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[email protected] FTW4810 FRIDAY 11 May 2012 NO. 2006 For import/export decision-makers Sars gets serious about textile under-valuation BY Joy Orlek Federation, although to valuation as well as while increasing the continually enhance executive director Brian country of origin and tariff number of inspections at and refine its Preferred SA Revenue Service has Brink warns that it won’t misclassification, which border posts. Trader Programme while singled out under-valuation be a magic bullet. opens doors to the dumping The revenue authority increasing its non-intrusive of imports in the clothing According to Brink, of goods and under-cutting believes that Customs inspection capability.” and textile industry as one a test project was run of prices, all of which Modernisation will help And it’s not only a Sars of seven broad priority two years ago and the affects the viability of the to create a sound platform initiative, but a joint effort areas of focus over the results are starting to look domestic industry. for more effective risk by government, labour next five years – and encouraging – but it’s a Sars has also committed management – to be and industry to work plans to introduce a little too early to assess the to identifying systematic achieved by supporting together in order to manage reference pricing database success of the project, he solutions to gaps in the an integrated border compliance risks in the mechanism to address the told FTW.