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Riaan de Lange

The trade-focused column is prepared by Riaan de Lange of Tariff & Trade Intelligence – riaan@tariffandtrade.co.za

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Tariff amendments likely to take effect in January

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The South African Revenue Service (Sars) recently published the Draft Amendment to the South African Harmonised System Tariff 2010 for comment. Although comments closed on December 4, 2009, these amendments will, in all likelihood, be introduced...

By: Riaan de Lange

11 Dec 09

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Draft Customs Duty Bill – an introduction

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On October 30, the South African Revenue Service (Sars) published the Draft Customs Duty Bill and the Draft Customs Control Bill. Since the draft Bills were published, we have received numerous requests for assistance in interpreting them.

By: Riaan de Lange

04 Dec 09

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Sars sheds light on calculation of customs duties

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In a letter dated October 28 and titled ‘Proclamation of the Date of Implementation for Legislative Changes of the Port or Place of Export (FOB) as it Relates to Calculating the Customs Value for Imported Goods – Government Gazette No 32605,...

By: Riaan de Lange

27 Nov 09

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SA’s shifting tariff landscape

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Rebate of the Duty on Paprika The creation of a temporarily rebate provision for dried, crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum (commonly known as paprika) for the extraction of oleoresins of a kind used in the food industry, in such...

By: Riaan de Lange

20 Nov 09

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Draft customs control, customs duty legislation released

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On the morning of October 30, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan launched the draft Customs Control Bill and the draft Customs Duty Bill for public comment.

By: Riaan de Lange

13 Nov 09

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Demystifying customs valuation – part II

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In this week’s instalmaent of this column, we progress to the second part in our series on demystifying customs valuation, which is based on a South African Revenue (Sars) publication titled Frequently Asked Questions – Customs Valuations.

By: Riaan de Lange

06 Nov 09

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Demystifying customs valuation

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Arguably the most talked-about customs issue in recent weeks has been customs valuation. Amendments to the provisions of the Customs and Excise Act in respect of customs valuation proved again just how important it is for companies to be...

By: Riaan de Lange

30 Oct 09

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Sars to tweak  harmonised  tariff

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On the afternoon of October 12, the South African Revenue Service (Sars) informed of the proposed insertion of Chapter 99 (miscellaneous classification provisions) into schedule No 1, Part 1 (ordinary customs duty) of the South African Harmonised...

By: Riaan de Lange

23 Oct 09

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