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Accurate information Prohibited or restricted exports
Accurate information is vital as export entry data is For some types of goods, an export licence or permit
provided to Statistics New Zealand and is used by may be required with a code and number to be declared
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and manage New Zealand’s economic performance. some types of goods may be prohibited.
The person lodging the entries is responsible • Search: “Prohibited and restricted exports”.
for ensuring that clearance is obtained, and that
information provided to Customs is accurate. Export Export lodgements
entries are a legal declaration under the Customs and All exported goods must be electronically cleared with
Excise Act. Making an erroneous or false entry on an Customs before export on either an export entry or an
ECI report is an offence, and could result in penalties or ECI report, except for certain postal items.
prosecution. An export entry provides full details of the
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inspection are normally processed in under 60 minutes, Tariff of New Zealand. An ECI report provides summary
generating a printable message authorising export. of a single exempt-entry consignment or multiple
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Export Requirements not required.
Customs requires export clearances to monitor and
enforce permit requirements and prohibitions on Export entry
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important to exporters for supporting zero-rating of than NZ$1000.
export sales for GST purposes. • All consignments that claim for drawback of duty.
• See: TSW fact sheet – Export declaration You can use an export entry for goods that are exempt,
requirements. if you wish.

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