Popular import duty pages
The products South African importers look up most. Each page shows the duty, a worked landed-cost example and any anti-dumping / permit risk.
8517.13
Smartphones & cellular telephones
0% duty + 15% VAT
8471.30
Laptops & portable computers (≤10 kg)
0% duty + 15% VAT
8471.50
Desktop computers & processing units
0% duty + 15% VAT
8528.72
Colour television receivers (TV sets)
25% duty + 15% VAT
8443.31
Multifunction printers, scanners & copiers
0% duty + 15% VAT
8504.40
Static converters — chargers, adapters & inverters
0% duty + 15% VAT
8541.43
Photovoltaic cells & solar panels (modules)
0% duty + 15% VAT
8507.60
Lithium-ion accumulators (batteries)
0% duty + 15% VAT
8418.10
Combined refrigerator-freezers (domestic)
0% duty + 15% VAT
8516.60
Electric ovens, cookers, hotplates & stoves
0% duty + 15% VAT
8414.51
Table, floor, wall & ceiling fans (≤125 W)
20% duty + 15% VAT
8536.69
Plugs, sockets & electrical connectors (≤1000 V)
0% duty + 15% VAT
8544.42
Insulated electric cable fitted with connectors
15% duty + 15% VAT
8703.23
Passenger motor cars (1500–3000 cc petrol)
25% duty + 15% VAT
8708.30
Brakes & brake parts for motor vehicles
20% duty + 15% VAT
8708.99
Other motor vehicle parts & accessories
20% duty + 15% VAT
8711.20
Motorcycles & scooters (50–250 cc)
20% duty + 15% VAT
8712.00
Bicycles & other non-motorised cycles
15% duty + 15% VAT
4011.10
New pneumatic rubber tyres for motor cars
25% duty + 15% VAT
7308.90
Structural steel — sections, angles & shapes
10% duty + 15% VAT
7210.70
Coated / colour-coated flat-rolled steel coil
10% duty + 15% VAT
7318.15
Screws & bolts of iron or steel
15% duty + 15% VAT
7323.93
Stainless steel kitchen & tableware
20% duty + 15% VAT
8215.20
Cutlery sets (spoons, forks & knives)
30% duty + 15% VAT
7113.19
Jewellery of precious metal
20% duty + 15% VAT
6109.10
T-shirts & vests of cotton, knitted
45% duty + 15% VAT
6204.62
Women's trousers & shorts of cotton
45% duty + 15% VAT
6403.99
Footwear with leather uppers
30% duty + 15% VAT
6402.99
Footwear with rubber or plastic uppers
30% duty + 15% VAT
4202.92
Travel bags, backpacks & cases (textile/plastic)
30% duty + 15% VAT
6302.21
Bed linen of cotton (printed)
30% duty + 15% VAT
9401.61
Upholstered seats with wooden frames
20% duty + 15% VAT
9403.20
Metal furniture (office & other)
20% duty + 15% VAT
9405.11
LED lamps & lighting fittings (electric)
20% duty + 15% VAT
9503.00
Toys, scale models & puzzles
20% duty + 15% VAT
3926.90
Other articles of plastics
20% duty + 15% VAT
6907.21
Ceramic flags & wall/floor tiles
30% duty + 15% VAT
7005.29
Float glass & surface-ground glass
15% duty + 15% VAT
3304.99
Beauty, make-up & skincare preparations
20% duty + 15% VAT
3401.11
Soap & organic surface-active products (toilet use)
20% duty + 15% VAT
3004.90
Medicaments put up for retail sale
0% duty + 15% VAT
0901.21
Roasted coffee (not decaffeinated)
0% duty + 15% VAT
2208.30
Whiskies
0% duty + 15% VAT
9018.39
Medical, surgical & dental instruments
0% duty + 15% VAT
9001.50
Spectacle lenses of materials other than glass
0% duty + 15% VAT
8516.50
Microwave ovens
20% duty + 15% VAT
8450.11
Fully automatic washing machines (≤10 kg)
30% duty + 15% VAT
8415.10
Air conditioners (window / split, self-contained)
0% duty + 15% VAT
