NZ Customs Release

On 10 March 2025, as part of decisions on goods cost recovery, Cabinet agreed to update Customs' goods fee rates with effect from 1 July 2025.

Visit our website to see the rates that will apply from 1 July 2025.

A 49-year-old Timaru man was sentenced on 16 May at the Christchurch District Court for his involvement in the online sexual exploitation of children. He received four-years and nine-months' imprisonment following a Customs investigation which began last year.

On 20 August 2024, the defendant arrived at Christchurch International Airport when returning from a holiday overseas. He was spoken to and searched by Customs officers and, as a result, 306 child sexual abuse files were located on his phone.

He was arrested and a search warrant was subsequently executed at his home address by Customs investigators which located another hard drive with at least 173,000 child sexual exploitation material files.

The ASEAN Australia–New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) is an agreement between ASEAN member states (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam and the Philippines), New Zealand and Australia.

The AANZFTA Secretariat has published a range of resources for businesses on new arrangements in the AANZFTA region, which came into effect earlier this year. 

The resources include a guide on full cumulation under the Second Protocol, information on the transition between First and Second Protocol, and a product specific rules finder.

Learn about the US 10% tariff on New Zealand goods, and find resources and events to help you understand what this might mean for your business.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) is seeking feedback on a new initiative to resolve non-tariff barriers (NTBs) via a legally non-binding arrangement with a number of other countries.
 
MFAT is seeking feedback on what New Zealanders would like to see in this arrangement and the times of non-tariff barriers they are most concerned about.
 
The closing date for submissions is 1 July 2025.
 
For more information, please visit MFAT's website.

The latest edition of the weekly global trade and economic update for New Zealand businesses has been published.