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Legal Counsel – Secondary Legislation – Tariff Amendments 2026

Legal Counsel – Secondary Legislation – Tariff Amendments 2026

15 October 2026 – Customs and Excise Act, 1964: The tariff amendments notice, scheduled for publication in the Government Gazette, relate to the following:

With retrospective effect from 28 August 2026

  • Amendment of provisional payment in relation to anti-dumping duties against the alleged dumping of flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics, classifiable under tariff subheadings 7210.70.20, 7210.70.30, 7210.70.40 and 7210.70.90 originating in or imported from the People’s Republic of China, in order to correct the exporters names “Shandong Shinmade Material Technology Co. Ltd” and Yie Phui (China) Technomaterial Co. Ltd (YPC) to read “Shandong Shinmade Material Tech Co. Ltd” and “Yieh Phui (China) Technomaterial Co. Ltd”, respectively, where they appear in Notice No. R. 7865 of Government Gazette No. 55269 dated 28 August 2026

With effect from 16 October 2026

  • Amendment to Part 1 of Schedule No.1, by the substitution of tariff subheading 4801.00, in order to increase the general rate of customs duty on newsprint, in rolls or sheets from free of duty to 5% (ITAC Report 784)

Up to and including 3 May 2027

  • Imposition of provisional payment in relation to safeguard duties against the alleged increase on imports of office paper, classifiable under tariff subheadings 4802.56.20 and 4802.56.90 (ITAC Report 791)

Publication details will be made available later