On 26 July 2023, the International Trade Administration of South Africa (ITAC) released a 7-page Government Gazette notice on its “Request for Comments from Interested Parties on the Proposal to Further Restrict the Export of Copper Semi-Finished Products, Temporarily Prohibit the Export of Used or Second-Hand Rails, and Subject Rails to Export Control.”
The goods in question relate to:
- Ferrous waste and scrap, remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel except for (i) waste and scrap of stainless steel, and (ii) ferrous waste and scrap generated in the ordinary course of business as a by-product of a manufacturing process [tariff heading 72.04] excluding tariff subheading 7204.21.
- Rails [tariff subheading 7302.10]
- Unrefined copper; copper anodes for electrolytic refining [tariff heading 74.02]
- Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought [tariff heading 74.03]
- Copper waste and scrap [tariff heading 7404.00]
- Master alloys of copper [tariff heading 74.05]
- Copper powders and flakes [tariff heading 74.06]
- Rails [tariff subheading 7302.10]
All comments and submissions must be submitted to the Director-General of Trade, Industry and Competition either by e-mail on scrapmetalpolicy2023@thedtic.gov.za or hand-delivered at 77 Meintjies Street, Block A, 1st floor, Sunnyside, Pretoria, 0002.
Comments are due by 16 August 2023.