Sars on 10 September 2015 published draft tariff amendments to Schedule No.1, Part 1 to the Customs and Excise Act, 1964 and consequential amendments in Schedule No. 2, Part 3 (safeguard duties) to the Act. Comments are due by 25 September 2015.
The proposed amendment to Schedule No.1 to the Act is that a distinction be made in tariff subheading 2004.10 between processed potatoes on an 8-digit level for statistical purposes. The deletion of tariff subheadings 2004.10.20 (Chips or French fries) and 2004.10.90 (Other). The insertion of tariff subheadings 2004.10.2 (Chips or French fries); 2004.10.21 (Prevented from discolouration by coating of oil, frozen but not further prepared or processed); 2004.10.29 (Other); 2004.10.9 (Other:); 2004.10.91 (Wedges or other cuts or slices and whole potatoes, prevented from discolouration by a coating of oil, frozen but not further prepared or processed); and 2004.10.99 (Other).
The proposed amendment to Schedule No.2 Part 3 to the Act. The proposed deletion of safeguard item 260.02/2004.10.20/01.08 Frozen potato chips or French fries (excluding that imported from or originating in: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivarian Republic Venezuela, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Egyptian Arab Republic, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Federal States of Micronesia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza), Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe), imported from or originating in all countries at a rate of safeguard duty of 20.45%.
The proposed insertion of safeguard item 260.02/2004.10.21/01.08 Frozen potato chips or French fries (excluding that imported from or originating in: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivarian Republic Venezuela, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Egyptian Arab Republic, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Federal States of Micronesia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza), Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe), imported from or originating in all countries at a rate of Safeguard duty of 20.45%.
The proposed insertion of safeguard item 260.02 2004.10.29 02.08 Frozen potato chips or French fries (excluding that imported from or originating in: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivarian Republic Venezuela, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Egyptian Arab Republic, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Federal States of Micronesia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon, Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza), Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe), imported from or originating in all countries at a rate of Safeguard duty of 20.45%.
Comment is due by 25 September 2015.
