Organics - Fees and charges

Service

Cost (including GST)

Organic exporter registration

Annual registration fee

$205.88

Assessment fee (may be charged)

$137.25 per hour

$34.31 per quarter hour

Programme implementation

The programme implementation fee covers programme development, implementation and administration. The total cost of this programme is recovered from registered organic exporters.

The fee is based on the total free on board (FOB) value of exports during the financial year (1 July to 30 June).

The fee is calculated by dividing the programme costs by the total exporter FOB estimates. Each exporter pays a fee directly proportional to FOB value of their organic exports for the period.

NZFSA requests estimates of FOB value from organic exporters twice a year in January and May as in the timeline below:

• 30 January: estimated FOB value requested

• 28 February: invoice sent for half this amount (if estimated fee is greater than $1000)

• 15 May: second, more accurate estimate of FOB requested

• 30 June: invoice sent for reconciled amount (July-June). Any differences between the first and second estimated fees are credited or debited as necessary.

Certification

Only applies to EU, Switzerland, Japan and the USA.

Certificates for Taiwan are issued by your TPA.

Organic certificate for the EU, Switzerland and Japan

$44.00

Organic consignment registration for USA

$25.00

Urgent turnaround time (less than 24 hours)

$20.00

Urgent turnaround time (less than 48 hours)

$10.00

Copy of certificate

$25.00

Extra copies of certificates

$10.00

Amendment (when exporter makes a change after submitting request)

$2.00/min

Cancellation of request by exporter

20% of fee

Additional time

$2.00/min

Faxing

$5.00

Postage

Included in certificate fee

Courier

$10.00

1 hour courier Zone 1

$16.00

1 hour courier Zone 2

$22.00

Same day courier Zone 3

$32.00

Same day courier Zone 4

$39.00

Same day courier Zone 5

$46.00

Same day courier Zone 6

$54.00