Customs Acts Programme Update
On 19 June the South African Revenue Service (Sars) executive: Customs & Excise Centre of Excellence (acting) issued a letter to external stakeholders, ‘Update on the New Customs Acts Programme (NCAP) – Declaration Processing System (DPS)’, following the 01 March letter. “In previous engagements with trade, Sars communicated its intention to roll out new declaration types (provisional, incomplete and supplementary declarations – also known as the two-step process), as well as simplified declarations. In March 2019, a communication was issued advising trade of the postponement of the pilot. This was to allow for related processes and amendments to the enabling legislation to be completed. Currently, Sars is focusing its attention on ensuring that the new
declaration types are successfully finalised for effective use by traders. This concerted effort at ensuring the successful development of the new declaration types has had an inadvertent impact on the release of simplified declarations which was earmarked for mid-2019. Further communication on these implementations will be issued in due course.”
Motorcycle helmets tariff – Comment due
The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) on 21 June announced a reduction in the customs duty on other motorcycle helmets, classifiable under tariff subheading 6506.10.90, through the creation of an additional 8-digit tariff subheading on which comment is due by 05 July.
Coated/Plated steel tariff – Comment due
On 21 June Itac announced an increase in the customs
duty on certain items of coated or plated flat-rolled steel, classifiable under tariff subheadings 7210.20, 7210.30, 7210.50, 7210.69 7212.20, 7212.50, 7212.60, 7225.91, and 7225.92, on which comment is due by 05 July.
Flat-rolled steel Rebate – Comment due
Itac on 21 June announced the creation of rebate items on “Flatrolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, not clad, plated, or coated, not further worked than coldrolled (cold reduced), other, with a thickness of 0.30mm or more but not exceeding a thickness of 1.60 mm, with a carbon content of 0.5% or more, classifiable in tariff subheading 7211.29, in such quantities, at such times and subject to such conditions as Itac may allow by specific permit” ; and “Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel,
of a width of less than 600 mm, painted, varnished or coated with plastics, of a thickness of 0.5 mm or more but not exceeding 1 mm, with a carbon content by mass of 0.17% or more but not exceeding 0.27%, classifiable in tariff subheading 7212.40, in such quantities, at such times and subject to such conditions as Itac may allow by specific permit” on which comment is due by 05 July.
Customs Registration Rules and Forms – Comment due
On 20 June Sars published draft Rules 8, 59A and 60 to the Customs and Excise Act, 1964 and forms DA8 and DA185 on registration and licensing on which comment is due by 19 July.
