HS Codes & Import Duties

Find the tariff code, SARS customs duty and 15% VAT for your import — with anti-dumping and ITAC permit flags. Free for South African importers.

Data current as of 2026-06-01 · 214 product pages · 98 chapters

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

Section III — Animal/vegetable fats & oils

Section IV — Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits & tobacco

Section V — Mineral products

Section VI — Products of the chemical & allied industries

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

Section XII — Footwear, headgear, umbrellas

Section XIII — Stone, plaster, ceramics & glass

Section XIV — Pearls, precious metals & jewellery

Section XV — Base metals & articles thereof

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

SA Import Risk Checker

Check anti-dumping duty, ITAC permits and duty + VAT for your exact product and supplier country.

Duty & VAT Calculator

Work out the full landed cost — CIF value, customs duty, 15% VAT and clearing fees.