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Customs - Tariff Book

Last updated: 15 Sept 2026

SA Customs Tariff (Schedule 1 Part 1) Print

Section I

Live Animals; Animal Products

Notes

Any reference in this Section to a particular genus or species of an animal, except where the context otherwise requires, includes a reference to the young of that genus or species.

Except where the context otherwise requires, throughout this Schedule any reference to "dried" products also covers products which have been dehydrated, evaporated or freeze- dried.

Chapter 2

Meat and Edible Meat Offal

Notes

This Chapter does not cover the following:

(a)

products of the kinds described in headings 02.01 to 02.08 or 02.10, unfit or unsuitable for human consumption;

(b)

edible, non-living insects (heading 04.10);

(c)

guts, bladders or stomachs of animals (heading 05.04) or animal blood (heading 05.11 or 30.02); or

(d)

animal fat, excluding products of heading 02.09 (Chapter 15).

Additional Note

For the purpose of subheadings 0203.19.10 and 0203.29.10 the expression "rib" shall be limited to rib portions having on one side a maximum meat thickness of 5 mm covering the bone while the opposite side of the bone is clearly visible.

Duty column

Rates as at 15 September 2026
Heading	CD	Description	Unit	General	EU	EFTA	SADC	MERCOSUR	AfCFTA
02.04		Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen:
0204.10	3	Carcasses and half-carcasses of lamb, fresh or chilled	kg	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg	free	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg
0204.2		Other meat of sheep, fresh or chilled:
0204.21	4	Carcasses and half-carcasses	kg	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg	free	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg
0204.22	0	Other cuts with bone in	kg	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg	free	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg
0204.23	7	Boneless	kg	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg	free	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg
0204.30	2	Carcasses and half-carcasses of lamb, frozen	kg	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg	free	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg
0204.4		Other meat of sheep, frozen:
0204.41	3	Carcasses and half-carcasses	kg	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg	free	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg
0204.42	2	Other cuts with bone in	kg	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg	free	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg
0204.43	6	Boneless	kg	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg	free	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg
0204.50	1	Meat of goats	kg	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg	free	40% or 200c/kg	40% or 200c/kg

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