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Cost Recovery Proposals under the Animal Products Act 1999

Attachment 2: Game Sector

Introduction

This section details the recovery costs of industry goods for primary processors of game.

Costs to be recovered from sector

The costs of services provided to the sector are

Service	Cost	Payable from
New Zealand Standards and Systems	$52,934	All domestic and export primary processors
Market Access	$81,707	Export primary processors
Export Standards	$295,060	Export primary processors

Current situation

Primary processors of game are charged a levy of $0.83 per head processed.

Cost Recovery options

1. Levies

All processors $0.10 per head

Export processors $0.94 per head

Total for Export Processors $1.05 per head

2. Fixed annual charge per processor

All processors (13) $28,982 p.a.

Fixed fees could be differentiated on a large, medium, small business size.

Option to include secondary processing in game primary processors costs

If secondary processing costs are added to primary processing costs the rates would be:

3. Levies

All processors $0.14 per head

Export processors $0.97 per head

Total for Export Processors $1.10 per head

4. Fixed annual charge per processor

All processors (13) $29,085 p.a.