Tariffs. Customs. Trade Remedies

The annual adjustment to the excise and excise-equivalent duty rates on alcoholic beverages will take place on 1 July 2014. The annual adjustment is based on movements in the “Consumers Price Index All groups, excluding credit services” over the 12-month period to 31 March 2014.

The new rates are those set out in the Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table (Alcoholic Beverages Indexation) Amendment Order 2014.  The rates (in NZ$) are summarised as:

Current excise rate to 30 June 2014

New excise rate (GST excl.) from 1 July 2014

41.797 cents per litre

42.401 cents per litre

$27.870 per litre of alcohol

$28.273 per litre of alcohol

$2.2295 per litre

$2.2617 per litre

$2.7870 per litre 

$2.8273 per litre

$50.759 per litre of alcohol

$51.493 per litre of alcohol

Alcohol products removed from a licensed manufacturing area or imported after midnight on 30 June 2014 will be subject to the new rates. For further information see the Types of duties, fees & charges section.