{"id":1052,"date":"2014-05-29T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eastendlogistics.com\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2014-05-29T14:23:40","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T14:23:40","slug":"customs-regulations-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastendlogistics.com\/customs-regulations-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Customs Regulations South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever you decided to send a shipment to foreign country, you have to make sure about the local customs regulations.<\/p>\n<p>According to our brand new air cargo services, we will provide you a brief round up to the South African customs Regulations. The following information has been collected from several official websites, such as embassies or the South African Revenue Service (SARS).<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless we would advise you to check the local regulations on your own.<\/p>\n<p><b style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Documents required<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Air Waybill<\/li>\n<li>Commercial invoice (list of the shipped items and their value, origin of product), even if the goods are free of charge<\/li>\n<li>Pro Forma invoice for private purposes<\/li>\n<li>Packing list, in case commercial invoice is unclear<\/li>\n<li>New and used motor vehicles need a letter of authority of the South African Bureau of Standards, within 5 days after arrival, otherwise it get confiscated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In case of household removals following documents are needed as well<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Photocopy of your passport<\/li>\n<li>Visa<\/li>\n<li>Inventory, itemized packing list with given value in ZAR, clearing mandate form <b>DA304<\/b> might be helpful<\/li>\n<li>Declaration of type of goods, which may be restricted, prohibited or dutiable, clearing mandate form <b>P.1.160<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Customs regulations<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The customs duty which may get charged by the South African Customs officials vary from 3-56%, average is about 18%<\/li>\n<li>VAT: basis is customs value of the goods plus 10% added value tax, add sales tax of 14% = VAT payable<\/li>\n<li>Excise duty for products like alcohol, perfume + cosmetics or tobacco, 15 % ad valorem tax or specific percentage<\/li>\n<li>In terms of household removals, no import duties + VAT<\/li>\n<li>Goods over 500ZAR (approximately \u00a325) must be declared 7 days after arrival, container freight 28 days, bulk cargo 14 days<\/li>\n<li>Personal gifts must be under ZAR 400 (about \u00a322), only allowed twice a year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Dutiable\/restricted items<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bank notes over 25k ZAR (about \u00a31400)<\/li>\n<li>Gold coins<\/li>\n<li>Food or plants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Prohibited items<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Antiques<\/li>\n<li>Asbestos<\/li>\n<li>Dangerous good, flammable items<\/li>\n<li>Furs<\/li>\n<li>Ivory<\/li>\n<li>Pornography<\/li>\n<li>Precious metals + stones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever you decided to send a shipment to foreign country, you have to make sure about the local customs regulations. According to our brand new air cargo services, we will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cargo-shipping-to-africa","cat-52-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastendlogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastendlogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastendlogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastendlogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastendlogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1052"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eastendlogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1055,"href":"https:\/\/eastendlogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052\/revisions\/1055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastendlogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastendlogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastendlogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}