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The Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade has approved the updated New Zealand Strategic Goods List (NZSGL), which came into effect on 12 November 2024.
The NZSGL is comprised of listed goods, software, and technology, largely derived from the control lists developed by the multilateral non-proliferation and export control regimes [1] of which New Zealand is a Participating State. The new list incorporates 278 updates. Most of these amendments (231) are clarifications and editorial changes that do not change the scope of existing controls. The other 47 amendments are either new controls, deletions of previously existing controls, or modifications to existing controls.
The updated list also includes national controls on certain dual use technologies:
- Semiconductor technologies; and
- Quantum computing technologies.
New Zealand is implementing these additional national controls, alongside other like-minded countries, to ensure that specific emerging technology is regulated in the same way as all other dual use items on the NZSGL.
The purpose of New Zealand’s Export Controls regime is to regulate the export of goods which may be intended for use that could, directly or indirectly, be to the detriment of New Zealand’s security or national interests or contribute to human rights abuse or the contravention of international humanitarian law.
New Zealand's controls on the export of strategic goods are implemented through the Customs Export Prohibition (Strategic Goods) Order 2021 made under section 96 of the Customs and Excise Act 2018 (the Act). Under the Act, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade must maintain a list of all goods and classes of goods (including technologies) that are prohibited for export without his consent because they have, or may have, a strategic use.
The updated NZSGL and explanatory notes can be found on the MFAT website: https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/trade/export-controls
[1] New Zealand is a Participating State of the Wassenaar Arrangement, the Missile Technology Control Regime, the Australia Group, and the Nuclear Suppliers Group.