The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has set final anti-dumping duties of up to 129.15% on automotive windshields imported from China and Malaysia.
Under the new measures, duties on Chinese front windshields range from 12.92% to 129.15%, depending on the manufacturer. For instance, Dongguan Kong Wan Automobile Glass will face a duty of 28.39%, while Xinyi Automobile Glass and Dongguan Benson Automobile Glass fall under a 12.92% duty. BSG Auto Glass and Fuyao Glass Industry Group are exempt from these duties.
The introduction of these duties followed the International Trade Administration Commission's (ITAC) finding of circumvention of existing anti-dumping measures on Chinese imports by rerouting windshields through Malaysia. This circumvention undermined the effect of previously adopted measures for the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) industry.
ITAC stated that after reviewing stakeholder comments, the Commission concluded there were sufficient grounds to believe that 'country jumping' circumvention was occurring, as well as that dumping of the corresponding product imported from Malaysia was taking place. Furthermore, the organization noted that the SACU industry is suffering material injury and threat of such injury based on the initial investigation findings.
The ITAC Commission also found that this circumvention weakened the effect of anti-dumping duties imposed on windshields from China. In light of these findings, the Commission recommended that the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition expand the anti-dumping duties applied to windshield imports from China to imports from Malaysia, and also impose the same anti-dumping duties on front windshields declared under tariff heading 2. These final anti-dumping duties were implemented by SARS on September 4, 2026.
