(a)(i) Over the past 10 financial years, rebate item 406.01 was used 311 times. The table below depicts data in respect of direct imports and ex-warehouse declarations cleared under rebate item 406.01:
Financial Year |
Occurrences |
2009/04 - 2010/03 |
1 |
2010/04 - 2011/03 |
0 |
2011/04 - 2012/03 |
15 |
2012/04 - 2013/03 |
282 |
2013/04 - 2014/03 |
4 |
2014/04 - 2015/03 |
0 |
2015/04 - 2016/03 |
5 |
2016/04 - 2017/03 |
0 |
2017/04 - 2018/03 |
3 |
2018/04 - 2019/03 |
1 |
Total |
311 |
(aa)
(bb) Since 1 April 2019, rebate item 406.01 has not been used. The table below contains data in respect of direct imports and ex-warehouse declarations declared under rebate item 406.01:
Financial Year |
Occurrences |
2019/04 - 2019/09/18 |
0 |
Financial Year |
Occurrences |
2009/04 - 2010/03 |
0 |
2010/04 - 2011/03 |
1 |
2011/04 - 2012/03 |
1 |
2012/04 - 2013/03 |
0 |
2013/04 - 2014/03 |
0 |
2014/04 - 2015/03 |
1 |
2015/04 - 2016/03 |
0 |
2016/04 - 2017/03 |
0 |
2017/04 - 2018/03 |
1 |
2018/04 - 2019/03 |
0 |
Total |
4 |
(aa)
(bb) Since 1 April 2019, drawback item 540.01 has not been used. The table below contains data in respect of draw-backs processed under item of 540.01:
Financial Year |
Occurrences |
2019/04 – 2019/09/18 |
0 |
(b) The table below contains data in respect of total customs duties rebated under 406.01 and refunded under 540.01
Rebate/Refund Item |
Sch 1P1 |
Sch 1P2B |
Total |
406.01 (rebate) |
R558 624.90 |
R296 169.00 |
R854 793.90 |
540.01 (refund) |
R0 |
R0 |
R338 273.30 |
(c) The Rebate item 406.01 relates to the rebate of Customs duties on goods imported for the personal or official use by the State President and his/her family and duty drawback item 540.01 provides for duty drawback (refund) of petrol and distillate fuels. Item 540.01 permits drawbacks for diplomatic and foreign representatives, as well as the State President.
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