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
- 15 November
The rates of customs duty (duty) on cylinder liners or sleeves for petrol engines, classifiable under tariff subheading 8409.91.37, are reduced from 20% ad valorem (general), 20% ad valorem (European Union), and 13% ad valorem (Southern African Development Community (SADC) to free of duty.
Amendment of the Rules (DAR/60) - 1 November
This notice is in respect of the addition of the rules, and specifically Rule 64D.04(1) and 64D.19 relating to the removal of goods in bond.
The addition of Rules 64D.04(1)(aA) and 64D.04(fA) relates to the removal of a second hand power driven vehicle in transit through South Africa to a consignee outside the country under its own power.
Rule 64D.08(4)(c) in respect of where the road manifest and bill of entry do not accompany the driver or where the copies are not delivered to the Controller at the place of exit.
The substitution of Rule 64D.19 ‘carriage of bonded goods by a subcontractor of a licensed remover of goods in bond’. Certain compliance provisions are detailed in respect of where a licensed remover of goods in bond enter into a contract of carriage with a sub-contractor to transport goods to a destination stipulated on the bill of entry.
Anti-dumping Investigation - 1 November
Notice of the initiation of an investigation into the alleged dumping of gypsum plasterboard originating in or imported from Thailand. The petition was lodged by BPB Gypsum, the domestic manufacturer of the product in the South African Customs Union (SACU).
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 due by 29 November 2002.
Compiled by Riaan de Lange
De Loitte & Touche
