Nampak Flexible brought an application to increase the duties on

• Paper and paperboard fibres combined with plastic film, printed and the thickness of the plastic film may not exceed fifty microns; and
• Paper and paperboard, cellulose and wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, combined with metal foil, printed and the thickness of the metal foil may not exceed fifteen micron.

from free of duty to 5% by creating two new tariff subheadings.

The current position

Currently, the two tariff subheadings that will be affected by the duty increase application (if successful) do not exist, so Nampak are looking to create 2 new tariff codes to accommodate this duty increase. The first tariff code that currently exists is tariff subheading 4811.59.90, which will not be split to accommodate the first product. The second tariff code that also currently exists is 4811.90.90, which will be split to accommodate the second product.  

Response period

Interested parties have until 20 June 2014 to respond to the duty increase application.  Any responses received after this period will not be considered.