Rebate Guidelines
The International Trade
Administration Commission
of South Africa (Itac) on
23 January 2015 released
guidelines on the application
of the rebate of the customs
duty in terms of six Rebate
Items in Schedules No 3, 4
and 5 to the Customs and
Excise Act (No 91 of 1964).
According to the
release, applications
submitted for permits in
terms of the Rebate Items
(provisions) will be dealt
with in accordance with
the specification related
to the applicable guideline
and must be submitted
in accordance with the
application form.
Itac has pointed out
that the permits should be
applied for and received by
the organisation before the
goods are shipped.
The guidelines are:
(i) Guidelines, rules and
conditions pertaining
to rebate items
460.06/2903/02.00
or 460.06/3817/01.00
for tetrachloroethylene
and mixed alkyl
benzenes; (ii) Guidelines,
rules and conditions
pertaining to rebate item
306.15/2815.11/01.06
for solid sodium
hydroxide for use in the
extraction of uranium
oxide; (iii) Guidelines,
rules and conditions
pertaining to rebate item
460.07/3920.49/01.06 or
460.07/3920.49/02.06
for the anti-dumping duty
on plates, sheets, film,
foil and strip of polymers
of vinyl chloride (PVC);
(iv) Guidelines, rules and
conditions pertaining to
permits issued under rebate
item 306.01/2815.11/02.06
for solid sodium hydroxide
(caustic soda) classifiable
under tariff subheading
2815.11, for use in the
manufacture of sodium
metasilicates, classifiable
under tariff subheading
2839.11.
Export of Rooibos
The Executive Officer:
Agricultural Product
Standard, in terms of
the Agricultural Product
Standards Act, through a
notice in the Government
Gazette of 23 January 2015,
announced the amendment
of the standards and
requirements regarding
control of the export
of rooibos and rooibos
mixtures. (Tariff subheading
0902.40)
The proposed
amendments are available
for inspection at the office
of the executive officer or at
www.daff.gov.za and will
come into operation on 30
January 2015.
NRCS
The fundamental principles
of the World Trade
Organisation (WTO)
Technical Barriers to
Trade (TBT) and Sanitary
and Phytosanitary (SPS)
agreements are the equal
treatment and competition
of domestic and imported
products. This also applies to
the conformity assessment
bodies (laboratories and
certification schemes)
recognised by the NRCS
to provide reliable proof of
conformity of products to
the applicable compulsory
specifications. The National
Regulator for Compulsory
Specifications (NRCS) will
accept test reports from any
conformity assessment body,
local or foreign, that meets
its requirements. The NRCS
approves products that
meet with the requirements
of applicable compulsory
specifications. Letters of
Authority (LOAs) are issued
to manufacturers and
importers as soon as the
requirements have been met
in order that the products
can be imported or offered
for sale.
Duty Calls Watch List
Comment on the fourth
batch of the draft Customs
Control Rules of the
Customs Control Act No 31
of 2014 for Chapters 32 to 41
is due by 30 January 2015.
DUTY CALLS
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