Chapter 13 · Section II

Lac; gums, resins & vegetable extracts

Vegetable products

Chapter 13 at a glance

HS chapter
13
Section
II — Vegetable products
Tariff headings
2 (11 subheadings)

As at 2026-08-06. Source: SARS Tariff Book, Schedule 1 Part 1.

HS Chapter 13 covers lac; gums, resins & vegetable extracts. Every tariff heading in the chapter is listed below, with its subheadings. Headings we have researched carry a duty page link showing the South African customs duty, a worked landed-cost example and any anti-dumping or ITAC permit exposure.

All 2 tariff headings in Chapter 13

Harmonised System HS 2022 nomenclature — the same headings and subheadings the SARS Tariff Book is built on. South Africa classifies to 8 digits, so confirm the last two digits of your line in the Tariff Book before you clear.

1301 Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for example, balsams)
  • 1301.20 Gum Arabic
  • 1301.90 Natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins, n.e.c. in heading no. 1301
1302 Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products
  • 1302.11 Vegetable saps and extracts; opium
  • 1302.12 Vegetable saps and extracts; of liquorice
  • 1302.13 Vegetable saps and extracts; of hops
  • 1302.14 Vegetable saps and extracts; of ephedra
  • 1302.19 Vegetable saps and extracts; n.e.c. in item no. 1302.1
  • 1302.20 Pectic substances; pectinates and pectates
  • 1302.31 Mucilages and thickeners; agar-agar, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products
  • 1302.32 Mucilages and thickeners; whether or not modified, derived from locust beans, locust bean seeds or guar seeds
  • 1302.39 Mucilages and thickeners; whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products, n.e.c. in item no. 1302.3
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