Customs and Excise (Surtax Tariff) (Amendment) Notice, 2026 (No. 7)

Seven steel commodity codes are deleted from the Second Schedule to the Customs and Excise (Surtax Tariff) Notice, 2012. Deleting a line from that schedule removes the surtax on those goods; ordinary customs duty and VAT are unaffected.

The codes removed are 7211.19.00 (other flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel), 7214.20.00 (bars and rods with indentations, ribs or grooves produced during rolling or twisted after rolling — deformed reinforcing bar), 7214.30.00 (other bars of free-cutting steel), 7214.99.00 (other bars and rods), 7216.10.00 (U, I or H sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, under 80 mm high), 7216.21.00 (L sections) and 7216.22.00 (T sections).

The practical effect falls on construction inputs. Deformed rebar and small structural sections are core building materials, so importers, hardware retailers and contractors should re-price landed cost on stock still in transit.

The notice does not state a commencement date, and it does not say how consignments already entered but not yet cleared are to be treated.