✨ Customs Tariff Exemptions
15 JUNE
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
1029
Goods or classes of goods as may be approved by the Minister, being bona fide gifts form a person abroad.
Goods which—
(1) Do not exceed in value in respect of any one importation the sum of twenty dollars (£10) (C.I.F. and E. New Zealand currency); and
(2) Are imported in a postal packet; and
(3) Are imported by a person for his own domestic use and not for the purposes of sale or business and not for use in the trade, calling or profession of the importer; and
(4) Are not imported in connection with a contract of sale and purchase wherever effected, which has been negotiated or solicited in New Zealand; and
(5) Are not imported by the same inward mail as any other goods dispatched from the same country of origin by the same exporter:
Provided that goods imported by the same inward mail as any other dispatched from the same country of origin by the same exporter shall be allowed the benefit of this exemption if the importer satisfies the Collector of Customs, by such evidence as the Collector deems sufficient, that the goods comply with all other conditions of this exemption.
Heirlooms under such conditions as the Minister may prescribe.
Passengers baggage and effects which are not intended for any other person or persons or for gift, sale, or exchange—
(a) Wearing apparel and other personal effects which are the property of the person bringing them to New Zealand and which have been used or worn by him.
(b) Motor vehicles (including motor cycles), subject to such conditions as the Minister may prescribe, which are imported by a person who satisfies the Collector—
(1) That he intends to become a permanent resident of New Zealand;
(2) That the whole of the period of 21 months preceding his arrival he has resided outside New Zealand or has been domiciled outside New Zealand;
(3) That, in respect of every such vehicle, he has personally owned and used the vehicle for at least one year before the date of his departure for New Zealand or the date of shipment of the vehicle, whichever is the earlier.
(c) Household or other effects, subject to such conditions as the Minister may prescribe, which are imported by a person who satisfies the Collector that he intends to become a permanent resident of New Zealand, and which have been personally owned and used by that person outside New Zealand for at least one year before the date of his departure for New Zealand or the date of shipment of the goods, whichever is the earlier:
Provided that if the wearing apparel, other personal effects, motor vehicles, or household or other effects are not imported within five years after the date of arrival in New Zealand of the person by whom they have been owned and used, they shall be admitted under this item only with the consent of the Minister.
Goods (other than motor vehicles), whether dutiable or not, which do not qualify for admission under Ref. 27.1 of Part II of the Customs Tariff, imported as part of his baggage by a person arriving in New Zealand, the total assessed C.D.V. of which does not exceed 100 dollars (£50), and which are imported for the personal use of the importer and not for purposes of sale, business, or for use in the trade, calling or profession of the importer, or on behalf of any other person or persons.
Goods admitted free of duty under the Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges Act 1957, for the use of Diplomatic and Consular Officers, Trade Commissioners or other accredited representatives of any Commonwealth or foreign Government, of the United Nations, or of any specialised agency of the United Nations.
Goods temporarily exported from New Zealand for the purposes of repair or alteration or for use or exhibition outside New Zealand, or as patterns or for any purpose approved by the Comptroller of Customs and admitted on re-importation under section 165 of the Customs Act 1966.
Goods, being the produce or manufacture of New Zealand, or samples of duty paid goods sent out of New Zealand and admitted on re-importation under section 164 of the Customs Act 1966.
Goods which at the time of entry for home consumption are the property of the Crown in respect of the Government of New Zealand.
Goods being the property of the Governor-General at the time of entry for home consumption and not imported or purchased by him for the purposes of sale.
Goods imported by organisations or personnel of organisations which have been approved under the Customs Duties Suspension (Inter Governmental Agreements) Order 1963, Serial Number 1963/150.
THIRD SCHEDULE—EXEMPTIONS CREATED
Tariff Item No. Classes of Goods
Goods imported from and being the produce or manufacture of Australia:
07.02.01 Peas.
07.02.02 Beans.
Ex 07.04.01 Herbs, including mixtures, other than in retail packs.
07.04.09 Dried, dehydrated, or evaporated vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken, or in powder, not further prepared: other kinds.
07.05.03 \ Peas, split, other than in retail packs.
07.05.04 /
07.05.06 Peas for sowing, other than in retail packs.
07.05.09 Other peas.
07.05.12 Beans for sowing, other than in retail packs.
07.05.19 Other beans
07.05.29 Lentils, other than in retail packs.
07.05.99 Other leguminous vegetables, other than in retail packs.
08.08.01 Strawberries.
Ex 44.13.19 \ Dressed timber (excluding wood cut to size for making boxes).
Ex 44.13.29 /
Undressed timber.
Plywood.
Veneers of a thickness not exceeding 5 millimetres.
Flooring of laminated wood, the wearing layer of which is oak or beech, tongued or grooved or tongued and grooved.
FOURTH SCHEDULE—EXEMPTIONS CREATED
Classes of Goods
Goods imported from and being wholly the produce or manufacture of the Cook Islands (including Niue) or Western Samoa.
FIFTH SCHEDULE—EXEMPTIONS WITHDRAWN
Date of Notice Published in New Zealand Gazette
7 December 1938 8 December 1938, page 2721
8 February 1939 9 February 1939, page 180
5 September 1962 13 September 1962, page 1511
15 March 1963 21 March 1963, page 383
20 April 1964 23 April 1964, page 703
26 May 1964 28 May 1964, page 883
12 October 1964 15 October 1964, page 1809
4 June 1965 10 June 1965, page 941
18 June 1965 15 July 1965, page 1139
24 June 1965 15 July 1965, page 1139
13 July 1965 15 July 1965, page 1137
16 September 1965 23 September 1965, page 1591
14 December 1965 16 December 1965, page 2231
20 December 1965 22 December 1965, page 2329
24 March 1966 31 March 1966, page 565
6 October 1966 13 October 1966, page 1581
28 November 1966 1 December 1966, page 1997
Dated at Wellington this 2nd day of June 1967.
N. L. SHELTON, Minister of Customs.
S.R. 1964/47
NOTE—c.d.v. means current domestic value as defined in section 136 of the Customs Act 1966.
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