Customs

Customs’ Goods Declaration – WTO Terminology Amendment

Publish Date:

Yesterday

On 11 November 2024, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) announced that Clearance Declaration References had been substituted for Goods Declarations to align with the World Customs Organisation (WCO) terminology.

The following paragraphs in the Goods Declaration Policy have been updated:

Exports
Transfer of Liability
Examination Without Prejudice
Supporting Documents
Provisional Payments
Reduction of Duties and Taxes
Bonded Movement of Goods
Acquittal of Goods Declarations
Substitutions

The Supporting Document Codes List Annexure (SC-CF-55-A11) has been updated. Declarants must use the codes when uploading the requested supporting documents to the Customs clearance declaration (CCD) case.

The Certification of Origin (COO) requirement for Export Declarations, previously published in the Clearance Declaration Policy, is documented in the Administration of Trade Agreement (SC-RO-01) policy.

Updated documents:

SC-CF-55 – Goods Declaration – External Policy
SC-CF-55-A01 – Completion of Goods Declarations – External Annexure
SC-CF-55-A02 – Alphabetic District Office Codes – External Annexure
SC-CF-55-A03 – Combination Matrix – External Annexure
SC-CF-55-A04 – Procedure Measure Matrix – External Annexure
SC-CF-55-A05 – Alphabetic Country and Currency Codes – External Annexure
SC-CF-55-A06 – Supplementary Unit Codes – External Annexure
SC-CF-55-A07 – Countable Quantity Codes – External Annexure
SC-CF-55-A08 – Export Coding – External Annexure
SC-CF-55-A09 – Customs Status Response Messages – External Annexure
SC-CF-55-A10 – Acquittal and Proof of Export Requirements – External Annexure
SC-CF-55-A11 – Supporting Document Codes – External Annexure
SC-RO-02 – Administration of Trade Agreements – External Policy
SC-RO-02-A01 – Application for Determination or Verification – External Annexure
SC-RO-02-A02 – Application for Export Origin Certificates – External Annexure