15 DECEMBER
CUSTOMS EDITION
6043

Column One
Classes of Motor Vehicles

Column Two
Goods

Column Three
Condition in which such goods shall be imported

The components nominated below, if imported to be used in the assembly, completion or manufacture of Class I motor vehicles must be entered in accordance with the appropriate Tariff item in Part I of the Customs Tariff:

Airdams excluding those which form an integral part of the vehicle body or an integral part of the bumper;
Battery cables and earth straps;
Brake hoses;
Driveshafts excluding transaxles;
Electric accumulators;
Exhaust systems (comprising piping and mufflers);
Exterior rear vision mirrors excluding those which are an integral part of the vehicle design or are electrically or manually internally adjusted; and excluding electrically heated rear vision mirrors
Glass, curved or flat;
Horns;
Hub caps, hubcentres, full wheel covers, wheel trim bands and discs and wheel rimbellishers;
Ignition coils;
Interior trim components of hardboard, cardboard or similar materials, leather and plastic sheetings; viz:

• Armrests and door-pulls of unhardened vulcanised rubber or artificial plastic sheetings; viz:
  integrally moulded into door panels;
• Floor coverings, cut fabricated or moulded to shape excluding those moulded from plastic or rubber;
• Head restraints excluding adjustable mechanisms and minor plastic attachments;
• Headlinings other than those moulded to shape
• Rear parcel trays other than those moulded to shape.
• Seat belts;
• Seat frame and spring frame assemblies including springs therefor;
• Seat reclining mechanisms;
• Sunvisors and covers including arms and fixing brackets;
  Upholsterers’ materials (such as flock, wadding, batting, fluting, linters, felts padding and foams) cut, moulded or fabricated to shape (excluding moulded resin bonded felt);
  Upholsterers’ textiles, fabrics, leathers or plastic sheeting, cut moulded or fabricated to shape;
  Laminated and leaf undercarriage springs (not including shackles therefor);
  Melt sheets cut to shape;
  Pneumatic rubber tyres and inner tubes of rubber;
  Radiator pressure caps;
  Radio broadcast receivers designed for use in motor vehicles;
  Spoilers of unhardened vulcanised rubber or artificial plastic materials;
  Springs, coiled suspension; excluding frustoconical coil springs;
  Tonneau covers manufactured from upholsterers’ textiles, fabrics, leathers or plastic sheetings cut or fabricated to shape;
  Wiring, looms or harnesses;
  Wheels of aluminium alloys.

(B) CLASS II
Commercial motor vehicles and road tractors with a gross vehicle weight exceeding 3,500 kg but not exceeding 10,500 kg other than omnibuses.

(i) Chassis, consisting of:
Chassis frames, suspension assemblies, radiator, engine, clutch, gearbox, propellor shaft and axles.

(ii) Cabs, the following parts of:
Pannels, and framework (if any)

(iii) Cabs built up

These goods shall not be imported in sub-assemblies consisting of more than one of the components specified. Nor should the chassis frames (longitudinals) be fitted with any attachment or components.

May be built up into the form of a ‘shell’ or ‘bare cab’ with doors attached thereto. They may not be further painted or trimmed with any componentry (eg, seats, instruments, window glass, rubber trim, upholstery) other than mounting brackets.

The ‘bare cab’ may not be attached to the chassis but may, subject to the foregoing restrictions be imported in such condition as the importer elects. These cabs may be imported in a fully finished condition provided they are entered under Tariff items 8704.21.19, 8704.22.09, 8704.23.09, 8704.31.19, 8704.32.09 and 8704.80.19 of the Customs Tariff and pay the rates of duty applying under the appropriate item.

The components nominated below, if imported to be used in the assembly, completion or manufacture of Class II motor vehicles, must be entered in accordance with the appropriate Tariff item in Part I of the Customs Tariff:

Electric accumulators;
Exterior rear vision mirrors excluding those which are an integral part of the vehicle design or are electrically or manually internally adjusted; and excluding electrically heated rear vision mirrors
Laminated and leaf undercarriage springs (not including shackles therefor);
Melt sheet cut to shape;
Pneumatic rubber tyres and inner tubes of rubber;
Radiator pressure caps;
Radio broadcast receivers designed for use in motor vehicles;
Seat belts;
Seat reclining mechanisms;
Seat frame and spring frame assemblies including springs therefor;
Upholsterers’ materials (such as flock, wadding, batting, fluting, linters, felts, padding, foams) cut, moulded or fabricated to shape (excluding moulded resin bonded felt);
Upholsterers’ textiles, fabrics, leathers or plastic sheetings, cut moulded or fabricated to shape.