Chapter 38 at a glance
- HS chapter
- 38
- Section
- VI — Products of the chemical & allied industries
- Tariff headings
- 27 (108 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 38 covers miscellaneous chemical 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
All 27 tariff headings in Chapter 38
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.
3801 Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures
- 3801.10 Graphite; artificial
- 3801.20 Graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal
- 3801.30 Carbonaceous pastes; for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings
- 3801.90 Graphite or other carbon based preparations; in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures
3802 Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black
- 3802.10 Carbon; activated
- 3802.90 Chemical products; activated natural mineral products, animal black, including spent animal black
3803 Tall oil, whether or not refined
- 3803.00 Chemical products; tall oil, whether or not refined
3804 Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of heading no. 3803
- 3804.00 Lyes, residual; from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates but excluding tall oil of heading no. 3803
3805 Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine, other terpenic oils; crude dipentene; sulphite turpentine, other crude para-cymene; pine oil containing alpha-terpineol as the main constituent
- 3805.10 Terpenic oils; gum, wood or sulphate turpentine oils
- 3805.90 Terpenic oils; produced by the treatment of coniferous woods, crude dipentene, sulphite turpentine and other crude para-cymene, n.e.c. in heading no. 3805
3806 Rosin and resin acids and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums
- 3806.10 Rosin and resin acids
- 3806.20 Rosin and resin; salts of rosin, of resin acids or of derivatives of rosin or resin acids, other than salts of rosin adducts
- 3806.30 Ester gums
- 3806.90 Rosin; spirit and oils, n.e.c. in heading no. 3806
3807 Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch
- 3807.00 Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch
3808 Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products, plant growth regulators, disinfectants and the like, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles
- 3808.52 Insecticides and the like; containing goods specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter; for retail sale or as preparations or articles; DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN)), in packings of 300g or less
- 3808.59 Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, disinfectants, herbicides and the like; containing goods specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter; not DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN)), put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles
- 3808.61 Insecticides and the like; containing goods specified in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter; in packings of a net weight content not exceeding 300g; for retail sale or as preparations or articles
- 3808.62 Insecticides; containing goods specified in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter; put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles, in packings of a net weight content exceeding 300g but not exceeding 7.5kg
- 3808.69 Insecticides; containing goods named in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles, in packings of a net weight content exceeding 7.5kg
- 3808.91 Insecticides; other than containing goods specified in Subheading Notes 1 & 2 to this Chapter; put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles 0% duty
- 3808.92 Fungicides; other than containing goods specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter; put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles
- 3808.93 Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators; other than containing goods of Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter; put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles
- 3808.94 Disinfectants; other than containing goods specified in Subheading Note 1 in this Chapter; put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles
- 3808.99 Rodenticides and other similar products n.e.c. in heading no. 3808.9; other than containing goods specified in Subheading Note 1 in this Chapter, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles
3809 Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing, fixing of dyestuffs, other products and preparations, of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, n.e.c. or included
- 3809.10 Finishing agents and dye carriers; to accelerate dyeing or fixing of dye-stuffs, other products and preparations, used in textile, paper, leather etc industries, with basis of amylaceous substances, n.e.c.
