In July 2013, Croatia became part of the EU, but South Africa never updated the tariff book to allow them to benefit from the Trade Development and Cooperation Agreement with Europe. Europe however had updated matters on their side, so South African exporters were enjoying benefits sending SA product to Croatia, but importers from Croatia had to pay the full duties as if Croatia was not an EU member. This has finally been resolved and backdated to July 2013. Anyone who has imported products from Croatia and has paid duties on those products can now lodge a claim for these duties with SARS.