DUTY CALLS

Chicken Quota Permit

On February 2 the

Department of Agriculture,

Forestry and Fisheries (Daff)

called for applications for

Daff quota import permits

in terms of the rebate item

460.0310207.14.9101.07

of the Customs and Excise

Act, 1964 for rebate of the

full anti-dumping duty

on bone-in cuts of the

species Gallus Domesticus,

frozen, classifiable in tariff

subheading 0207.14.9,

imported from or originating

in the United States of

America (USA).

Applications for the Daff

quota permits are due as

follows (a) For the first

quarter of the quota year,

valid for importation during

the period April 1-June 30,

2016, within two weeks

from the date of publication

of this notice – 14 February

2016. (b) For the second

quarter of the quota year

valid for importation during

the period July 1-September

30, 2016 – from May 1-31

2016. (c) For the third quarter

of the quota year valid for

importation during the

period October 1- December

31, 2016 – from August 1-31,

2016. (d) For the fourth

quarter of the quota year

valid for importation during

the period January 1-March

31, 2017 - from November

1-30, 2016.

A total quota of 65 000

tonnes is available for the

quota period starting April

1-March 31, 2017. According

to Daff the quota will be

allocated on a quarterly basis

in equal amounts of 16 250

tonnes per quarter.

A fee of R820.00 per quota

permit will be payable for

permits and replacement

permits issued from the

April 1, 2016.

The Black

Industrialists Policy

The Minister of Trade and

Industry has launched the

Black Industrialists Policy,

a key part of government’s

broad industrialisation

initiatives to expand the

industrial base and inject

new entrepreneurial

dynamism into the economy.

It calls for bolder policy

interventions on the part

of the state to expand the

industrial base of the country

and grow the economy

through dedicated support

to black industrialists, as per

the Industrial Policy Action

Plan (IPAP).

Treaties and

Agreements

On February 4, 2016 the

South African Revenue

Service (Sars) published the

status overview of all customs

agreements on mutual

administrative assistance –

the updated list of treaties

in process of negotiation or

finalised but not yet signed.

Duty Calls’ Watch List

Comment on Sars’ draft

Customs Control Act, 2014

rules and its 2nd draft rules

is due by 01 April 2016.

Comment on the Hosaf

sunset review of the

anti-dumping duties on

polyethylene terephthalate

(PET), classifiable in tariff

subheading 3907.60.9,

originating in or imported

from Chinese Taipei

(Taiwan), South Korea and

India is due by March 7,

2016.

Comment on Sars draft

rules to the Act, 1964

for anti-illicit tobacco

excise enforcement, which

requires that all tobacco

manufacturing equipment be

fitted with functional sealed

counters, is due by February

28, 2016.

Comment on Sars’ draft

Binding General Ruling on

the Value-added Tax (VAT)

treatment of the supply or

importation of vegetable oil is

due by February 22, 2016.