Aluminium Printing
Plates Tariff
On 10 June the South African
Revenue Service (Sars)
published a reduction in
the ‘general’ rate of customs
duty on aluminium printing
plates classifiable in tariff
subheading 3701.30.25 to
the Customs and Excise Act,
1964, from 15% ad valorem
to free of duty. The reasoning
for the International Trade
Administration Commission
of South Africa (Itac)
recommendation is contained
in its report number 523.
Hot-rolled Steel Tariff
Sars on 10 June published
an increase in the ‘general’
rate of customs duty on hotrolled
steel, classifiable in
various tariff subheadings in
Tariff Chapter 72 to the Act
‘Iron and Steel’, from free
of duty to 10% ad valorem.
The reasoning for Itac’s
recommendation is contained
in its report number 524.
Shirt Rebate Provision
On 10 June Sars published
the insertion of rebate item
311.40/5513.21/01.06 to
the Act (Industrial Rebates
of Customs Duties) which
provides for the rebate of
the customs duty on woven
fabrics, classifiable in tariff
subheading 5513.21, used in
the manufacture of shirts.
The reasoning for Itac’s
recommendation is contained
in its report number 522.
Liquor Refund
Provision
Sars on 07 June released
its proposed amendment of
Section C to Part 1 of Schedule
No 6 to the Act (refunds
and rebates of excise duties,
fuel levy and environmental
levy: rebates and refunds of
specific excise duties: rebates
and refunds of specific
excise duties on wine and
other fermented beverages
(excluding beer made from
malt and traditional African
beer), mixtures of fermented
beverages and mixtures of
fermented beverages and
non-alcoholic beverages
not elsewhere specified or
included) to provide for a
refund provision for the return
of duty paid wine, vermouth
and other fermented beverages
which are off-specification or
have become contaminated
or have undergone postmanufacturing
deterioration,
on which comment is due by
21 June 2016.
The insertion of note 6
in Section C to Part 1 of
Schedule No 6 of the Act, and
refund items 620.22/104.15,
620.23/104.16 and
620.24/104.17 in Section C
to Part 1 of Schedule No 6 to
the Act.
EU/SADC EPA
After more than a decade of
negotiations, the 28-member
European Union (EU) and
six (of 15) Southern African
Development Community
(SADC) members – namely
Botswana, Lesotho,
Mozambique, Namibia, South
Africa and Swaziland – on 10
June in Kasane, Botswana,
signed the SADC Economic
Partnership Agreement (EPA).
This development-oriented
agreement is the first of its
kind with an African region
pursuing regional economic
integration.
According to the EU,
the SADC EPA takes into
account the different levels of
development of each partner,
guaranteeing Botswana,
Lesotho, Mozambique,
Namibia, and Swaziland
duty-free, quota-free access
to the EU market. South
Africa benefits from enhanced
market access, going
beyond the existing bilateral
arrangement. The agreement
provides increased flexibility
of southern African producers
for accumulation, as well
as a number of protective
measures for fragile industries
or for food security reasons.
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