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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 of
South African Tariff & Trade Solutions.
E-mail: riaan@importsolutions.co.za No Anti-dumping Duty on Grey Back Paperboard In the Government Gazette of 24 February 2006 the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) announced its preliminary determination in respect of its investigation into the alleged dumping of multi-ply paper and paperboard with mass of 180g/m2 or more, but not exceeding 550g/m2, coated on one side with kaolin clay, commonly known as “white liner” or “grey back paperboard”, originating in or imported from the Rep. of Korea. ITAC determined that no provisional payments/provisional anti-dumping duties would be imposed as it is of the opinion that the imposition of provisional payments will have a detrimental effect on the downstream paper products industry. The application was initially lodged by Mondi Paper Packaging South Africa, the sole manufacturer of the product in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). Readers will recall that SACU consists of South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland. DA185 – Application Form: Licensing/Registration – Comments Closed This form serving as an application form to the South African Revenue Service (SARS) for licensing and the registration of Customs and Excise clients was introduced in March 2003. Comments closed on
28 February 2006. No Rule Amendments
– 3 March 2006 No Tariff Amendments
– 3 March 2006 No Trade Remedy Amendments
– 3 March 2006 Trade Remedy Applications – No Response Due