Tariff Amendments 2007

The Tariff Amendments are made in terms of the Customs and Excise Act, 1964 by Notice in the Gazette. The Notices are arranged according to the publication date and grouped in the different years of issue, which can be accessed on the navigation pane above.
The implementation date has been indicated in bold where it differs from the publication date of a particular Notice for ease of reference.
* Descriptions were corrected.
** Links were restored.
​Publication Details ​
Date GG and Notice Numbers Description Implementation Date ​
​9 February 2007
​GG 29596
R.100
​Amendment of Part 1 of Schedule No. 1 – Dumpers designed for off-highway use and dumpers with articulated chassis of a GVM exceeding 5 tons are excluded from the payment of duty and the Motor Industry Development Programme (MIDP), as the MIDP was originally intended for onroad vehicles only 1 January 2007
​9 February 2007 ​GG 29596 R.101 ​Amendment of Part 1 of Schedule No. 1 – Additional Note 1 have been inserted in Chapter 2, as well as in Chapter 16, after the Chapter Notes to make provision for a description of pork ribs ​​9 February 2007
​​​9 February 2007 ​GG 29596 R.102 Amendment of Schedule No. 3 – Dumpers designed for off-highway use and dumpers with articulated chassis of a GVM exceeding 5 tons are excluded from rebate 1 January 2007
​​​9 February 2007 ​GG 29596 R.103 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 3 – Dumpers designed for off-highway use and dumpers with articulated chassis of a GVM exceeding 5 tons are excluded from rebate in item 317.07 1 January 2007
​9 February 2007 ​GG 29596 R.104 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 4 – Dumpers of items 460.17/87.04/01.04 and 460.17/87.06/01.04 are excluded from rebate 1 January 2007
​9 February 2007 ​GG 29596 R.105 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 5 – Dumpers designed for off-highway use and dumpers with articulated chassis of a GVM exceeding 5 tons are excluded from drawback 1 January 2007
​9 March 2007 ​GG 29669 R.194 ​Amendment of Part 1 of Schedule No. 1 – Inserstion of new tariff subheading 5607.90.20 ​​9 March 2007
​​9 March 2007 ​GG 29669 R.195 ​Amendment of Part 1 of Schedule No. 1 – Insertion of new tariff subheading 9405.40.16 ​​9 March 2007
​​9 March 2007 ​GG 29669 R.196 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 2 – Anti-dumping duty imposed on certain goods of item 207.01/39.20.4 imported from India, the Netherlands and Thailand respectively ​22 February 2007
​23 March 2007 ​GG 29707 R.251 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 2 – Withdrawal of anti-dumping duty on strip of polytetrafluoroethylene, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, suitable for use as thread-sealing tape originating in or imported from the Republic of China 22 February 2007
​30 March 2007 ​GG 29762 R.281 ​Amendment of rates of duty on certain products of Part 2B of Schedule No. 1 ​1 April 2007
​​30 March 2007 ​​GG 29762 R.282 ​Amendment of Part 3 of Schedule No. 1 – Substitution of Note 5 ​1 April 2007
​30 March 2007 ​GG 29762 R.283 ​Amendment of Part 5A of Schedule No. 1 – Appropriation for own use for any purpose by the licensee of a customs and excise warehouse of any goods specified in Part 5A in such warehouse shall render such goods liable to payment of any fuel levy due 1 April 2007
​30 March 2007 ​GG 29762 R.284 ​Amendment of Part 5A of Schedule No. 1 – Increase in fuel levy ​4 April 2007
​30 March 2007 ​GG 29762 R.285 ​Amendment of Part 5B of Schedule No. 1 – Increase in Road Accident Fund levy 1 April 2007
​30 March 2007 * ​GG 29762 R.286 ​Amendment of Part 5B of Schedule No. 1 – Increase in rates for petrol, distillate fuel, illuminating kerosene, biodiesel and Road Accident Fund levy 4 April 2007
​30 March 2007 ​GG 29762 R.287 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 6 – Substitution of Note 6(b) in Part 3 4 April 2007
​5 April 2007 ** ​GG 29780 R.300 ​Amendment of Part 1 of Schedule No. 1 – Rate of duty reduced to ‘free’ on preparations containing rectopamine of tariff subheading 2309.90.75 ​​5 April 2007
​​13 April 2007 ​GG 29786 R.314 Amendment of Schedule No. 2 – Withdrawal of anti-dumping duty on lysine of item 206.02/2922.41/03.06 25 January 2007
