On 20 September 2013 Itac announced 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 application was lodged by Fast Fox Footwear t/a The Little Slippery Co who reasoned that there were no local manufacturers of the product in question within the SACU region, and that the company was under threat from imported slippers. Comment is due by 18 October 2013.