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Weekly update 17 August 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 2 days.

On Monday 17th August, morning, the total sea freight queue stood at 7 and TET were processing lodgements due Tuesday at 3:17pm.

Last week:  average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 2:26 hrs (previous week 6:14hrs) and for second submissions 1 hr (previous week 0:39hrs).

 

Airfreight queue

For the coming week, air freight lodgement turnaround is estimated 1 hour.

On Monday 17th August, morning, there were 11 airfreight lodgements in the queue and TET were processing lodgements due Monday at 10:00am.

Last week:  average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 0:11 hrs (previous week 0:12 hrs) and for second submissions 0:16 hrs (previous week 0:12 hrs).

 

Australia queue

On Monday 17th August, morning, there were 4 Australian specific lodgements in the queue and TET were processing lodgements due Monday at 10:53am.

Last week:

Average turnaround of air freight lodgement for first submissions was 0:10 hrs (previous week 0:10hrs) and for second submissions 0:14 hrs (previous week 0:11hrs).

Average turnaround of sea freight lodgement for first submissions was 2:01hrs (previous week 4:55hrs) and for second submissions was 0:37hrs (previous week 0:37hrs).

 

Pressure point: None noted

 

Lodgements processed Weekly 10th August – 16th August

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

 Total lodgements processed = 4591 (previous week 4234)

 

Air cargo 1st lodgements
3-hour target

1882
(previous week 1779)

Air cargo 2nd submission
2-hour target

238
(previous week 215)

Total 


2,120

 

Sea cargo 1st lodgements
21-hour target

2076
(previous week 1918)

Sea cargo 2nd submission
4-hour target

395
(previous week 322)

Total 
 

2,471

 

Australian queue

 

Sea cargo 1st lodgements
21-hour target

484
(previous week 445)

Sea cargo 2nd submission
4-hour target

91
(previous week 79)

 

Air cargo 1st lodgements
3-hour target

555
(previous week 451)

Air cargo 2nd submission
2-hour target

52
(previous week 37)

 

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