- 3809.91 Finishing agents and dye carriers; to accelerate dyeing or fixing of dye-stuffs, other products and preparations, used in the textile industry (excluding those with a basis of amylaceous substances)
- 3809.92 Finishing agents and dye carriers; to accelerate dyeing or fixing of dye-stuffs, other products and preparations, used in the paper industry (excluding those with a basis of amylaceous substances)
- 3809.93 Finishing agents and dye carriers; to accelerate dyeing or fixing of dye-stuffs, other products and preparations, used in the leather or like (excluding paper and textile) industries, (excluding those with a basis of amylaceous substances)
3810 Metal-pickling preparations; fluxes etc for soldering, brazing; welding powders, pastes of metal and other materials; preparations used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods
- 3810.10 Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials
- 3810.90 Fluxes and other auxiliary preparations; for soldering, brazing or welding, or preparations used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods
3811 Anti-knock preparations, oxidation and gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and the like, for mineral oils (including gasoline) or other liquids used for the same purposes
- 3811.11 Anti-knock preparations; based on lead compounds
- 3811.19 Anti-knock preparations; other than those based on lead compounds
- 3811.21 Lubricating oil additives; containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
- 3811.29 Lubricating oil additives; not containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
- 3811.90 Oxidation and gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations, other prepared additives for mineral oils or liquids used as mineral oils (including gasoline), n.e.c. in heading no. 3811
3812 Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, n.e.c. or included; anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics
- 3812.10 Rubber accelerators; prepared
- 3812.20 Plasticisers, compound; for rubber or plastics
- 3812.31 Anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers; for rubber or plastics, mixtures of oligomers of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline (TMQ)
- 3812.39 Anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers; for rubber or plastics, other than mixtures of oligomers of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline (TMQ)
3813 Preparations and charges for fire extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades
- 3813.00 Fire-extinguishers; preparations and charges and charged fire-extinguishing grenades
3814 Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers
- 3814.00 Solvents and thinners; organic composite solvents and thinners, n.e.c. or included, prepared paint or varnish removers
3815 Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations n.e.c. or included
- 3815.11 Catalysts, supported; reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, with nickel or nickel compounds as the active substance, n.e.c. or included
- 3815.12 Catalysts, supported; reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, with precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance, n.e.c. or included
- 3815.19 Catalysts, supported; reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, with an active substance other than nickel or precious metals or their compounds, n.e.c. or included
- 3815.90 Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, unsupported, n.e.c. or included
3816 Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than products of heading 38.01
- 3816.00 Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than products of heading 38.01
3817 Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902
- 3817.00 Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902
3818 Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics
- 3818.00 Chemical elements; doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics
3819 Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
- 3819.00 Hydraulic fluids; for brakes and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
3820 Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids
- 3820.00 Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids
3821 Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells
- 3821.00 Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells
3822 Reagents; diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, other than those of heading 30.06; certified reference materials
- 3822.11 Reagents; diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits; for malaria
- 3822.12 Reagents; diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits; for zika and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes
- 3822.13 Reagents; diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits; for blood grouping
- 3822.19 Reagents; diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits; n.e.c.in item 3822.1
- 3822.90 Reagents; diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, or put up in the form of kits, other than those of heading 30.06; certified reference materials, n.e.c. in heading 3822
3823 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols
- 3823.11 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids, acid oils from refining; stearic acid
- 3823.12 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids, acid oils from refining; oleic acid
- 3823.13 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids, acid oils from refining; tall oil fatty acids
- 3823.19 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; (other than stearic acid, oleic acid or tall oil fatty acids)
- 3823.70 Industrial fatty alcohols
3824 Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included
- 3824.10 Binders, prepared; for foundry moulds or cores
- 3824.30 Metal carbides, non-agglomerated; mixed together or with metallic binders
- 3824.40 Cements, mortars or concretes; their prepared additives
- 3824.50 Mortars and concretes; non-refractory
- 3824.60 Sorbitol; other than that of subheading no. 2905.44
- 3824.81 Chemical products, mixtures and preparations; containing goods specified in Subheading Note 3 to this Chapter; containing oxirane (ethylene oxide)
- 3824.82 Chemical products, mixtures and preparations; containing goods specified in Subheading Note 3 to this Chapter; containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) or polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)
- 3824.83 Chemical products, mixtures and preparations; containing goods specified in Subheading Note 3 to this Chapter; containing tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate
- 3824.84 Chemical products, mixtures and preparations; containing aldrin, camphechlor (toxaphene), chlordane, chlordecone, DDT (chlorfenotane, 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane), dieldrin, endosulfan, endrin, heptachlor or mirex
- 3824.85 Chemical products, mixtures and preparations; containing goods specified in Subheading Note 3 to this Chapter; containing 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN)
- 3824.86 Chemical products, mixtures and preparations; containing goods specified in Subheading Note 3 to this Chapter; containing pentachlorobenzene (ISO) or hexachlorobenzene (ISO)
- 3824.87 Chemical products, mixtures and preparations; containing goods specified in Subheading Note 3 to this Chapter; containing perfluorooctane sulphonic acid, its salts, perfluorooctane sulphonamides, or perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride
- 3824.88 Chemical products, mixtures and preparations; containing goods specified in Subheading Note 3 to this Chapter; containing tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or octabromodiphenyl ethers
- 3824.89 Chemical products, mixtures and preparations; containing goods specified in Subheading Note 3 to this Chapter; containing short-chain chlorinated paraffins
- 3824.91 Chemical products, mixtures and preparations; consisting mainly of (5-ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphosphinan-5-yl)methyl methyl methylphosphonate and bis[(5-ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphosphinan-5-yl)methyl] methylphosphonate
- 3824.92 Chemical products, mixtures and preparations; polyglycol esters of methylphosphonic acid
- 3824.99 Chemical products, mixtures and preparations; n.e.c. heading 3824
3825 Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other residual products.