8508.11
Vacuum cleaners (≤1500 W)
0% duty + 15% VAT
8509.40
Food grinders, blenders & juicers (domestic)
20% duty + 15% VAT
8516.71
Electric coffee or tea makers
20% duty + 15% VAT
8467.21
Hand-held electric drills & power tools
0% duty + 15% VAT
8528.52
Monitors capable of connecting to a computer
0% duty + 15% VAT
8471.60
Computer input units (keyboards & mice)
0% duty + 15% VAT
8518.30
Headphones & earphones
0% duty + 15% VAT
8525.89
Digital cameras & video camera recorders
0% duty + 15% VAT
8523.51
Solid-state storage (USB drives & memory cards)
0% duty + 15% VAT
9504.50
Video game consoles & machines
0% duty + 15% VAT
8704.21
Light goods vehicles / bakkies (diesel, ≤5 t)
25% duty + 15% VAT
8716.39
Trailers & semi-trailers for goods
20% duty + 15% VAT
4011.20
New pneumatic tyres for buses & lorries
25% duty + 15% VAT
8714.91
Bicycle frames & forks
15% duty + 15% VAT
3917.23
PVC pipes, tubes & fittings
20% duty + 15% VAT
3923.30
Plastic bottles, flasks & containers
20% duty + 15% VAT
3924.10
Plastic tableware & kitchenware
20% duty + 15% VAT
4016.93
Rubber seals, gaskets & O-rings
15% duty + 15% VAT
7610.10
Aluminium doors, windows & frames
30% duty + 15% VAT
8302.41
Builders' hardware (hinges, brackets & fittings)
20% duty + 15% VAT
8205.40
Hand tools (screwdrivers, spanners & wrenches)
0% duty + 15% VAT
7321.11
Gas cooking stoves, hobs & ranges (domestic)
20% duty + 15% VAT
7607.11
Aluminium foil (rolled, not backed)
10% duty + 15% VAT
6110.20
Jerseys, pullovers & cardigans of cotton
45% duty + 15% VAT
6203.42
Men's trousers & shorts of cotton
45% duty + 15% VAT
6205.20
Men's shirts of cotton
45% duty + 15% VAT
6206.30
Women's blouses & shirts of cotton
45% duty + 15% VAT
6111.20
Babies' garments & accessories of cotton
40% duty + 15% VAT
6301.40
Blankets of synthetic fibres
30% duty + 15% VAT
6302.60
Toilet & kitchen linen (towels) of cotton
30% duty + 15% VAT
6404.11
Sports footwear with textile uppers
30% duty + 15% VAT
4203.10
Articles of apparel of leather (jackets)
20% duty + 15% VAT
9403.60
Wooden furniture (other)
20% duty + 15% VAT
9404.21
Mattresses of cellular rubber or plastic
20% duty + 15% VAT
9608.10
Ball-point pens
15% duty + 15% VAT
9506.62
Inflatable balls (soccer, rugby, basketball)
20% duty + 15% VAT
9619.00
Nappies, sanitary towels & similar articles
0% duty + 15% VAT
3305.10
Shampoos
20% duty + 15% VAT
3306.10
Dentifrices (toothpaste)
20% duty + 15% VAT
3401.20
Soap in other forms (liquid, flakes, paste)
20% duty + 15% VAT
1905.31
Sweet biscuits
20% duty + 15% VAT
2101.11
Instant coffee extracts & concentrates
0% duty + 15% VAT
2202.10
Sweetened or flavoured soft drinks
0% duty + 15% VAT
3208.90
Paints & varnishes (solvent-based)
10% duty + 15% VAT
3209.10
Paints (water-based, acrylic)
10% duty + 15% VAT
3214.10
Mastics, fillers & glazing sealants
10% duty + 15% VAT
3506.10
Prepared glues & adhesives (retail ≤1 kg)
10% duty + 15% VAT
3402.20
Detergents & cleaning preparations (retail)
20% duty + 15% VAT
3105.20
Mineral or chemical fertilisers (NPK)
0% duty + 15% VAT
3808.91
Insecticides (put up for retail)
0% duty + 15% VAT
2710.19
Lubricating oils & greases (petroleum)
0% duty + 15% VAT
3215.19
Printing inks
10% duty + 15% VAT
2523.29
Portland cement (other)
0% duty + 15% VAT
6810.11
