Chapter 17 · Section IV

Sugars & sugar confectionery

Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits & tobacco

Chapter 17 at a glance

HS chapter
17
Section
IV — Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits & tobacco
Tariff headings
4 (17 subheadings)
General customs duty
37% (plus 1 line charged per kg or unit)
Import VAT
15% on the added tax value (ATV)
Products listed
2

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

HS Chapter 17 covers sugars & sugar confectionery. 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.

Duty pages in this chapter

1701.99 Refined cane or beet sugar 483,72c/kg duty + 15% VAT 1704.90 Sugar confectionery (sweets, not chocolate) 37% duty + 15% VAT

All 4 tariff headings in Chapter 17

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.

1701 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form
  • 1701.12 Sugars; beet sugar, raw, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter
  • 1701.13 Sugars; cane sugar, raw, in solid form, as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter
  • 1701.14 Sugars; cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter
  • 1701.91 Sugars; sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, containing added flavouring or colouring matter
  • 1701.99 Sugars; sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter 483,72c/kg duty
1702 Sugars, including lactose, maltose, glucose or fructose in solid form; sugar syrups without added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel
  • 1702.11 Sugars; lactose and lactose syrup, containing by weight 99% or more lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose, calculated on the dry matter
  • 1702.19 Sugars; lactose and lactose syrup, containing by weight less than 99% lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose, calculated on the dry matter
  • 1702.20 Sugars; maple sugar, chemically pure, in solid form; maple syrup, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter
  • 1702.30 Sugars; glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 20% by weight of fructose, the syrup not containing added flavouring or colouring matter
  • 1702.40 Sugars; glucose and glucose syrup, containing in the dry state at least 20% but less than 50% by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar, the syrup not containing added flavouring or colouring matter
  • 1702.50 Sugars; fructose, chemically pure, in solid form
  • 1702.60 Sugars; fructose, other than chemically pure fructose, and fructose syrup (containing in the dry state more than 50% by weight of fructose), excluding invert sugar
  • 1702.90 Sugars; n.e.c. in heading no. 1702, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing, in the dry state, 50% by weight of fructose
1703 Molasses; resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar
  • 1703.10 Sugars; molasses, from sugar cane, resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar
  • 1703.90 Sugars; molasses, from sugar beet, resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar
1704 Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa
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