Wine Rule Amendment In the Government Gazette of 06 December 2013 a notice appeared in respect of the amendment of the Rules to the Customs and Excise Act No.91 of 1964 (DAR/128) which relates to wine manufacture. The insertion after Rule 35.05 of the following “35.06 (a) A licensee of a customs and excise warehouse or special customs and excise warehouse in which wine is manufactured, may only remove, or permit the removal, of wine in bulk – (i) to the licensee of another such warehouse; (ii) to the licensee of a VMP warehouse contemplated in the rules numbered 19A3 for the primary production of spirits; (iii) to the licensee of a special customs and excise storage warehouse licensed for the storage of wine for export; or (iv) for direct export from that warehouse. (b) For the purpose of paragraph (a), “wine in bulk” means wine not in normal packaging for sale by retail.” Price Preference Summary On 04 December 2013 the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) published a correction of the steel scrap grade 201 and 202 listed price preference published on the Itac website on 03 December 2013, as it did not include a 20% discount. The published Price Preference Summary is applicable for December 2013 and January 2014; the prices listed are inclusive of the calculated 20% discount and valid from 03 December 2013.
