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KEEPING YOU INFORMED | | | |
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|  | | | New excise duty rates for alcohol from 1 July 2022 | | The annual adjustment to the excise and excise-equivalent duty rates on alcoholic beverages will take place on 1 July 2022. | | | |
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|  | | | New Health Promotion Agency (HPA) Levy rates for alcohol from 30 June 2022 | | The annual adjustment to the levy rates on alcoholic beverages will take place on 30 June 2022.
It is occurring on this date because of the upcoming health system reforms. | | | |
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|  | | | Changes to declarant pin testing | | From 01 July 2022, Customs will be implementing changes to the restricted declarant pin process.
Declarants that work for brokers, freight forwarders, importers and exporters, (other than those already approved), will be required to complete formal training through an external provider. | | | |
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|  | | | Domestic Transhipment Request (DTR) for Air Cargo | | From 1 July 2022, a Domestic Transhipment Request (DTR) will be required to move uncleared air-freight from one approved facility (CCA/ATF) to another approved facility. This means that the Customs continuous collectors permit, and paperless transhipment scheme and MPI's General Authorisation of Carriage (GAC) can no longer be used to move uncleared air-freight. | | | |
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|  | | | Laced with meth | | Packages come in all shapes and sizes at the International Mail Centre in Auckland. Diligent Customs Officer Mary felt this parcel was suspicious enough to have a closer inspection. | | | |
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|  | | | Intellectual Property Rights | | Updates to trademark and copyright notices have been accepted by Customs.
For more information on IPRs, email IPRnotices@customs.govt.nz.
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|  | | | Tariff Concession Notices | | A tariff concession removes the tariff duty that would be payable for certain goods. Tariff Concession Advertisement and Approval Notices 21 are now available.
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|  | | | Making your online assets more secure | | Nearly two-thirds of incidents reported to CERT NZ could have been prevented if two-factor authentication (2FA) was in place.
Now might be the right time to make your digital assets more secure. You can do this in two easy steps - create a long and strong password and turn on 2FA in your account settings. | | | |
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