Thread: Importing Scope

Digging up a slightly old thread here, but I'm looking at importing a pair of binos. I'm trying to work out what the go is with the $1000 limit for customs duty. The item itself will be $998NZD and shipping will be $112NZD.
The total cost is obviously over the $1000 limit, but I can't work out if customs takes into account the shipping cost or just uses the value of the item when deciding whether it needs duty paid. I've used the duty estimator and it suggests that I won't have to pay any duty, but I've read elsewhere that suggests they take shipping into account.
https://www.customs.govt.nz/personal...uty-estimator/

Does anyone have any experience in this sort of case? It's a pair of Tract binos, from memory @Tahr is the local expert on Tract?

Originally Posted by Spoon

Digging up a slightly old thread here, but I'm looking at importing a pair of binos. I'm trying to work out what the go is with the $1000 limit for customs duty. The item itself will be $998NZD and shipping will be $112NZD.
The total cost is obviously over the $1000 limit, but I can't work out if customs takes into account the shipping cost or just uses the value of the item when deciding whether it needs duty paid. I've used the duty estimator and it suggests that I won't have to pay any duty, but I've read elsewhere that suggests they take shipping into account.
https://www.customs.govt.nz/personal...uty-estimator/

Does anyone have any experience in this sort of case? It's a pair of Tract binos, from memory @Tahr is the local expert on Tract?

They include the shipping cost.

Originally Posted by NZShoota

They include the shipping cost.

Weird that their own calculator doesn't include it then