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Weekly Update 14 February 2023
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.
This week
Sea freight queue
For this week, sea freight lodgement turnaround is estimated at 3 - 6 days.
On Monday 13 February, morning, the total sea freight queue (includes Australian lodgements) stood at 1,198 lodgements and TET were processing lodgements due back Friday 10 February at 1:26pm
Last week: average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 35:18 hrs (previous week 33:56 hrs) and for second submissions 12:39 hrs (previous week 12:17hrs)
Airfreight queue
For the coming week, air freight lodgement turnaround is estimated 3 - 9 hours.
On Monday 13 February, morning, there were 120 airfreight lodgements in the queue for processing and TET were processing lodgements due back Monday at 7:59am.
Last week: average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 10:45 hrs (previous week 11:12 hrs) and for second submissions 10:48 hrs (previous week 11:00 hrs)
Australia queue
On Monday 13 February, morning, there were 253 Australian specific lodgements, the team is processing consignments due back Friday 10 February at 1:26am
Last week:
Average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 11:13 hrs (previous week 11:34 hrs) and for second submissions 10:43 hrs (previous week 11:13 hrs)
Average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 25:33 hrs (previous week 29:11 hrs) and for second submissions was 8:30 hrs (previous week 10:08 hrs)
Pressure point:
None noted
Lodgements processed Weekly 6 February – 12 February
All timings are based on business hours from 7am to 5pm.
Total lodgements processed = 3,787 (previous week 3,787)
Air cargo first lodgements
3 hour target
2,034
(previous week 1,561)
Air cargo 2nd submission
2 hour target
282
(previous week 221)
Total
2,316
Sea cargo 1st lodgements
21 hour target
1,928
(previous week 1,700)
Sea cargo 2nd submission
4 hour target
390
(previous week 305)
Total
2,318
Australian queue
Sea cargo 1st lodgements
21 hour target
376
(previous week 428)
Sea cargo 2nd submission
4 hour target
63
(previous week 47)
Air cargo first lodgements
3 hour target
419
(previous week 362)
Air cargo 2nd submission
2 hour target
45
(previous week 51)
Notice regarding port holds
You can contact the Target Evaluation team for urgent help with port holds 24/7 at manifest@mpi.govt.nz. You can also phone the team or your local MPI office during business hours.
Should you encounter any issues with port holds we expect that we will be contacted in a timely manner.
There are some occasions where port holds may be reapplied after initial MPI release, or fail to release. For example:
- when containers tranship to additional ports within NZ after initial clearance at arrival port
- where the optional ‘Delivery notification’ field in a lodgement lists the same port listed in the mandatory ‘Location of goods’ field. This results in unnecessary duplicate messaging to that port. Example: if a container is discharging in Tauranga, the ‘location of goods’ field should be NZTRG, however the ‘Delivery notification’ field should not include the Port of Tauranga.
We understand that it may be necessary to add the port to delivery notification field on some occasions eg. transhipments, however we recommend checking that no holds have been applied as a result.
MPI is unable to track all port responses for containers and it is the responsibility of the broker or freight forwarder to follow up if port holds are not removed as expected.
Notification of additional category for third country pork under the import health standard (IHS) Pig Meat and Pig Meat Products from Australia
MPI has added another category for third country pork originating from and manufactured (i.e. cooked) in an approved country (European Union, United States of America, or Canada) and legally imported into Australia. This third country pork must be accompanied by a:
- New Zealand import permit; and
- M418 certificate from Australia Competent Authority.
Download the application for permit to import animal products [PDF, 186KB]
Send completed permit applications to animal.imports@mpi.govt.nz
There are no changes to import requirements for:
- Pork of Australian or New Zealand origin (refer to clause 1.3(1) of this IHS).
- Third country pork from an approved country (EU, USA, or Canada) that is manufactured in an Australian establishment. This third country pork must be accompanied by an Official Letter from Australia Competent Authority (refer to clause 1.3(2) and letter per Schedule 3 of this IHS).
Download the IHS Pig Meat and Pig Meat Products from Australia [PDF, 201KB]
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