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|  | | | Customs arrests man for smuggling 62 kilograms of methamphetamine | | A 31-year-old man has appeared in the Auckland District Court on Monday this week (27 June), charged with importing a Class A drug after Customs carried out a search warrant in Auckland on Thursday night (23 June 2022).
The defendant was linked to six separate air freight consignments of methamphetamine intercepted at the border between January and May 2022. | | | |
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|  | | | Jail term for $4.9 million tobacco fraudster | | A man was sentenced in the Auckland District Court today on charges of defrauding the revenue of Customs and money laundering after being linked to two shipments containing a total of 4.2 million cigarettes. | | | |
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|  | | | Changes to Deferred Payment Account Statement | | Customs recently made changes to the Deferred Payment Account Statements we provide to importers on a monthly basis after receiving feedback from our customers and Inland Revenue. The changes provide more information to importers while also fully complying with The Goods and Service Tax Act 1985 requirements.
-Duty has been separated out from the previously "Duty/Levy/IETF" column.
-Extra columns provide information for GST on fees and levies, fees and levies inclusive of GST, and GST on imports.
-In the txt file we provide (which can be converted into a csv file) it now contains extra information on duty, GST on fees and levies, and GST on imports.
-The layout of the statement is changed from portrait to landscape to accommodate the extra columns. At the bottom of the statement a summary of fees and levies is provided.
If you have any questions, please contact revenue team at revenue@custom.govt.nz. | | | |
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|  | | | Increase in the Petroleum or Engine Fuel Monitoring Levy (PEFML) On 1 July 2022 | | The PEFML levy will increase on 1 July 2022 to 0.65 cents per litre (an increase from the existing rate of 0.59 cents per litre). | | | |
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|  | | | Exporting New Zealand Grape Wine Direct To Consumer (DTC) | | The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has introduced regulatory changes that permit wine with approved export eligibility to be exported in individual consignments of up to 27 litres "Direct to Consumer" (DTC) without an export eligibility statement. This follows consultation/discussion with stakeholders. These requirements come into effect from 1 July 2022. | | | |
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|  | | | Intellectual Property Rights | | Updates to trademark and copyright notices have been accepted by Customs.
For more information on IPRs, email IPRnotices@customs.govt.nz.
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|  | | | Tariff Concession Notices | | A tariff concession removes the tariff duty that would be payable for certain goods. Tariff Concession Advertisement and Approval Notices 23 are now available.
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|  | | | Domestic Transhipment Request (DTR) for Air Cargo | | From 1 July 2022, a Domestic Transhipment Request (DTR) will be required to move uncleared air-freight from one approved facility (CCA/ATF) to another approved facility. This means that the Customs continuous collectors permit, and paperless transhipment scheme and MPI's General Authorisation of Carriage (GAC) can no longer be used to move uncleared air-freight. | | | |
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