DUTY CALLS

Tariff Amendments – 31 October 2008 The “Extent of Rebate” in respect of all the Rebate Items discussed below is “Full Duty”, while all the rates of customs duty (duty) are free of duty. The creation of a Rebate Item for “Filament yarn of nylon and other polyamides (excluding sewing thread and textured yarns of subheadings 5402.31 to 5402.39), not put up for retail sale, measuring per single yarn more than 700 dtex, for the manufacture of textiles and textile articles classifiable in Section XI of Part 1 of Schedule No. 1." The creation of a Rebate Item for "Filament yarn of polyester (excluding sewing thread and textured yarns of subheadings 5402.31 to 5402.39), not put up for retail sale, measuring per single yarn more than 700 dtex, for the manufacture of textiles and textiles articles classifiable in Section XI of Part 1 of Schedule No. 1." The creation of a Rebate Item for "High tenacity filament yarn of polyesters (excluding sewing thread), not put up for retail sale, for the manufacture of textiles and textile articles classifiable in Section XI of Part 1 of Schedule No. 1." The creation of a Rebate Item for "Other partially oriented filament yarn of polyester, single, untwisted or with a twist not exceeding 50 turns per meter, measuring per single yarn more than 30 dtex but not more than 450 dtex and having a tenacity not exceeding 45 cN/tex, for the manufacture of textiles and textile articles classifiable in Section XI of Part 1 of Schedule No. 1." The creation of a Rebate Item for "Other filament yarn of polyester, single, untwisted or with a twist not exceeding 50 turns per meter, measuring per single yarn more than 30 dtex but not more than 450 dtex and having a tenacity not exceeding 45 cN/tex, for the manufacture of textiles and textile articles classifiable in Section XI of Part 1 of Schedule No. 1." The creation of a Rebate Item for "Other filament yarn of polyester, single, with a twist exceeding 50 turns per meter, measuring per single yarn more than 75 dtex but not more than 650 dtex and having a tenacity not exceeding 45 cN/tex, for the manufacture of textiles and textile articles classifiable in Section XI of Part 1 of Schedule No. 1." The creation of Rebate Item for “Tubes and pipes of aluminium, not alloyed, with an outside diameter not exceeding 7 mm, for use in the manufacture of household refrigerators and freezers, classifiable in heading 84.18”. The creation of a Rebate Item for “Electronic ballasts, for the manufacture of fluorescent discharge lamps (excluding ultra-violet lamps) of tariff subheading 8539.31.90, with a power rating of 8W or more but not exceeding 23W”. The insertion of a tariff subheading in respect of “- - Bag closures of non-cellular polystyrene, in the form of flat shapes, with a thickness not exceeding 2 mm and with no side exceeding 30 mm”. The insertion of a tariff subheading in respect of “- - - Preparations containing by mass, 85 per cent or more of methionine.”