IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL

Supranational

AFFECTED FLOW

Inflow

ANNOUNCED AS TEMPORARY

No

NON-TRADE-RELATED RATIONALE

No

ELIGIBLE FIRMS

all

JUMBO

No

TARIFF PEAK

No
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Inception date: 18 Dec 2015 | Removal date: 17 Apr 2016
Still in force

Import tariff

On 18 December 2015, South African Revenue Service (SARS) reduced the import tariff on beet and cane sugar (HS 1701.12, 1701.13, 1701.14, 1701.91, 1701.99) from 304c/kg (approx. USD 0.22kg) to 245.4/kg (approx. USD 0.16 per kg)

The SARS uses a variable tariff formula in order to adjust the import duty to a dollar-based reference price (DBRP). The DBRP represents the lowest duty-free price an importer pays in order to import goods the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). In case the price dips below the DBRP, a duty is levied.
On 11 April 2016, the import tariff was further reduced to Rand 239.5/kg (approx. USD 0.16 per kg), see related measure.

AFFECTED COUNTRIES

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AFFECTED SECTORS AND PRODUCTS

235 Sugar & molasses
1701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form.
170112 Beet sugar
170113 Cane sugar specified in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter
170114 Other cane sugar
170199 Other

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