Section XVI · 2 chapters

Machinery & electrical equipment

South African import duty, VAT and classification for everything in this part of the tariff

Section XVI at a glance

HS section
XVI — Machinery & electrical equipment
Chapters
84, 85
Tariff headings
134 (834 subheadings)
General customs duty
0% – 30%
Import VAT
15% on the added tax value (ATV)
Duty pages published
58

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

Section XVI of the Harmonised System covers machinery & electrical equipment, spread across 2 chapters and 134 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

Duty pages in Section XVI

8408.20 Diesel engines for vehicles 0% duty + 15% VAT 8409.91 Parts for petrol engines (pistons, valves) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8413.70 Centrifugal pumps (water pumps) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8414.51 Table, floor, wall & ceiling fans (≤125 W) 5% duty + 15% VAT 8414.80 Air compressors (other than fan/vehicle types) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8415.10 Air conditioners (window / split, self-contained) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8418.10 Combined refrigerator-freezers (domestic) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8419.11 Instantaneous gas water heaters (geysers) 20% duty + 15% VAT 8419.12 Solar water heaters (solar geysers) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8421.21 Machinery for filtering or purifying water 0% duty + 15% VAT 8424.30 Pressure washers, steam & sand blasting machines 0% duty + 15% VAT 8429.52 Mechanical excavators (360° superstructure) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8431.49 Parts for cranes & earthmoving machinery 0% duty + 15% VAT 8433.11 Powered lawnmowers (rotary, horizontal cutting) 15% duty + 15% VAT 8443.31 Multifunction printers, scanners & copiers 0% duty + 15% VAT 8450.11 Fully automatic washing machines (≤10 kg) 30% duty + 15% VAT 8452.10 Household sewing machines 0% duty + 15% VAT 8467.21 Hand-held electric drills & power tools 0% duty + 15% VAT 8471.30 Laptops & portable computers (≤10 kg) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8471.50 Desktop computers & processing units 0% duty + 15% VAT 8471.60 Computer input units (keyboards & mice) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8481.80 Taps, cocks & valves (hand-operated) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8482.10 Ball bearings 0% duty + 15% VAT 8485.20 3D printers (additive manufacturing, plastics) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8501.10 Electric motors (≤37.5 W) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8502.13 Diesel generating sets (>375 kVA) 20% duty + 15% VAT 8504.40 Static converters — chargers, adapters & inverters 0% duty + 15% VAT 8506.10 Primary cells & batteries (manganese dioxide) 20% duty + 15% VAT 8507.10 Lead-acid accumulators (vehicle starter batteries) 15% duty + 15% VAT 8507.20 Lead-acid batteries, deep-cycle (solar / backup) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8507.60 Lithium-ion accumulators (batteries) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8508.11 Vacuum cleaners (≤1500 W) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8509.40 Food grinders, blenders & juicers (domestic) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8510.20 Hair clippers & trimmers (self-contained motor) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8512.20 Electrical lighting & signalling for vehicles 15% duty + 15% VAT 8513.10 Portable battery-powered lamps & torches 0% duty + 15% VAT 8516.31 Electric hair dryers 0% duty + 15% VAT 8516.40 Electric smoothing irons 20% duty + 15% VAT 8516.50 Microwave ovens 0% duty + 15% VAT 8516.60 Electric ovens, cookers, hotplates & stoves 20% duty + 15% VAT 8516.71 Electric coffee or tea makers 20% duty + 15% VAT 8517.13 Smartphones & cellular telephones 0% duty + 15% VAT 8517.62 Wi-Fi routers, modems & network equipment 0% duty + 15% VAT 8518.22 Loudspeakers (multiple drivers, single enclosure) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8518.30 Headphones & earphones 0% duty + 15% VAT 8523.51 Solid-state storage (USB drives & memory cards) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8525.89 Digital cameras & video camera recorders 0% duty + 15% VAT 8527.13 Radio receivers with sound recording/players 0% duty + 15% VAT 8528.52 Monitors capable of connecting to a computer 0% duty + 15% VAT 8528.72 Colour television receivers (TV sets) 25% duty + 15% VAT 8531.10 Burglar & fire alarms and similar 0% duty + 15% VAT 8536.69 Plugs, sockets & electrical connectors (≤1000 V) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8537.10 Electrical control & distribution boards (≤1000 V) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8539.52 LED lamps & bulbs 0% duty + 15% VAT 8541.43 Photovoltaic cells & solar panels (modules) 10% duty + 15% VAT 8543.40 E-cigarettes & vaping devices 0% duty + 15% VAT 8544.42 Insulated electric cable fitted with connectors 15% duty + 15% VAT 8544.70 Optical fibre cables 15% duty + 15% VAT
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