The Ministry of Economic Development is required to periodically review the list of tariff concessions made under tariff concession reference number 99 and remove those which have not been used to import goods over a period of two or more years. The purpose for periodically reviewing the list is to ensure that it is kept to a manageable size by removing those concessions which are no longer required.
A number of concessions have been identified on the Customs database (Cusmod) as not having been used over the period 1 July 2009 to 31 December 2011 and which were approved prior to the introduction of the tariff concession application fee on 21 April 1991. The reasons for non-usage are varied, eg some goods have become duty free in Part I of the Tariff and others are no longer imported.
The unused concessions to be removed appear in the Third Schedule (Concession Approvals Withdrawn), prefixed by "RUC"- Revocation of Unused Concessions.
Should it prove necessary to reinstate a concession which has been removed, this will be done immediately on request, effective from the concession’s original start date.