Duty calls

TARIFF APPLICATION –
COMMENT DUE
The proposed amendment
to the Rebate Item in respect
of what was previously
considered to be the third
Structural Adjustment
Programme, namely the
television receiving set
programme. The proposed
amendment relates to:
The deletion and
substitution of Rebate Item
316.17/00.00/00.05 with
the following:
Rebate Item
316.17/00.00/01.00:
“Goods of any description
(excluding mounted or
populated printed circuit
boards, picture tubes fitted
with components other than
the deflection coil and cabinets
fitted with components and
any apparatus classifiable in
tariff subheading 8528), for
the manufacture of reception
apparatus for television
incorporating a cathode-ray
tube (CRT) classifiable in tariff
subheading 8528.72.20 and
8528.73.20, whether or not
combined in the same housing
with radio-broadcasting
receivers or sound or video
recording or reproducing
apparatus, provided that the
Commission is satisfied that
the manufacturing process
for the reception apparatus
for television includes the
mounting and populating of
unpopulated (blank)
circuit boards”.
Rebate Item
316.17/00.00/02.00:
“Goods of any description
(excluding mounted or
populated printed circuit
boards and display panels,
irrespective of their degree of
completion and any apparatus
classifiable in tariff subheading
8528), at such times, in such
quantities and under such
conditions as the International
Trade Administration
Commission may allow
by specific permit for the
manufacture of reception
apparatus for television
incorporating a display other
than a cathode-ray tube (CRT)
classifiable in tariff subheading
8528.72.20 and 8528.73.20,
whether or not combined in
the same housing with radiobroadcast
receivers or sound or
video recording or reproducing
apparatus, provided that the
Commission is satisfied that
the manufacturing process
for the reception apparatus
for television includes the
mounting and populating of
unpopulated (blank)
circuit boards”.
Rebate Item
316.17/00.00/03.00:
“Plasma display panels
and liquid crystal displays
(excluding any apparatus
classifiable in tariff subheading
8528), not equipped or
presented with mounted
or populated printed circuit
boards designed for purposes
other than pixel control, and
inverters, whether or not
incorporating a back lighting
unit but not equipped or
presented with any other
components, at such times, in
such quantities and under such
conditions as the International
Trade Administration
Commission may allow
by specific permit for the
manufacture of reception
apparatus for television
classifiable in tariff subheading
8528.72.20 and 8528.73.20,
provided that the Commission
is satisfied that the display
panels are used in the manner
prescribed in rebate item
316.17.00.00/02.00”.
The application was lodged
by Tedelex Trading (Pty) Ltd.
Comment due by
29 August 2008.