Chapter 31 at a glance
- HS chapter
- 31
- Section
- VI — Products of the chemical & allied industries
- Tariff headings
- 5 (24 subheadings)
- General customs duty
- 0%
- Import VAT
- 15% on the added tax value (ATV)
- Products listed
- 1
As at 2026-08-06. Source: SARS Tariff Book, Schedule 1 Part 1.
HS Chapter 31 covers fertilisers. 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
All 5 tariff headings in Chapter 31
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.
3101 Fertilizers; animal or vegetable, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilizers produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products
- 3101.00 Fertilizers, animal or vegetable; whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilizers, produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products
3102 Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, nitrogenous
- 3102.10 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution
- 3102.21 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium sulphate
- 3102.29 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, other than ammonium sulphate
- 3102.30 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution
- 3102.40 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium nitrate with calcium carbonate or other inorganic non-fertilizing substances, mixtures thereof
- 3102.50 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, sodium nitrate
- 3102.60 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, double salts and mixtures of calcium nitrate and ammonium nitrate
- 3102.80 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution
- 3102.90 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; nitrogenous, other kinds including mixtures not specified in the foregoing subheadings
3103 Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, phosphatic
- 3103.11 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; phosphatic, superphosphates, containing by weight 35% or more of diphosphorus pentaoxide (P2O5)
- 3103.19 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; phosphatic, superphosphates, other than containing by weight 35% or more of diphosphorus pentaoxide (P2O5)
- 3103.90 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; phosphatic, n.e.c. in heading no. 3103
3104 Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, potassic
- 3104.20 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; potassic, potassium chloride
- 3104.30 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; potassic, potassium sulphate
- 3104.90 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; potassic, n.e.c. in heading no. 3104
3105 Fertilizers; mineral or chemical, containing 2 or 3 of the elements nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium; other fertilisers; goods of chapter 31 in tablets or packages of gross weight not exceeding 10kg
- 3105.10 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10kg
- 3105.20 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing the three fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium 0% duty
- 3105.30 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)
- 3105.40 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)
- 3105.51 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing nitrates and phosphates
- 3105.59 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing the two fertilizing elements nitrogen and phosphorus, other than nitrates and phosphates
- 3105.60 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; containing the two fertilizing elements phosphorus and potassium
- 3105.90 Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; n.e.c. in heading no. 3105