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Weekly update 13 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.
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Sea freight queue
For this week, sea freight lodgement turnaround is estimated at 3 days.
On Monday 13 July, morning, the total sea freight queue (includes Australian lodgements) stood at 131 lodgements and TET were processing lodgements due Monday at 11:28am.
Last week: average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 10:11hrs (previous week 8:51hrs) and for second submissions 0:44 hrs (previous week 0:36hrs).
Airfreight queue
For the coming week, air freight lodgement turnaround is estimated 2 hours
On Monday 13 July, morning, there were 2 airfreight lodgements in the queue and TET were processing lodgements due Monday at 10am.
Last week: average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 0:14 hrs (previous week 0:14 hrs) and for second submissions 0:13 hrs (previous week 0:15 hrs).
Australia queue
On Monday 13 July, morning, there were 32 Australian specific lodgements in the queue and TET were processing lodgements due Monday at 10am
Last week:
Average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 0:10 hrs (previous week 0:15hrs) and for second submissions 0:10 hrs (previous week 0:10hrs).
Average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 8:10hrs (previous week 6:08hrs) and for second submissions was 0:31hrs (previous week 0:42hrs).
Pressure point: None noted
Lodgements processed Weekly 6 July – 12 July
All timings are based on business hours from 7am to 5pm.
Total lodgements processed = 3,610 (previous week 4,361)
Air cargo 1st lodgements
3-hour target
1,515
(previous week 1,941)
Air cargo 2nd submission
2-hour target
163
(previous week 217)
Total
1,678
Sea cargo 1st lodgements
21-hour target
1,671
(previous week 1,938)
Sea cargo 2nd submission
4-hour target
261
(previous week 265)
Total
1,932
Australian queue
Sea cargo 1st lodgements
21-hour target
374
(previous week 489)
Sea cargo 2nd submission
4-hour target
54
(previous week 68)
Air cargo 1st lodgements
3-hour target
442
(previous week 603)
Air cargo 2nd submission
2-hour target
50
(previous week 81)
