Expiry of anti-dumping duties
The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) recently published a notice in terms of which several SACU industries are called upon to show good cause why the current anti-dumping duties in force should not expire in 2017.
SACU manufacturers and producers will have to sumit trequest to ITAC to have the anti-dumping duty reviewed before its expiry. The dates for the submission are indicated below. An interesting one to watch will be the chicken meat portions from the United States of America especially given the recent concluded arragnemetns around the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
The anti-dumping duties which are set to expire relate to the following products from the following countries:
| Product | Country | Rate of anti-dumping duty | Date of expiry | Date of submssion of sunset review |
| Fully threaded screws with hexagon heads | China | 11.09% - 73.93% | 15/11/2017 | 15/05/2017 |
| Drawn, float and solar glass | Indonesia | 10%-45% | 26/072017 | 27/02/2017 |
| Unframed glass mirrors | Indonesia | 6.61% | 19/04/2017 | 19/10/2016 |
| Chicken meat portions | USA | 940c/kg | 04/04/2017 | 04/10/2016 |
For further information, kindly do not hesitate to contact Rian Geldenhuys.
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