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Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No. 47 of 1996)

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Wine Industry : Implementation of Statutory Measures and Determination of Guideline Prices

7. Research statutory levy

 

(1) A research and development levy is hereby continued to be imposed on—
(a) grapes;
(b) grape juice concentrate ;
(c) drinking wine;
(d) distilling wine; and
(e) wine spirit.

 

(2) The amount of the research and development levy shall—
(a) in the case of grapes, be—
(i) R22.33 per ton for the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018;
(ii) R23.59 per ton for the period 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019;
(iii) R24.92 per ton for the period 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020; and
(iv) R26.32 per ton for the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021;
(b) in the case of grape juice concentrate, be—
(i) 3.19 cent per litre at 17,4 degrees Balling for the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018;
(ii) 3.37 cent per litre at 17,4 degrees Balling for the period 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019;
(iii) 3.56 cent per litre at 17,4 degrees Balling for the period 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020; and
(iv) 3.76 cent per litre at 17,4 degrees Balling for the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021;
(c) in the case of drinking wine, be—
(i) 3.19 cent per litre for the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018;
(ii) 3.37 cent per litre for the period 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019;
(iii) 3.56 cent per litre for the period 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020; and
(iv) 3.76 cent per litre for the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021; and
(d) in the case of distilling wine and wine spirit, be—
(i) 2.74 cent per litre at 10 per cent alcohol by volume for the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018;
(ii) 2.89 cent per litre at 10 per cent alcohol by volume for the period 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019;
(iii) 3.05 cent per litre at 10 per cent alcohol by volume for the period 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020; and
(iv) 3.22 cent per litre at 10 per cent alcohol by volume for the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021.

 

(3) The research and development levy shall—
(a) be payable by a wine producer in respect of—
(i) drinking wine and wine spirit packaged in containers of 5 litres or less;
(ii) wine spirit sold to another wine producer; and
(iii) wine spirit produced by a wine producer and used for fortification of that wine producer's own drinking wine.
(b) be payable by a wine trader in respect of—
(i) grapes purchased;
(ii) grapes used for production of his or her own drinking wine or distilling wine; and
(iii) grape juice concentrate, drinking wine, distilling wine and wine spirit, in containers of more than 5 litres, acquired from a wine producer.

 

(4) The research and development levy shall be payable to SAWIS, acting on behalf of WINETECH, in accordance with subclause (5).

 

(5)
(a) Payment of the research and development levy shall be made not later than sixty days following the month of delivery of a quantity of grapes, grape juice concentrate, drinking wine, distilling wine or wine spirit sold, purchased or otherwise acquired.
(b) Payment shall be made by means of a cheque or electronic transfer in favour of SAWIS, and shall—
(i) when paid by cheque, be addressed to—

SAWIS, P O Box 238, Paarl, 7620;

(ii) when electronically transferred, be paid to the bank account obtainable from SAWIS on request.