GOVERNMENT GAZETTE NO.17883 DATED 4 APRIL 1997 DEPARTMENT OF TRADE & INDUSTRY GENERAL NOTICE 494 OF 1997 BOARD ON TARIFFS & TRADE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE TARIFF APPLICATIONS : LIST 10/97 The following application concerning the Customs & Excise Tariff has been received by the Board on Tariffs & Trade. Any objections to or comments on this representation should be submitted to the Chairman, Board on Tariffs & Trade, Private Bag X753, Pretoria, 0001, within 6 weeks of the date of this notice.

Reduction in the duty on: Golf balls, classifiable under tariff heading 9506.32, from 25% ad valorem to free of duty. [BTT Ref. T5/2/20/5 (970042). Enquiries: Mr A Zietsman, Tel. (012) 310-9698].

Applicant: Pick Ôn Pay Corporate Services, P O Box 154, Westville, 3630.

GENERAL NOTICE 495 OF 1997 NOTICE OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGED SUBSIDISED EXPORT OF PORCELAIN INSULATORS ORIGINATING IN INDIA Petition The petition was lodged by Cullinan Industrial Porcelain, the local manufacturer of the products in South Africa. The petitioner alleges that the Indian government subsidises porcelain insulators in the form of a deduction equal to 100 per cent of the export profits in computing the company’s taxable income.

Product The product being investigated is porcelain insulators, classifiable under tariff subheading 8546.20.10.

Subsidised export Based on the available information, the subsidy was calculated to be 31,64 per cent of the export value.

Material injury and causality The petitioner alleges that the domestic South African industry is suffering material injury owing to the importation from India of subsidised porcelain insulators.