ANNOUNCEMENT 12 Oct 2012

In October 2012, the members of SACU announced a change in import duties.

NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS

1

  • 1 harmful
  • 0 neutral
  • 0 liberalising

SOURCE



South African Revenue Service (SARS) Notice R.829, 35779 of 12 October 2012: http://www.sars.gov.za/AllDocs/Embargo/Tariffs/LAPD-LSec-CE-TA-2012-47%20-%20Notice%20R829%20GG%2035779%2012%20October%202012.pdf

International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) Report no. 406 of 12 September 2012: http://www.itac.org.za/upload/document_files/20150225034241_Report-no-406.pdf


Inception date: 12 Oct 2012 | Removal date: open ended

Import tariff

On 12 October 2012, following the request of a leading South African manufacturer of electronic products, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) created a new tariff line at the 8-digit level for:

  • 'Other aerials for reception apparatus for television, whether or not capable of receiving radio-broadcast (excluding indoors set-top aerials with a permanently affixed base for placing on top of the television set or another flat surface)'

 
The products, classifiable under HS 8529.10.20, received an import tariff of 20% on the new tariff line for non-EU/EFTA countries. Previously, such products were categorised under HS 8529.10.90 ('Other aerials') and no duty was imposed.

AFFECTED SECTORS

 
474

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

 
852910