Products that are covered by the Export Controls in the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001
CUSCAR MIGs (440 kb pdf)Message Implementation Guidelines for Customs Cargo Report
Excise list of Customs Controlled Areas (326 kb doc)Excise list of Customs Controlled Areas approved under section 10 of the Customs and Excise Act 1996. Includes manufacturing areas, offsite storage areas, export warehouses, and duty free shops.
General list of Customs Controlled Areas (103 kb xls)General list of Customs Controlled Areas approved under section 10 of the Customs and Excise Act 1996. Includes Customs Controlled Areas, approved under the paperless transhipment scheme. The asterisk (*) indicates Customs Controlled Areas which require manual transhipment entries to be lodged, i.e. those that have not been approved under the paperless transhipment scheme.
EDI GUIDE (27 kb pdf)Information Sheet for EDI Software Developers
UN Location Codes ( doc)The number of UNLOCODES now exceeds 40,000 and a list is no longer published by Customs. A complete list of codes can be viewed or downloaded from the UN website at the following web address: http://www.unece.org/cefact/locode/service/location.htm
MAF Quarantine Declarations for Imported Containers (543 kb doc)A new electronic system has been developed so that industry can submit MAF's container Quarantine Declarations (QDs) electronically via Customs' import entries and ECI reports to provide electronic messages to port companies about the MAF status of each container.
MAF Electronic Container Quarantine Declarations (157 kb doc)An electronic system has been developed so that industry can submit MAF (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry) container Quarantine Declarations (QDs) electronically via Customs' import entries and ECI reports to provide electronic messages regarding the MAF status of the containers.
NZCS Beef and Beef Products Permit List (24 kb xls)List of Beef and Beef Products Permits.
NZCS Export Permit List (84 kb xls) New Zealand Customs Service Export Permit List effective from 1 December 2008.
NZCS Import Permit List (365 kb xls) New Zealand Customs Service Import Permit List effective from 16 September 2009.
Outward Report MIGs (469 kb pdf)Message Implementation Guidelines for Customs Outward Report - 5 October 2004
Registered Meat Exporters (118 kb xls)List of Meat Exporters licensed by the New Zealand Meat Board.
Dairy Products Guide (39 kb doc)Guide to dairy products that are covered by the export controls in the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001.