Concrete building blocks & bricks
10% duty + 15% VAT
6809.11
Gypsum boards & plasterboard
10% duty + 15% VAT
7214.20
Steel reinforcing bar (rebar)
10% duty + 15% VAT
7217.10
Wire of iron or non-alloy steel (not plated)
10% duty + 15% VAT
7326.90
Other articles of iron or steel
15% duty + 15% VAT
9406.20
Prefabricated / modular buildings
20% duty + 15% VAT
6802.23
Worked granite (building & monumental)
0% duty + 15% VAT
7019.90
Glass fibre articles (insulation & mesh)
10% duty + 15% VAT
1006.30
Rice (semi- or wholly milled)
0% duty + 15% VAT
1701.99
Refined cane or beet sugar
0% duty + 15% VAT
1511.90
Palm oil & fractions (refined)
10% duty + 15% VAT
1507.90
Soya-bean oil & fractions (refined)
10% duty + 15% VAT
0902.30
Black tea (in packs ≤3 kg)
0% duty + 15% VAT
2009.89
Fruit & vegetable juices
20% duty + 15% VAT
1704.90
Sugar confectionery (sweets, not chocolate)
20% duty + 15% VAT
2106.90
Food preparations not elsewhere specified
0% duty + 15% VAT
1905.90
Bread, rusks & savoury crackers
20% duty + 15% VAT
8413.70
Centrifugal pumps (water pumps)
0% duty + 15% VAT
8421.21
Machinery for filtering or purifying water
0% duty + 15% VAT
8482.10
Ball bearings
0% duty + 15% VAT
8537.10
Electrical control & distribution boards (≤1000 V)
0% duty + 15% VAT
8539.50
LED lamps & bulbs
20% duty + 15% VAT
8513.10
Portable battery-powered lamps & torches
20% duty + 15% VAT
8431.49
Parts for cranes & earthmoving machinery
0% duty + 15% VAT
8708.29
Motor vehicle body parts (doors, bumpers, panels)
20% duty + 15% VAT
4818.10
Toilet paper
10% duty + 15% VAT
4819.20
Folding cartons & boxes of paperboard
15% duty + 15% VAT
4820.10
Notebooks, registers & exercise books
15% duty + 15% VAT
7013.49
Glassware for table or kitchen
20% duty + 15% VAT
5407.61
Woven fabric of polyester filament
22% duty + 15% VAT
0207.14
Frozen chicken cuts & offal (bone-in)
37% duty + 15% VAT
0203.29
Frozen pork cuts
15% duty + 15% VAT
0303.89
Frozen fish (other)
0% duty + 15% VAT
0306.17
Frozen shrimps & prawns
0% duty + 15% VAT
0406.90
Cheese (other)
0% duty + 15% VAT
0409.00
Natural honey
0% duty + 15% VAT
0713.31
Dried beans (vigna / phaseolus)
0% duty + 15% VAT
0803.90
Bananas (fresh)
0% duty + 15% VAT
0901.11
Coffee, not roasted (green beans)
0% duty + 15% VAT
0904.11
Pepper (whole or ground spice)
0% duty + 15% VAT
1001.99
Wheat (other than durum & seed)
0% duty + 15% VAT
1005.90
Maize / corn (other than seed)
0% duty + 15% VAT
1517.10
Margarine
10% duty + 15% VAT
1602.32
Prepared or preserved chicken
30% duty + 15% VAT
1604.14
Prepared or preserved tuna (canned)
30% duty + 15% VAT
1806.31
Chocolate in blocks/bars, filled
20% duty + 15% VAT
1901.10
Infant food preparations (retail)
0% duty + 15% VAT
2005.20
Prepared potatoes (chips & crisps)
20% duty + 15% VAT
2103.20
Tomato ketchup & other tomato sauces
20% duty + 15% VAT
2104.10
Soups & broths (and preparations)
20% duty + 15% VAT
2203.00
Beer made from malt
0% duty + 15% VAT
2204.21
Wine in bottles (≤2 litres)
0% duty + 15% VAT
2710.12
Light petroleum oils (petrol / motor spirit)
0% duty + 15% VAT
2710.20
Gas oils (diesel) with biodiesel
0% duty + 15% VAT
3002.15
Immunological products (vaccines & sera)
0% duty + 15% VAT
3303.00
Perfumes & eau de toilette
20% duty + 15% VAT
3307.20
Deodorants & antiperspirants
20% duty + 15% VAT
