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. Export permits for red and white wine The Department of Agriculture has given notice of the procedures for the application, administration and allocation of export permits for red and white wine under the Trade Development and Co-operation Agreement between in the European Community and the Republic of South Africa. Applications for permits close on 1 March 2002. Initiation of an anti-dumping review The Board on Tariffs and Trade (Board) has given notice of the initiation of a review of the an anti-dumping duties on aluminium hollowware originating in or imported from Hong Kong, Egypt and the People's Republic of China (China). Response due by 7 March 2002. Termination of an anti-dumping review Notice is given of the final determination of the review of the anti-dumping duty on towels and face cloths, originating in and/or exported from the China. There were no tariff applications on 15 February 2002 Tariff applications - Response due Rebate of the duty on refined castor oil, in immediate packaging of a content of 200kg or more, classifiable under tariff subheading 1515.30, for packing in containers holding not more than 100ml, put up as a laxative. Rebate of the duty on castor oil, classifiable under tariff subheading 1515.30, for the manufacture of chloroxylenol. Response due by 15 March 2002. Rebate of the duty on leather of bovine or equine animals, without hair on, parchment dressed or prepared after tanning (excluding full grain and full grain split) at a rate of duty of 10% ad valorem, for the manufacture of footwear. Reduction of the rate of duty on timing belts, being endless synchronous belts of a circumference exceeding 60cm but not exceeding 1 500cm, from 15% ad valorem to free of duty. Reduction of the rate of duty on supportive-knee caps, ankle guards and wrist bands, elastic or rubberised, from 30% ad valorem to free of duty. Response due 1 March 2002. Revision of the tariff dispensation on black tea - Response due The Board on Tariffs and Trade (Board) has decided to revise the customs tariff dispensation on black tea, which provides for a rate of duty of 400c/kg. The rebate dispensation with respect to Malawi and Zimbabwe is reviewed simultaneously with the revision of the duty. The Board can, however, depending on the outcome of the investigation, recommend rates of duty that are higher than the current prevailing rate of duty. Response due 1 March 2002.
