Customs

Cooking and Cooling Appliances Components – Comment due

Publish Date:

31 Jan 2022

On 25 January 2022, the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) called for comment, through a Government Gazette notice, to allow for the inclusion of additional components for cooking and cooling appliances through the amendment of Rebate Item 316.01 and Rebate Item 316.09. Comment is due by 25 February 2022.

The notice replaces an earlier notice of 17 December 2022, which now includes:

With regards to Rebate Item 316.01/8302.10/01.06, by insertion of the phrase “refrigerators and freezers of headings 84.18 and”…..and by deletion of the word “heading”;
With regards to Rebate Item 316.01/8418.99/01.06, by deletion of the word “evaporators”; the insertion of the phrase “Parts classified under tariff subheadings 8418.99.20 and 8418.90.40”; by deletion of the word “condensers”; and the insertion of the phrase “and freezers classifiable in tariff heading 84.18”;
With regards to Rebate Item 316.01/8516.80/01.06, by deletion of the word “and”, by insertion of the phrase “and stoves, ovens and hobs” of headings 84.14, 84.50 and “85.16”;
With regards to Rebate Item 316.09/8302.10/01.06, by deletion of the words “electric” and “heading” and by insertion of the phrase “headings 73.21 and”;
With regards to Rebate Item 316.09/8516.80/01.06, by insertion of the phrases “ and solid-plate”, by deletion of phrase “ glass-top”, by insertion of the phrase “solid-plate tabletop cookers”; … by deletion of the word “heading”, and by insertion of the phrase “headings 73.21 and”;
The deletion of Rebate Item 316.09/8516.80/03.06 from Schedule 3 of the Customs and Excise Act, 1964; and
Rebate Item 316.09/8516.90/01.06, by deletion of the words “glass top” and insertion of the word “ovens”

The application was lodged by Defy Appliances (Pty) Ltd that:

There is currently no local manufacturer of the various components for which a rebate is being sought; and
The duty on the imported components, varying from 5% ad valorem to 20% ad valorem, has a cost-raising effect on the manufacture of the domestic appliances manufactured by Defy.