Proposed Draft Tariff
Amendments
On 02 November the South
African Revenue Service
(Sars) published draft tariff
amendments to the Schedules
to the Customs and Excise
Act (the Act): (i) Schedule
No.1 Part 1 to the Act – with
effect from 01 January 2013;
(ii) Schedule No.1 Part 2B to
the Act – with retrospective
effect from 01 July 2012; (iii)
Schedule No. 3 to the Act -
with retrospective effect from
09 April 2010; (iv) Schedule
No. 3 to the Act – with effect
from 1 January 2012; (v)
Schedule No. 4 to the Act
– with retrospective effect
from 01 January 2012; (vi)
Schedule No. 4 to the Act –
with effect from 01 January
2013; and (vii) Schedule No.
5 to the Act – with effect
from 01 January 2013.
The proposed tariff
amendments are too
numerous to address in this
column as they cover a range
of tariff subheadings across
the Schedule of the Tariff
Book (Schedules to the Act.)
Comment is due by 15
November 2012.
Proposed Rebate Item
Amendment
On 01 November Sars
published a draft notice to
propose an amendment to
the description of Refund
Item 536.00/00.00/01.00 in
Schedule No. 5 Part 3 to the
Act.
The Rebate Item relates to
automotive components of
Tariff Chapter 98.
Comment is due by 14
November 2012.
Iranian Customs
Agreement
Sars announced on 01
November the Customs
Agreement on Mutual
Administrative Assistance
with Iran, which entered
into force with retrospective
effect to 01 August 2012
Dissemination of Trade
Data Policy
Sars issued an “External
Policy – Dissemination of
Trade Data” on 26 October
2012.
According to the “Scope”
of the document: (a) This
policy applies to the
dissemination of trade data
on an ad hoc basis and to
subscribed registrants, as
well as the applicable rates
payable, in order to acquire
such data.
(b) Business Systems
referred to in this policy from
which trade data must be
extracted are the: (i) Customs
and Excise Information
System (CEI); (ii) Customs
and Excise Statistics Subsystem
(CES); and (iii)
Statistics Subscriber System
(SUB).
(c) This policy does not
apply to trade data deemed
confidential by the Trade
Statistics Division or normal
queries regarding trade
statistics.
(d) Trade data refers to
import and export figures,
typically: (i) Quantity; (ii)
Value; (iii) Tariff headings;
(iv) Country of origin; and /
or (v) Country of destination.
Labelling of Israeli
Goods
Comment is due by 12
November 2012 in respect
of the “Labelling of Goods
Originating from Israeli
Occupied Territory Wrongly
Labelled as originating from
Israel in terms of Section 24
of the Consumer Protection
Act, 2008 (Act No.68 of
2008)”.
The Minister of Trade and
Industry, Dr Rob Davies,
informed in the notice that
he intended to issue a notice
prescribing information
requiring an importer,
producer, retailer or supplier
in South Africa, to label
goods that originate from the
Israeli Occupied Territory
– namely East Jerusalem,
Gaza and West Bank – as
goods originating from the
Israeli Occupied Territory.
Goods originating from the
Israeli Occupied Territory
must not be labelled as goods
originating from Israel.
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09 Nov 2012 - by Staff reporter
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