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• 26 February 2025 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  

  Tariff headings 8422.90 and 8471.49.90 do not require a Letter of Authority for NRCS.

• 6 February 2025 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  
  
  • The following tariff headings are subjected to export ITAC permits:
    72.04 (excluding 7204.21), 7404.00, 72.05, 72.06, 72.07, 72.18, 72.24, 74.02, 74.03, 74.05, 74.06, 76.01, 76.03, 76.04, 78.01, 79.01 and 80.01.
    
    
  • The following tariff headings no longer require export permits:
    7403.12, 7403.13, 7403.19, 7403.21, 7403.22 and 7403.29.
    
    
  • The following tariff headings are subjected to import ITAC permits.
    8417.10, 8417.80, 8462.32.10, 8462.32.90, 8462.33, 8462.39, 8462.4, 8462.51.20, 8462.51.90, 8462.59.20, 8462.59.90, 8462.61.40, 8462.61.90, 8462.62.20, 8462.62.90, 8462.63.20, 8462.63.90, 8462.69.20, 8462.69.90, 8462.90.30, 8462.90.90 and 8479.89.90

• 31 January 2025 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  

  Tariff heading 8507.60 does not require a Letter of Authority

• 26 September 2024 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  Tariff heading 9601.10 requires a State Vet permit.
  
  
• 4 September – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  
  ITAC Import permit is not required for Tariff heading 4911.
  
  
• 18 June 2024 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list

Tariff headings 8701.91 to 8701.95 no longer require a letter of authority.

• 25 January 2024 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list.

  Exportation of goods classified under tariff heading 0804.40.10 needs Phytosanitary export certificate.

• 30 August 2023 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  

  Tariff heading 0507.10 needs a TOPS and CITES permit from DFFE – Environment for Import & Export.

• 1 August 2023 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  

  Tariff heading 3825.10 requires an Import permit from ITAC.

• 15 June 2023 – A further six-month prohibition of exports of waste and scrap metal
  

The Government Gazette No. 48791 prohibiting the export of waste and scrap metal for ferrous metal and copper (HS codes 72.04 & HS codes 7404.00 and their sub-categories) was published.

The additional six months prohibition is to ensure the Phase 2 Actions of the policy gazetted in 2022 can be fulfilled accordingly. This includes the publishing of updated Regulations of the Second Hand Goods Act, implementation of a metal trading system, updating of systems and other further actions as identified.

• 9 June 2023 – Updated Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  

  Goods classified under tariff heading 8408.90.65 are not restricted.

• 7 June 2023 – Updated: Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  

  
  Tariff headings 3503 and 3504 to be detained for State Vet.

  The below tariff headings are to be detained for NRCS.

  8404.4, 84.71, 8471.3, 8471.41, 8471.49, 8471.50, 8471.60, 8471.70, 8471.80, 8471.90, 8504.31, 8504.40, 8504.50, 85.16, 8507.60, 8516.10, 8516.10.90, 8517.62, 8517.62.10, 8517.62.90, 8517.69, 8518.21, 8518.22, 8518.29, 8518.30, 8518.40, 8518.50, 8519.20, 8519.30, 8519.81.05, 8519.81.10, 8519.81.90, 8519.89.10, 8519.89.90, 8521.90.10, 8521.90.90, 8523.21, 8523.41, 8523.41, 8523.51, 8523.52, 8523.52.10, 8523.52.90, 8523.59, 8543.70, 9028.30, 9503.00.10, 9503.00.90, 95.04

• 11 May 2023 – Updated: Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  

  Tariff heading 9028.30 now needs Letter of Authority from NRCS.

• 24 April 2023 – Updated: Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  

  Tariff heading 0302.84 does not require Import Permit from Plant Inspector.

• 18 January 2023 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  

  Tariff heading 9401.61.10 and 8413.70.25 now require a Letter of Authority from NRCS.

• 2 November 2022 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  

  Export permit from ITAC is not required for tariff heading 8704.21.70, 8704.21.75 and 8704.21.77.

• 17 October 2022 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  

  Tariff Heading 8701.91 – 8701.95 Letter of Authority required from NRCS. 

