On 11 November 2024, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) announced that Clearance Declaration References had been substituted for Goods Declarations to align with the World Customs Organisation (WCO) terminology.
The following paragraphs in the Goods Declaration Policy have been updated:
- Exports
- Transfer of Liability
- Examination Without Prejudice
- Supporting Documents
- Provisional Payments
- Reduction of Duties and Taxes
- Bonded Movement of Goods
- Acquittal of Goods Declarations
- Substitutions
The Supporting Document Codes List Annexure (SC-CF-55-A11) has been updated. Declarants must use the codes when uploading the requested supporting documents to the Customs clearance declaration (CCD) case.
The Certification of Origin (COO) requirement for Export Declarations, previously published in the Clearance Declaration Policy, is documented in the Administration of Trade Agreement (SC-RO-01) policy.
Updated documents:
- SC-CF-55 – Goods Declaration – External Policy
- SC-CF-55-A01 – Completion of Goods Declarations – External Annexure
- SC-CF-55-A02 – Alphabetic District Office Codes – External Annexure
- SC-CF-55-A03 – Combination Matrix – External Annexure
- SC-CF-55-A04 – Procedure Measure Matrix – External Annexure
- SC-CF-55-A05 – Alphabetic Country and Currency Codes – External Annexure
- SC-CF-55-A06 – Supplementary Unit Codes – External Annexure
- SC-CF-55-A07 – Countable Quantity Codes – External Annexure
- SC-CF-55-A08 – Export Coding – External Annexure
- SC-CF-55-A09 – Customs Status Response Messages – External Annexure
- SC-CF-55-A10 – Acquittal and Proof of Export Requirements – External Annexure
- SC-CF-55-A11 – Supporting Document Codes – External Annexure
- SC-RO-02 – Administration of Trade Agreements – External Policy
- SC-RO-02-A01 – Application for Determination or Verification – External Annexure
- SC-RO-02-A02 – Application for Export Origin Certificates – External Annexure
The Documentation is accessible at:
https://www.sars.gov.za/latest-news/customs-goods-declaration/