South Africa ITAC Report 762 — Provisional Anti-Dumping Duty on Clear Float Glass from Tanzania

Mechanism

ITAC's investigation into clear float glass imports from Tanzania (initiated 6 June 2025) found sufficient evidence of dumping and resulting material injury and threat of injury to the SACU domestic glass industry. On that preliminary finding, ITAC requested SARS to impose provisional anti-dumping duties on imports classifiable under HS/tariff subheadings 7005.29.17, 7005.29.23, 7005.29.25 and 7005.29.35.

SARS implemented the provisional payments on 23 January 2026, effective through 22 July 2026 — a standard six-month provisional window under South Africa's trade-remedy framework (Customs and Excise Act, Schedule No. 2) while ITAC completes its final investigation and issues a definitive determination. ITAC invited interested parties to submit written comments on the preliminary report within 14 days of its release.

The specific ad valorem duty rate was not disclosed in ITAC's public media release; the full rate schedule is contained in ITAC Report 762, which was not available in machine-readable form at time of filing.

Downstream implications

• SACU glass supply chain. The measure raises landed cost for Tanzanian clear float glass

across the entire SACU customs territory (South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, Lesotho), shifting demand toward domestic SACU float-glass producers and non-Tanzanian import sources.

• Regional trade-remedy pattern. This is the latest in a run of ITAC anti-dumping actions

on glass products — ITAC separately maintains anti-dumping duties on clear float glass from Saudi Arabia and the UAE (10%–45%, per the May 2026 sunset review) — indicating a consolidated protective posture for the SACU glass sector across multiple origin countries.

• Construction cost pass-through. Float glass is a core input for construction glazing;

downstream SACU construction and fabrication firms may face higher input costs if Tanzanian-origin supply is a meaningful share of the market.

Open questions

• Provisional duty rate. The ad valorem rate(s) applied were not disclosed in the public

ITAC media release; confirm from the full ITAC Report 762 PDF once a readable copy is available, and backfill a magnitude: block per R93 if a figure surfaces.

• Definitive determination. Whether ITAC converts the provisional duty into a definitive

measure (and at what rate) after the provisional window closes (22 July 2026) is unresolved.

• Government Gazette citation. The specific Government Gazette notice number implementing

the provisional duty under Schedule No. 2 of the Customs and Excise Act was not identified from available public sources.