287.tariff 2013
287.tariff 2013
287.tariff 2013
@@@ Indicates the lines where any text is deleted from HS 2007 Edition as well as National
Subdivisions (NSD) deleted. Text so deleted is struck out. (Eg: Purebred breeding
animals)
Indicates a line where new text, at international level had been introduced. New text
is underlined. (Eg. Asses )
Indicates a line where new text, at national level had been introduced. New text is
underlined. (Eg. Asses )
Indicates places where new text is introduced at Legal Text level. New text is
underlined. (Eg. See Note 1(a) to Chapter 1.)
Indicates Special Commodity levy , Refer the List of Special Commodity Levy
*
Ex Indicates - Exempted
Note.
1.- This Chapter covers all live animals except :
(a) Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, of heading 03.01, 03.06 or 03.07; 03.01, 03.06, 03.07 or
03.08;
(b) Cultures of micro-organisms and other products of heading 30.02; and
(c) Animals of heading 95.08.
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@@@ 0101.10.10 --- Horses u 0101.10.10 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Horses:
0101.21 -- Pure-bred breeding animals u 0101.21 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 0102.10 - Pure-bred breeding animals L u 0102.10 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
- Cattle:
0102.21 -- Pure-bred breeding animals L u 0102.21 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
- Buffalo:
0102.31 -- Pure-bred breeding animals L u 0102.31 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
- Other :
0103.91 -- Weighing less than 50 kg L u 0103.91 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
0103.92 -- Weighing 50 kg or more L u 0103.92 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
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Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys
01.05
and guinea fowls (+).
0105.12.10 --- Less than 2 weeks old, for breeding u 0105.12.10 Free Free Ex 5% 2%
- Other :
0105.94 -- Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus u 0105.94 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
- Mammals :
0106.11 -- Primates L u 0106.11 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
Whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); manatees and
0106.12 -- dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia); seals, sea lions and walruses (mammals of the L u 0106.12 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
suborder Pinnipedia)
0106.13 -- Camels and other camelids (Camelidae) L u 0106.13 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
0106.14 -- Rabbits and hares L u 0106.14 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
0106.20 - Reptiles (including snakes and turtles) : L u 0106.20 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 0106.20.10 --- Of a kind used for human food L u 0106.20.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 0106.20.90 --- Other u 0106.20.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
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- Birds :
0106.31 -- Birds of prey : L u 0106.31 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 0106.31.10 --- Of a kind used for human food L u 0106.31.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 0106.31.90 --- Other u 0106.31.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
0106.32 -- Psittaciformes (including parrots, parakeets, macaws and cockatoos) : L u 0106.32 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 0106.32.10 --- Of a kind used for human food L u 0106.32.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 0106.32.90 --- Other u 0106.32.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
0106.33 -- Ostriches; emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) L u 0106.33 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 0106.39.10 --- Of a kind used for human food L u 0106.39.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 0106.39.90 --- Other u 0106.39.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
- Insects:
0106.41 -- Bees u 0106.41 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 0106.90.10 --- Of a kind used for human food L u 0106.90.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 0106.90.20 --- Amphibians u 0106.90.20 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 0106.90.90 --- Other u 0106.90.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 2
Meat and edible meat offal
Note.
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
(a) Products of the kinds described in headings 02.01 to 02.08 or 02.10, unfit or unsuitable for human consumption;
(b) Guts, bladders or stomachs of animals (heading 05.04) or animal blood (heading 05.11 or 30.02); or
(c) Animal fat, other than products of heading 02.09 (Chapter 15).
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30% or
0201.10 - Carcasses and half-carcasses L kg 0201.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0201.20 - Other cuts with bone in L kg 0201.20 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0201.30 - Boneless L kg 0201.30 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0202.10 - Carcasses and half-carcasses L kg 0202.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0202.20 - Other cuts with bone in L kg 0202.20 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0202.30 - Boneless L kg 0202.30 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
- Fresh or chilled :
30% or
0203.11 -- Carcasses and half-carcasses kg 0203.11 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0203.12 -- Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in kg 0203.12 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0203.19 -- Other kg 0203.19 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
- Frozen :
30% or
0203.21 -- Carcasses and half-carcasses kg 0203.21 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0203.22 -- Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in kg 0203.22 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0203.29 -- Other kg 0203.29 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0204.10 - Carcasses and half-carcasses of lamb, fresh or chilled L kg 0204.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
- Other meat of sheep, fresh or chilled :
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30% or
0204.21 -- Carcasses and half-carcasses L kg 0204.21 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0204.22 -- Other cuts with bone in L kg 0204.22 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0204.23 -- Boneless L kg 0204.23 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0204.30 - Carcasses and half-carcasses of lamb, frozen L kg 0204.30 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
- Other meat of sheep, frozen :
30% or
0204.41 -- Carcasses and half-carcasses L kg 0204.41 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0204.42 -- Other cuts with bone in L kg 0204.42 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0204.43 -- Boneless L kg 0204.43 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0204.50 - Meat of goats L kg 0204.50 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
02.05 0205.00 Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen. kg 0205.00 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies,
02.06
fresh, chilled or frozen.
