Glass frit antidumping duties
On 15 June the South African Revenue Service (Sars) announced the deletion of item 206.04/3207.40/01.06 in Part 1 of Schedule No 2 to the Customs and Excise Act, 1964 “Glass frit and other glass, in the form of powder, granules or flakes manufactured or exported by Smalticeram Do Brazil Ltda” with a rate of antidumping duty of 24.65%, and the substitution of item 206/04/3207.40/02.06 “Glass frit and other glass, in the form of powder, granules or flakes” in Part 1 of Schedule No 2 to the Act, 1964 with a rate of antidumping duty of 50. The amendments were a result of the Minister of Trade and Industry accepting the recommendations of the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) on the sunset review of the anti-dumping duties on glass frit originating in or imported from Brazil, which are contained in Itac report no 579.
Stranded wire, ropes and cables tariff
Sars on 15 June announced the insertion and substitution of tariff subheadings 7312.10.17, 7312.10.23, 7312.10.24, 7312.10.27, 7312.10.30, 7312.90.10, 7312.90.20, and 7312.90.90 in Part 1 of Schedule No 1 to the Act, 1964, which was a result of the review of the rates of customs duty on stranded wire, ropes and cables, which is contained in Itac report no 571 as amended by minute Itac M02/2018.
Stranded wire, ropes and cables rebate
On 15 June Sars announced the insertion of rebate item 460.15/7312.10/01.06 in Part 2 of Schedule No 4 to the Act, “Stranded wire, ropes and cables of iron or steel, not electrically insulated, in such quantities, at such times and subject to such conditions as the International Trade Administration Commission, may allow by specific permit, provided the products are not available in the SACU market.”, and rebate item 460.15/7312.90/01.06, in Part 2 of Schedule No 4 to the Act, “Plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, not electrically insulated, in such quantities, at such times and subject to such conditions as the International Trade Administration Commission, may allow by specific permit, provided the products are not available in the SACU market.” to provide for the rebate of the customs duty on stranded wire, ropes and cables, which is contained in Itac report 571 as amended by Itac minute M02/2018.
Supreme Court of Appeal customs decisions
Sars on 14 June published two Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgments relating to customs, namely (i) The Daikin Air Conditioning South Africa (Pty) Ltd cases relating to the correct tariff classification to be applied in respect of ‘window or wall types, selfcontained or “split-system” ’ air conditioning machines and parts thereof; and (ii) The Encarnaçâo N O case relating to rebate item 412.09 in Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Act, as to what occurrences fall within the meaning of ‘such goods did not enter into consumption’.
Kiribati the 114th RKC Contracting Party
On 11 June Kiribati became a contracting party to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonisation of Customs Procedures.
