On 04 May Itac published a notice in the Government Gazette in respect of the proposed rebate of the full rate of customs duty on leather prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment dressed leather of buffalo animals, without hair on, being grain split, side leather, classifiable under tariff subheading 4107.9, for use in the manufacture of safety footwear. The application was lodged by Bagshaw Footwear, a division of Bolton Footwear (Pty) Ltd who provided the following reasoning for the application: (i) The product in question is not manufactured in the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu); and (ii) The import duty paid on the raw material renders the applicant uncompetitive against the imported finished product. Comment is due by 01 June 2012.
