WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/STR/N/6/NZL
28 September 2000
(00-3922)
Working Party on
State Trading EnterprisesOriginal:  English
STATE TRADING
Updating Notification Pursuant to Article XVII:4(a) of the GATT 1994
and Paragraph 1 of the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII
NEW ZEALAND
The following communication, dated 18 September 2000, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of New Zealand.
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In accordance with G/STR/N/6, dated 1 March 2000, requesting notification of the changes
that have occurred in State Trading Enterprises since the full notification, New Zealand would make
the following comments.
New Zealand's 1995 and 1996 notifications indicated that changes to producer board powers
had been proposed and that when legislative changes are made New Zealand would provide full
details in an updated notification.  New Zealand advises that there have been changes to the State
Trading Enterprises notified in New Zealand's full notification, dated 5 May 1999, covering theproducts apples and pears, raspberries and kiwifruit.  Information is also provided on the State
Trading Enterprises covering hops, meat from slaughtered cattle, sheep and goats, and deer meat and
deer antlers in velvet.
In the interests of greater transparency, New Zealand has decided to notify, as a state trading
enterprise, a body that has not been covered in previous notifications – the New Zealand Horticulture
Export Authority.
There have been no changes to the exclusive or special privileges of the New Zealand Dairy
Board (affecting the acquisition and marketing of all dairy products manufactured in New Zealand forexport).  If and when legislative changes are made New Zealand will provide full details in a
notification.
I. ENZA LIMITED
The Apple and Pear Industry Restructuring Act was enacted in September 1999.  On
1 April 2000, the Act converted the New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board into a company,
ENZA Limited, and distributed shares in ENZA Limited to apple and pear growers.
Subsequently, the promulgation of the Apple and Pear Export Regulations 1999 provides
ENZA Limited with an automatic right, but not the sole right, to export apples and pears.G/STR/N/6/NZL
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A new non-trading regulatory body, the New Zealand Apple and Pear Board, monitors and
enforces ENZA Limited's compliance with the "mitigation measures" stated in the Regulations.
Applications from other prospective exporters, to export apples and pears in their own right,
is assessed and decided on by a new non-trading regulatory body, the Apple and Pear Export PermitsCommittee.
For the purposes of this notification, ENZA Limited is considered a State Trading Enterprise.
II. RASPBERRIES
In 1999, the Raspberry Marking Regulations (which established the Raspberry Marketing
Council and its marketing committees) were revoked and the Council's statutory powers (as the singledesk to regulate and control the purchase and sale of raspberries for export) were removed.  The
Raspberry Marketing Council has been disestablished and, as such, is no longer a State Trading
Enterprise.
III. ZESPRI GROUP LIMITED
The Kiwifruit Industry Restructuring Act was enacted in September 1999.  On 1 April 2000,
the Act converted the New Zealand Kiwifruit Marke ting Board into a company, Zespri Group Limited
and distributed shares in Zespri Group Limited to kiwifruit growers.
Subsequently, the promulgation of the Kiwifruit Export Regulations 1999 provides Zespri
Group Limited with an automatic right, but not the sole right, to export kiwifruit.  A new non-trading
regulatory body, the New Zealand Kiwifruit Board, known as Kiwifruit New Zealand, monitors and
enforces Zespri Group Limited's compliance with the "mitigation measures" stated in the Regulations.
Applications from other prospective exporters, to export kiwifruit in collaboration with Zespri
Group Limited, are assessed and decided on by Kiwifruit New Zealand.
For the purposes of this notification, Zespri Group Limited is considered a State Trading
Enterprise.
IV. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE CHANGES, THERE HAVE BEEN REVIEWS OF
STATE TRADING ENTERPRISES COVERING THE PRODUCTS HOPS, MEATFROM SLAUGHTERED CATTLE, SHEEP AND GOATS AND DEER MEAT AND
DEER ANTLERS IN VELVET
- The Hop Marketing Board retains its single desk powers.  This Board effectively acts as the
sole agent for New Zealand's hop growers.
- The Meat Board and the Game Industry Board, non-trading producer boards, will continue to
operate as before.  No changes have been made.  The Government has signalled it will not be
seeking substantive change in the near term.  However, further to the removal of statutory
powers of the Meat Board and Game Industry Board, which were notified in 1999
(G/STR/N/4/NZL), New Zealand no longer considers these Boards as State TradingEnterprises.
V. NEW ZEALAND HORTICULTURE EXPORT AUTHORITY
The New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority (HEA) was established in 1987, under the
Horticulture Export Authority Act 1987, with the primary function to promote function to promote theG/STR/N/6/NZL
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effective export marketing of horticultural products.  The HEA does not trade;  it approves export
marketing strategies and licences exporters for those horticultural products prescribed under the Act.
Products are prescribed under, or revoked from, the Act at the request of the relevant product group.
Product groups do not trade;  they are recognized under the Act to represent growers and exporters
and to prepare an export marketing strategy for the relevant product.  There are currently 14 products1
prescribed under the Act.  Individual growers/producers trade, and exports can only take place where
they are consistent with the relevant HEA approved export marketing strategy.
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1 The products currently prescribed under the Act are:  apricots, avocados, blackcurrants,
boysenberries, buttercup squash, chestnuts, nashi/Asian pears, nectarines, peaches, persimmons, plums, sweet
cherries, table grapes, and tamarillos.