REBATE CREATED FOR SOUTH AFRICAN WARP KNIT FABRICS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE

By Donald MacKay | Jun 3, 2021

On 28 May 2021 amendments to Part 1 of Schedule No. 3 was published for rebate item 320.01/6005.3/01.05, to create a rebate facility for warp knit fabrics classifiable in tariff heading 60.05, for use in the manufacture of upholstered furniture. Duties within tariff heading 60.06 range from zero to 25%, with the rebate of course, only applying to items attracting a duty.

The new rebate reads as follows:

Warp knit fabrics (including those made on galloon knitting machines) (excluding those of heading 60.01 to 60.04), of synthetic fibres, dyed or printed, laminated with another fabric that is either knitted or woven, of a mass exceeding 410 g/m² but not exceeding 450 g/m² and having a width exceeding 120 cm but not exceeding 150 cm, in such quantities, at such times and subject to such conditions as the International Trade Administration Commission may allow by specific permit for use in the manufacture of upholstered furniture classifiable in tariff heading 94.01