​​​13 April 2007 ​GG 29786 R.315 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 2 – Anti-dumping duty imposed on plates, sheets, film, foil and strip of biaxially oriented polymers of propylene imported from certain companies from Brazil ​13 April 2007
​20 April 2007 ​GG 29786 R.354 ​Correction Notice – Amendment of Notices R.1256 and R.1257 published in GG 29455 on 15 December 2006 1 January 2007
​27 April 2007 ​GG 29829 R.365 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 2 – Withdrawal of anti-dumping on towels and face cloths (excluding kitchen linen), of an area not exceeding 0,1m2, not exceeding 0,5m2 and exceeding 0,5m2, originating in or imported from the People’s Republic of China 8 February 2007
​4 May 2007 ​GG 29836 R.369 ​Correction Notice – Amendment of Notice R.1315 published in GG 29506 of 22 December 2006 10 September 2001
​4 May 2007 ​GG 29855 R.289 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 2 – Withdrawal of anti-dumping duty on hoes, originating in or imported from China 8 March 2007
​​4 May 2007 ​GG 29855 R.290 ​Withdrawal of countervailing duty on printed and dyed bed linen, originating in or imported from Pakistan 28 December 2006
​11 May 2007 ​GG 29858 R.397 ​Notice R.1082 published in GG 29332 of 3 November 2006 in respect of Tariff Quotas, is extended with retrospective effect up to and including 31 March 2007 ​1 January 2007
​11 May 2007 ​GG 29858 R.398 ​Amendment of Part 1 of Schedule No. 1 – Rate of duty on all single phase electric motors of Chapter 48 is reduced to ‘free’ ​11 May 2007
​11 May 2007 ​GG 29858 R.399 ​​Amendment of Schedule No. 3 – Rebate of duty on solid and liquid caustic soda, used in the manufacture of laundry and toilet soaps ​11 May 2007
​11 May 2007 ​GG 29858 R.400 ​New rebate provision has been created for threaded bungs and threaded flanges for steel drums, packed in sets, whether or not presented with bung covers ​11 May 2007
​11 May 2007 ​GG 29858 R.401 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 3 – References to “DA” replaced with references to “SAD” in relation to the SAD declaration forms 1 October 2006
​11 May 2007 ​GG 29858 R.402 ​Amendment of Shcedule No. 4 – Notes 1 and 3 to rebate item 480.00 amended to replace references to “DA” with “SAD” 1 October 2006
​11 May 2007 ​GG 29858 R.403 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 5 – References to “DA” replaced with references to “SAD” ​​1 October 2006
​11 May 2007 ​GG 29889 R.445 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 2 – Provisional payments in relation to safeguard duties imposed on lysine up to and including 27 November 2007 ​11 May 2007
​8 June 2007 ​GG 29951 R.484 ​Amendment of Part 1 of Schedule No. 1 – Stationary engines, identifiably for use solely or principally with road rollers, are excluded from the payment of duty ​25 August 2006
​​8 June 2007 ​GG 29951 R.485 ​New temporary rebate provision created for soya beans, up to and including 30 June 2011 1 July 2008
​8 June 2007 ​GG 29951 R.486 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 4 – Rebate of full duty on goods of any description for use in the construction of the infrastructure known as the “Gautrain Rapid Rail Link” ​8 June 2007
​14 June 2007 ​GG 29984 R.503 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 2 – Withdrawal of counterveiling duties on certain tubes and pipes (excluding that imported from Technocraft Industries (India) Limited, India) originating in or imported from India ​14 June 2007
​15 June 2007 ​GG 29972 R.502 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 3 – Description of rebate item 307.05/39.16/01.00 amended ​15 June 2007
​13 July 2007 ​GG 30072 R.621 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 2 – Withdrawal of anti-dumping duty on acetaminophenol originating in or imported from India 29 June 2006
​13 July 2007 ​GG 30072 R.622 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 2 – Withdrawal of anti-dumping duty on white self-copy paper, in reels and sheets imported from or originating in Belgium, the United Kingdom and Germany ​13 July 2007
​20 July 2007 ​GG 30075 R.624 Correction Notice – Amending Notice R.518 published in GG 29455 of 15 December 2006 ​1 January 2007
​​20 July 2007 ​​GG 30075 R.625 ​Amendment of Part 1 of Schedule No. 1 – Reduction in EU rates of duty on some headings and subheadings to WTO-bound level (World Trade Organisation) ​20 July 2007
