Update on South African apparel regulations

The South African Department of Trade and Industry have issued more information relating to the label regulations. To read back ground to this please click here. To read the new notice from the Department of Trade Industry click over here.

Provided below are some useful contact details. It would be interesting to do a test to see how active DTI is if they get an enquiry from the public about Non-compliance?

Contact details:
Non-compliance with the Notice must be reported to the dti for
investigation, at Tel No. 012-394 1422, Fax No. 012-394 4422

or e-mail to Sipho Tleane at: siphot@thedti.gov.za

Enquiries from manufacturers and retailers on how to comply can be
forwarded to the Compliance Unit at Tel No. 012-394 3873,

Fax No. 012- 394 4873,

or email to Bulelwa Hewu at: Bhewu@thedti.gov.za
or write to:
The dti
Consumer Complaints
Consumer and Corporate Regulation Division
Private Bag X84
PRETORIA
0001
SARS can be contacted at: Tel. No 012-422 6905/6862,

Fax No. 012-422 6910 or email to: nroopnarain@sars.gov.za

In January we posted a note from SARS. Click here to read the note.
We are now informed of new developments about SARS checking imports.
Initially SARS said that all containers due to be searched would only be searched in Durban – now it appears that SARS says they will exercise some discretion in this regards – suggesting they could be searched elsewhere. To read the amendedSARS notice click here
or try this link:
http://www.sars.gov.za/uploads/images/42568_SC-CC-01-L25_–_External_–_Clothing_and_Textile_Campaign_-__Correspondence.pdf

For background to imports, and the quotas click here.

A question to readers: Do you think companies or individuals caught by SARS should be named, fined and jailed. We still (as far as I know) do not know the ID of the company or person/s cought by SARS. Why not???