HS Section XV — Base metals & articles thereof

Section XV at a glance

HS section: XV — Base metals & articles thereof
Chapters: 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83
Tariff headings: 147 (570 subheadings)
General customs duty: 0% – 30%
Import VAT: 15% on the added tax value (ATV)
Duty pages published: 23

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

Section XV of the Harmonised System covers base metals & articles thereof, spread across 11 chapters and 147 tariff headings. Pick the chapter your product falls in to see every heading and subheading, or jump straight to one of the duty pages below.

Chapters in this section

72 Iron & steel
29 headings 3 73 Articles of iron or steel
26 headings 7 74 Copper & articles thereof
16 headings 1 75 Nickel & articles thereof
8 headings 76 Aluminium & articles thereof
16 headings 4 78 Lead & articles thereof
4 headings 79 Zinc & articles thereof
6 headings 80 Tin & articles thereof
4 headings 81 Other base metals & cermets
12 headings 82 Tools, cutlery & implements of base metal
15 headings 4 83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal
11 headings 4

Duty pages in Section XV

7210.70 Coated / colour-coated flat-rolled steel coil 10% duty + 15% VAT 7214.20 Steel reinforcing bar (rebar) 10% duty + 15% VAT 7217.10 Wire of iron or non-alloy steel (not plated) 10% duty + 15% VAT 7304.19 Seamless steel pipe & tube (line pipe) 15% duty + 15% VAT 7308.40 Scaffolding, shuttering & formwork equipment (steel) 10% duty + 15% VAT 7308.90 Structural steel — sections, angles & shapes 10% duty + 15% VAT 7318.15 Screws & bolts of iron or steel 15% duty + 15% VAT 7321.11 Gas cooking stoves, hobs & ranges (domestic) 20% duty + 15% VAT 7323.93 Stainless steel kitchen & tableware 20% duty + 15% VAT 7326.90 Other articles of iron or steel 15% duty + 15% VAT 7408.11 Copper wire (refined, ≥6 mm) 0% duty + 15% VAT 7604.21 Aluminium hollow profiles & extrusions 30% duty + 15% VAT 7607.11 Aluminium foil (rolled, not backed) 15% duty + 15% VAT 7610.10 Aluminium doors, windows & frames 10% duty + 15% VAT 7615.10 Aluminium cookware & kitchen articles (pots, pans) 20% duty + 15% VAT 8205.40 Hand tools (screwdrivers, spanners & wrenches) 20% duty + 15% VAT 8211.92 Knives with fixed blades 30% duty + 15% VAT 8215.20 Cutlery sets (spoons, forks & knives) 30% duty + 15% VAT 8215.99 Cutlery (spoons, forks, ladles & similar) 30% duty + 15% VAT 8301.10 Padlocks (base metal) 20% duty + 15% VAT 8301.40 Locks of base metal (other) 20% duty + 15% VAT 8302.41 Builders' hardware (hinges, brackets & fittings) 20% duty + 15% VAT 8311.10 Coated welding electrodes (base metal) 10% duty + 15% VAT

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