On 01 February 2022, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) announced that its State Warehouse Policy had been updated. SWIMS functionality has been added for management of goods deposited in the State Warehouse.
According to the “Summary of Main Points”:
(a) Goods liable to forfeiture and pending compliance with any condition of the Act may be removed and stored in the State warehouse or a place deemed to be a State warehouse.
(b) Goods may only be released from the State warehouse after Customs clearance has been made.
(c) Customs disposes of goods that are abandoned, prohibited or remain unentered after sixty (60) days.
The State Warehouse Policy is accessible here: