Anti-Dumping Amendments The anti-dumping duty on garlic, fresh or chilled and dried garlic, in the form of bulbs or cloves originating in or imported from the People’s Republic of China (China), was increased from 607c/kg to1 037c/kg. The following antidumping duty amendments were either deleted as well as created: (i) drawn glass and blown glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent or reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked, of a thickness exceeding 2.5 mm but not exceeding 6 mm (excluding optical glass), classifiable under tariff subheading 7004.90, imported from or originating in India; and (ii) float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but otherwise not worked, of a thickness exceeding 2.5 mm but not exceeding 6 mm (excluding optical glass), imported from or originating in China. Customs and Excise Warehouse Rules Amendments to the Rules to the Customs and Excise Act which relate to due entry of excisable goods received in bond from a Customs and Excise Warehouse: (i) Rule 19A1.04 Transitional Arrangements – Tobacco Products – “Due Entry of Goods Received in Bond from a Customs and Excise Warehouse”; (ii) Rule 19A2.02(d) Rules in respect of Beer – “Clearance of Beer from the Customs and Excise Manufacturing Warehouse and Payment of Duty”; (iii) Rule 19A3.03(a) Rules in respect of Spirits – “Clearance of Spirits Received in a VMS Warehouse and Payment of Duty”; (iv) Rule 19A3.04(d) (vii)(aa) Rules in respect of Spirits – “Removal of Spirits from a Customs and Excise Warehouse for any Purpose other than for Home Consumption and Payment of Duty”. Switzerland GSP Preferences Terminated With the entry into force of the Southern African Customs union (Sacu)/ European Free Trade Area (Efta) Free Trade Agreement of which Switzerland is part, Switzerland ceases to grant preferential treatment based on the GSP system. Accordingly, exporters are requested not to process any Form A Certificates of Origin for export to Switzerland as these will be rejected by Customs offices. Waste Tyre Management Plan – Comment Due In a Government Gazette dated 05 March 2010 the Department of Environmental Affairs published a notice in respect of the “Draft Integrated Industry Waste Tyre Management Plan for the South African Tyre Recycling Process (SATRP) Company in terms of Section 32(6) of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No.59 of 2008) relating to Waste Tyre Regulations, 2009”. The document is the culmination of an endeavour to satisfy all environmental and social needs and yet to remain economically feasible without overburdening the consumer. The finalisation of this plan will be the start of removing waste tyres from the present waste stream where they are sent to landfill sites, refitted to vehicles, or dumped in the veld.
