On 27 June 2025, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) announced the imposition of provisional safeguard duties of 52.34% against the alleged increased imports of flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad, plated or coated, with aluminium-zinc alloys, of a thickness of less than 0.45 mm, classifiable in tariff subheadings 7210.61.20 and 7210.61.30 and flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, otherwise plated or coated with zinc, of a thickness of less than 0.45 mm, classifiable in tariff subheadings 7225.92.25 and 7225.92.35 with effect from 27 June 2025 up to and including 13 January 2026. The reasoning is contained in the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) Report No.750.
For ease of reference the wording for tariff subheading 7210.61.20 is “Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad, plated or coated, plated or coated with aluminium-zinc alloys, of a thickness not exceeding 0,20 mm (excluding that imported from or originating in Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Bahrain (Kingdom of), Barbados, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eswatini, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea (Republic of), Kuwait (the state of), Kyrgyz Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova (Republic of), Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of), Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Vietnam, Zimbabwe).”
For ease of reference the wording for tariff subheading 7210.61.30 is “Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad, plated or coated, plated or coated with aluminium-zinc alloys, of a thickness exceeding 0,20 mm but not exceeding 0,45 mm, (excluding that imported from or originating in Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Bahrain (Kingdom of), Barbados, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eswatini, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea (Republic of), Kuwait (the State of), Kyrgyz Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova (Republic of), Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of), Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Vietnam, Zimbabwe).”