​​20 July 2007 ​​GG 30075 R.626 ​Amendment of Part 1 of Schedule No. 1 – Reduction of rate of duty on babies’ booties to ‘free’ and insertion of Additional Note 4 to Chapter 64 ​20 July 2007
​​20 July 2007 ​​GG 30075 R.627 ​Amendment of Part 1 of Schedule No. 1 – Reduction of rates of duty in Chapter 98 on certain vehicles for the transport of goods from 26% to 25% 1 January 2007
​​20 July 2007 ​​GG 30075 R.628 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 3 – Withdrawal of rebate item 317.02/8704.10/01.04 published originally in Notice R.102 in GG 29596 of 9 February 2007 1 January 2007
​​20 July 2007 ​​GG 30075 R.629 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 3 – Substitution of rebate item 317.02/00.00/05.00 1 January 2007
​​​20 July 2007 ​​​GG 30075 R.630 ​Provision for rebate of full duty less 0,097c/li on fully refined preparations (commonly known as reformat) produced by a catalytic reforming process, classifiable in subheading 2710.11.90, for the manufacture of petrol of subheading 2710.11.02 ​​​​20 July 2007
​​​20 July 2007 ​​​GG 30075 R.631 ​Provision for rebate of full duty on tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, welded, of circular cross-section, of iron or non-alloy steel of tariff subheading 7306.30, for the manufacture of refrigerators and freezers of heading 84.18 ​​​​20 July 2007
​​​20 July 2007 ​​​GG 30075 R.632 ​Correction Notice – Amendment of Notice R.105 published in GG 29596 of 9 February 2007 ​​​​9 February 2007
​26 July 2007 ​GG 30097 R.657 ​Withdrawal of anti-dumping on goods of Chapter 84 ​26 July 2007
​7 September 2007 ​GG 30254 R.815 ​Descriptions of tariff subheadings 3808.50.03 and 3808.92.20 substituted ​7 September 2007
​7 September 2007 ​GG 30254 R.816 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 3 – New rebate of duty for goods classifiable in subheading 51.07 ​7 September 2007
​7 September 2007 ​GG 30275 R.834 ​Amendment of Part 1 of Schedule No. 1 – Increase in general, EU and SADC rates of duty on sugar from ‘free’ to 7,5% ​7 September 2007
​13 September 2007 GG 30296 R.866​ ​Amendment of Schedule No. 2 – Safeguard duties originally imposed by Notice R.445 published in GG 29889 of 11 May 2007, reduced from 160% to 27% up to and including 27 November 2007 ​13 September 2007
​14 September 2007 ​GG 30276 R.835 ​Amendment of Part 1 of Schedule No. 1 – Insertion of new subheading 2309.90.50 for calcium slats of palm fatty acid ​14 September 2007
​14 September 2007 ​GG 30276 R.836 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 3 – Full rebate of duty for goods of rebate item 307.03/4908.90/01.00 ​14 September 2007
​​14 September 2007 ​GG 30276 R.837 ​Rebate provision amended to include jug kettles with bodies of plastic and new provision made for lids ​​14 September 2007
​​14 September 2007 ​GG 30276 R.838 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 4 – New temporary rebate provision created for disposable hypodermic syringes of plastics, fitted with needles that, after use, are permanently retracted into the barrel of the syringe in certain circumstances in rebate item 460.18/9018.31/01.06 ​​14 September 2007
​14 September 2007 ​N/A ​Notice is hereby given that the rebate provisions in respect of goods imported for the purposes of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, as promulgated in Part 1A of Schedule 2 to the Revenue Laws Amendment Act, 2006 (Act No. 20 of 2006), published on 7 February 2007, have now been activated on the SARS computer systems, with effect from 1 April 2006 as contemplated in section 106 of that Act 1 April 2006
​21 September 2007 ​GG 30313 R.879 ​Schedule No. 2 – provisional payment imposed in relation to anti-dumping duty up to and including 21 March 2008 on goods of subheading 7315.82 originating in or imported from specific companies in China ​​21 September 2007
​12 October 2007 ​GG 30356 R.938 ​New provisions in Part 1 of Schedule No. 1 for ostrich meat products, ostrich egg products, ostrich feather products and ostrich leather products ​12 October 2007
​12 October 2007 ​GG 30370 R.955 ​Deletion of Note 8 in Schedule No. 3 and item 360.00/01.00 ​12 October 2007