30% or
0206.10 - Of bovine animals, fresh or chilled L kg 0206.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
- Of bovine animals, frozen :
30% or
0206.21 -- Tongues L kg 0206.21 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0206.22 -- Livers L kg 0206.22 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0206.29 -- Other L kg 0206.29 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0206.30 - Of swine, fresh or chilled L kg 0206.30 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
- Of swine, frozen :
30% or
0206.41 -- Livers L kg 0206.41 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0206.49 -- Other L kg 0206.49 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0206.80 - Other, fresh or chilled L kg 0206.80 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0206.90 - Other, frozen L kg 0206.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
02.07 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen.
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- Of turkeys :
30% or
0207.24 -- Not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled kg 0207.24 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0207.25 -- Not cut in pieces, frozen kg 0207.25 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0207.26 -- Cuts and offal, fresh or chilled kg 0207.26 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0207.27 -- Cuts and offal, frozen kg 0207.27 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
@@@ - Of ducks, geese or guinea fowls :
30% or
@@@ 0207.32 -- Not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled kg 0207.32 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
@@@ 0207.33 -- Not cut in pieces, frozen kg 0207.33 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
@@@ 0207.34 -- Fatty livers, fresh or chilled kg 0207.34 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
@@@ 0207.35 -- Other, fresh or chilled kg 0207.35 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
@@@ 0207.36 -- Other, frozen kg 0207.36 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
- Of ducks:
30% or
0207.41 -- Not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled kg 0207.41 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0207.42 -- Not cut in pieces, frozen kg 0207.42 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0207.43 -- Fatty livers, fresh or chilled kg 0207.43 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0207.44 -- Other, fresh or chilled kg 0207.44 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0207.45 -- Other, frozen kg 0207.45 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
- Of geese:
30% or
0207.51 -- Not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled kg 0207.51 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0207.52 -- Not cut in pieces, frozen kg 0207.52 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0207.53 -- Fatty livers, fresh or chilled kg 0207.53 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0207.54 -- Other, fresh or chilled kg 0207.54 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0207.55 -- Other, frozen kg 0207.55 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0207.60 - Of guinea fowls: kg 0207.60 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
02.08 Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen.
30% or
0208.10 - Of rabbits or hares kg 0208.10 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0208.30 - Of primates L kg 0208.30 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
Of whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); of manatees and 30% or
0208.40 - dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia); of seals, sea lions and walruses (mammals L kg 0208.40 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
of the suborder Pinnipedia)
30% or
0208.50 - Of reptiles (including snakes and turtles) L kg 0208.50 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
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per kg
30% or
0208.60 - Of camels and other camelids (Camelidae) L kg 0208.60 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
0208.90 - Other : 0208.90
30% or
0208.90.10 --- Frogs’ legs kg 0208.90.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0208.90.90 --- Other L kg 0208.90.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry fat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, 30% or
02.09 kg Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked. per kg
30% or
0209.10 - Of pigs kg 0209.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0209.90 - Other kg 0209.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals
02.10
of meat or meat offal.
- Meat of swine :
30% or
0210.11 -- Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in kg 0210.11 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0210.12 -- Bellies (streaky) and cuts thereof kg 0210.12 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0210.19 -- Other kg 0210.19 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0210.20 - Meat of bovine animals L kg 0210.20 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
- Other, including edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal :
30% or
0210.91 -- Of primates L kg 0210.91 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
Of whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); of manatees and 30% or
0210.92 -- dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia); of seals, sea lions and walruses (mammals L kg 0210.92 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
of the suborder Pinnipedia)
30% or
0210.93 -- Of reptiles (including snakes and turtles) L kg 0210.93 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0210.99 -- Other L kg 0210.99 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
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Chapter 3 (c) Fish (including livers and roes thereof) or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, dead and unfit or unsuitable for
human consumption by reason of either their species or their condition (Chapter 5); flours, meals or pellets of fish or of
Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption (heading 23.01); or
(d) Caviar or caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs (heading 16.04)
Notes.
2.- In this Chapter the term "pellets" means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
of a small quantity of binder.
