Coated Paper Provisional Antidumping Duty On 27 September 2013 the South African Revenue Service (SARS) informed of the imposition of provisional antidumping duties (provisional payment) on paper and paperboard imported from or originating in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the People’s Republic of China (China). The provisional payment is imposed up to and including 14 March 2013. The provisional payment for South Korea is 17.25% and reads “Paper and paperboard, coated on one or both sides with kaolin (China clay) or other inorganic substances, with or without a binder, and with no other coating, whether or not surfacecoloured, surface decorated or printed, in rolls or rectangular (including square) sheets or any size, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemimechanical process or of which not more than 10 per cent by mass of the total fibre content consists of such fibres, with a mass of 70g/ m2 or more but not exceeding 400g/m2 (including that manufactured by Moorim Paper, Moorim SP and Moorim P&P but excluding that manufactured by Hansol Paper and Artone Paper).” The provisional payment for China is 14.14% and reads “Paper and paperboard, coated on one or both sides with kaolin (China clay) or other inorganic substances, with or without a binder, and with no other coating, whether or not surface-coloured, surface decorated or printed, in rolls or rectangular (including square) sheets or any size, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemimechanical process or of which not more than 10 per cent by mass of the total fibre content consist of such fibres, with a mass of 70g/m2 or more but not exceeding 400g/m2”. Guide for Tax Rates / Duties / Levies (Issue 9) Replaced! SARS informed that the excise duty rates, fuel levy and Road Accident Fund levy rates, as well as the environmental levy rates implemented in February and April 2013 respectively, were updated. Heat Exchange Units Comments are due by 04 October 2013 on the proposed increase in the duty heat exchange units, classifiable under tariff subheading 8419.50. Duty Calls’ Watch List Comments on the tariff applications listed below are due by 18 October 2013. The proposed increase in the domestic Dollar-based reference price (DBRP) for sugar, classifiable in tariff heading 17.01, from U$358/ ton to US$764/ton. The proposed increase in the allocation of quota for the importation of used overcoats under Rebate Item 460.11/00.00/01.00 for 2014. The proposed rebate of the full customs duty on other pile fabrics, knitted or crocheted, of man-made fibres, classifiable in tariff subheading 6001.92 of Schedule No.1 Part 1 to the Act, for the manufacture of footwear with uppers of textile materials, classifiable in Chapter 64 of Schedule No.1 Part 1 to the Act. The proposed withdrawal of the application for an increase in the rate of customs duty on biaxially oriented polypropylene, classifiable in tariff subheading 3920.20.25 and 3920.20.30 from a rate of customs duty of 10% ad valorem to 20% ad valorem.