​12 October 2007 ​GG 30370 R.956 ​Imported goods admitted under rebate of duty for use in specified activities in the customs controlled area (CCA) contemplated in section 21A ​12 October 2007
​12 October 2007 ​GG 30370 R.957 ​Amendment of Schedule No. 8 to provide for licensing of CCAs and IDZs ​12 October 2007
​26 October 2007 ​GG 30393 R.1002 Provision in Part 3 of Schedule No. 6 for electricity generating plants ​26 October 2007
​26 October 2007 ​GG 30411 R.1023 ​Provisional payment in relation to anti-dumping imposed on goods from subheading 3920.49 originating in or imported from China and from Taiwan up to and including 25 April 2008 ​26 October 2007
​26 October 2007 ​GG 30420 R.1026 ​Correction Notice – Amendment of Notice R.938 published in GG 30356 of 12 October 2007 with retrospective effect 12 October 2007
​16 November 2007 ​GG 30460 R.1071 ​Period for importation of rebated goods under Schedule No. 4 by a FIFA Flagship Store Operator extended; Championship tickets may be imported by designated service providers only 1 April 2006
​16 November 2007 ​GG 30491 R.1090 ​Increase in the general, EU and SADC rates of duty on sugar from 7,5c/kg to 38,1c/kg ​16 November 2007
​23 November 2007 ​GG 30486 R.1099 ​Amendment in item 623.11 of Schedule No. 6 1 April 2006
​30 November 2007 ​GG 30532 R.1139 ​The Republic of Madagascar has submitted their Instrument of Implementation and shall implement the Protocol on Trade in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) with retrospective effect from 1 October 2007, goods imported from Madagascar shall be liable to the SADC rate of duty ​1 October 2007
​14 December 2007 ​GG 30581 R.1196 ​Safeguard duties implemented on certain foodstuffs as follows:
  • 27% for subheadings 2309.90.65 and 2922.41 up to and including 10 May 2008
  • 18% for subheadings 2309.90.65 and 2922.41 with effect from 11 May 2008 to 10 May 2009
  • 9% for subheadings 2309.90.65 and 2922.41 with effect from 11 May 2009 to 10 April 2010
  • Notice R.1196
  Note:
Note different implementation dates
​21 December 2007 ​GG 30586 R.1211 ​Withdrawal of anti-dumping duty on tariff headings 5513.11, 5513.21, 5513.31 and 5513.41 to item 211.06 ​21 December 2007
​21 December 2007 ​​GG 30586 R.1212 ​New provisions for countervailing duties on certain products ​​21 December 2007
​21 December 2007 ​​GG 30586 R.1213 ​Amendment of the description of rebate item 303.01/1511.90/02.06 ​​21 December 2007
​21 December 2007 ​​GG 30586 R.1214 ​New rebate provisions in item 304.07/2304.00/01.06 up to and including 30 November 2011 1 July 2007
​21 December 2007 ​​GG 30586 R.1215 ​New rebate provisions for yarn classifiable in subheadings 5402.31; 5402.45 and 5402.49 ​​21 December 2007
​21 December 2007 ​​GG 30586 R.1216 ​​New rebate provisions for yarn classifiable in subheadings 5402.31; 5402.45 and 5402.49 ​​21 December 2007
​21 December 2007 ​​GG 30586 R.1217 ​Substitution of the description above the Notes to rebate item 460.17/87.00/03.02 ​​21 December 2007
​21 December 2007 ​​GG 30586 R.1218 ​Substitution of the description above the Notes to drawback item 537.02/87.00/01.04 ​​21 December 2007
​21 December 2007 ​GG 30601 R.1228 ​Amendment of the General Notes to Schedule No. 1 (published as Notice R.1254 in GG 29455 of 15 December 2006) will come into operation on 1 January 2008 1 January 2008
​21 December 2007 ​GG 30601 R.1229 ​Phase-downs for EFTA trade agreement 1 January 2008
​21 December 2007 ​GG 30601 R.1230 ​Phase-downs for EU, SADC and EFTA trade agreements 1 January 2008
​21 December 2007 ​GG 30601 R.1231 ​Under section 49(5) and for the purposes of section 49(1)(a), the insertion of Part 6 to Schedule No. 10 (published in Notice R.1255 in GG 29455 of 15 December 2006) will come into operation on 1 January 2008 1 January 2008
​21 December 2007 ​GG 30601 R.1232 ​Substitution for Note 16(v) to rebate item 317.04 on the value of import rebate credit certificates shall be restricted to 74% of the certificate with effect from 1 January 2008 1 January 2008
​21 December 2007 ​N/A ​Explanatory Note on the phase-downs for EU, SADC and EFTA for implementation on 1 January 2008 1 January 2008
​21 December 2007 ​GG 30619 R.1252 ​Correction Notice – Amendment of Notice R.1196 published in GG 30581 of 14 December 2007 – Substitution of Note 4 in Part 3 of Schedule No. 2 ​21 December 2007

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