No liability is accepted for errors or omissions. Amendment of Rules (DAR/58) - 31 October This notice is in respect of the addition to the rules of the Customs and Excise Act (rules), and specifically Rule 18, which falls within Chapter III of the rules i.e. ‘removal of goods in bond’. Rule 18 specifically deals with the ‘entry for export by road of specified goods from a customs and excise warehouse to countries in Africa’. The addition to the rules is in respect of the removal of goods to provide for second-hand vehicles. Amendment of Rules (DAR/59) - 1 November This notice is in respect of the addition to the rules, and specifically Rule 18A, which also falls within Chapter III of the rules. Rule 18A specifically deals with the ‘entry for export by road of specified goods from a customs and excise warehouse to countries in Africa’. The addition provides for imported power driven vehicles to be exported under own power from a customs and excise warehouse. Tariff Amendment - 1 November The provision for a rebate, 316.19/8538.90/02.06, of the full duty less 5% on parts of goods of headings 85.35 and 85.37, for the manufacture of switchgear and automatic circuit breakers for a voltage not exceeding 1 KV, is reinstated with retrospective effect to 12 April 2002. Request to terminate an Anti-dumping investigation Still no decision in respect of a request to have the alleged dumping of cotton floor mops, dust and brush sets, floor brooms and toilet brush sets, classifiable under tariff subheading 9603.90, originating in or imported from Italy, terminated. Tariff Applications - Response due Rebate of the duty on: Other woven fabrics of cotton, plain weave, unbleached, classifiable under tariff subheading 5210.11.90; Other woven fabrics of cotton, of a mass not exceeding 130g/m2, classifiable under tariff subheading 5208.32.50; Other woven fabrics of cotton, dyed, plain weave, classifiable under tariff subheading 5210.31.90; Other woven fabrics of cotton, of yarns of different colours, plain weave, classifiable under tariff subheading 5210.41.90; Other woven fabrics of cotton, plain weave, of a mass exceeding 100g/m2, classifiable under tariff subheading 5208.42.50 For the manufacture of adhesive bandages, classifiable under tariff subheading 3005.10 Withdrawal of rebate provisions: rebate items 306.02/5210.11/01.06, 306.02/5514.11/01.06, and 306.02/5516.21/01.06, for the manufacture of adhesive bandages. Rebate of the duty on sodium hydroxide (caustic soda lye), classified under tariff subheading 2815.12, for the manufacture of wood-free coated paper, classifiable under tariff subheading 4810.11.00 and 4810.12.00, and tissue paper, classified under tariff subheadings 4803.00.31 and 4803.00.39, in such quantities and at such times as the Director-General of Trade and Industry may allow by specific permits. Review of the customs duty on pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide, classifiable under tariff subheading 3206.11 at 10 per cent ad valorem duty. Response on these applications by 29 November 2002 Reduction in duty on tennis balls, classifiable under tariff subheading 9506.61, from 20% ad valorem to free of duty. Response on these applications by 15 November 2002
