On 31 January 2025, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) advised that a Letter of Authority (LOA) for lithium-ion, classifiable in tariff subheading 8507.60, was no longer required in terms of the Prohibited and Restricted Imports and Exports list.
Read more about LOA at:
https://www.sars.gov.za/legal-counsel/legal-counsel-publications/find-a-form/
The description of Tariff Subheading 8507.60:
- Chapter 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
- Tariff heading 85.07: Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square)
- Tariff subheading 8507.60: Lithium-ion