Section XVII · 4 chapters

Vehicles, aircraft & vessels

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

Section XVII at a glance

HS section
XVII — Vehicles, aircraft & vessels
Chapters
86, 87, 88, 89
Tariff headings
39 (172 subheadings)
General customs duty
0% – 25%
Import VAT
15% on the added tax value (ATV)
Duty pages published
16

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

Section XVII of the Harmonised System covers vehicles, aircraft & vessels, spread across 4 chapters and 39 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

86 Railway & tramway locomotives & rolling-stock
9 headings 87 Vehicles other than railway rolling-stock
16 headings 15 88 Aircraft & spacecraft
6 headings 1 89 Ships, boats & floating structures
8 headings

Duty pages in Section XVII

8701.95 Agricultural tractors (>130 kW) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8702.10 Buses & minibuses (diesel, ≥10 persons) 25% duty + 15% VAT 8703 Motor cars — used / second-hand imports (heading 87.03) 25% duty + 15% VAT 8703.23 Passenger motor cars (1500–3000 cc petrol) 25% duty + 15% VAT 8704.21 Light goods vehicles / bakkies (diesel, ≤5 t) 25% duty + 15% VAT 8708.29 Motor vehicle body parts (doors, bumpers, panels) 20% duty + 15% VAT 8708.30 Brakes & brake parts for motor vehicles 20% duty + 15% VAT 8708.99 Other motor vehicle parts & accessories 20% duty + 15% VAT 8711.20 Motorcycles & scooters (50–250 cc) 0% duty + 15% VAT 8711.60 Electric motorcycles, e-bikes & e-scooters 0% duty + 15% VAT 8712.00 Bicycles & other non-motorised cycles 15% duty + 15% VAT 8714.10 Parts & accessories for motorcycles 0% duty + 15% VAT 8714.91 Bicycle frames & forks 0% duty + 15% VAT 8715.00 Baby carriages, prams & strollers 20% duty + 15% VAT 8716.39 Trailers & semi-trailers for goods 15% duty + 15% VAT 8806.22 Drones / unmanned aircraft (250 g – 7 kg) 0% duty + 15% VAT
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