HS2012 – Effective from 01
January 2011
If you are reading this
column on 08 July 2011, there
are only 177 days before
amendments are introduced
to the Harmonised System
Nomenclature, also known as
the South African Tariff Book.
Every five years there
are significant changes to
the Harmonised System
Nomenclature, also known as
the HS.
Recommendation for the
proposed amendments were
first published more than two
years ago – 26 June 2009.
By way of background, the
proposed amendments, referred
to by the World Customs
Organisation (WCO) as a
“Recommendation”, are the
fifth since the WCO Council
approved the Harmonised
Systems Convention in 1983.
South Africa introduced the HS
on 01 January 1988.
The current
Recommendation includes 220
sets of amendments, 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 preparing for the proposed
amendments, you need to study
the documentation which has
been available in South Africa
since 26 June 2009.
Before a Government
Gazette notice is published,
a lot of work needs to be
completed to account for the
impact of the proposed tariff
amendments across all the
Schedules to the Customs and
Excise Act (the Act).
The main sources of the
amendments to the HS are
(i) Technological Progress;
(ii) Trade Patterns; (iii)
Clarification of texts to ensure
uniform application of the HS;
and (iv) Adaption of the HS to
reflect trade practices.
Over the next few weeks we
will address the amendments.
Schedule No 3, 4, 5 & 6 –
Final Opportunity
Comments with respect to
the proposed amendments of
Schedules No.3, Schedule No.4,
Schedule No.5, and Schedule
No.6 to the Customs and
Excise Act (the Act), as well as
an Explanatory Memorandum
on the proposed amendments
are due by
12 July 2011.
Tariff Applications –
01 July 2011
There were no tariff
applications at the time of
publication.
Tariff Amendments –
01 July 2011
There were no amendments at
the time of publication.
Trade Remedy
Amendments –
01 July 2011
There were no amendments at
the time of publication.
Draft Rule Amendments –
01 July 2011
There were amendments at the
time of publication.
Rule Amendments –
01 July 2011
There were no rule
amendments at the time of
publication.
Duty Calls’ Watch List
Applications for Rebate
Permits for the Importation
of Natural Honey for the
Calendar year 2011 are due by
15 August 2011.
Comment on the initiation
of the investigation into the
alleged dumping of frozen
meat of fowls (chickens) of the
species Gallus Domesticus,
whole bird and boneless
cuts, classifiable under tariff
subheadings 0207.12 and
0207.14.10, originating in or
imported from Brazil, is due by
01 August 2011.
Comment on the initiation
of a sunset review of the antidumping
duties on frozen
meat of fowls (chickens) of the
species Gallus Domesticus,
cut in pieces with bone-in,
classifiable under tariff
subheading 0207.14.90,
originating in or imported from
the United States of America
(USA), is due by
01 August 2011.
DUTY CALLS
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