DUTY CALLS is your weekly look at changes in the South African tariff dispensation and amendments to Customs and Excise legislation. This column aims to provide the reader with a summary of the main changes and is not intended to be a comprehensive statement of the law. No liability is accepted for errors or omissions. There were no tariff amendments published - 4 April Changes to Customs and Excise Rules (‘DAR’) DAR/70: Electronic communication for the purpose of customs and excise procedures. DAR/71: Substitution of forms DA185 and DA185.12 DAR/72: Licensing of distributors of fuel obtained from the licensee of a customs and excise manufacturing warehouse. DAR/73: Rules in respect of the fuel levy goods. DAR/74: Entry for export by road of specified goods from a customs and excise warehouse to countries in Africa. DAR/75: Insertion of form DA35, DA550, and DA610. DAR/76: Substitution of forms DA185, DA185A, DA185.13 Tariff applications - response due Reinstatement of the rebate provision on goods of any description for the manufacture of photosensitive semi-conductor panels including photovoltaic cells, classifiable under tariff subheading 8541.40. Response on application due by 2 May Revision of the customs tariff dispensation on caustic soda classifiable under tariff subheading 2815.11 and 2815.12, at a rate of duty of 20% ad valorem. Response on application due by 18 April Notice of the investigation of the withdrawal or phasing out of textile rebate provisions The Board on Tariffs and Trade (“Board”) has published a notice for the investigation of the withdrawal or phasing out of a range of textile rebate provisions. The investigation is as a result of the Board’s 1995 report, which recommended that the rebate provisions for fabrics, listed in the report, be phased out over the period September 1999 to 2002. These provisions should have been withdrawn but the recommendation was not implemented. No response due on anti-dumping notices Compiled by Riaan de Lange of Deloitte & Touche Trade & Investment Solutions. E-mail: rdelange@deloitte.co.za
