NZ Customs Release Issue 752

A 36-year-old Auckland based businessman has been arrested and appeared in the Waitakere District Court this week after importing 133 secondhand vehicles from Japan using allegedly falsified documents.

The man is charged with being knowingly concerned in any importation, transportation, shipment, unshipment, or landing of prohibited imports, which carries a maximum penalty of six months' imprisonment or $10,000 fine. Further charges are possible.

The PEFML levy decreased on 1 July 2024 to 0.69 cents per litre (from the existing rate of 0.72 cents per litre).

The levy applies to petroleum or engine fuel that is specified in the Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table as:

- motor spirit
- diesel
- biodiesel
- ethyl alcohol (under the heading Fuels in Part A or B of the Table).

Cruise travellers can make a digital declaration by downloading the New Zealand Traveller Declaration NZTD app or by completing the online form.  

Declare what you need to before you start your journey to New Zealand! 

You can start your declaration at a time that suits you and submit it 24 hours before departing the vessel's last international port, before you travel to New Zealand.