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. Tariff Amendments Ð 17 May 2002 The amendment of the rebate items, 316.04/4805.29 and 316.04/48.07.90, in respect of paper and paper-board, uncoated, in rolls and sheets, for the manufacture of parts for electrical transformers. The amendment of the rebate items, 316.04/4805.9 and 316.04/48.07, of composite paper and paper-board (excluding paper and paperboard, laminated internally with bitumen, tar or asphalt), for the manufacture of parts for electrical transformers. Tariff Amendments Ð 13 May 2002 The rate of duty on other blocks, rectangular, of a mass of 7kg or more but not exceeding 8kg, free of interleaving of plastics (excluding blocks containing bones) in respect of tariff subheading 0304.20.90 is reduced from 25% or 200c/kg to free. The rate of duty on other blocks, rectangular, of a mass of 7kg or more but not exceeding 8kg, free of interleaving of plastics (excluding blocks containing bones) in respect of tariff subheading 0304.90.80 is reduced from 25% or 200c/kg to free. Termination of an Anti-dumping Review A notice appeared in respect of the termination of a review of the anti-dumping duty on PVC Pilches, classifiable under tariff subheading 3926.20.90, originating in the PeopleÕs Republic of China and exported from there and Hong Kong. The rate of the anti-dumping duty was 43%. Response due Initiation of a sunset review of the anti-dumping duties on clear float glass in sheets, of a thickness exceeding 2.5mm, but not exceeding 3mm (excluding optical glass) against Singapore and Thailand. Response due by June, 11. Reduction in the duty on hand-drying apparatus, classifiable under tariff subheading 8516.33, from 20% ad valorem to free of duty. Response due by 21 June 2002.
