Chapter 93 at a glance
- HS chapter
- 93
- Section
- XIX — Arms & ammunition
- Tariff headings
- 7 (18 subheadings)
As at 2026-08-06. Source: SARS Tariff Book, Schedule 1 Part 1.
HS Chapter 93 covers arms, ammunition & parts thereof. 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.
All 7 tariff headings in Chapter 93
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.
9301 Military weapons; other than revolvers, pistols and arms of heading no. 9307
- 9301.10 Military weapons; artillery weapons (e.g. guns, howitzers, and mortars)
- 9301.20 Military weapons; rocket launchers, flame-throwers, grenade launchers, torpedo tubes and similar projectors
- 9301.90 Military weapons; other than revolvers, pistols, and arms of heading 9307, n.e.c. in heading 9301
9302 Revolvers and pistols; other than those of heading no. 9303 or 9304
- 9302.00 Revolvers and pistols; other than those of heading no. 9303 or 9304
9303 Firearms; other similar devices (e.g. sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, very pistols, devices for firing flares or blank ammunition, captive bolt humane killers, line throwing guns)
- 9303.10 Firearms; muzzle-loading
- 9303.20 Firearms; sporting, hunting or target-shooting shotguns, including combination shotgun-rifles
- 9303.30 Firearms; sporting, hunting or target-shooting rifles n.e.c. in heading no. 9303
- 9303.90 Firearms; n.e.c. in heading no. 9303
9304 Firearms; (e.g. spring, air or gas guns and pistols, truncheons), excluding those of heading no. 9307
- 9304.00 Firearms; (e.g. spring, air or gas guns and pistols, truncheons), excluding those of heading no. 9307
9305 Firearms; parts and accessories of articles of heading no. 9301 to 9304
- 9305.10 Firearms; parts and accessories, of revolvers or pistols
- 9305.20 Firearms; parts and accessories, of shotguns or rifles of heading 9303
- 9305.91 Firearms; parts and accessories, of military weapons of heading 9301
- 9305.99 Firearms; parts and accessories, of firearms other than the military weapons of heading 9301
9306 Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war and parts thereof; cartridges and other ammunition, projectiles and parts thereof, including shot and cartridge wads
- 9306.21 Ammunition; shotgun cartridges
- 9306.29 Ammunition; parts of shotgun cartridges
- 9306.30 Ammunition; cartridges and parts thereof n.e.c. in heading no. 9306
- 9306.90 Ammunition; n.e.c. in chapter 93
9307 Arms; swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and the like, parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths therefor
- 9307.00 Arms; swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and the like, parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths therefor