DUTY CALLS

Tariff Amendment –
Vulcanised Rubber Band
The insertion of a tariff
subheading in respect of
vulcanised rubber bands in
immediate packing of 20kg
or more. The rate of customs
duty is free, irrespective
of the country of origin (of
importation), in other words the
general rate of customs duty,
the European Union (EU), the
European Free Trade Area
(EFTA), and the Southern
African Customs Union
(SADC).
World Trade Report 2009
The World Trade Organisation
(WTO) has published its Annual
World Trade Report for 2009
titled Trade Policy Commitments
and Contingency Measures.
It aims to deepen the
understanding about trends
in trade, trade policy issues
and the multilateral trading
system. The report examines the
range of contingency measures
available in trade agreements
and the role that these measures
play. Also referred to as escape
clauses or safety valves, these
measures allow governments
a certain degree of flexibility
within their trade commitments
and can be used to address
circumstances that could not
have been foreseen when a trade
commitment was made.
Provisional Anti-Dumping
Duty – Steel Sinks
The retrospective imposition
of provisional anti-dumping
duties (provisional anti-dumping
duties) on sinks of stainless steel,
imported from or originating in
the People’s Republic of China
(China) and Malaysia.
The provisional anti-dumping
duties on the following have
been imposed with retrospective
effect from 09 April 2009 to
08 October 2009: (i) Sinks of
stainless steel manufactured or
produced by Zhuhai Dali Metal
Product Co. Ltd, imported from
or originating in China (20.62%);
(ii) Sinks of stainless steel
manufactured or produced by
Rhine Sinkwares Manufacturing
Ltd, imported from or
originating in China (10.84%);
(iii)Sinks of stainless steel
(excluding that manufactured
or produced by Zhuhai Dali
Metal Product Co. Ltd., Rhine
Sinkwares Manufacturing Ltd
and Taijing Chuanger Metal
Products Co. Ltd, imported
from or originating in China
(62.41%); (iv) Sinks of stainless
steel imported from Central
Aluminium Manufactory
SDN BHD, imported from or
originating in Malaysia (10.70%);
and (iv) Sinks of stainless steel
(excluding that imported from
Central Aluminium Manufactory
SDN BHD, imported from or
originating in Malaysia (10.70%).
Trade Remedy
Amendments – Rolled Steel
The termination of the antidumping
duties on: (i) Flat-rolled
products of iron or non-alloy
steel, with a width of 600mm
or more, painted, varnished or
coated with plastics (excluding
Zincalume not colour coated, but
covered with resin), imported
from or originating in Australia;
and (ii) Flat-rolled products of
iron or non-alloy steel, with a
width of less than 600mm or
more, painted, varnished or
coated with plastics, imported
from or originating in Australia.
No Tariff Applications
– 31 July 2009
Tariff Applications
– No Comment Due
No Trade Remedy
Applications – 31 July 2009
Trade Remedy Applications
– No Comment Due
Wco Prohibition Of
Chemical Weapons
The World Customs
Organisation (WCO) has
published its “Recommendation
of the Customs Co-operation
Council on the Insertion
in National Statistical
Nomenclatures of Subheadings
for Substances Controlled
under the Convention on the
Prohibition of the Development,
Production, Stock-piling and use
of Chemical Weapons and on
their Destruction”.