• 20 September 2022 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  

  Tariff headings 3002.49.10 and 3002.49.20 need to be detained for Non-Proliferation Council.

• 16 September 2022 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list

  Tariff headings 2711.13.10 and 2711.29.10 do not require ITAC Import Permit.

• 8 September 2022 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  

  Importation of new or used goods as classified under customs tariff heading 4911.99.90, 4905.90, 4911.91 and 4910.00 is not subject to ITAC import control measures and may therefore be imported without an ITAC import permit.

• 16 August 2022 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  

  The Nuclear Branch of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has moved to new offices and the telephone numbers have changed. The new telephone numbers are:

  • 012 444 3811 and
  • 012 444 3095.
• 14 July 2022 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list

Tariff heading 4902.10 and 4902.90 is not subjected to an ITAC Import permit.

• 22 April 2022 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list

Import permit from ITAC is no longer required for Tariff 4903.00.

• 13 April 2022 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  

  Export permits from ITAC are no longer required for the following tariff headings:

  • 3808.94
  • 3926.90.43
  • 6307.90
  • 9019.20
  • 9020
  • 2106.90.90
  • 2933.39
  • 2933.49
  • 2933.99
  • 3001.90
  • 3002.12
  • 3002.90.90
  • 3002.20
  • 3004.10.21
  • 3004.10.31
  • 3004.20.41
  • 3004.20.90
  • 3004.20.99
  • 3004.39.90
  • 3004.50.90
  • 3004.90.90  

• 23 March 2022 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list

  The following tariffs were added to the existing list for Department of Mineral Resources and Energy:

  Material	HS Code
  Uranium ores & Concentrates	2612.10
  Molybdenum ores and concentrates roasted	2613.10
  Depleted Uranium Transport Containers	2844.10 2844.20 2844.40 2844.30
  Isotope Projectors	2844.40 9022.19
  Nuclear Grade Graphite	3801.90 6815.10 8545.11 8545.19 8545.20 8545.90 2504.10 2504.90 8448.20 8417.90
  Graphite Blocks	6903.1090 6903.1010 3801.10 3801.90
  Graphite Electrode	8545.11 8545.19

• 15 February 2022 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  
  • HS2022 tariff code
• 25 January 2022 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  

  Three assignees were removed from the Prohibited and Restricted list as instructed by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development.

  1. Nejahmogul Technologies and Agric Services (Pty) Ltd
  2. Product Control for Agriculture (PROKON)
  3. Impumelelo Agribusiness Solutions Holdings (Pty) Ltd)
• 19 January 2022 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  

  Tariff heading 3006.93 needs to be detained for Port Health.

• 8 October 2021 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list
  Amendment made to Tariff heading 1806.90, now needs to be detained for Port Health Officer.
• 25 August 2021 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list.
  

  Tariff heading 0505.90.90 now requires a Veterinary Import Permit and Veterinary Health Certificate from States Vet.

• 2 August 2021 – Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list.

  Amendment made to Tariff heading 49.01 – ITAC permit is not required for tariff heading 49.01.

• 22 July 2021 – An update was made to the Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list. An amendment was made to tariff heading – 0106.49 – now needs to be detained for Plant Inspector. 

• 31 May 2021 -Amendment made to tariff heading – 2902.30 – Tolune. ITAC import and the export control Regulations and therefore requires an import and an export permit. 

• 20 April 2021 – Amendments made to tariff headings 1604 and 1605, not for trade without NRCS approval, for both import & export.

• 4 June 2020 – Assignees appointed in terms of Agricultural Product Standards Act 1990
• 29 October 2019 – Regulation of Wood Packaging Material in International Trade
  The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) have requested SARS to inform exporters, importers and all other role players involved in the international trading of products involving wood-packaging material, to comply with International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 15. For more info, see Regulation of Wood Packaging Material in International Trade and A call for compliant Wood Packaging Material in International Trade.
• 25 June 2019 – Managing Prohibited and Restricted Goods
  Based on a number of queries received in recent months from external stakeholders, it became evident that the P&R List is not up to date. Read more.