Chapter 30 · Section VI

Pharmaceutical products

Products of the chemical & allied industries

Chapter 30 at a glance

HS chapter
30
Section
VI — Products of the chemical & allied industries
Tariff headings
6 (45 subheadings)
General customs duty
0%
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 30 covers pharmaceutical products. 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

3002.15 Immunological products (vaccines & sera) 0% duty + 15% VAT 3004.90 Medicaments put up for retail sale 0% duty + 15% VAT

All 6 tariff headings in Chapter 30

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.

3001 Glands and other organs (extracts, secretions thereof) for organo-therapeutic uses, dried, powdered or not; heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances for therapeutic or prophylactic uses n.e.c.
  • 3001.20 Glands and other organs; extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions, for organo-therapeutic uses
  • 3001.90 Glands and other organs; heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, n.e.c. in heading 3001
3002 Human blood; animal blood for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions, immunological products, modified or obtained by biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) etc
  • 3002.12 Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products; antisera and other blood fractions
  • 3002.13 Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products; immunological products, unmixed, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale
  • 3002.14 Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products; immunological products, mixed, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale
  • 3002.15 Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products; immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale 0% duty
  • 3002.41 Vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products; for human medicine
  • 3002.42 Vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products; for veterinary medicine
  • 3002.49 Toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products; n.e.c. in item 3002.3
  • 3002.51 Cell cultures, whether or not modified; cell therapy products
  • 3002.59 Cell cultures, whether or not modified; other cell cultures not including cell therapy products
  • 3002.90 Toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products
3003 Medicaments; (not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 or 3006) of two or more constituents mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic use not in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale
  • 3003.10 Medicaments; containing penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not in measured doses, not packaged for retail sale)
  • 3003.20 Medicaments; containing antibiotics other than penicillins, streptomycins and their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not in measured doses, not packaged for retail sale)
  • 3003.31 Medicaments; containing insulin, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not packaged for retail sale
  • 3003.39 Medicaments; containing hormones (excluding insulin), (but not containing antibiotics), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not packaged for retail sale
  • 3003.41 Medicaments; containing alkaloids or their derivatives, containing ephedrine or its salts, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not packaged for retail sale)
  • 3003.42 Medicaments; containing alkaloids or their derivatives, containing pseudoephedrine (INN) or its salts, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not packaged for retail sale)
  • 3003.43 Medicaments; containing alkaloids or their derivatives, containing norephedrine or its salts, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not packaged for retail sale)
  • 3003.49 Medicaments; containing alkaloids or their derivatives; other than ephedrine, pseudoephedrine (INN) or norephedrine or their salts; for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not packaged for retail sale)
  • 3003.60 Medicaments; containing antimalarial active principles described in subheading note 2 to this chapter, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not packaged for retail sale)
  • 3003.90 Medicaments; (not containing antibiotics, hormones, alkaloids or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, (not packaged for retail sale)
3004 Medicaments; (not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic use, put up in measured doses (incl. those in the form of transdermal admin. systems) or packed for retail sale
  • 3004.10 Medicaments; containing penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale
  • 3004.20 Medicaments; containing antibiotics (other than penicillins, streptomycins or their derivatives), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale
  • 3004.31 Medicaments; containing insulin, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale
  • 3004.32 Medicaments; containing corticosteroid hormones, their derivatives or structural analogues (but not containing antibiotics), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale
  • 3004.39 Medicaments; containing hormones (but not insulin), adrenal cortex hormones or antibiotics, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale
  • 3004.41 Medicaments; containing alkaloids or their derivatives, containing ephedrine or its salts, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale
  • 3004.42 Medicaments; containing alkaloids or their derivatives, containing pseudoephedrine (INN) or its salts, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale
  • 3004.43 Medicaments; containing alkaloids or their derivatives, containing norephedrine or its salts, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale
  • 3004.49 Medicaments; containing alkaloids or their derivatives; other than ephedrine, pseudoephedrine (INN) or norephedrine or their salts; for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale
  • 3004.50 Medicaments; containing vitamins or their derivatives, for therapeutic or prophylactic use, packaged for retail sale
  • 3004.60 Medicaments; containing antimalarial active principles described in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale
  • 3004.90 Medicaments; consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale 0% duty
3005 Wadding, gauze, bandages (dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or in forms or packings for retail sale, for medical, surgical or veterinary use
  • 3005.10 Dressings, adhesive; and other articles having an adhesive layer, packed for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes
  • 3005.90 Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles; (excluding adhesive dressings), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances, packaged for retail sale
3006 Pharmaceutical goods
  • 3006.10 Pharmaceutical goods; sterile surgical catgut, suture materials, tissue adhesives, laminaria, laminaria tents, absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics, and surgical or dental adhesion barriers
  • 3006.30 Pharmaceutical goods; opacifying preparations for x-ray examinations, diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient
  • 3006.40 Pharmaceutical goods; dental cements and other dental fillings, bone reconstruction cements
  • 3006.50 Pharmaceutical goods; first aid boxes and kits
  • 3006.60 Pharmaceutical goods; chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading 2937 or on spermicides
  • 3006.70 Pharmaceutical goods; Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for surgical operations or physical examinations or as a coupling agent between the body and medical instruments
  • 3006.91 Pharmaceutical goods; appliances identifiable for ostomy use
  • 3006.92 Pharmaceutical goods; waste pharmaceuticals
  • 3006.93 Pharmaceutical goods; placebos and blinded (or double-blinded) clinical trial kits for a recognised clinical trial, put up in measured doses
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