BondedStorage Auckland
CCA-licensed bonded warehouse at Drury, South Auckland. Import your full container, store it in bond, and pay duty only when you release stock to market — not upfront on the whole shipment. Same goods. Better cashflow.
How Bonded Storage Works
Goods Arrive Into NZ
Your container arrives at Auckland or Tauranga. Instead of paying duty and GST on the full shipment value immediately, the container is transported under bond to our Drury CCA.
Received Into Bond
We receive the container into our CCA-licensed facility. The goods are inventoried, stored, and tracked in our system. NZ Customs is notified of the bonded receipt. No duty is payable yet.
Draw Down as Needed
When you need to release stock to market, you advise us of the quantity. We prepare a Customs entry for that drawdown only, duty and GST are assessed and paid, and the goods are released.
Pay Duty on Drawdown Only
You never pay duty on your entire shipment upfront. You pay only when goods leave bond and enter the NZ market. This can mean months of deferred duty on slow-moving or high-value stock.
Who Uses Bonded Storage
Wine & Spirits
NZ importers of wine, spirits, and beer use bonded storage to hold stock without paying excise duty until the product is sold. Particularly valuable for seasonal buying in large volumes.
Tobacco Products
Manufactured tobacco products carry high excise duty in NZ. Bonded storage allows importers to buy in volume while only paying excise as product is released to distributors.
Electronics & High-Value Goods
Duty on electronics is typically 0–5%, but GST (15%) on high-value imports is significant. Deferring GST to drawdown improves cashflow for importers of large electronics volumes.
Automotive Parts
Some automotive categories attract duty of 5–10%. Importers supplying workshops and distributors on a just-in-time basis benefit from only paying duty as parts are released.
Agricultural Chemicals
Importers who buy seasonal chemicals in bulk at favourable exchange rates can hold stock in bond and release as the season demands, deferring the duty and GST outlay.
General High-Value Imports
Any importer with high inventory value relative to turnover benefits from CCA bonded storage. If your average container value is $200k+ in duty and GST, deferring that to drawdown frees capital for your next order. The advantage compounds as import volumes grow.
Drury CCA Facility
Our bonded warehouse at Drury is the largest privately-operated CCA-licensed facility in South Auckland.
Bonded Storage FAQs
What is a Customs Controlled Area (CCA) and how is it different from a regular warehouse?
A CCA is a facility licensed by NZ Customs to receive and store dutiable goods under bond — meaning duty and GST are not paid until goods are released for sale. A regular warehouse cannot hold bonded goods; all goods must be customs-cleared (and duty paid) before they can be stored there. Our Drury facility holds a CCA licence issued by NZCS.
What types of goods can be stored in a bonded warehouse?
Any dutiable goods can be held in bond — most commonly alcohol, tobacco, electronics, automotive parts, and agricultural chemicals. Some categories of goods (such as certain agricultural products under MPI oversight) have additional storage requirements. Contact us with your commodity and we will confirm suitability.
How long can goods stay in a bonded warehouse?
There is no statutory maximum for how long goods can remain in bond under NZ Customs rules, but goods must be dealt with or re-exported eventually. In practice, most bonded stock cycles within 3–12 months. Long-term storage may attract questions from Customs if goods are held indefinitely without commercial reason.
What happens if I want to re-export bonded goods rather than release them to the NZ market?
Bonded goods can be re-exported without paying NZ duty. We prepare an export entry, and the goods leave bond and NZ without any duty liability incurred. This makes CCA storage useful for goods that may be sold to either NZ or export markets, as the duty decision is deferred until the destination is confirmed.
Can I split a container — release some goods from bond and keep the rest?
Yes. That is exactly the purpose of bonded storage. You can draw down any quantity — by pallet, carton, or unit — and pay duty only on what you release. The remainder stays in bond until the next drawdown.
Do you handle the Customs paperwork for bonded drawdowns?
Yes. Our in-house customs brokers prepare and lodge all the Customs entries for each drawdown from bond. You tell us what you need released and we handle everything from there — entry lodgement, duty payment, and release instruction to the warehouse.