Complete guide to import duty rates for South Africa. Browse tariff rates by product category and HS code.
| Chapter | Category | Avg. MFN Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; products, whet | 32.4% |
| 04 | Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products o | 22.4% |
| 17 | Sugars and sugar confectionery | 21.2% |
| 20 | Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of pl | 16.8% |
| 16 | Meat, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebr | 16.6% |
| 02 | Meat and edible meat offal | 16.3% |
| 61 | Apparel and clothing accessories; knitted or crocheted | 16.2% |
| 64 | Footwear; gaiters and the like; parts of such articles | 16% |
| 62 | Apparel and clothing accessories; not knitted or crocheted | 15.4% |
| 07 | Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible | 13.7% |
| 19 | Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' | 13.3% |
| 22 | Beverages, spirits and vinegar | 12.9% |
| 08 | Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melons | 11.3% |
| 87 | Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and p | 11.2% |
| 63 | Textiles, made up articles; sets; worn clothing and worn tex | 11.2% |
| 52 | Cotton | 10.9% |
| 42 | Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, han | 10.7% |
| 21 | Miscellaneous edible preparations | 10.4% |
| 65 | Headgear and parts thereof | 9.4% |
| 18 | Cocoa and cocoa preparations | 9.4% |
| 10 | Cereals | 9.2% |
| 93 | Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof | 9.1% |
| 03 | Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrat | 8.9% |
| 57 | Carpets and other textile floor coverings | 8.8% |
| 54 | Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile m | 8.8% |
| 15 | Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleav | 8.8% |
| 60 | Fabrics; knitted or crocheted | 8.7% |
| 55 | Man-made staple fibres | 8.7% |
| 51 | Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven f | 8.7% |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 8.3% |
South Africa has preferential trade agreements that reduce or eliminate tariffs on qualifying products.
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Data is approximate and for informational purposes only. Verify with the official customs authority of South Africa.