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Weekly update 8 June 2026

Kia ora koutou,

Welcome to our weekly update report. We want to keep you informed of our work and answer your questions. We'll include lodgement queue processing times and volumes.

 

Sea freight queue

For this week, sea freight lodgement turnaround is estimated at 2 days.

On Monday 8th June, morning, the total sea freight queue (includes Australian lodgements) stood at 172 lodgements and TET were processing lodgements due Monday at 1:18pm.

Last week:  average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 5:20hrs (previous week 4:12hrs) and for second submissions 0:41 hrs (previous week 0:40hrs).

 

Airfreight queue

For the coming week, air freight lodgement turnaround is estimated 2 hours

On Monday 8th June, morning, there were 15 airfreight lodgements in the queue and TET were processing lodgements due Monday at 12:46pm.

Last week:  average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 0:19 hrs (previous week 0:14 hrs) and for second submissions 0:19 hrs (previous week 0:31 hrs).

 

Australia queue

On Monday 8th June, morning, there were 42 Australian specific lodgements in the queue and TET were processing lodgements due Monday at 1:24pm

Last week:

Average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 0:14 hrs (previous week 0:13hrs) and for second submissions 0:14 hrs (previous week 0:15hrs).

Average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 4:40hrs (previous week 3:50hrs) and for second submissions was 0:32 hrs (previous week 0:34hrs).

 

Pressure point: None noted

 

Lodgements processed Weekly 1st June – 7th June

All timings are based on business hours from 7am to 5pm.

 Total lodgements processed = 3872 (previous week 3866)

 

Air cargo 1st lodgements
3-hour target

1754
(previous week 1678)

Air cargo 2nd submission
2-hour target

215
(previous week 208)

Total 


1,969

 

Sea cargo 1st lodgements
21-hour target

1646
(previous week 1730)

Sea cargo 2nd submission
4-hour target

257
(previous week 250)

Total 
 

1,903

 

Australian queue

 

Sea cargo 1st lodgements
21-hour target

391
(previous week 447)

Sea cargo 2nd submission
4-hour target

62
(previous week 99)

 

Air cargo 1st lodgements
3-hour target

574
(previous week 462)

Air cargo 2nd submission
2-hour target

68
(previous week 51)

 

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