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100% Pure Ripoff NZ – New Fees On Personal Imports

July 27, 2010 2 comments

Just when you thought a solution to NZ’s ripoff prices is to buy from abroad, new fees are being introduced this month to make even that less attractive.

Consumer.org has showcased the new Import Transaction Fee which they say is likely to apply to personal imports of goods like books, jewellery, clothing, toys and electrical appliances. They say that the NZ Customs Service will be applying an additional fee of $24.75 ($22 plus GST) to a range of personal imports that attract GST and import duty.

Mostly it will apply to goods over $400 in value but there will be occasions on which packages valued at less than $400 will attract the fee.

And it that’s not bad enough MAF are also going to take their cut by imposing a MAF Biosecurity system entry levy of $12.50 (including GST) whenever an Import Transaction Fee is applied.

For a full explanation of how these new charges will apply take a look at the Consumer website where there is a breakdown provided by the NZ Customs service, link here.

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