Announcement
14 Aug 2009
On 14 August 2009, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) issued Notice no. 833 exempting the customs duty on certain machinery and equipment under HS 84 and 85.
This was done in light of South Africa’s capital expenditures and its National Industrial Policy Framework (NIPF) and Action Plan.
Similar to this measure is also SARS Notice no. 832. For this, please consult measure no. 10265 under Related Measures.
Affected trading partners
The GTA retrieves its data on affected trading partners from UN Comtrade. However, for the year 2008, the database was not able to provide the affected trading partners for Botswana, Eswatini, and Lesotho.
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1 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
1 liberalising
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Implementation date
14 Aug 2009
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Last action: 14 Aug 2009
Import tariff
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In general, all goods were exempted from a custom duty.
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Implementation date
14 Aug 2009
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Last action: 14 Aug 2009
Import tariff
In force
In two cases, the general tariff was increased to 30%, i.e., subheadings 8450.20.10 and 8450.12.90.
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