A weekly summary of the main changes to the South African tariff dispensation and amendments to customs and excise legislation. Compiled by Riaan de Lange. E-mail: riaan.de.lange@za.pwc.com PricewaterhouseCoopers Customs & International Trade (CIT) consultancy. Review Process of the TCIDP the DCCS Successor The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) has implemented a review process in respect of the training and development expenditure element of the Textile and Clothing Industry Development Programme (TCIDP). ITAC has also announced a number of improvements that it intends to incorporate in respect of the expenditure criteria, which can be summarised as follows: ¡ñ The category B training expenditure requirement of 3% of the wage bill is to be changed to a percentage of the certificate value, as is currently the case with categories A and C participants; ¡ñ The required training percentages for categories A and C are to be downscaled; and ¡ñ All categories of participants will be able to use part of the training expenditure requirement to acquire capital equipment. A revised training manual will be drawn up incorporating the agreed revisions to the processes and procedures by 4 March 2005. Rule amendments ¨C 18 February The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has informed of the substitution of rule 120B i.e. ¡°Temporary Procedures in respect of Goods Carried by Road on the Trans-Kalahari Route¡±. The notice also substitutes the ¡°Prescribed Forms¡± with the following: ¡ñ SAD500 i.e. ¡°Customs Declaration Form¡± ¡ñ SAD501 i.e. ¡°Customs Declaration Form (Continuation Form); ¡ñ SAD502 i.e. ¡°Customs Declaration Form (Transit Control); and ¡ñ SAD503 i.e. ¡°Customs Declaration Form (Bill of Entry Query Notification / Voucher of Correction)¡±. No Tariff amendment ¨C 18 February Tariff applications ¨C Response due Rebate of the customs duty (duty) on: ¡ñ Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes of polymers of propylene, mono-axially oriented, in rolls of a width not exceeding 20cm, classifiable in tariff subheading 3919.10 ¡ñ Other plates, sheets film, foil and strip, of polymers of propylene, of a thickness of 0.012 mm or more but not exceeding 0.06 mm, not heat shrinkable, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, classifiable in tariff subheading 39202.20; ¡ñ Non woven, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics, of a mass exceeding 25g/m2 but not exceeding 150g/m2, classifiable in tariff subheading 5603.1; and ¡ñ Knitted textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics (excluding those of heading 59.02), of a mass of less than 200g/m2 and a width or circumference exceeding 200mm, classifiable in tariff subheading 5903.90 used in the manufacture of disposable napkins for babies i.e. disposable baby diapers. Response due by 4 March. No anti-dumping Amendments ¨C18 February Anti-dumping Amendments ¨C 11 February The imposition of provisional anti-dumping duties on mats of glass fibre chopped strands, imported from or originating in the People¡¯s Republic of China (¡°China¡±) and Chinese Taipei (¡°Taiwan¡±). The rates of duty in respect of imports from China is 31.81% and 59.34%, and from Taiwan 141.66%. The imposition of provisional anti-dumping duties on cheese imported from Ireland, and specifically The Irish Dairy Board. The rates of anti-dumping duties range form 48% to 60.2%.
