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| | | Self-declaration for exporters | | | From 1 June 2025 approved exporters will be able to self-declare the New Zealand origin of their goods to claim preferential tariff treatment under selected Free Trade Agreements (FTAs).
These are the:
- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
- New Zealand - China Free Trade Agreement (NZ-China FTA)
- Second Protocol to the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA)
Self-declaration can save businesses time and money, eliminating the need to go to an issuing body to obtain a Certificate of Origin.
Full details are available on Customs' website. | | | | | | | | | | 
| | | Goods fees rates will change from 1 July 2025 | | | 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. | | | | | | | | | | 
| | | Postponed payment due date for our customers | | | Due to the Matariki public holiday falling on 20 June 2025, Customs will be postponing the payment due date for customers receiving the following statements from 20 June 2025 to 23 June 2025:
- Deferred payment statement
- Broker deferred payment statement
- Goods clearance fees statement
- Broker goods clearance fees statement
Accordingly, we will process direct debit payments on 23 June 2025 for those customers who usually pay by direct debit.
For any enquiries regarding this statement please email revenue@customs.govt.nz. | | | | | | | | | 
| | | Customs opens eGates to 11 more countries and territories | | | Customs is pleased to welcome eligible ePassport holders from a further 11 countries and territories to use its eGates.
Travellers from several European countries, including Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, and Vatican City, as well as Macau (a Special Administrative Region of China), and an initial group of Middle Eastern countries, including Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, are now able to use New Zealand's automated eGates nationwide.
Customs has now opened its eGates to 48 countries in total and will later this year enable further countries to use the gates, helping make border processing systems more efficient, smart, and easy to use. | | | | | | | | | | 
| | | 130 kilograms of cocaine seized by Customs in Tauranga | | | Customs officers on Monday 26 May seized an estimated 130 kilograms of cocaine, worth up to NZ$50.44 million, from a shipping container which arrived from Italy, via Panama, at the Port of Tauranga.
X-rays and a physical examination by Customs officers led to the discovery of 130 bricks of cocaine, each weighing up to one kilogram, found within duffel bags at the front of the container.
Customs Manager Maritime Robert Smith said Customs is committed to protecting our communities from the harm of drugs and ensuring that legitimate trade can flow unimpeded.
"Ongoing pressure from Customs is making it harder for transnational and serious organised crime (TSOC) groups to operate across the country. Things are only going to get tougher for them with new investments in our technology and capability." | | | | | | | | | | 
| | | Be aware: scam emails in circulation | | | Customs is aware of scam emails in circulation. These appear to be from Customs, but they are likely to be a phishing scam.
Customs has received several reports of emails asking people for payment of Border Clearance Fees and Trade Single Window (TSW) scam emails requesting login information.
Do not open emails or attachments from Customs unless it is sent from an official Customs address (customs.govt.nz)
If you've received an email that looks like it's from Customs, but you're not sure if it's genuine, do not reply to the email. Contact us instead.
For more information on how to report fraudulent emails, head to Netsafe's website. | | | | | | | | | 
| | | Catch Customs in action in the upcoming Border Patrol special | | | Coming next Monday, a special Border Patrol episode is airing, featuring over 10 years of the biggest busts Border Patrol has caught on camera at New Zealand's border.
Tune in to TVNZ 1 on Monday 2 June at 8 pm. | | | | | | | | | 
| | | MFAT Market Intelligence Reports | | | The latest edition of the weekly global trade and economic update for New Zealand businesses has been published. | | | | | | | | |