Rule Amendment (Dar/49) – Purpose of Entry The substitution of Rule 202.02A (Purpose Code Table (Imports) – Purpose of Entry of Declaration) to the Customs and Excise Act (the Act). The rule amendment relates to: (i) Removal in bond of goods as contemplated in rule 18.01(a) (i)(aa) (RIB); (ii) Removal in bond of goods in transit as contemplated in rule 18.01(a)(i) (bb) (RIT); (iii) Payment of duty or free (DP); (iv) Warehousing (WH); (v) Warehousing for export only (WE); (vi) Industrial rebates of customs duties (Schedule No. 3 to the Act) (IR); (vii) General rebates of customs duties (Schedule No. 4 to the Act) and exemption of VAT (Schedule 1 to the Value-Added Tax Act, Act No. 89 of 1991) or, where the goods are free of customs duty, exemption of VAT (Schedule 1 to the Value-Added Tax Act) (GR); (viii) Ordinary levy (OL); (ix) Transfer of liability: Industrial rebates of customs duties (Schedule No. 3 to the Act) where the importer of the goods is not the registered manufacturer (TIR); (x) Transfer of liability: General rebates of customs duties (Schedule No. 4 to the Act) where the importer desires to deliver goods directly to a person or firm authorised to receive the goods under rebate of duty (TGR); (xi) Transfer of liability: Ordinary levy; (xii) Payment of duty ex warehouse (XDP); (xiii) Rewarehousing (XRW); (xiv) Removal in bond ex warehouse (XIB);(xv) Industrial rebates of customs duties (Schedule No. 3 to the Act) ex warehouse (XIR); (xvi) General rebates of customs duties (Schedule No. 4 to the Act) ex warehouse (XGR); and (xvii) Ordinary levy ex warehouse (XOL) Tariff Applications and Tariff Amendments – 17 April 2009 No tariff applications (increase, reduction, or rebate of the customs duty) and tariff amendments for 17 April 2009 had been published at the time of going to print. If you are interested in establishing whether a tariff application or a trade remedy or a draft rule amendment (to the Act) is still subject to comment, please visit TARIFF BOOK (www. cargoinfo.co.za) or you can go to the EVENTS CALENDAR (www.tariffandtrade.co.za or www.ttinews.co.za) and click on any date for further information. Merchant Shipping – Oil Pollution The Minister of Transport has invited comment on a Government Gazette notice titled Publication for Public Comments: Merchant Shipping (International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Bill, 2009. The Minister has also invited comment on a Government Gazette notice titled Publication for Public Comments: Merchant Shipping (International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) (Contributions) Bill, 2009. Comment is due by no later than 22 May 2009. Report on Provisional Anti- Dumping Duties on Sinks In last week’s column you were informed of the imposition of provisional payments on stainless steel kitchen sinks imported from or originating in Malaysia and the People’s Republic of China. If you are interested in why such residual provisional payments were imposed, you can study the report that was released articulating the argument and reasoning for the imposition of these payments. Display of Prices of Petroleum Products The Department of Minerals and Energy has invited comment on a Government Gazette notice titled Draft Display of Prices of Petroleum Products Regulations for Public Comment. The proposed regulations are made in terms of the Petroleum Products Act (Act no. 120 of 1977). Comment is due on 08 May 2009.
