In an earlier issue you were alerted to the fact that on 01 January 2012, 220 sets of tariff amendments will be introduced to the Harmonised System Nomenclature, also known as the South African Tariff Book. The current Recommendations are divided as follows: (i) Agricultural sector – 98; (ii) Chemical sector – 27; (iii) Paper sector – 9; (iv) Textile sector – 14; (v) Base Metal sector – 5; (vi) Machinery sector – 30; and (vii) Other sectors – 37. In last week’s issue we dealt with the tariff amendments of Section I i.e. “Live Animals; Animal Products” In this column we will focus on the tariff amendments to Section II i.e. “Vegetable Products”. Section II consists of nine tariff chapters. Tariff Chapter 6 – live animals and plants; Tariff Chapter 7 – edible vegetables; Tariff Chapter 8 – edible fruits and nuts; Tariff Chapter 9 – coffee and tea; Tariff Chapter 10 – cereals; Tariff Chapter 11 – products of the milling industry; Tariff Chapter 12 – oil seeds; Tariff Chapter 13 – gums and resins; and Tariff Chapter 14 – vegetable planting materials. The first section tariff subheadings to be deleted, can be summarised as follows: • Tariff Chapter 6 – 0604.10, 0604.91, and 0604.99; • Tariff Chapter 7 – 0709.90; • Tariff Chapter 8 – 0802.40, 0802.50, 0802.60, 0803.00, 0808.20, and 0809.20; • Tariff Chapter 9 – 0904.20, 0905.00, 0907.00, 0908.10, 0908.20, 0908.30, 0909.10, 0909.20, 0909.30, 0909.40, 0909.50, and 0910.10; • Tariff Chapter 10 – 1001.10, 1001.90, 1002.00, 1003.00, 1004.00, 1007.00, and 1008.20; • Tariff Chapter 11 – 1102.10; and • Tariff Chapter 12 – 1201.00, 1202.10, 1202.20, 1207.20, and 1212.20. The second section tariff subheadings to be created (new), can be summarised as follows: • Tariff Chapter 6 – 0603.15, 0604.20, and 0604.90; • Tariff Chapter 7 – 0709.91, 0709.92, 0709.93, 0709.99, 0713.34, 0713.35, 0713.60, 0714.30, 0714.40, and 0714.50; • Tariff Chapter 8 – 0801.12, 0802.41, 0802.42, 0802.51, 0802.52, 0802.61, 0802.62, 0802.70, 0802.80, 0803.10, 0803.40, 0803.90, 0808.30, 0809.21, 0809.29, 0810.30, and 0810.70; • Tariff Chapter 9 – 0904.21, 0904.22, 0905.10, 0905.20, 0907.10, 0907.20, 0908.11, 0908.12, 0908.21, 0908.22, 0908.31, 0908.32, 0909.21, 0909.22, 0909.31, 0909.32, 0909.61, 0909.62, 0910.11, and 0910.12; • Tariff Chapter 10 – 1001.11, 1001.19, 1001.91, 1001.99, 1002.10, 1002.90, 1003.10, 1003.90, 1004.10, 1004.90, 1007.10, 1007.90, 1008.21, 1008.29, 1008.40, 1008.50, and 1008.60; and • Tariff Chapter 12 – 1201.10, 1201.90, 1202.30, 1202.41, 1202.42, 1207.10, 1207.21, 1207.29, 1207.30, 1207.60, 1207.70, 1212.21, 1212.29, 1212.92, 1212.93, and 1212.94. The third section tariff subheadings whose scope will be modified, can be summarised as follows: • Tariff Chapter 6 – 0603.19; • Tariff Chapter 7 – 0713.39, 0713.90, and 0714.90; • Tariff Chapter 8 – 0801.19, 0802.90, and 0810.90; • Tariff Chapter 10 – 1008.90; • Tariff Chapter 11 – 1102.90; and • Tariff Chapter 12 – 1207.99, and 1212.99.
