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Section VI
Products of the Chemical or Allied Industries

Notes

1.

(A)

Goods (excluding radioactive ores) answering to a description in heading 28.44 or 28.45 are to be classified in those headings and in no other heading of this Schedule.

(B)

Subject to paragraph (A) above, goods answering to a description in heading 28.43, 28.46 or 28.52 are to be classified in those subheadings and in no other heading of this Section.

2.

Subject to Note 1 above, goods classifiable in heading 30.04, 30.05, 30.06, 32.12, 33.03, 33.04, 33.05, 33.06, 33.07, 35.06, 37.07 or 38.08 by reason of being put up in measured doses or for retail sale are to be classified in those headings and in no other heading of this Schedule.

3.

Goods put up in sets consisting of two or more separate constituents, some or all of which fall in this Section and are intended to be mixed together to obtain a product of Section VI or VII, are to be classified in the heading appropriate to that product, provided that the constituents are:

(a)

having regard to the manner in which they are put up, clearly identifiable as being intended to be used together without first being repacked;

(b)

presented together; and

(c)

identifiable, whether by their nature or by the relative proportions in which they are present, as being complementary one to another.

4.

Where a product answers to a description in one or more of the headings in Section VI by virtue of being described by name or function and also to heading 38.27, then it is classifiable in a heading that references the product by name or function and not under heading 38.27.

Chapter 30
Pharmaceutical Products

Notes

1.

This Chapter does not cover the following:

(a)

foods or beverages (such as dietetic, diabetic or fortified foods, food supplements, tonic beverages and mineral waters) (excluding nutritional preparations for intravenous administration) (Section IV);

(b)

products, such as tablets, chewing gum or patches (transdermal systems), containing nicotine and intended to assist tobacco use cessation (heading 24.04);

(c)

plasters specially calcined or finely ground for use in dentistry (heading 25.20);

(d)

aqueous distillates or aqueous solutions of essential oils, suitable for medicinal uses (heading 33.01);

(e)

preparations of headings 33.03 to 33.07, even if they have therapeutic or prophylactic properties;

(f)

soap or other products of heading 34.01 containing added medicaments;

(g)

preparations with a basis of plaster for use in dentistry (heading 34.07);

(h)

blood albumin not prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses (heading 35.02); or

(ij)

diagnostic reagents of heading 38.22.

2.

For the purposes of heading 30.02, the expression "immunological products" applies to peptides and proteins (other than goods of heading 29.37) which are directly involved in the regulation of immunological processes, such as monoclonal antibodies (MAB), antibody fragments, antibody conjugates and antibody fragment conjugates, interleukins, interferons (IFN), chemokines and certain tumor necrosis factors (TNF), growth factors (GF), hematopoietins and colony stimulating factors (CSF).

3.

For the purposes of headings 30.03 and 30.04 and of Note 4(d) to this Chapter, the following are to be treated:

(a)

as unmixed products:

(1)

unmixed products dissolved in water;

(2)

all goods of Chapter 28 or 29; and

(3)

simple vegetable extracts of heading 13.02, merely standardised or dissolved in any solvent;

(b)

as products which have been mixed:

(1)

colloidal solutions and suspensions (excluding colloidal sulphur);

(2)

vegetable extracts obtained by the treatment of mixtures of vegetable materials; and

(3)

salts and concentrates obtained by evaporating natural mineral waters.

4.

Heading 30.06 applies only to the following, which are to be classified in that heading and in no other heading of this Schedule:

(a)

sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials (including sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarns) and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure;

(b)

sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents;

(c)

sterile absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics; sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers, whether or not absorbable;

(d)

opacifying preparations for X-ray examinations and diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient, being unmixed products put up in measured doses or products consisting of two or more ingredients which have been mixed together for such uses;

(e)

placebos and blinded (or double-blinded) clinical trial kits for use in recognised clinical trials, put up in measured doses, even if they might contain active medicaments.

(f)

dental cements and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements;

(g)

first-aid boxes and kits;

(h)

chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading 29.37 or on spermicides;

(ij)

gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for surgical operations or physical examinations or as a coupling agent between the body and medical instruments;

(k)

waste pharmaceuticals, that is, pharmaceutical products which are unfit for their original intended purpose due to, for example, expiry of shelf life; and

(l)

appliances identifiable for ostomy use, that is, colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy pouches cut to shape and their adhesive wafers or faceplates.

Subheading Notes

1.

For the purposes of subheadings 3002.13 and 3002.14, the following are to be treated:

(a)

As unmixed products, pure products, whether or not containing impurities;

(b)

As products which have been mixed:

(1)

The products mentioned in (a) above dissolved in water or in other solvents;

(2)

The products mentioned in (a) and (b)(1) above with an added stabiliser necessary for their preservation or transport; and

(3)

The products mentioned in (a), (b)(1) and (b)(2) above with any other additive.

2.

Subheadings 3003.60 and 3004.60 cover medicaments containing artemisinin (INN) for oral ingestion combined with other pharmaceutical active ingredients, or containing any of the following active principles, whether or not combined with other pharmaceutical active ingredients: amodiaquine (INN); artelinic acid or its salts; artenimol (INN); artemotil (INN); artemether (INN); artesunate (INN), chloroquine (INN); dihydroartemisinin (INN); lumefantrine (INN); mefloquine (INN); piperaquine (INN); pyrimethamine (INN) or sulfadoxine (INN)

Additional Note

1.

For the purposes of headings 3003.10,

(a)

Medicaments for veterinarian use shall comply with section 16 of the Fertilizer, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act No. 36 of 1947.

2.

Subheadings 3004.50, 3004.90.20 and 3004.90.30 includes herbal or homeopathic medicinal preparations and preparations based on the following active substances: vitamins, minerals, essential amino-acids or fatty acids in packing for retail sale. These preparations are classified in heading 30.04 only, if they bear on the label, packaging or on the accompanying user directions the following statements of:

(a)

the specific diseases, ailments or their symptoms for which the product is to be used;

(b)

the concentration of active substance or substances contained therein;

(c)

dosage; and

(d)

mode of application. In the case of preparations based on vitamins, minerals, essential amino-acids or fatty acids, the level of one of these substances per recommended daily dose indicated on the label must be significantly higher than the recommended daily allowance to maintain general health or well-being.

3.

The medicinal preparations mentioned in Additional Note 2 must, on importation, be supported by a -

(a)

certificate of registration of the product as a medicine;

(b)

licence permitting import of the product as a medicine; or

(c)

letter of confirmation of the status of the product as a medicine, from and verifiable by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority.

Heading CD Description Unit General EU EFTA SADC
30.05 Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in forms or packings for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes:
3005.10 - Adhesive dressings and other articles having an adhesive layer:
3005.10.10 5 -- Adhesive bandages kg 10% free free free
3005.10.90 3 -- Other kg free free free free
3005.90 - Other:
3005.90.10 1 -- Absorbent gauze or muslin; bandages (excluding those manufactured from polyurethane resins and woven fabrics of glass fibre); boric and other absorbent lint; gauze or muslin swabs (including those containing X-ray detectable thread or tape) kg 20% free free free
3005.90.90 8 -- Other kg free free free free

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