DUTY CALLS

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.