“Similar goods” definition of section 65(9) of Customs Act

“similar goods”, in relation to imported goods, means goods produced in the same country and by the same or a different producer as the imported goods and which although not alike in all respects to the imported goods have, with due regard to their quality and reputation and the existence of a trade mark, like characteristics and like component materials which enable them to be employed for the same purposes and to be commercially interchangeable, but does not include goods incorporating or reflecting engineering, development work, art work, design work, plans or sketches undertaken in the Republic.

[Section 65 amended by section 5 of Act 85 of 1968, section 21 of Act 105 of 1969, section 20 of Act 112 of 1977, section 5 of Act 93 of 1978 and section 7 of Act 110 of 1979 and substituted by section 13 of Act 86 of 1982]