WELLINGTON
The Customhouse, 1 Hinemoa Street, Wellington
PO Box 2218, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
www.customs.govt.nz
18 November 2024
Ref: OIA 24-714
RC
By email:
[FYI request #28949 email]
Dear RC
Request for information under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email to the New Zealand Customs Service (Customs) received on 27 October
2024, requesting the following information under the Of icial Information Act 1982 (the Act):
“I am writing to enquire as to the amount of sexual lubricants imported into New Zealand in
the last financial year. Please provide me with the following information.
1) How many litres of sexual lubricants did Customs approve for import into New Zealand?
2) Of question 1, please provide a breakdown by type (water based, oil based, silicone
based).”
Customs does not collect the requested information, as there is no HS tariff classification for imports
under “sexual lubricants”. Therefore, Customs is refusing your request in full under section 18 (e) of
the Act, as the information does not exist or is not held by Customs, or, despite reasonable efforts to
locate it, cannot be found.
You have the right, by way of complaint to the Of ice of the Ombudsman under section 28(3) of the
Act, to seek an investigation and review of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint
is available online at:
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or you can phone 0800 802 602.
If you have any queries in regard to this response, please contact the Correspondence, Reviews and
Ministerial Servicing Team:
[email address].
Yours sincerely
Debbie Kay
Manager, Correspondence, Reviews and Ministerial Servicing
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