DUTY CALLS

Decision on Customs
Tariff Review for Oil
Cakes
On 12 April the International
Trade Administration
Commission of South Africa
(Itac) published its “Review
of the Customs Tariff
Dispensation for Oil-Cakes
of Tariff Headings 23.04;
23.05 and 23.06”.
The review of the existing
tariff dispensation for oilcakes
of tariff heading
23.04; 23.05 and 23.06 was a
proactive initiative by Itac in
response to requests from the
Department of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries
(DAFF) to review customs
duties on all oil-cakes,
and from the Animal Feed
Manufacturers Association
(AFMA) to reduce the rate of
customs duty or to create a
rebate facility for soya bean
oil-cake of tariff heading
23.04 to be used in the
manufacture of animal feed.
Itac recommended that
the current levels of customs
duties on oil-cakes be
retained as these products
were manufactured in the
Southern African Customs
Union (Sacu). Itac further
recommended that the tariff
dispensation for oil-cakes
be reviewed after a period
of three years allowing for
a thorough assessment of
the financial and economic
feasibility of upgrading or
expanding the current, below
optimum, soya bean crushing
capacity in South Africa
and to offer the industry
a window of opportunity
for making the necessary
investments to increase
oilseed crushing capacity.
Import Control – Itac
2010 World Cup Soccer
Itac has published a 5-page
notice in respect of the
insertion of Schedule 5 to
Import Control.
Schedule 5: “Imported
Goods Admitted under
Rebate of Duty for Sale,
Consumption or use in
the 2010 Fifa World Cup
South Africa, Imported
and Entered by Qualifying
Persons and Employees
of Qualifying Persons in
terms of Rebate Item 413.00,
Schedule 4 to the Customs
and Excise Act.
The notice states the
following: (1) Goods of any
description cleared for home
consumption under Rebate
Item 413.00 or deemed to
have been cleared for home
consumption under Rebate
Item 413.00, controlled
in terms of Section 6 of
the International Trade
Administration Act, 2002,
shall be subject to the
issuing of an import permit.
(2) An import permit shall
only be issued for goods
dealt with in terms of
Rebate Item 413.06, if the
following conditions are
met: (2.1) An application
for the issuing of an import
permit must be submitted on
a duly completed prescribed
form. (2.2) The following
documents must accompany
the application form: (2.2.1)
Proof that the application is
a person or public benefit
organisation defined in
terms of Rebate Item 413.06.
(2.2.2) Proof that the goods
for which an import permit
is applied for were imported
in terms of Rebate Item
413.00. (2.3) A disposal
restriction of five years will
apply to all donated goods
for which an import permit
has been issued”.
Air Traffic Service
Charges effective
02 July 2010
In a Government Gazette
dated 01 April 2010 the
Air Traffic and Navigation
Services Company Limited
(ATNS) published a 15-page
notice on the Publication of
Air Traffic Service Charges.
According to the notice,
from 02 July 2010 the ATNS
will levy the air traffic
service charges according to
the rules set out in the notice.