Introduction & Overview Presented By Itumeleng Masege

1. Introduction & Overview Presented By Itumeleng Masege

2. Introduction Aims and objectives Outcome Introduction & Overview

3. ITAC’s Mandate Policy environment SACU Overview

4. Core Business Trade Remedies I & II Tariff Investigations I&II Import & Export Control Policy & Research Legal, Secretariat Corporate Services (Finance,Communications, HR, IT) ITAC Structure

5. ITAC strategic objective: establish a platform that optimally contributes to sustainable growth, employment and equity reduce production costs promote downstream value addition ITAC Strategic Objectives ITAC Strategic Objectives

6. encourage specialisation and rationalisation enhance international competitiveness export orientation support sustainable industrialisation Equitable opportunity for SMME, BEE and WEE ITAC Strategic Objectives

7. Trade Remedies Presented by Carina Grove

8. Anti-dumping Countervailing Safeguards The Function of Trade Remedies

9. Competitiveness Unfair trade Purpose of Trade Remedies

10. Not uncommon Not prohibited Injurious dumping Level playing field Not on request Purpose of Trade Remedies

11. Public hearings Public interest Purpose of Trade Remedies

12. ITA Act WTO Agreements Regulations What is dumping? Legislative framework

13. Dumping occurs when a product is exported to another country, at a price which is lower than the price at which the same product is sold in the country of origin. What is dumping? What is Dumping?

14. Countervailing is action against imported products which are subsidised by a foreign government which causes injury to the SACU industry What is dumping? What is Countervailing?

15. Safeguard action is taken to protect the SACU industry against a surge of imports which causes serious injury What Is Dumping? What is Safeguards?

16. Allegation of Dumping or Subsidisation: What to Prove • Dumping/Subsidy • Material injury/threat • Causality

17. Safeguard Action : What to prove • Surge of imports • Serious injury/threat • Causality

18. Material/Serious injury • 14 various economic factors • Not all positive

19. Complaint, Merit assessment, Prelim determination, Final determination and recommendation AD & CDV – 12 to 18 months for final measures Provisional measures within 6 months of initiation Process and Time Frames For Imposition

20. 2004 2005 2006 Initiated 13 13 4 Prelim 5 11 7 Final 16 17 18 Duties imposed 9 3 6 Statistics on cases

21. Steel Glass Paper Textiles Chemicals & plastics Industries involved

22. Import & Export Presented by PHILIP SNYMAN

23. Function Purpose Legal framework Policy Distinction between New Goods, Used or Second Hand Goods and Waste and Scrap Import and Export Control

24. Health and Environment International Agreements Strategic Reasons Purpose For Control: New Goods

25. Quality and Safety Reasons Safety and Security Social Reasons and Quality Purpose for Control: New Goods

26. Purpose For Control: Used or Second Hand Goods The General Rule Specifically Defined Circumstances Raw material for manufacturing

27. Purpose for control Basel Convention Import and Export: Waste and Scrap

28. Import And Export Export Control Purpose of control Beneficiation International Agreements Raw Materials for Manufacturing

29. Import And Export Assist Strategies of Crime Prevention Strategic Reasons

30. Enforcement of the Act Inspections Investigations Seizure of Goods Import And Export

31. General Systems Information and Application Forms Import and Export Import And Export

32. Import and Export STATISTICS 2005/2006 FINANCIAL YEAR Permit applications adjudicated 29 145 Import Permits Issued 17 870 Export Permits Issued 3 985

33. Import And Export • MoU with PRC • Regulations

34. Tariff Investigation Presented by Brenda Mabaso

35. Conduct customs tariff investigations on behalf of the Commission Responsible for : 1. Customs Tariff Amendments Investigations 2. Administration of customs rebates Function

36. What is a tariff amendment? Amendment of customs duty applicable to imported product Types of amendments: Increase in customs duties Reduction in customs duties Creation of industrial rebates Tariff Amendments

37. What are they? A waiver provided for the domestic industries not to pay customs duties Allows sourcing of inputs at competitive prices Promotes exports Rebates and Drawbacks

38. Assessment Criteria • Whether the product or a substitute is manufactured in the SACU? • The competitiveness position of the product concerned • The effective rate of protection • Calculation of the % of the duty rate in relation to the factory selling price of the product • Production and market factors • Tariff simplification • Investment and employment

39. Role of the Instruments • Facilitate normal trade • Trade liberalisation • Compliance to Trade Agreement obligations • Encourage tariff reduction as opposed to rebate creation

40. Legal Framework • ITA Act • Customs and Excise Act, 1964 • Customs Tariff Policy

41. Structure of the Unit

42. Applications Process Receive Assessments Preliminary Investigation Table findings of prelim before adjudicating body –Commission Publish for further investigation

43. Applications Process Table for final determination Recommendation to Minister of Trade and Industry Trade and Industry Minister to Finance Minister for implementation Gazette TIME FRAME OVERALL

44. Statistics

45. Statistics

46. How To Apply • Information is available on ITAC’s website- www.itac.org.za • Come for consultation – ITAC offices • Post

47. Southern African Customs Union (SACU) BRENDA MABASO

48. Article 7 of the SACU Agreement, states the democratisation of SACU through the establishment of institutions Operationalisation of SACU Institutions

49. Organogram

50. The SACU Process Commission of Senior Officials advice recommendations recommendations Council of Ministers National Institutions SACU Tariff Board deadlocks Tribunal SACU Secretariat (administrative support)