Balance of Payments
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New Zealand Balance of Payments Statistics
Vessels and Aircraft Questionnaire
Quarter Ended 30 September 2000
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Purpose
This survey provides information for New Zealand’s Balance of
Payments Statistics, which are a record of New Zealand’s
international economic transactions.
Compulsory Requirement
The Minister of Statistics has approved the taking of this survey.
The return of this questionnaire duly filled in and signed, is a
compulsory requirement under the Statistics Act 1975.
Confidentiality of
Information
Only people authorised by the Statistics Act 1975 are allowed to
see your individual information, and they must use it only for
statistical purposes. Your information will be combined with similar
information to prepare summary statistics.
Dianne Macaskill
Acting Government Statistician
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Instructions:
1. Please keep track of the time it takes you to provide the information asked for in this questionnaire.
Later, we ask for the time taken.
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Section 1 - Purchases
Explanation: The aim of this section is to collect information on those purchases from overseas of vessels and aircraft which constitute imports, but which are not
included in external trade statistics. Also, timing adjustments to the external trade statistics may be required in that the recording in external trade statistics (based on
customs entries) is not necessarily equivalent to the change of ownership convention adopted for balance of payments statistics.
Instructions:
1.
Cost of delivery is only required for vessels and aircraft handed over in New Zealand.
2.
Purchase price excludes delivery costs.
Name of Vessel or
Type of Aircraft
Country of
Purchase
Purchase
Price
$NZ(000)
Handed Over
in NZ
(Tick Column)
Yes
No
Customs Entry
Form Completed
Cost of
Delivery
$NZ(000)
Date of
Change of
Ownership
Yes
No
Date
Tick
Column
Customs Entry
Number
(eg AKS2000001)
Sea/Air Port
of Arrival
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Section 2 - Sales
Explanation: The aim of this section is to collect information on those sales to overseas of vessels and aircraft which constitute exports, but which are not included in
external trade statistics. Also, timing adjustments to the external trade statistics may be required in that the recording in external trade statistics (based on customs
entries) is not necessarily equivalent to the change of ownership convention adopted for balance of payments statistics.
Instructions:
1.
Cost of delivery is only required for vessels and aircraft handed over overseas.
2.
Sale price excludes delivery costs.
Name of Vessel or
Type of Aircraft
Purchasing
Country
Sale Price
$NZ(000)
Handed Over
in NZ
(Tick Column)
Yes
No
Customs Entry
Form Completed
Cost of
Delivery
$NZ(000)
Date of
Change of
Ownership
Yes
No
Date
Tick
Column
Customs Entry
Number
(eg AKS2000001)
Sea/Air Port
of Departure
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Section 3 - Progress/Post Payments
Explanation: A progress payment occurs when an importer makes an instalment payment to the supplier of a capital good before possession of the good is taken.
Therefore, in balance of payments statistics, a progress payment from New Zealand represents an increase in overseas assets.
A post payment occurs when an importer makes an instalment payment to the supplier of a capital good after possession of the good has been taken. Therefore, in
balance of payments statistics, a post payment from New Zealand represents a decrease in overseas liabilities.
Instructions:
1.
Record all progress payments and post payments separately.
Name of Vessel or
Type of Aircraft
Progress
Payment
$NZ(000)
Post
Payment
$NZ(000)
Country of Recipient
(if Payment Made from NZ)
Country of Remitter
(if Payment Made to NZ)
Date of
Payment
Instalments
(eg Monthly etc.)
Date of
Expected
Final
Payment
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Section 4 - Leasing Transactions
The aim of this section is to collect information on financial and operational leases to and from overseas.
The section is split into four tables.
Table
Table
Table
Table
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
- Financial Leasing from Overseas
- Financial Leasing to Overseas
- Operational Leasing from Overseas
- Operational Leasing to Overseas
Definitions
The definitions below are from the New Zealand Society of Accountants’ SSAP-18 “Accounting for Leases
and Hire Purchase Contracts”.
Lease: an agreement whereby the lessor conveys to the lessee in return for rent, the right to use an asset
for an agreed period of time.
Finance lease: a lease that transfers substantially all the risks and rewards incident to ownership of an
asset to the lessee. Title may or may not eventually be transferred. This definition of a finance lease
includes contracts for the hire of assets which contain a provision transferring title to the asset upon the
fulfilment of agreed conditions.
Operating lease: a lease other than a finance lease.
Inception of the lease: the earlier of the date of the lease agreement or of commitment by the parties to
the principal provisions of the lease.
Lease term: the non-cancellable period for which the lessee has contracted to lease the asset. Also to be
included are any further terms for which the lessee has the option to continue to lease the asset, with or
without further payment, when, at the inception of the lease, it is reasonably certain that the lessee will
exercise the option.
Instructions
Please refer to these instructions when completing the four tables in this section.
Territory where Vessel or Aircraft is operated
a)
If the vessel or aircraft is operated domestically, ie only in one country, please name the country.
b)
If the vessel or aircraft is operated internationally, please enter ‘International’.
Date of Arrival/Departure
Please complete this column at the beginning and the end of a lease. The date of arrival/departure is only
required at the end of the lease if the vessel or aircraft is returned to the lessor.
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Table 4.1 - Financial Leasing FROM Overseas
Please complete this table for all vessels and aircraft under financial lease, where your company is the lessee.
Name of Vessel or
Type of Aircraft
under Financial Lease
(1)
Country of
Lessor
(2)
Territory where
Vessel or Aircraft
is Operated
(3)
Lease Term
(4)
Date of
Inception
of Lease
(5)
Lease Payments
during the Three Months
$NZ(000)
Interest
Principal
(6)
(7)
Date of
Arrival/Departure
(8)
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Table 4.2 - Financial Leasing TO Overseas
Please complete this table for all vessels and aircraft under financial lease, where your company is the lessor.
Name of Vessel or
Type of Aircraft
under Financial Lease
(1)
Country of
Lessee
(2)
Territory where
Vessel or Aircraft
is Operated
(3)
Lease Term
(4)
Date of
Inception
of Lease
(5)
Lease Receipts
during the Three Months
$NZ(000)
Interest
Principal
(6)
(7)
Date of
Arrival/Departure
(8)
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Table 4.3 - Operational Leasing FROM Overseas
Please complete this table for all vessels and aircraft under operational lease, where your company is the lessee.
Name of Vessel or
Type of Aircraft
under Operational Lease
Country of
Lessor
Territory where
Vessel or Aircraft
is Operated
(1)
(2)
(3)
Lease Term
Date of
Inception
of Lease
Lease Payments
during the Three
Months
$NZ(000)
Date of
Arrival/Departure
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
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Table 4.4 - Operational Leasing TO Overseas
Please complete this table for all vessels and aircraft under operational lease, where your company is the lessor.
Name of Vessel or
Type of Aircraft
under Operational Lease
Country of
Lessee
Territory where
Vessel or Aircraft
is Operated
(1)
(2)
(3)
Lease Term
Date of
Inception
of Lease
Lease Receipts
during the Three
Months
$NZ(000)
Date of
Arrival/Departure
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
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