3304.10
Lip make-up preparations
20% duty + 15% VAT
3920.10
Plastic sheeting & film of polyethylene
10% duty + 15% VAT
3919.90
Self-adhesive plastic tape, film & labels
10% duty + 15% VAT
4009.31
Rubber tubes, pipes & hoses (textile-reinforced)
15% duty + 15% VAT
4012.11
Retreaded tyres for motor cars
25% duty + 15% VAT
4104.11
Tanned bovine hides & skins (wet blue)
0% duty + 15% VAT
4411.13
Medium density fibreboard (MDF)
10% duty + 15% VAT
4412.31
Plywood with tropical-wood outer ply
20% duty + 15% VAT
4418.20
Wooden doors, frames & thresholds
20% duty + 15% VAT
4802.56
Printing & writing paper (cut sheets)
10% duty + 15% VAT
4901.99
Printed books & brochures
0% duty + 15% VAT
5208.52
Printed woven cotton fabric
22% duty + 15% VAT
5402.47
Polyester filament yarn (textured)
15% duty + 15% VAT
5703.20
Tufted carpets of nylon / polyamide
30% duty + 15% VAT
6104.62
Women's trousers of cotton, knitted
45% duty + 15% VAT
6105.10
Men's shirts of cotton, knitted (golf shirts)
45% duty + 15% VAT
6115.96
Socks & hosiery of synthetic fibres
45% duty + 15% VAT
6212.10
Brassieres
45% duty + 15% VAT
6307.90
Other made-up textile articles
30% duty + 15% VAT
6401.10
Waterproof footwear (gumboots) with metal toe-cap
30% duty + 15% VAT
6406.20
Outer soles & heels of rubber or plastic
20% duty + 15% VAT
6506.10
Safety headgear (helmets)
0% duty + 15% VAT
6911.10
Tableware & kitchenware of porcelain
20% duty + 15% VAT
7007.29
Laminated safety glass
15% duty + 15% VAT
7010.90
Glass bottles, jars & containers
20% duty + 15% VAT
7408.11
Copper wire (refined, ≥6 mm)
0% duty + 15% VAT
7604.21
Aluminium hollow profiles & extrusions
30% duty + 15% VAT
8211.92
Knives with fixed blades
30% duty + 15% VAT
8301.40
Locks of base metal (other)
20% duty + 15% VAT
8311.10
Coated welding electrodes (base metal)
10% duty + 15% VAT
8408.20
Diesel engines for vehicles
0% duty + 15% VAT
8409.91
Parts for petrol engines (pistons, valves)
0% duty + 15% VAT
8419.11
Instantaneous gas water heaters (geysers)
20% duty + 15% VAT
8429.52
Mechanical excavators (360° superstructure)
0% duty + 15% VAT
8481.80
Taps, cocks & valves (hand-operated)
0% duty + 15% VAT
8501.10
Electric motors (≤37.5 W)
0% duty + 15% VAT
8502.13
Diesel generating sets (>375 kVA)
0% duty + 15% VAT
8506.10
Primary cells & batteries (manganese dioxide)
20% duty + 15% VAT
8507.10
Lead-acid accumulators (vehicle starter batteries)
15% duty + 15% VAT
8512.20
Electrical lighting & signalling for vehicles
20% duty + 15% VAT
8527.13
Radio receivers with sound recording/players
0% duty + 15% VAT
8531.10
Burglar & fire alarms and similar
0% duty + 15% VAT
8544.70
Optical fibre cables
0% duty + 15% VAT
8702.10
Buses & minibuses (diesel, ≥10 persons)
25% duty + 15% VAT
8701.95
Agricultural tractors (>130 kW)
0% duty + 15% VAT
8714.10
Parts & accessories for motorcycles
15% duty + 15% VAT
9003.11
Spectacle frames of plastics
20% duty + 15% VAT
9004.10
Sunglasses
20% duty + 15% VAT
9025.19
Thermometers (not combined with other instruments)
0% duty + 15% VAT
9028.30
Electricity supply meters
0% duty + 15% VAT
9102.11
Wristwatches (electrically operated)
0% duty + 15% VAT
9405.40
Other electric lamps & lighting fittings
20% duty + 15% VAT
9603.21
Toothbrushes
20% duty + 15% VAT
9603.90
Brooms, brushes & mops
