Chapter 42 · Section VIII

Leather goods; handbags, luggage & saddlery

Hides, skins, leather & travel goods

Chapter 42 at a glance

HS chapter
42
Section
VIII — Hides, skins, leather & travel goods
Tariff headings
5 (20 subheadings)
General customs duty
30%
Import VAT
15% on the added tax value (ATV)
Products listed
3

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

HS Chapter 42 covers leather goods; handbags, luggage & saddlery. 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

4202.12 Suitcases & hard-shell luggage (plastics/textile outer) 30% duty + 15% VAT 4202.92 Travel bags, backpacks & cases (textile/plastic) 30% duty + 15% VAT 4203.10 Articles of apparel of leather (jackets) 30% duty + 15% VAT

All 5 tariff headings in Chapter 42

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.

4201 Saddlery and harness for any animal (including traces, leads, knee pads, muzzles, saddle cloths, saddle bags, dog coats and the like) of any material
  • 4201.00 Saddlery and harness; for any animal (including traces, leads, knee pads, muzzles, saddle cloths, saddle bags, dog coats and the like), of any materials
4202 Trunks; suit, camera, jewellery, cutlery cases; travel, tool, similar bags; wholly or mainly covered by leather, composition leather, plastic sheeting, textile materials, vulcanised fibre, paperboard
  • 4202.11 Cases and containers; trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of leather or of composition leather
  • 4202.12 Cases and containers; trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or of textile materials 30% duty
  • 4202.19 Cases and containers; trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels and similar containers, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper
  • 4202.21 Cases and containers; handbags (whether or not with shoulder strap and including those without handle), with outer surface of leather or of composition leather
  • 4202.22 Cases and containers; handbags (whether or not with shoulder strap and including those without handle), with outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials
  • 4202.29 Cases and containers; handbags (whether or not with shoulder strap and including those without handle), of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper
  • 4202.31 Cases and containers; of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag, with outer surface of leather or of composition leather
  • 4202.32 Cases and containers; of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag, with outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials
  • 4202.39 Cases and containers; of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper
  • 4202.91 Cases and containers; n.e.c. in heading 4202, with outer surface of leather or of composition leather
  • 4202.92 Cases and containers; n.e.c. in heading 4202, with outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials 30% duty
  • 4202.99 Cases and containers; n.e.c. in heading 4202, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper
4203 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather
  • 4203.10 Apparel; articles of apparel, of leather or of composition leather 30% duty
  • 4203.21 Clothing accessories; gloves, mittens and mitts, specially designed for use in sports, of leather or composition leather, padded
  • 4203.29 Clothing accessories; gloves, mittens and mitts, n.e.c. in heading no. 4203, of leather or composition leather, not specially designed for use in sports
  • 4203.30 Clothing accessories; belts and bandoliers, of leather or of composition leather
  • 4203.40 Clothing accessories; of leather or of composition leather, n.e.c. in heading no. 4203
4205 Leather or composition leather articles n.e.c. in chapter 42
  • 4205.00 Leather articles; n.e.c. in chapter 42, of leather or composition leather
4206 Articles of gut (other than silk-worm gut), of goldbeater's skin, of bladders or of tendons
  • 4206.00 Articles of gut (other than silk-worm gut), of goldbeater's skin, of bladders or of tendons
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