Ref: OIA 17 - 259

Dear Megan Pledger

Acknowledgment of request for official information

Thank you for your email of 13 October 2017, which was received by the New Zealand Customs Service (Customs) on 13 October 2017. You have requested the following information:

"1) Could you please provide to me the value of the excise tax collected on alcohol in each region of New Zealand e.g. Canterbury, Auckland, Wellington.

2) Can I also have the volume of beverage and the volume of pure alcohol this equates to, by region.

3) Can this data be broken down according to beverage type.

4) Can I have this data in 6 monthly intervals from Jan-June 2007 to July-Dec 2016."

We acknowledge receipt of your request under the Official Information Act.

You can expect a response within the statutory timeframe as set out in the Official Information Act.

Yours sincerely

Correspondence, Reviews and Ministerial Servicing
New Zealand Customs Service

-----Original Message-----
From: Megan Pledger [mailto:[FYI request #6695 email]]
Sent: Friday, 13 October 2017 11:48
To: OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Alcohol excise tax, volume of alcohol beverage and volume of pure alcohol, by region and year.

Dear New Zealand Customs Service,

1) Could you please provide to me the value of the excise tax collected on alcohol in each region of New Zealand e.g. Canterbury, Auckland, Wellington.

2) Can I also have the volume of beverage and the volume of pure alcohol this equates to, by region.

3) Can this data be broken down according to beverage type.

4) Can I have this data in 6 monthly intervals from Jan-June 2007 to July-Dec 2016.

As I am using the website FYI.org.nz, I would be grateful if you would provide these submissions by email (as one or more PDF attachments).

Yours faithfully,

Megan Pledger

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Dear Ms Pledger

Please see attached a response to your Official Information Act request.

Yours sincerely

Correspondence, Reviews and Ministerial Servicing
New Zealand Customs Service

-----Original Message-----
From: Megan Pledger [mailto:[FOI #6695 email]]
Sent: Friday, 13 October 2017 11:48
To: OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Alcohol excise tax, volume of alcohol beverage and volume of pure alcohol, by region and year.

Dear New Zealand Customs Service,

1) Could you please provide to me the value of the excise tax collected on alcohol in each region of New Zealand e.g. Canterbury, Auckland, Wellington.

2) Can I also have the volume of beverage and the volume of pure alcohol this equates to, by region.

3) Can this data be broken down according to beverage type.

4) Can I have this data in 6 monthly intervals from Jan-June 2007 to July-Dec 2016.

As I am using the website FYI.org.nz, I would be grateful if you would provide these submissions by email (as one or more PDF attachments).

Yours faithfully,

Megan Pledger

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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
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Dear Ms Pledger

Thank you for your email of 20 November 2017.

I've attached an excel version of the table that Customs provided you with on 13 November 2017 as well as a copy of the original decision and related PDF table (that we have retained for our records).

Yours sincerely

Correspondence, Reviews and Ministerial Servicing
New Zealand Customs Service

-----Original Message-----
From: Megan Pledger [mailto:[FYI request #6695 email]]
Sent: Monday, 20 November 2017 11:57
To: OIA <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Alcohol excise tax, volume of alcohol beverage and volume of pure alcohol, by region and year.

Dear OIA, Customs Service,

I asked for some data on "Alcohol excise tax, volume of alcohol beverage and volume of pure alcohol, by region and year" and I am grateful for your response - OIA 17 259 dated 13 November 2017.
On FYI that is
https://fyi.org.nz/request/6695-alcohol-...

However, the response, as a pdf, is not in a format that is easy to analyse and graph. Could you please provide the tables in excel or csv format.

Thanks for your help in this matter.

Yours sincerely,
Megan Pledger

-----Original Message-----

Dear Ms Pledger

Please see attached a response to your Official Information Act request.

Yours sincerely

Correspondence, Reviews and Ministerial Servicing New Zealand Customs Service

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