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Customs and Excise Act 2018

Entry and exit of goods, persons, and craft - Entry and accounting for goods - Imported goods

76: Entry of imported goods in multiple or split shipments

You could also call this:

"Importing goods to New Zealand in smaller parts, instead of all at once"

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When you import goods into New Zealand, you can ask the chief executive if you can bring them in multiple or split shipments. You can also ask to enter these goods under the same Tariff classification as if they were all in one shipment. The chief executive will look at certain criteria to decide if this is okay.

The chief executive might say yes if they think it is not reasonable to import all the goods at once. They will make this decision based on some prescribed criteria. You can find more information about this by looking at the related section.

If the chief executive says yes, they might add some conditions that you need to follow. These conditions are to make sure everything is done fairly and correctly. The chief executive gets to decide what conditions are necessary.

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Part 3Entry and exit of goods, persons, and craft
Entry and accounting for goods: Imported goods

76Entry of imported goods in multiple or split shipments

  1. An importer may apply to the chief executive to allow goods to be—

  2. imported in multiple or split shipments; and
    1. entered by the importer under the same Tariff classification that they would have been entered under if they had been imported in 1 shipment.

      1. The chief executive may allow the goods to be dealt with as referred to in subsection (1)(a) and (b) if, after considering any prescribed criteria, he or she considers that the goods could not reasonably be imported in 1 shipment.

      2. A decision under subsection (2) may be subject to any conditions that the chief executive considers reasonably necessary.

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