DUTY CALLS is your weekly look at changes in the South African tariff dispensation and amendments to Customs and Excise legislation. This column aims to provide the reader with a summary of the main changes and is not intended to be a comprehensive statement of the law. No liability is accepted for errors or omissions. Withdrawal of an anti-dumping duty - 18 October 2001 The provisional anti-dumping duty on wooden doors, classifiable under tariff subheading 4418.20, imported from or originating in Indonesia, imposed on 4 May 2001 is withdrawn with retrospective effect to that date. The rate of anti-dumping duty was 53.74%. Tariff applications - response due An increase in the rate of duty on air-release and vacuum break valves, classified under tariff subheading 8481.80.90, from free of duty to 15% ad valorem. Response due by 16 November 2001. Reduction in the rate of duty on fish blocks, classifiable under tariff subheadings 0304.20.90 and 0304.90.90, with a rate of duty of 25% or 200c/kg. Response due by 16 November 2001. No anti-dumping application requires public comment. Compiled by Riaan de Lange of Deloitte & Touche Trade & Investment Solutions. E-mail: rdelange@deloitte.co.za
