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| | Exporters first to benefit as CPTPP takes effect New Zealand exporters are among the first to benefit from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership which took effect on 30 December, 2018.
"The CPTPP provides New Zealand with trade agreements for the first time with three significant economies: Japan, Canada and Mexico," Minister for Trade and Export Growth David Parker said.
The CPTPP came into effect for New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico and Singapore on 30 December 2018; and for Viet Nam on 14 January 2019.
It will enter into force for Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia and Peru 60 days after they complete their domestic procedures to ratify the Agreement.
Keep an eye on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade website for further updates. Customs has put together this Information Guide, which includes more information on originating goods, product specific rules, transportation through non-parties, and documentation or administrative requirements.
Under CPTPP, a claim that goods are eligible for preferential tariff treatment is based on a written or electronic declaration of origin completed by the importer, exporter or producer - and needs to be in the importer's possession when the claim for preferential access is made. The importer can choose the form of documentary evidence of origin it seeks from the exporter or producer, provided it contains all the necessary data elements. | | | | | |
| | Goods affected by Brown Marmorated Stink Bug The WWL Morning Lynn (Roll on Roll Off Carrier) has been infested by the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug and ordered to leave New Zealand.
MPI have directed the ship with vehicles from Europe and USA out of NZ territory along with its NZ bound cargo from decks 3 and 4.
The other NZ bound cargo was granted discharge.
Customs advice is as follows:
Brokers/declarants are to amend their original import declarations to change the date of importation, voyage number, and ship if necessary.
Amending the entry will not affect duty, GST and other charges debited to the Broker Deferred and Client Deferred accounts when the original Import Entries were cleared. This is because those charges are triggered by Entry Clearance, not date of importation.
The original entry charges will appear as usual on deferred payment account statements for the period, and GST registered entities can claim GST credits from Inland Revenue.
If you wish to have the entry charges temporarily delayed from being debited from a deferred account, please email your request to revenue@customs.govt.nz quoting your Customs client code and Customs entry number.
Customs will consider your request on a case by case basis. | | | | | |
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| | Changes to the Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Goods) Levy An increase in levy rates and additional goods that come under the Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Goods) Levy came into effect on 1 January 2019.
The Climate Change (Emissions Trading Scheme) Amendment Regulations 2018 (Schedule 2) provides for the levy rate changes and expansion of the Levy to some new goods and gases. | | | | | |
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| | New rates for tobacco and tobacco products The annual indexation increase to excise and excise-equivalent duty rates, together with a separate 10 percent increase, took place on 1 January 2019.
The 10 percent excise duty rate increase is the third of four 10 percent increases announced in the 2016 Budget and legislated for in the Customs and Excise Act 2018. | | | | | |
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| |  | | | Travel advice over the busy summer season | | Customs is expecting record highs in travellers this summer.
If you're travelling to New Zealand over this busy summer period, we have a number of useful web pages to help make your journey through the border as smooth as possible: If you can't find what you're looking for, please contact us. | | |
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| | Brexit information for exporters What does Brexit mean for New Zealand exporters and what is Customs doing to prepare for Brexit?
In preparation for Brexit, we have established a specialist Customs Counsellor role at the New Zealand High Commission in London. From January 2019, this experienced New Zealand Customs Service official will work closely with the United Kingdom Government and our EU-focused Customs Counsellor based in Brussels, to help facilitate New Zealand trade with the United Kingdom during Brexit.
Read more about what we are doing to prepare, and what it means for New Zealand business and trade on our website. | | | | | |
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| | Working Tariff Document reprint The Working Tariff Document of New Zealand (WTD) has been reprinted due to the significant changes introduced under the Tariff (CPTPP) Amendment Order 2018. The new WTD implements New Zealand's tariff phasing commitments under the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement as of 30 December 2018.
The reprint also consolidates the extensive amendments that have been made to the WTD since the last reprint including the removal of outdated preferential tariff rate phasing and a small number of other technical corrections and realignments of a textual nature. | | | | | |
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| | Intellectual Property Rights notices updated We publish a detailed list of trade mark and copyright notices accepted by Customs on our website.
This list is updated regularly, with new notices put up this week. | | | |
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