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Customs and Excise Act, 1964 (Act No. 91 of 1964)

Customs and Excise Rules

Chapter V : Clearance and Origin of Goods: Liability for and payment of duties

Rules for Section 46A of the Act

Part 1 : Preferential tariff treatment of textile and apparel articles imported directly into the territory of the United States of America from the Republic as contemplated in the African Growth and Opportunity Act (the AGOA)

Certificate of origin and application for visa forms

 

46A1.02

(a)

(i) The certificate of origin and the application for a visa, respectively numbered DA 46A1.01 and DA 46A1.01(a), which must be completed by exporters when exporting goods for the purposes of the AGOA, are inserted in the Schedule to the Rules.
(ii) The certificate of origin and the application for a visa, the export bill of entry and supporting documents shall be submitted for certification to the office of the Controller  prescribed in item 200.03 (paragraphs (g) and (h)) of the Schedule to the Rules, nearest to the place of business of the exporter, except when submitted by the holder of a binding origin determination in which case submission may be to any Customs and Excise office prescribed in item 200.03.

[Rule 46A1.02(a)(ii) substituted by section 2 of Notice No. R.3620 of GG48862, dated 30 June 2023]

(iii) The following codes are used in the lettering of the visa stamp in respect of the places prescribed in paragraphs (g) and (h) of item 200.03 of the Schedule to the Rules:

 

Place

Codes

Beit Bridge

BBR

Bloemfontein

BFN

Cape Town

CTN

Cape Town International Airport

DFM

Durban

DBN

King Shaka International Airport

LBA

East London

ELN

Germiston

GMR

Johannesburg

JHB

O.R. Tambo International Airport

JSA

Kimberley

KBY

Lanseria International Airport

LSA

Lebombo

KOM

Mossel Bay

MOS

Paarl

PRL

Pietermaritzburg

PMB

Port Elizabeth

PEZ

Port Elizabeth International Airport

HFV

Pretoria

PTA

Richards Bay

RIC

Upington

UPT

[Rule 46A1.02(a)(iii) substituted by section 5 of Notice No. R.1768, GG45931, dated 18 February 2022]

 

(iv) The numerical sequence (1 to 9) which is used in the visa stamp for the designated preference grouping has been inserted on the application for a visa next to each alphabetical sequence (A to I) used for the preference grouping on the certificate of origin.

(b)

(i) The provisions in these rules in respect of the certificate of origin and the issuance of a visa apply only to textile and apparel articles which originate in, and are exported from, the Republic.
(ii) Where an exporter imports for export any such textile or apparel articles which are claimed to have originated in any other beneficiary country or lesser-developed beneficiary country the certificate of origin and the visa must be issued in such country.