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The International Trade
Administration Commission (ITAC)
is responsible for tariff
investigations, amendments, and
trade remedies in South Africa
and on behalf of SACU.
Tariff investigations include:
Increases in the customs duty
rates in Schedule No. 1 Part 1
of Jacobsens (these applications
apply to all the SACU Countries,
and, if amended, thus have the
potential to affect the import
duty rates in Botswana, Lesotho,
Namibia, Swaziland and South
Africa).
Reductions in the customs duty
rates in the Schedule No. 1 Part
1 (These applications apply to
all the SACU Countries, and, if
amended, thus have the potential
to affect the import duty rates
in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia,
Swaziland and South Africa).
Rebates of duty on products,
available in the Southern
African Customs Union (SACU),
for use in the manufacture of
goods, as published in Schedule
No. 3 Part 1, and in Schedule
No. 4 of Jacobsens. Schedule No.
3 Part 1 and Schedule No. 4 are
identical in all the SACU
Countries.
Rebates of duty on inputs used
in the manufacture of goods for
export, as published in Schedule
No. 3 Part 2 and in item 470.00.
These provisions apply to all
the SACU Countries.
Refunds of duties and drawbacks
of duties as provided for in
Schedule No 5. These provisions
are identical in the all the
SACU Countries.
Trade remedies include:
Anti-dumping duties (in Schedule
No. 2 Part 1 of Jacobsens),
countervailing duties to
counteract subsidisation in
foreign countries (in Schedule
No 2 Part 2), and safeguard
duties (Schedule No.
2 Part 3), which are imposed as
measures when a surge of imports
is threatening to overwhelm a
domestic producer, in accordance
with domestic law and
regulations and consistent with
WTO rules.
Dumping
is defined as a situation where
imported goods are being sold at
prices lower than in the country
of origin, and also causing
financial injury to domestic
producers of such goods. In
other words there should be a
demonstrated causal link between
the dumping and the injury
experienced. To remedy such
unfair pricing, ITAC may, at
times, recommend the imposition
of substantial duties on imports
or duties that are equivalent to
the dumping margin (or to the
margin of injury, if this margin
is lower).
Countervailing investigations
are conducted to determine
whether to impose countervailing
duties to protect a domestic
industry against the unfair
trade practice of proven
subsidised imports from foreign
competitors that cause material
injury to a domestic producer.
Safeguard measures,
can be introduced to protect a
domestic industry against
unforeseen and overwhelming
foreign competition and not
necessarily against unfair
trade, like the previous two
instruments. In the WTO system,
a member may take a safeguard
action, which is, restricting
imports temporarily in the face
of a sustained increase in
imports that is causing serious
injury to the domestic producer
of like products. Safeguard
measures are universally applied
to all countries, unlike
anti-dumping and countervailing
duties that are aimed at a
specific firm or country.
Schedule No. 2 is identical in
all the SACU Countries.
The ITAC has
received the following
application concerning
amendments to the SACU Customs
Tariff:
LIST 09/2013 – NOTICE 387 OF
2013 PUBLISHED IN GOVERNMENT
GAZETTE 36371 OF 19 APRIL 2013:
APPLICATION 1: REDUCTION IN THE
RATES OF CUSTOMS DUTY ON
SELF-ADHESIVE PLATES, SHEETS,
FILM, FOIL, STRIP AND OTHER FLAT
SHAPES, OF PLASTICS, WHETHER OR
NOT IN ROLLS, OF POLYETHYLENE
TEREPHTHALATES
The ITAC received an application
for the reduction in the duty
rate on SELF-ADHESIVE PLATES,
SHEETS, FILM, FOIL, STRIP AND
OTHER FLAT SHAPES, OF PLASTICS,
WHETHER OR NOT IN ROLLS, OF
POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES,
classifiable in tariff
subheading 3919.90.03, from 10%
to free of duty.
Contact
Mr Nkulana Phenya, fax (012) 394
4677 or Ms. Elizabeth Kekana,
fax (012) 394 4668 or
email
nphenya@itac.org.za
or
ekekana@itac.org.za
(ITAC reference 43/2012) for
more information.
Comments can also be directed
to:
The Chief Commissioner,
International Trade
Administration Commission (ITAC),
Private Bag X753, PRETORIA,
0001.
Download
Notice 387 of 2013
for more information.
APPLICATION 2: CREATION OF
REBATE PROVISIONS FOR TEXTILE
FABRICS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF
UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE
The ITAC received an application
for the creation of three rebate
provisions for woven fabrics,
classifiable under tariff
subheadings 5407.61, 5903.20.90
and 5907.00.90 respectively,
imported subject to permits by
ITAC, for the manufacture of
upholstered furniture
classifiable under tariff
heading 94.01.
Download
Notice 387 of 2013
for more information.