20% duty + 15% VAT
9607.11
Slide fasteners (zips) with metal teeth
15% duty + 15% VAT
9617.00
Vacuum flasks & insulated containers
20% duty + 15% VAT
Browse all 98 HS chapters
Section I — Live animals; animal products
Section II — Vegetable products
06 Live trees, plants, bulbs & cut flowers
07 Edible vegetables, roots & tubers
1
08 Edible fruit & nuts; citrus & melon peel
1
09 Coffee, tea, maté & spices
4
10 Cereals
3
11 Milling products; malt, starches & gluten
12 Oil seeds, grains, seeds & fruit
13 Lac; gums, resins & vegetable extracts
14 Vegetable plaiting materials
Section III — Animal/vegetable fats & oils
Section IV — Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits & tobacco
16 Preparations of meat, fish & seafood
2
17 Sugars & sugar confectionery
2
18 Cocoa & cocoa preparations
1
19 Cereal, flour, starch & milk preparations; pastry
3
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit & nuts
2
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations
4
22 Beverages, spirits & vinegar
4
23 Food industry residues & animal feed
24 Tobacco & manufactured tobacco substitutes
Section V — Mineral products
Section VI — Products of the chemical & allied industries
28 Inorganic chemicals; rare-earth & radioactive compounds
29 Organic chemicals
30 Pharmaceutical products
2
31 Fertilisers
1
32 Tanning & dyeing extracts; paints, inks & pigments
4
33 Essential oils, perfumery, cosmetics & toiletries
6
34 Soap, waxes, polishes & candles
3
35 Albuminoidal substances; glues & enzymes
1
36 Explosives, matches & pyrotechnics
37 Photographic & cinematographic goods
38 Miscellaneous chemical products
1
Section VII — Plastics & rubber
Section VIII — Hides, skins, leather & travel goods
Section IX — Wood, cork & basketware
Section X — Pulp, paper & paperboard
Section XI — Textiles & textile articles
50 Silk
51 Wool & fine/coarse animal hair
52 Cotton
1
53 Other vegetable textile fibres
54 Man-made filaments
2
55 Man-made staple fibres
56 Wadding, felt, nonwovens, twine & cordage
57 Carpets & other textile floor coverings
1
58 Special woven & tufted fabrics; lace & tapestries
59 Impregnated, coated or laminated textile fabrics
60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics
61 Apparel & clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
6
62 Apparel & clothing accessories, not knitted
5
63 Other made-up textile articles; worn clothing
4
Section XII — Footwear, headgear, umbrellas
Section XIII — Stone, plaster, ceramics & glass
Section XIV — Pearls, precious metals & jewellery
Section XV — Base metals & articles thereof
72 Iron & steel
3
73 Articles of iron or steel
5
74 Copper & articles thereof
1
75 Nickel & articles thereof
76 Aluminium & articles thereof
3
78 Lead & articles thereof
79 Zinc & articles thereof
80 Tin & articles thereof
81 Other base metals & cermets
82 Tools, cutlery & implements of base metal
3
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal
3
Section XVI — Machinery & electrical equipment
Section XVII — Vehicles, aircraft & vessels
Section XVIII — Optical, medical & precision instruments
Section XIX — Arms & ammunition
Section XX — Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Section XXI — Works of art & antiques
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