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|  | | | Infringement Notices from April | | We will soon begin enforcement of Infringement Notices, which were introduced as part of the Customs and Excise Act 2018.
From 1 April 2019, Customs officers will issue Infringement Notices, with an instant fine of $400 for an individual or $800 for a business.
Infringement Notices enable Customs to manage minor offending involving travel, goods and craft by issuing fines for 70 offences.
They are issued for minor offences that justify more than a warning, as an alternative to prosecution. Once the fine has been paid, all guilt or liability disappears.
To issue an Infringement Notice a Customs officer needs to have reasonable grounds to believe an offence has been committed. A warning notice may be issued instead, if appropriate.
See our website for more details. | | | | |
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|  | | | Licencing your premises | | If you're making excisable items, you must licence your premises as a Customs-controlled area (CCA), or Licensed Manufacturing Area (LMAs are a type of CCA).
Once your premises are licensed, you can only make excisable items in that location. When you move the items from that area, you must pay excise duty. | | | | | | |
|  | | | Preparing for Brexit | | Are you a New Zealand business exporting goods to the UK and preparing for a no-deal Brexit? Our website has some useful information to help you prepare.
If you are concerned about Brexit's impact on your exports to the UK/EU, call us toll-free on 0508 BREXIT (0508 273 948) or email us brexit@customs.govt.nz. | | | | | | |
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|  | | | Trade numbers show promising start to CPTPP | | January trade statistics show that the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is already delivering benefits to New Zealand, says Trade and Export Growth Minister David Parker.
The CPTPP entered into force on 30 December for New Zealand and three new FTA partners Japan, Canada, and Mexico. | | | | |
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|  | | | New tariff concession information | | We regularly publish tariff concession notices. A tariff concession removes the tariff duty that would otherwise be payable under the Tariff for certain goods. 2019 Tariff Concession Advertisement Notice 10 is now available.
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|  | | | Valuation Rulings: certainty for commercial importers | | Establishing the Customs value of goods can be complex for commercial importers.
As part of our new legislation, we have implemented a new service to help add certainty around this requirement. | | | | | | |
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