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Sales Taxes & Tariffs
                       
Sales Taxes Other than G.S.T            
In general New Zealand does not have sales taxes other than the Goods and Services Tax (GST) of 12.5%. However certain items do still attract sales tax and/or a Tariff if imported.
  These are principally in the following areas;          
       
  • Petrol, Diesel and fuels taxes
  • Cigarette, Tobacco and Alcoholic beverages Taxes
If you are considering these or any products aligned to these categories you should talk to your Accountant  to see whether any Sales Tax applies. Also note that these products types also have special sales requirements.
Border Taxes or Tariffs            
It should be noted that a small range of products still attract a small level of tariff at the border from non Australasian countries. However these are not taxes and are continuing to reduce in line with WTO/Gatt Agreements. See our importing pages for more details
  The main product types covered by tariff are;          
       
  • Cosmetics
  • Clothing & Textiles
  • Footwear
Tariff rates vary from 3% on Cosmetics up to a maximum of 12% on Clothing and Footwear
Note: There are no Tariffs applied for imports made in Australia, Singapore, Thailand, Chile, Brunei and there are some special arrangements in existence for some pacific islands under Free Trade Agreements and the countries covered by Free Trade Agreements or Closer Economic Partnerships are being extended to cover China, India, Gulf States, Mexico, Korea, Malaysia and ASEAN countries in the near future
Rules of origin do apply to these Trade Agreements may vary from country to country
                       
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