Duty Calls

Tariff Amendments – 14 September 2007 A tariff subheading is created for calcium salts of palm fatty acid at a rate of duty of free. A rebate of the full duty is created on heat transfer labels (decalcomanias), not verifiable, for use in the manufacture of articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics classifiable under tariff heading 39.23. The amendment of the wording of rebate of the duty i.e. rebate item, on electric heating transistors, to include jug kettles with bodies of plastic. The insertion of a rebate of full duty on glass lids for the manufacture of electric frying pans of tariff heading 85.16 and electric heating resistors with a rated heating capacity not exceeding 1 000 Watts, for the manufacture of single or double spiral-plate tabletop coopers of tariff heading 85.16. A temporary rebate provision is created for disposable hypodermic syringes of plastics, fitted with needles that, after use, are permanently retracted into the barrel of the syringes, at such times, in such quantities and under such conditions as ITAC may allow by specific permit: provided that it was proven to ITAC that there were no manufacturers of such similar safety syringes in the SACU area. Trade Remedy Amendments – 17 September 2007 No trade remedy amendments at the time of publication. Rule Amendments – 17 September 2007 No rule amendments at the time of publication.