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Weekly update 18 February 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 3 days.
On Monday 16th February, morning, the total sea freight queue (includes Australian lodgements) stood at 478 lodgements and TET were processing lodgements due Monday at 11am.
Last week: average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 18:37 hrs (previous week 18:19hrs) and for second submissions 3:15 hrs (previous week 3:44 hrs).
Airfreight queue
For the coming week, air freight lodgement turnaround is estimated 3 hours
On Monday 16th February, morning, there was 1 airfreight lodgement in the queue and TET were processing lodgements due Monday at 11am.
Last week: average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 2:08 hrs (previous week 2:22 hrs) and for second submissions 1:54 hrs (previous week 2:46 hrs).
Australia queue
On Monday 16th February, morning, there were 149 Australian specific lodgements, the team is processing consignments due back Monday at 4:30pm.
Last week:
Average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 2:06hrs (previous week 2:17hrs) and for second submissions 1:35 hrs (previous week 3:05hrs).
Average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 16:57hrs (previous week 16:06hrs) and for second submissions was 2:29hrs (previous week 2:31hrs).
Pressure point: None noted
Lodgements processed Weekly 9nd February – 15th February
All timings are based on business hours from 7am to 5pm.
Total lodgements processed = 4,735 (previous week 4,143)
Air cargo 1st lodgements
3-hour target
2,043
(previous week 1,701)
Air cargo 2nd submission
2-hour target
174
(previous week 168)
Total
2,217
Sea cargo 1st lodgements
21-hour target
2,145
(previous week 1,920)
Sea cargo 2nd submission
4-hour target
373
(previous week 354)
Total
2,518
Australian queue
Sea cargo 1st lodgements
21-hour target
516
(previous week 358)
Sea cargo 2nd submission
4-hour target
101
(previous week 104)
Air cargo 1st lodgements
3-hour target
543
(previous week 512)
Air cargo 2nd submission
2-hour target
44
(previous week 40)
