Wine industry fees and charges

Why we charge the wine industry

We recover costs from the wine industry for essential services we provide for the domestic and export wine sectors, including:

setting and implementing standards
ensuring compliance
ensuring New Zealand wine meets international standards
providing assurances that New Zealand wine meets overseas market access requirements.

These services and programmes ensure that all New Zealand wine meets domestic and international requirements.

Where to find fees and charges

Fees and charges, including GST, are listed on application forms and other relevant documents. In some cases, as well as a flat charge, you may need to pay an hourly rate for assessment or verification.

Fees and charges for importing wine and beverages

Fees and charges for exporting grape wine

Fees and charges for exporting fruit wine, cider, and mead

Wine industry charges

All costs incurred by MPI are recovered under sections 84 and 85 of the Wine Act and Regulation 125 of the Wine Regulations 2021.

Charges specific to wine businesses are:

registration and verification of your WSMP
making an amendment to your WSMP
registration as an exporter of non-New Zealand grape wine.

An export levy is payable by exporters of New Zealand grape wine. The levy is payable at a rate of $0.005 per litre per exporter, once an exporter exceeds a threshold of 200,000 litres.

Schedule 2: Matters in respect of which levy payable – Wine Regulations 2021 – NZ Legislation

Wine standards management plans

If you want to export New Zealand grape wine, it must be made under a wine standards management plan (WSMP).

If you're the wine producer or packager, you'll need to pay MPI to register or amend your WSMP. If you're exporting wine made by someone else, you won't need your own WSMP.

Wine application, registration, and change fees

Activity	Charge (excl GST)	Charge (incl GST)
Application to register a template WSMP*	$202.50 plus $135.00 per hour after the first 2.5 hours	$232.88 plus $155.25 per hour after the first 2.5 hours
Application to register a customised WSMP*	$337.50 plus $135.00 per hour after the first 3.5 hours	$388.13 plus $155.25 per hour after the first 3.5 hours
Application to register a change of operator for a template WSMP*	$202.50 plus $135.00 per hour after the first 2.5 hours	$232.88 plus $155.25 per hour after the 2.5 hours
Application to register a change of operator for a customised WSMP*	$337.50 plus $135.00 per hour after the first 3.5 hours	$388.13 plus $155.25 per hour after the first 3.5 hours
Application to register a template WSMP in special circumstances*	$202.50 plus $135.00 per hour after the first 2.5 hours	$232.88 plus $155.25 per hour after the first 2.5 hours
Application to register a customised WSMP in special circumstances*	$337.50 plus $135.00 per hour after the first 3.5 hours	$388.13 plus $155.25 per hour after the first 3.5 hours
Application to register a significant amendment to a WSMP*	$135.00 plus $135.00 per hour after the first 2 hours	$155.25 plus $155.25 per hour after the first 2 hours
Application to register a minor amendment to a WSMP	$67.50	$77.63
Change of recognised agency for verification purposes	$67.50	$77.63
Application to amend a recognised person, agency or class of persons under the Wine Act*	$67.50 plus $135.00 per hour after the first half hour	$77.63 plus $155.25 per hour after the first half hour
Notification to exempt small winemaker from WSMP	$135.00	$155.25
Apply to register as a wine exporter (only if you export fruit or vegetable wine, cider, mead or non-NZ grape wine)	$135.00	$155.25
* The charge listed covers the time a standard application is expected to take. An additional assessment charge of $135.00 excl GST ($155.25 incl GST) per hour will be applied when an application takes longer than allowed for in the regulations. Schedule 2: Fees and charges - Wine Regulations 2021

Verification

You will have to pay an MPI recognised agency to verify your WSMP each year.

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Updated fees and charges