Schedule - General Note On 15 June 2015 the South African Revenue Service (Sars) published the proposed amendment of General Note B 4 (Duty Assessment) to Schedule No 1 to the Customs and Excise Act, 1964 for which comment is due by 30 June 2015. The proposed amendment is to provide for the calculation of the duty on goods with a statistical unit of “u” (number of units) to be based on full units only and not proportionately. Wheat Tariff Increase Sars on 19 June 2015 published the increase in rates of customs duty, excluding the Southern African Development Community (SADC), for wheat and wheaten flour, classifiable in Tariff Chapters 10 (cereals) and 11 (milling products). Rule Amendment (DAR/155) On 19 June 2015 Sars announced the substitution of Excise Accounts DA260 for Other Fermented Beverages (OFBs) for SOS (Spesiale/Special Opslag/ Storage); OS (Opslag/ Storage) and SVM (Spesiale/ Special Vervaardiging/ Manufacturing) warehouses, effective from 14:59 on 25 February 2015. Self-Adhesive Tape Application The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) on 19 June 2015 published a tariff application for the proposed review of Rebate Item 307.01/3920.20/01.06 for the rebate of the customs duty on plates, sheets, film, foil and strip of polymers of propylene, biaxially oriented, for the manufacture of self-adhesive tape of tariff subheading 3919.10. Comment is due by 31 July 2015. Furnishing Article Application On 19 June 2015 Itac published a tariff application for the creation of a Rebate Item for knitted pile fabrics, other, of 100% polyester fibres, classifiable under tariff subheading 6001.92 for use in the manufacture of other furnishing articles classifiable in tariff subheading 6304.91.90 under Rebate Item 311.42 for home textiles. Comment is due by 17 July 2015. Electric Vehicle Tariff Itac on 19 June 2015 published a tariff application for the reduction in the ‘General’ rate of customs duty on diesel, petrol and electric passenger vehicles not exceeding 800kg; diesel goods vehicles not exceeding 1 100kg and petrol and electric goods vehicles exceeding 800kg, from 25% ad valorem to free of customs duty. Comment is due by 17 July 2015. Possible anti-dumping terminations On 19 June 2015 Itac announced the possible termination of anti-dumping duties unless the Sacu industry is able to substantiate that their removal will result in the recurrence of dumping. The products are blankets, People’s Republic of China (China); (ii) Blankets, Turkey; (iii) bolts and nuts of iron or steel, China; (iv) Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), Chinese Taipeiv (Taiwan); (v) PET, India; (vi) PET, Republic of Korea (South Korea); and (vii) Unframed glass mirrors, India. Rebate Item Guidelines Itac on 19 June 2015 announced the publication of a number of Rebate Item application Guidelines. More detailed information available in this week’s Customs Buzz.
