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 BUSA Delegation to Meet with the SARS Commissioner A Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) delegation is to meet with the Commissioner of the South African Revenue Service (SARS), Pravin Gordhan, on 8 June 2006 to discuss matters pertaining to customs, excise and international trade. Readers are invited to email to the address above any issues that they feel should be on the agenda on the day. Non-Agricultural Market Access – Being Consulted? To what extent are you, or your industry, being consulted in South Africa’s stakeholders’ deliberations of Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA)? Are you even aware of the fact that the government is actively engaging business in its deliberations i.r.o. NAMA? Please let us know through email. Textile & Clothing Industry Development Programme On 16 May 2006 the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) published its “Rules and Procedures to the Interim Textile & Clothing Industry Development Programme (TCIDP) – for the export years April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2007”. No Tariff Amendments – 26 May 2006 No Trade Remedy Amendments – 26 May 2006 No Rule Amendments – 26 May 2006
