New Zealand Revises Export Controls
New Zealand recently revised its catch-all export controls and issued guidance on the changes. The revisions, which took effect Oct. 9, include changes to restrictions on goods and technologies that are not controlled under New Zealand's export control regime but may have military or police uses, such as biological and chemical weapons or goods that may have “military applications.”
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The changes include a new prohibition on items that may be used in “terrorist acts,” expand restrictions on items for military end-uses and provide an exemption for exporters from “needing to seek permits for low-risk countries and products.” The guidance provides a list of countries exempt from the controls -- including the U.S., Japan and the European Union member states -- and a list of exempt items, such as animals, food, medical products and sanitary equipment.
New Zealand also widened the definition for “military end-use” so it now includes “activities that materially enable or support operations and activities of a military or internal security nature,” such as the use of a commercial vehicle to support military logistics. New Zealand’s previous definition covered only “items for incorporation into weapons, or for use in the production, maintenance or testing of weapons,” which “did not provide sufficient coverage of risks involved” in exporting goods.