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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 117

Tariff Quota Tendering—Call for Tenders 1983/84

PURSUANT to section 120(5) of the Customs Act 1966 and within the terms of the Australia - New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (ANZCERTA), the Comptroller of Customs, acting under delegated authority, is calling tenders for Tariff Quotas (Tendered Australian Tariff Quota—TATQ) for grape wine with an f.o.b. value of $2 or more.

Guide notes to Tariff Quota Tendering are set out below.

Tenders should be addressed to the Comptroller of Customs, Private Bag, Wellington—attention Tariff Concessions, or delivered by hand to the Ninth Floor, Investment House, Whitmore Street, Wellington. Tenders should reach the Office of the Comptroller of Customs no later than 4 p.m. on Friday, 26th of August 1983. Envelopes should be marked 'Tariff Quota Tender'.

Notes

1. Tenderers are advised that quotas issued under this call for tenders will be for the importation of grape wine classified under Tariff Items 22.05.022 and 22.06.022 only. (Refer to Schedule of Tariff Items.)
2. Quota allocations made under this call for tenders will be for goods from Australia which comply with the ANZCERTA rules of origin as detailed in the Agreement. Enquiries should be directed to the Collector of Customs.
3. Tenderers should be conversant with the various statutes and regulations governing the importation and sale of wine.
4. Tenderers should note that the number of TATQ allocations could be increased where winemakers do not apply for the full winemakers’ Australian Tariff Quota allocation by the 26th of August 1983.

Guide to Tariff Quota Tendering

1. Tenderers are to express their bids as an amount per litre, e.g., ($1 per litre) even though the quotas will be issued on a value basis.
2. Quotas will be allocated to the successful tenderers on the basis of the number of Tariff Quota allocation sizes. The successful tenderers will receive a duty concession, issued under Reference 99 of Part II of the Customs Tariff, for Tariff Items 22.05.022 and 22.06.022 which will reduce the normal rate of duty down to the level of the bid plus 85c per litre plus 10 percent, e.g., if a bid was received for $1 per litre the concession rate would be $1.85c per litre plus 10 percent of the Customs Value.
3. The successful tenderers will be those who submit the highest valid bids for the available Tariff Quota units. A bid of more than $2 per litre is unnecessary because any Australian wine with an f.o.b. value of $2 or more per litre may be imported without Quota provided duty of $2.85 per litre plus 10 percent of the Customs Value is paid. A Tariff Quota will not be issued for wine having an f.o.b. value of less than $2 per litre.
4. Results of all tenders will be published in the Gazette which is available at Government Bookshops. Government Bookshops are located at Hannaford Burton Building, Rutland Street (Private Bag, C.P.O.), Auckland 1; Northern Automobile Building, Alexandra Street (P.O. Box 857), Hamilton; Head Office, Mulgrave Street (Private Bag), Wellington 1; Wellington Trade Centre, Cubacade (Private Bag), Wellington 1; Avon House, 130 Oxford Terrace (Private Bag), Christchurch 1, T and G Building, Princes Street (P.O. Box 1104), Dunedin.
5. Quotas obtained under the Tariff Quota Tendering will not count towards history for the Global Tariff Quota and will not be taken into account in the administration of any policies under the general system.

Who Can Bid

Tenders may be submitted by any person or enterprise domiciled in New Zealand.

Limitation on Bids

There is not restriction on the number of bids a tenderer may bid for, but it may be necessary to review the number of units allocated to individual tenderers if the total amount available for allocation is exceeded.

Tendering Format

1. Tenders are to be made by letter.
2. The following information must be given:
   (a) Name and address of tenderer;
   (b) Number of units tendered;
   (c) Amount per litre of the bid.

Advice and Publication

1. Following the closing of Tenders, bids will be publicly opened in the Department’s Head Office Conference Room, Investment House, Wellington, in the presence of a Justice of the Peace, on Wednesday, 31 August at 11 a.m.
2. Successful tenderers will receive a Tariff Quota Allocation which will show the c.i.f. value of the wine which may be imported and the concession rate of duty applicable.
3. Unsuccessful tenderers will be notified by letter.
4. The name and location of all tenderers, successful and invalid and the amount bid in each case will be published in the Gazette as soon as possible after the opening of the tenders.

Period of Tariff Quota

Tariff Quotas issued under this ANZCERTA Tendering will be available till the 30th of June 1984.

SCHEDULE OF TARIFF ITEMS

Tariff Item
Description
No. of Units
Tariff Quota Unit Size
22.05.022
Other wines of fresh grapes
61
$5000 c.i.f.
22.06.022
Other wines of fresh grapes flavoured with aromatic extracts
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Dated at Wellington this 4th day of August 1983.

P. J. MCKONE, Comptroller of Customs.

New Zealand Post Office—Schedule of Building Contracts of $20,000 or More in Value

Name of Work
Successful Tenderer
Amount of Tender Accepted $
Tapawera telephone exchange building
Palmer and Hart Ltd., Richmond
61,067.33
POHQ 3/405/1
F. K. McINERNEY, Director-General.