Market Access

Importers

 

Our trade agreements

Agreements in force

• ASEAN-Australia/NZ Free Trade Agreement (signed but not yet in force) AANZFTA - 2009
• New Zealand and China Free Trade Agreement (China-NZ FTA) - 2008
• Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (Trans-Pacific SEP) - 2005
  Brunei/Chile/New Zealand/Singapore
• New Zealand and Thailand Closer Economic Partnership (NZTCEP) - 2005
• New Zealand and Singapore Closer Economic Partnership (NZSCEP) - 2001
• Australia and New Zealand Closer Economic Relations (CER) - 1983

Agreements under negotiation

• New Zealand and Malaysia Free Trade Agreement (concluded but not yet signed)
• Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
• New Zealand and Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement
• New Zealand and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership
• Expansion of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (Transpac)
• New Zealand and Korea Free Trade Agreement

Import rules and regulations

• Strategic goods including Firearms
• Customs department - information for importers [External link]

Importation of Chemicals

The Chemical Weapons Convention requires controls on the import of a range of chemicals that can be used as chemical weapons or in the production of chemical weapons.

• Chemical Weapons Convention - information
• Application form to import scheduled chemicals

Tariff information

• The Customs Department administers the New Zealand tariff regime and has on its website the Working Tariff Document of New Zealand [external link]
• The Ministry of Economic Development provides policy advice on the New Zealand tariff regime [external link]

Legal issues

Copyright, intellectual property, trademarks etc.

• The Customs Department website has information on importing trade-marked goods [external link]
• The Ministry of Economic Development has policy information on the intellectual property regime relating to importing goods into New Zealand [external link]

More import help online

• The Business Information Zone (biz) website has a wide range of information for importers [external link]
• The Ministry for Economic Development has information about building business capability [external link]

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