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.
E2NZ.org 
there were places for people like that– one way in –one way out and the way out was up a
chimmey
THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION! I am taking a trip at the end of the year and was going to bring all these products back to New Zealand with me but now I will check to make sure they aren’t going to penalise me for “not buying Kiwi” (not being reamed&rorted, I mean). A mate said I should go on a certain diet for example and to drink whey protein shakes. So I go and check the prices of them.
Back in the U.S. it is $14 (fourteen) bucks for 2 lbs of the stuff but here in NZ it is $53 (fifty-three) bucks USD for the same amount. That is more than markup. It is 100% PURE RIPOFF.
Oh!another charges….