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Final anti-dumping duties imposed on cement from Pakistan
SARS have imposed final anti-dumping duties on cement from Pakistan, with immediate effect. The duties being imposed are as follows: Producer Duty Lucky Cement 14.29% Bestway Cement 77.15% DG Khan 68.87% Attock 63.53% Residual duty (anyone…
AGOA rebate finally issued
SARS have finally published the rebate for chicken out of the USA into South Africa. If you talk to the South African poultry producers then the apocalypse has arrived. If you speak to importers, its just…
Tariff amendments effective 1 January 2016
Each year SARS makes a number of technical amendments to the tariff book, most of which don’t have a direct duty implication but are important to take note of nevertheless. Some of this is simply housekeeping,…
Request for reduction in duties on aluminium printing plates
Antalis have requested a reduction in the duties on aluminium printing plates, from the existing 15% to free of duty, as these are not longer manufactured locally.
Request for duties to be increased on gas stoves
Defy Appliances have requested that the duties on “Gas stoves, classifiable under tariff subheading 7321.11“ be increased from 15% to 30%, by creating a new tariff subheading.
Request for a rebate on woven fabrics of polyester staple fibres
Pep Clothing have requested the creation of a rebate on Woven fabrics of polyester staple fibres: containing 60% or more by mass such fibres, but not exceeding 70%, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, with a…
Anti-dumping quota guidelines issued for chicken from America
ITAC have finally issued the guidelines to apply for quota to import bone-in chicken from the USA without paying the anti-dumping duty. The maximum volume allowed to imported under this rebate is 65 000 tons per…
Anti-dumping duties increased on garlic from China
Anti-dumping duties have been increased on both fresh and dried garlic, from R10.37/kg to R19.25/kg. The increase has been implemented immediately. The increase followed a sunset review on garlic, that was initiated in March 2015. At…
Duties increase on sugar. Again.
Duties on sugar have increased from 242.6c per kg to 304c per kg (a 25% increase) in the last 5 months and 47% in the last 8 months. The tariff codes impact are as follows. 1701.12…
Next round of steel duty increase applications
Arcelor Mittal have applied for their next round of duty increase applications on various steel products. As with the last application, the request is to move the normal Customs duties up from duty-free to 10%. This…
Duty increase application on ceramic sanitaryware
Vaal Sanitaryware have applied to increase the duties on ceramic sanitaryware (toilets, hand basins, etc) from 20% to 30%. All products imported under tariff subheadings 6910.10 and 6910.90 will be impacted if the duty increase goes…
Certain fabric rebates amended
Rebate item 320.01 has been amended to provide a more specific definition of the products allowable under the rebate. Rebates allow for relief of duty under certain circumstances. In this case, the rebate still allows for…
Croatia still not benefiting from the EU trade agreement with SA
This article was published in Engineering News on the 2nd of October. It deals with the status of Croatia with respect to the Trade Development Cooperation Agreement between South Africa and the European Union.
Brazil imposes anti-dumping against SA
Brazil has imposed final anti-dumping duties against South Africa of $650.42 per ton, on Butyl Acrylate, exported under tariff subheading 2916.12.30. Given that SA was exporting this product at an FOB value of approximately $1 300 per…
Duties increased on wheat. Again.
We have seen 4 duty increases on wheat in the last year, with duties having now increased by 480% on the wheat products noted below. That is an astonishingly large duty increase for a product that is…
Duty reduction requested on smoked canned mussels
M and L Distributors (Pty) Ltd on behalf of Shoprite Checkers, Pick ‘n Pay and Spar South Africa have brought an application for the reduction in the rate of customs duty of canned mussels in airtight…
Duties increased on coated steel products
Duties have finally been increased on the coated steel products applied for in December 2014. It was approved for increase by Minister Davies on 28 August 2015. The approval thus took 8 months and the implementation…
Duty increase application lodged for aluminium extrusions
Following hot on the heels of last week’s duty increase application on rolled aluminium, Hulamin have once again come out swinging, this time requesting an increase in the duty on aluminium profile, from the existing 5%…
Another round of duty increase applications published on steel
The South African Iron and Steel Institute (SAISI) and Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation have brought another round of duty increase applications on certain steel products, to once again take the duties from zero to…
Seychelles now part of SADC
Seychelles has now not only joined the SADC region, but also benefits from the SADC free trade agreement. This means pretty much anything imported from Seychelles can be imported duty-free. This is not a lot however,…
Rebate item for display panels removed
An existing rebate for display panels used for the manufacture of reception apparatus for television, has been revoked. The rebate had allowed a rebate of duty equal to the full duty, less 12.2%. The duty was…
Duty increase requested on rolled aluminium
Hulamin have requested a duty increase on rolled aluminium, from the existing position of no duty, to a duty of 15%. If successful this would apply to all rolled aluminium imported under tariff headings 76.06 and…
USA losing patience with SA regarding AGOA
AGOA matters to South Africa. A lot. The USA knows this and appears to turning up the heat on the rather leisurely pace that SA is opening its market to US goods. The most obvious source…
Steel protection marches on…. in the USA
With all the recent press coverage of ArcelorMittal, you would be forgiven for thinking that SA is the only country struggling with cheap steel imports. You would be wrong. The USA has been pushing up duties on…
Final anti-dumping duties imposed on wheelbarrows from China
Final anti-dumping duties have been imposed on wheelbarrows imported from China, under tariff subheading 8716.80.10, as follows: Because the final duties were imposed before the preliminary duties expired, no preliminary duties will be refunded (the preliminary…
Duties definitely approved on some steel
Minister Davies has confirmed that the duties will indeed increase on certain steel products, although no effective date has been published for exactly when this will happen. The products impacted by the increase are those cleared…
Duty increase allegedly approved on steel
Although no formal notice has been published and no opportunity has been given for interested parties to comment, the press has stated that a duty increase has been approved on steel (I have no idea which…
Duty decrease on wheat
There is some relief for wheat importers as there has been a decrease in rate of duty on these products. This duty decrease took effect on 21 August. Here is a list of the affected tariff codes and…
Application for rebate of duty on certain plastic sheets for use in the manufacture of acrylic sanitaryware
Libra Bathroom have brought an application for a full rebate of duty on “Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip of poly (methyl methacrylate), non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated supported or similar combined with other materials, classifiable…
Duty increase application on Polyurethane prepolymers
National Urethane Industries has brought a duty increase application on Polyurethane Prepolymers, classifiable under tariff subheading 3909.50, from zero to 10%, by way of creating an additional 8-digit tariff subheading under tariff heading 39.09, which reads…