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 24 May 2002
The provision for a rebate of the customs duty (duty), rebate items 307.04/3920.42 and 307.04/3920.49, on plates, sheets, film foil and strip, of polymers of vinyl chloride, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, uniaxially oriented, heat-shrinkable, of a thickness not exceeding 0.075mm, unprinted, for the manufacture of printed film for the wrapping of articles in the conveyance or packing of goods is amending the reference to the tariff subheading 3920.42 to a reference to tariff subheading 3920.49, with effect from 1 January 2002.
The provision for a rebate of the duty, rebate item 317.04, on specific motor vehicles in respect of the additional duty free allowance under note 11 has been adjusted.
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 11 June 2002.
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.
Compiled by Riaan de Lange of Deloitte & Touche Trade & Investment Solutions. E-mail: rdelange@deloitte.co.za
