From this page, you can access important notices that were issued in 2017.
Some of these notices may contain information that is no longer correct or relevant in the current year. Information within the notices was correct on the date they were issued.
The annual indexation increase to excise and excise-equivalent duty rates together with a separate 10% increase will take place on 1 January 2018.
World Trade Organization (WTO) – Information Technology Agreement (ITA) Concessions transferred from Part 11 to Part I of the Tariff.
Customs ABC staff relocate to ACIF on 4 December
This amendment will not alter the tariff rates for these goods.
Trade barriers that favour local suppliers are called non-tariff barriers.
New regulations have been made to update the Product Specific Rules (PSRs).
Customs has received some queries about concessions and Tariff changes which took effect from 1 October 2017.
The Administrator of Organisation function is available to any organisation that wishes to use it.
1 July 2018 is the proposed mandatory date for using the main cargo reporting and clearance messages.
Customs (Excisable Goods Entry) Amendment Rules 2017 – summary of changes
The PEFML levy will increase on 1 July 2017 to 0.3 cents per litre.
The annual adjustment to the levy rates on alcoholic beverages will take place on 1 July 2017.
The annual adjustment to the excise and excise-equivalent duty rates on alcohol will be on 1 July.
In December 2016, New Zealand Customs and China Customs launched the Joint Electronic Verification System.
Goods considered for Trust delivery during the period of the R10 outage must fall under the following criteria
New levy rates will apply to the Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Goods) Levy on 1 January 2017.