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Weekly update 2 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 2nd February, morning, the total sea freight queue (includes Australian lodgements) stood at 735 lodgements and TET were processing lodgements due Monday at 3:59pm.

Last week:  average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 18:08 hrs (previous week 14:41hrs) and for second submissions 3:04 hrs (previous week 2:05 hrs).

 

Airfreight queue

For the coming week, air freight lodgement turnaround is estimated 3 hours

On Monday 2nd February, morning, there was 1 airfreight lodgement in the queue and TET were processing lodgements due Monday at 10am.

Last week:  average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 1:34 hrs (previous week 0:58 hrs) and for second submissions 1:43 hrs (previous week 1:02 hrs).

 

Australia queue

On Monday 2nd February, morning, there were 166 Australian specific lodgements, the team is processing consignments due back Monday at 4:29pm.

Last week:

Average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 1:47hrs (previous week 0:51hrs) and for second submissions 2:04 hrs (previous week (1:10hrs).

Average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 14:36hrs (previous week 10:52hrs) and for second submissions was 2:05hrs (previous week 1:15hrs).

Pressure point: None noted

 

Lodgements processed Weekly 26th January – 1st February

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

 Total lodgements processed = 4084 (previous week 4307)

 

Air cargo 1st lodgements
3-hour target

1,704
(previous week 1,727)

Air cargo 2nd submission
2-hour target

177
(previous week 152)

Total 


1,881

 

Sea cargo 1st lodgements
21-hour target

1,897
(previous week 2,092)

Sea cargo 2nd submission
4-hour target

306
(previous week 336)

Total 
 

2,203

 

Australian queue

 

Sea cargo 1st lodgements
21-hour target

295
(previous week 357)

Sea cargo 2nd submission
4-hour target

39
(previous week 48)

 

Air cargo 1st lodgements
3-hour target

453
(previous week 533)

Air cargo 2nd submission
2-hour target

42
(previous week 31)

 

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