Trade & Tariff Profile South Africa

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	INDIA : India’s Trade with the African Region notched US$ 38.96 Billion in the year 2009-10 (DGCI&S provisional figures) constituting 8.37% share in India’s total trade. Trade with the region has grown at a CAGR of 18.10% from US$ 4.48 Billion in 1996-97.	AFRICA : 54 Countries, 1 billion people, US$ 1.01 Billion of trade. Imports worth US$ 468 billion include Mineral Fuels, Oils, Machinery, Vehicles including Boats, Ships, Aircrafts, Electronics & Electricals, Iron & Steel & Articles thereof, Cereals, Plastics, Pharmaceuticals, etc. Top 20 product groups imported by select African countries ............. [More].

Trade & Tariff Profile of South Africa

Tariffs applied by South Africa, based on the data from 2009, to products originating from India.

HS Code	Description	Tariff lines at the 8 digit HS Code level	Total applied ad valorem equivalent tariff (estimated)
1	Live animals	23	0.00%
2	Meat and edible meat offal	71	22.36%
3	Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates	119	5.39%
4	Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included	38	11.90%
5	Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included	25	0.00%
6	Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage	16	10.43%
7	Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers	71	9.99%
8	Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruits or melons	62	5.88%
9	Coffee, tea, maté and spices	38	2.22%
10	Cereals	16	0.10%
11	Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten	51	4.13%
12	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder	47	7.21%
13	Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts	16	5.44%
14	Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included	7	1.62%
15	Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes	57	8.25%
16	Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates	71	10.03%
17	Sugars and sugar confectionery	16	11.82%
18	Cocoa and cocoa preparations	12	10.17%
19	Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products	29	21.37%
20	Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants	85	16.84%
21	Miscellaneous edible preparations	36	9.72%
22	Beverages, spirits and vinegar	39	13.11%
23	Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder	39	7.96%
24	Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes	17	58.21%
25	Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement	69	1.21%
26	Ores, slag and ash	37	0.00%
27	Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes	77	0.44%
28	Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes	177	1.25%
29	Organic chemicals	442	0.98%
30	Pharmaceutical products	34	0.07%
31	Fertilisers	23	0.00%
32	Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks	52	4.33%
33	Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations	40	14.00%
34	Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, ‘dental waxes’ and dental preparations with a basis	26	16.21%
35	Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes	20	0.47%
36	Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations	8	1.42%
37	Photographic or cinematographic goods	50	4.58%
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	135	3.47%
39	Plastics and articles thereof	309	7.63%
40	Rubber and articles thereof	132	14.70%
41	Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather	53	5.37%
42	Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)	25	28.65%
43	Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof	13	15.96%
44	Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal	87	5.94%
45	Cork and articles of cork	7	0.00%
46	Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork	12	19.72%
47	Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard	21	0.00%
48	Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard	153	6.15%
49	Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans	27	2.11%
50	Silk	9	0.00%
51	Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric	52	9.95%
52	Cotton	126	17.05%
53	Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn	23	10.95%
54	Man-made filaments	88	16.33%
55	Man-made staple fibres	108	11.74%
56	Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof	41	15.26%
57	Carpets and other textile floor coverings	21	25.72%
58	Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery	47	17.27%
59	Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use	62	10.98%
60	Knitted or crocheted fabrics	59	18.88%
61	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted	109	38.48%
62	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted	128	38.76%
63	Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags	71	30.61%
64	Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles	56	27.97%
65	Headgear and parts thereof	11	24.81%
66	Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof	6	28.65%
67	Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair	8	6.01%
68	Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials	62	4.38%
69	Ceramic products	29	16.27%
70	Glass and glassware	108	8.59%
71	Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin	58	2.40%
72	Iron and steel	168	0.00%
73	Articles of iron or steel	186	7.44%
74	Copper and articles thereof	65	2.29%
75	Nickel and articles thereof	17	0.00%
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	63	3.83%
78	Lead and articles thereof	8	0.00%
79	Zinc and articles thereof	9	0.00%
80	Tin and articles thereof	5	0.00%
81	Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof	48	0.00%
82	Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal	117	8.46%
83	Miscellaneous articles of base metal	47	14.19%
84	Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof	612	1.71%
85	Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles	387	3.19%
86	Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds	24	0.10%
87	Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof	165	18.12%
88	Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof	15	0.00%
89	Ships, boats and floating structures	18	4.93%
90	Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof	152	0.19%
91	Clocks and watches and parts thereof	51	0.00%
92	Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles	17	0.00%
93	Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof	65	12.40%
94	Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings	48	15.96%
95	Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof	33	6.58%
96	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	57	11.79%
97	Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques	7	0.00%

Source : UN Database

For Further Reference

National Customs

Tariff Profiles 2009, WTO , WTO

54 AFRICAN COUNTRIES