No liability is accepted for errors or omissions Amendments to the Customs and Excise Act Ð 27 July 2001 The scope of tariff subheading 4801.00.10 is amended to read 'of a mass of 40 g/m2 or more but exceeding 65g/m2' instead 'of a mass of 40 g/m2 or more but exceeding 150 g/m2. The provision 206.02/2915. 50/01.06 for an anti-dumping duty on calcium propionate, imported from or originating in the Kingdom of the Netherlands is withdrawn. The anti-dumping duty was 25c/kg. In respect of imports from Canada and the United States of America (USA) the anti-dumping duties remain at 58c/kg. The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has announced that the amendments to the 'Explanatory Notes to the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System' in accordance with amending supplements Nos. 8,9,10 and 11 issued by the World Customs Organization (WCO) in Brussels will, in terms of section 47(8) of the Customs and Excise Act, 1964, become law in South Africa, on 27 July 2001. Tariff applications Ð Still time to comment Amendment of rebate item 310.02 to include polyethylene glycol (PEG), classifiable under tariff subheading 3404.20 with the rate of duty of 15% ad valorem, which is used in the manufacture of specialised coated paper and paperboard. Response due by 24 August 2001. Revision of the duty on beans in airtight metal containers, classifiable under tariff subheading 2005.51 and 2005.59, with a rate of duty of 4.15c/kg Response due by 10 August 2001. Amendment to rebate item 307.09 to include butadiene styrene rubber latex, classifiable under tariff subheading 4002.11.90, with the rate of duty of 10% ad valorem, for the manufacture of compounded rubber, vulcanised in primary form. Amendments to the anti-dumping duties - 13 July 2001 (amended on 20 July 2001) Response due by 10 August 2001 Application of the withdrawal of rebate items 460.17/87.00/01.02 and 460.17/87.00/02.02 i.e. rebate of the duty on motorcycles and motor vehicles for the transport of disabled people subject to certification by the South African National Council for the Physically Disabled that such motorcycles and motor vehicles or similar motor cycles or motor vehicles are not ordinarily or satisfactorily manufactured in South Africa. Response due by 3 August 2001. The English version of the description of rebate code 01.06 to tariff subheading 8201.20 in respect of item 215.11 of Government Notice No. R.644 of 13 July 2001 appearing in Government Gazette No. 22448 is hereby amended to read as follows 'forks, with a prong length exceeding 150mm (excluding forks with 8 or more prongs)'. Anti dumping applications - 6 July 2001 Notice of the initiation of a review of the anti-dumping duties on polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) tape, item 207.01/3920.99/01.06, originating in or imported from the People's Republic of China. The rate of anti-dumping duty is 39.1%. Response due by 6 August 2001. Notice of the final termination of an investigation into the alleged dumping of grinding media originating in or imported from Australia and the People's Republic of China. Initiation of the review of the anti-dumping duty imposed on calcium propionate, item 206.02/2915. 50/01.06, imported from or originating in Canada and the United States of America. The rate of anit-dumping is 58c/kg. Response due by 6 August 2001. Anti-dumping application - still time to comment A notice appeared in respect of the initiation of a review of the anti dumping duty imposed on carbon black originating in or imported from Egypt. The review was lodged by Algorax and pertains to products classifiable under tariff heading 28.03. The rate of anti-dumping duty is 15.79%. Response was due by 30 July 2001. Compiled by Riaan de Lange of Deloitte & Touche Trade & Investment Solutions. E-mail: rdelange@deloitte.co.za