Contact
Mr M Skenjana, Tel (012) 394
3675, fax (012) 394 4675 or at
e-mail
mskenjana@itac.org.za
(ITAC reference 37/2012) for
more information. |
Comments can also be directed
to:
The Chief Commissioner,
International Trade
Administration Commission (ITAC),
Private Bag X753, PRETORIA,
0001.
LIST 09/2013 – NOTICE 387 OF
2013 PUBLISHED IN
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 36371
OF 19 APRIL 2013:
APPLICATION 3: CREATION OF A
REBATE PROVISION FOR PALM OIL
FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF EDIBLE
FATS AND OILS
The
ITAC received an application for
the creation of a rebate
provision for Palm oil, refined,
bleached and deodorised but not
fractioned, classifiable in
tariff subheading 1511.90, for
the manufacture of edible fats
and oils, classifiable in tariff
subheading 1517.90.
Contact
Ms L Maliaga Tel (012) 394 3675,
fax (012) 394 3835 or e-mail
lmaliaga@itac.org.za
(ITAC reference 63/2012) for
more information.
Comments can also be directed
to:
The Chief Commissioner,
International Trade
Administration Commission
(ITAC), Private Bag X753,
PRETORIA,
0001.
Download
Notice 387 of 2013
for more information.
Representations on all the above
applications should be submitted
to the above address by 17
May 2013.
Customs Tariff Application List
08/2013 was published
under Notice 378 of 12 April
2013.
NOTICE OF THE INTERIM REVIEW OF
THE ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ON ROPES
AND CABLES MANUFACTURED BY CASAR
AND ORIGINATING IN OR IMPORTED
FROM GERMANY
(Comments due by 19 May
2013)
There are currently various
anti-dumping duty provisions
under item 215.02/7312.10.
These provisions apply to ropes
and cables, of iron or steel,
not electrically insulated, of a
diameter exceeding 8 mm
(excluding that of wire of
stainless steel, that of wire
plated, coated or clad with
copper and that identifies as
conveyor belt cord), commonly
identified or referred to as
steel wire ropes, classifiable
under tariff subheading
7312.10.40. The rates of
anti-dumping duty vary
from 76,17%
(if imported from or originating
in the United Kingdom) to
133,65% (if imported from or
originating in China).
The
ITAC accepted an application for
an interim review in terms of
the Anti-Dumping Regulations
(ADR) 45 with regard to ropes
and cables manufactured by Casar
Drahtseilwerk Gmbh (the
Applicant) and originating from
Germany.
The subject product, when
imported from or originating in
Germany is currently subject to
anti-dumping duty at a rate of
93%, in terms of antidumping
duty item
215.02/7312.10/10.06(67).
The Applicant submitted
sufficient evidence and
established a prima facie
case to enable ITAC to arrive at
a reasonable conclusion that an
investigation should be
initiated on the basis of
changed circumstances with
regard to dumping and the level
of anti-dumping applicable to
the applicant. On the basis of
information submitted by the
Applicant, ITAC found that there
was prima facie proof
that dumping no longer takes
place.
The period of investigation for
the purposes of determining the
dumping margin in the exporting
country will be 1 January 2012
to 31 August 2012.
The ITAC has
requested that any information
regarding this matter must be
submitted in writing to the
following address not later than
30 days from the date of the
notice, which was published in
Government Gazette No. 36371
of 19 April 2013, under
Notice 386 of 2013.
Information
must be submitted to The Senior
Manager, Trade Remedies I, ITAC,
Private Bag X 753, Pretoria,
0001 at physical address Block E
(Uuzaji Building), The DTI
Campus, 77 Meintjies Street,
Sunnyside, PRETORIA, SOUTH
AFRICA.
Enquiries mat
be directed to the investigating
officers, Mr Zuko Ntsangani at
telephone +27 12 394 3662 or Mr
Emmanuel Manamela at telephone
+27 12 394 3632 or at fax +27 12
394 3518.
Download
Notice No 386 of 2013.
OUTSTANDING
TARIFF AMENDMENTS
Following the
tariff amendments of 7 December
2012, the following possible
tariff amendments are still
outstanding and due and some of
them may be published soon:
·
Increase in
the rates of customs duty on
MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL, OF
POULTRY OF HEADING 01.05, and
more specifically frozen
carcasses and cuts and offal,
classifiable in Tariff
subheadings 0207. 12 AND
0207.14.
·
Creation of a
rebate facility on sodium
hydroxide (caustic soda) in
solid classifiable under tariff
subheading 2815.11, for use in
the manufacture of sodium
metasilicates classifiable in
2839.11.
·
Creation of a
rebate facility on petroleum
bitumen, classifiable under
tariff subheading 2713.20 to
full duty rebate.
·
Ad valorem
customs duty (luxury tax) on
small aircraft and boats as
mentioned by the south African
Minister of Finance during the
2012 Budget Speech.
·
Review of the
Customs duty on photographic
film of tariff subheading
3701.10.90. |