- 3825.10 Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste
- 3825.20 Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; sewage sludge
- 3825.30 Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; clinical waste
- 3825.41 Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; halogenated waste organic solvents
- 3825.49 Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; waste organic solvents, other than halogenated
- 3825.50 Residual products of chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; wastes of metal pickling liquors, hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti-freeze fluids
- 3825.61 Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; (other than sewage sludge, municipal waste or waste covered in 27.10); other wastes n.e.c. in 3825; those mainly containing organic constituents
- 3825.69 Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; (other than sewage sludge, municipal waste or waste covered by 27.10); other wastes n.e.c. in 3825; except those mainly containing organic constituents
- 3825.90 Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; n.e.c. in 3825 or 27.10
3826 Biodiesel and mixtures thereof; not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
- 3826.00 Biodiesel and mixtures thereof; not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
3827 Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not elsewhere specified or included
- 3827.11 Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not elsewhere specified or included; containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), whether or not containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbon
- 3827.12 Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not elsewhere specified or included; containing hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs)
- 3827.13 Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not elsewhere specified or included; containing carbon tetrachloride
- 3827.14 Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not elsewhere specified or included; containing 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform)
- 3827.20 Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not elsewhere specified or included; containing bromochlorodifluoromethane (Halon-1211), bromotrifluoromethane (Halon-1301) or dibromotetrafluoroethanes (Halon-2402)
- 3827.31 Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane; containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) or not, but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); containing substances of su
- 3827.32 Mixtures containing halogenated methane, ethane, propane; containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) or not, not chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); containing substances of subheadings 2903.71 to 2903.75
- 3827.39 Mixtures containing halogenated methane, ethane, or propane; containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) or not, but not chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); n.e.c. in subheading 3827.3
- 3827.40 Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane; containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) or not, but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); containing bromomethane (me
- 3827.51 Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane; containing trifluoromethan (HFC-23) or perfluorocarbons (PFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs); containing trifluoromethane (HFC-2
- 3827.59 Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane; containing trifluoromethan (HFC-23) or perfluorocarbons (PFCs) not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs); other mixtures n.e.c. in subheading 38
- 3827.61 Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane; containing other hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs); containing 15% or more by mass of 1,1,1-trifluoroethan
- 3827.62 Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane; containing other hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs); other mixtures, not included in the subheading above,
- 3827.63 Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane; containing other hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs); other mixtures not included in the subheadings above,
- 3827.64 Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane; containing other hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs); other mixtures, not included in the subheadings above,
- 3827.65 Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane; containing other hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs); other mixtures, not included in the subheadings above,
- 3827.68 Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane; containing other hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs); other mixtures, not included in the subheadings above,
- 3827.69 Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane; containing other hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs); n.e.c. in items no. 3827.5 and 3827.6, not containing
- 3827.90 Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane; n.e.c. in subheading no 3827