On 08 October 2026, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) announced the retrospective amendments from 19 March 2026 of the substitution of various items under Rebate Item 215.02 in Part 1 of Schedule No.2 to the Customs and Excise Act, 1964 (‘Dumping Duties’) in order to list the rebate items intended to be excluded from the applicable anti-dumping duties on certain flat-rolled products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel of a width of 600 mm or more, whether or not in coils (including products cut to length), not further worked than hot-rolled, including pickled and oiled, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated, (excluding stainless and grain-oriented silicon electrical steel, classifiable under various tariff subheadings under Chapter 72, originating in or imported from the Peoples Republic of China, Japan and Chinese Taipei. The reasoning is contained in the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) Minute M02/2026.
The anti-dumping amendments are accessible at: