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Weekly update 15 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 15th June, morning, the total sea freight queue (includes Australian lodgements) stood at 185 lodgements and TET were processing lodgements due Tuesday at 1:34pm.

Last week:  average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 5:30hrs (previous week 5:20hrs) and for second submissions 1:30 hrs (previous week 0:41hrs).

 

Airfreight queue

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

On Monday 15th June, morning, there were no airfreight lodgements in the queue.

Last week:  average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 0:17 hrs (previous week 0:19 hrs) and for second submissions 0:26 hrs (previous week 0:19 hrs).

 

Australia queue

On Monday 15th June, morning, there were 45 Australian specific lodgements in the queue and TET were processing lodgements due Tuesday at 1:59pm

Last week:

Average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 0:21 hrs (previous week 0:14hrs) and for second submissions 0:19 hrs (previous week 0:14hrs).

Average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 4:35hrs (previous week 4:40hrs) and for second submissions was 3:04 hrs (previous week 0:32hrs).

 

Pressure point: None noted

 

Lodgements processed Weekly 8th June – 14th June

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

 Total lodgements processed = 4043 (previous week 3872)

 

Air cargo 1st lodgements
3-hour target

1688
(previous week 1754)

Air cargo 2nd submission
2-hour target

241
(previous week 215)

Total 


1,929

 

Sea cargo 1st lodgements
21-hour target

1818
(previous week 1646)

Sea cargo 2nd submission
4-hour target

296
(previous week 257)

Total 
 

2,114

 

Australian queue

 

Sea cargo 1st lodgements
21-hour target

386
(previous week 391)

Sea cargo 2nd submission
4-hour target

75
(previous week 62)

 

Air cargo 1st lodgements
3-hour target

502
(previous week 574)

Air cargo 2nd submission
2-hour target

60
(previous week 68)

 

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