Tariff amendments - 31 January The rate of customs duty (“duty”) on cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form, classifiable under tariff heading 17.01, is reduced from 131.2c/kg to 100.5c/kg. The European Union (“EU”) and Southern African Development Community (“SADC”) rates of duty on textiles and articles thereof i.e. Chapter 51 to 63, are amended and 1 400 tariff subheadings are deleted. The phasing down of the EU and SADC rates of duty in respect of Chapter 84 ‘nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof’, for the year 2003. The tariff headings in question are 84.18, 84.21, 84.25, 84.26, 84.29, 84.31, 84.33, 84.50, 84.51, 84.81, 84.82 and 84.82. Schedule 8 i.e. ‘licences’ and then 840.00 ‘remover of goods in bond’, have been amended to account for 840.01 ‘licences issued before 1 January 2003’, period of validity ‘from the date of issue to 31 December 2003’, and 840.02 ‘licences issued from 1 January 2003’, period of validity ‘from the date of issue to 31 December of the year in which it was issued’. The licence fee for both is set at R200. Tariff amendments - 27 January The anti-dumping duty (211.06/5501.30/01.06) on acrylic filament tow, classifiable under tariff heading 5501.30, imported from or originating in Portugal, is withdrawn. The rate of anti-dumping duty was 10.3%. Tariff applications - response due Rebate of the duty in Schedule 4 on tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of steel (7306.03) used in the manufacture of brake line and fuel line assemblies. The creation of a new tariff subheading for acrylic acids and its salts and esters of acrylic acid (2916.11 and 2916.12). Response on the applications due by 7 February. Duty Calls on Line - 1st Forum ‘7 Tips to Curb and Prevent Dumping’ I want to thank readers who joined Francois Dubbelman and myself for the launch of the Duty Calls Online Forum on 24 January when we discussed anti-dumping and countervailing measures. Look out for the next Duty Calls Online scheduled for 7 February. Following the Forum we have devised the following 7 tips which we believe will help readers to curb and prevent dumping. n Monitor imports into the South Africa /Southern African Customs Union (Trade Stats) Country of origin Import volumes Import values Unit price n Monitor the sales of imported products on the domestic market n Know the market size of your product(s) n Know the players in your market Domestic manufacturers Importers n Consider the creation of/or the strengthening of an industry association n Know the customs duty dispensation for your end product/imported inputs Customs duty Ad valorem customs duty Free Trade Agreements - TDCA, SADC FTA n Ensure that the customs duty liability on imported inputs is lower than the customs duty on your manufactured end product Compiled by Riaan de Lange of Deloitte & Touche Trade & Investment Solutions. E-mail: rdelange@deloitte.co.za
