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Weekly update 20 July 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 20 July, morning, the total sea freight queue (includes Australian lodgements) stood at 201 lodgements and TET were processing lodgements due Tuesday at 2:27pm

Last week:  average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 9:31hrs (previous week 10:11hrs) and for second submissions 0:53 hrs (previous week 0:44hrs).

 

Airfreight queue

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

On Monday 20 July, morning, there were 0 airfreight lodgements in the queue.

Last week: average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 0:16 hrs (previous week 0:14 hrs) and for second submissions 0:14 hrs (previous week 0:13 hrs).

 

Australia queue

On Monday 20 July, morning, there were 51 Australian specific lodgements in the queue and TET were processing lodgements due Tuesday at 2:27pm

Last week:

Average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 0:14 hrs (previous week 0:10hrs) and for second submissions 0:14 hrs (previous week 0:10hrs).

Average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 9:06hrs (previous week 8:10hrs) and for second submissions was 0:51hrs (previous week 0:31hrs).

 

Pressure point: None noted

 

Lodgements processed Weekly 13 July – 19 July

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

 Total lodgements processed = 4,416 (previous week 3,610)

 

Air cargo 1st lodgements
3-hour target

1,946
(previous week 1,515)

Air cargo 2nd submission
2-hour target

233
(previous week 163)

Total 


2,179

 

Sea cargo 1st lodgements
21-hour target

1,985
(previous week 1,671)

Sea cargo 2nd submission
4-hour target

252
(previous week 261)

Total 
 

2,237

 

Australian queue

 

Sea cargo 1st lodgements
21-hour target

421
(previous week 374)

Sea cargo 2nd submission
4-hour target

73
(previous week 54)

 

Air cargo 1st lodgements
3-hour target

608
(previous week 442)

Air cargo 2nd submission
2-hour target

63
(previous week 50)

 

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