DUTY CALLS

01 Jul 2016 - by Riaan de Lange

Knitted Fabric Rebate

On 24 June, 2016, the

International Trade

Administration Commission

of South Africa (Itac)

published an application

for the proposed creation

of a Rebate Item for single

yarn (excluding sewing

thread) containing 85% or

more by mass of polyester

staple fibres, not up for retail

sale, measuring 160dtex

or more but not exceeding

330dtex, classifiable in tariff

subheading 5509.21, in such

quantities, at such times and

subject to such conditions

as Itac may allow by specific

permit for the manufacture

of knitted fabrics of a mass

exceeding 100/m2, classifiable

under tariff heading 60.06.

The application was lodged

by DesleeMattex (Pty) Ltd

who reasoned that they had

tried using local supply from

local yarn spinners, but ended

up with significant rejected

fabric due to barre lines and

holes due to yarn quality

inconsistency and, as such,

were forced, due to no other

alternatives, to import the

yarn from reputable suppliers

in the East. In addition, their

challenge is to be competitive

against imported fabrics

that are coming into South

Africa and, even if the local

yarn spinners could get the

quality consistently in line

with imports, it is currently

not competitively priced.

As part of DesleeClama, an

International group, it must

use standardised yarns from

the same supplier to gain

colour consistency if it is to

supply big branded mattress

brands from any of the plants

around the world.

Comment is due by 24 July

2016.

Sunset Review

Applications

On 24 June, 2016, Itac

notified all interested

parties that, unless duly

substantiated requests were

made by or on behalf of the

Southern African Customs

Union (SACU) regional

industry, indicating that the

expiry of the anti-dumping

duty would be likely to lead to

continuation or recurrence of

dumping and material injury,

the following anti-dumping

duties would expire during

2016.

The products in question

are (i) fully threaded

screws with hexagon heads,

imported from or originating

in the People’s Republic of

China; (ii) drawn, float and

solar glass, imported from

or originating in Indonesia;

(iii) unframed glass mirrors,

imported from or originating

in Indonesia; and (iv) chicken

meat portions, imported from

or originating in the United

States of America (USA).

The anti-dumping duties

for (i) fully threaded screws

with hexagon heads are due

to expire by 15 November,

2017; (ii) drawn, float

and solar glass are due to

expire by 26 July, 2017; (iii)

unframed glass mirrors are

due to expire by 19 April,

2017; and (iv) chicken meat

portions are due to expire by

04 April, 2017.

Manufacturers in the

Southern African Customs

Union of the relevant

products, who wish to

submit a request for the antidumping

duty to be reviewed

prior to the expiry thereof, are

requested to do so by 25 July,

2016. In the instances where

no responses are received

from SACU manufacturers

by the said deadline, Itac will

recommend the termination

of the anti-dumping duties on

the date of expiry.

Duty Calls’ Watch List

Comment is due by 29 July

2016 on the proposed changes

to the Harmonized System

(HS) Nomenclature 2017.