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| | | Self-declaration for exporters | | | Approved exporters can now 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. | | | | | | | | | | 
| | | New excise duty rates and alcohol levy rates for alcohol on 1 July 2025 | | | The annual adjustment to the excise and excise-equivalent duty rates on alcoholic beverages will take effect on 1 July 2025.
The annual adjustment is based on movements in the Consumer Price Index All Groups excluding credit services subgroup over the 12-month period ended 31 March 2025.
Changes to the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Alcohol Levy rates will be advised by the Ministry of Health when they are available. | | | | | | | | | 
| | | 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. | | | | | | | | | 
| | | Auckland man sentenced for smuggling card-skimming equipment | | | A Customs investigation has resulted in the sentencing of a 21-year-old Auckland man to six months' community detention and 12 months' supervision for smuggling card-skimming equipment.
The defendant appeared in the Auckland District Court on Wednesday (4 June 2025) and was convicted for knowingly importing goods for dishonest purposes under the Customs and Excise Act 2018 and possessing goods designed with intent to facilitate the commission of crimes involving dishonesty under the Crimes Act 1961.
This sentencing concludes a case in which a second man, also a 21-year-old from Auckland, was sentenced in the Auckland District Court in November 2024 to 10 months' home detention for the same charges.
Visit Customs' Border Protect webpage or call Customs on 0800 WE PROTECT (0800 937 768) confidentially, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, if you have information regarding unusual or suspicious activity. | | | | | | | | | 
| | | Customs seizes nearly 70 kilograms of drugs at Auckland Airport | | | Customs officers seized an estimated 67.8 kilograms of methamphetamine and 1.1 kilograms of cocaine worth a combined estimated street value of up to NZ$25.81 million.
The drugs were seized in two separate interceptions at Auckland International Airport overnight (Thursday 29 May 2025).
In the first case, two unaccompanied duffel bags off a flight from Malaysia revealed they contained 50 kilograms of methamphetamine.
In the second case, an estimated 17. 8 kilograms of methamphetamine and 1.1 kilograms of cocaine were located in a passenger's duffel bag off a flight from New York. | | | | | | | | | | 
| | | Visit Customs at Fieldays 2025 | | | The New Zealand Customs Secure Exports Scheme (SES) Team will be at Fieldays 2025.
New Zealand's Secure Exports Scheme aims to help exporters do business more efficiently and at lower cost.
Come visit the team on 12 and 13 June to learn more about how SES can help your business.
Site M31, Mystery Creek, Hamilton. | | | | | | | | |