(a) Mammals of heading 01.06;
(b) Meat of mammals of heading 01.06 (heading 02.08 or 02.10);
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@@@ 0301.10.10 ---- Restricted species under the Fisheries Ordinance 0301.10.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 0301.10.90 ---- Other 0301.10.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
0301.11.10 --- Restricted species under the Fisheries Ordinance kg 0301.11.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
0301.11.90 --- Other kg 0301.11.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
0301.19.10 --- Restricted species under the Fisheries Ordinance kg 0301.19.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
0301.19.90 --- Other kg 0301.19.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
0301.94 -- Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) kg 0301.94 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
0301.95 -- Southern bluefin tunas (Thunnus maccoyii) kg 0301.95 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
03.02 Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04.
@@@ 0302.64 -- Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus) kg 0302.64 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 0302.65 -- Dogfish and other sharks kg 0302.65 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 0302.66 -- Eels (Anguilla spp.) kg 0302.66 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 0302.67 -- Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) kg 0302.67 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 0302.68 -- Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) kg 0302.68 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 0302.69 -- Other kg 0302.69 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 0302.70 - Livers and roes kg 0302.70 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp.,Clarias spp.,
Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus,
- Hypophthalmichthys spp.,Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla
spp.),Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.),excluding livers and
roes :
0302.71 -- Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.) kg 0302.71 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0302.72 -- Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.) kg 0302.72 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
Carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus,
0302.73 --
Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus)
kg 0302.73 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0302.74 -- Eels (Anguilla spp.) kg 0302.74 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0302.79 -- Other kg 0302.79 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
- Other fish, excluding livers and roes :
0302.81 -- Dogfish and other sharks kg 0302.81 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0302.82 -- Rays and skates (Rajidae) kg 0302.82 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0302.83 -- Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) kg 0302.83 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0302.84 -- Seabass (Dicentrarchus spp.) kg 0302.84 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0302.85 -- Seabream (Sparidae) kg 0302.85 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0302.89 -- Other kg 0302.89 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0302.90 - Livers and roes kg 0302.90 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
03.03 Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04.
Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorchynchus keta,
@@@ - Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and
Oncorhynchus rhodurus), excluding livers and roes :
- Salmonidae, excluding livers and roes :
0303.11 -- Sockeye salmon (red salmon) (Oncorhynchus nerka) kg 0303.11 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
Other Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus
0303.12 -- tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch,Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus kg 0303.12 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
rhodurus)
0303.13 -- Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho) kg 0303.13 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus
0303.14 -- aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae,Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus kg 0303.14 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
chrysogaster)
0303.19 -- Other kg 0303.19 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ - Other salmonidae, excluding livers and roes :
Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus
@@@ 0303.21 -- aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus kg 0303.21 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
chrysogaster)
@@@ 0303.22 -- Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho) kg 0303.22 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp.,Clarias spp.,
- Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus,
Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla
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spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.), excluding livers and
roes :
0303.23 -- Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.) 0303.23 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.24 -- Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.) 0303.24 Free 13.5% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
Carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus,
0303.25 --
Hypophthalmichthys spp., cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus)
0303.25 Free 13.5% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.26 -- Eels (Anguilla spp.) 0303.26 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.29 -- Other kg 0303.29 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and
-
Citharidae), excluding livers and roes :
Halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglassoides, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, Hippoglossus
0303.31 --
stenolepis)
kg 0303.31 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.32 -- Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) kg 0303.32 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.33 -- Sole (Solea spp.) kg 0303.33 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.34 -- Turbots (Psetta maxima, Scophthalmidae) kg 0303.34 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.39 -- Other kg 0303.39 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
Tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito (Euthynnus
-
(Katsuwonus) pelamis), excluding livers and roes :
0303.41 -- Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga) kg 0303.41 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.42 -- Yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares) kg 0303.42 13.5% 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.43 -- Skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito kg 0303.43 13.5% 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.44 -- Bigeye tunas (Thunnus obesus) kg 0303.44 13.5% 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 0303.45 -- Bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus) kg 0303.45 13.5% 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.45 -- Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) kg 0303.45 13.5% 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.46 -- Southern bluefin tunas (Thunnus maccoyii) kg 0303.46 13.5% 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.49 -- Other kg 0303.49 13.5% 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) and cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac,
@@@ -
Gadus macrocephalus ), excluding livers and roes :
Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops
spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus), mackerel
- (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus), jack and horse
mackerel (Trachurus spp.), cobia (Rachycentron canadum) and swordfish (Xiphias
gladius), excluding livers and roes :
0303.51 -- Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) kg 0303.51 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 0303.52 -- Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) kg 0303.52 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
Sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or
0303.53 --
sprats (Sprattus sprattus)
kg 0303.53 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.54 -- Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus) kg 0303.54 13.5% 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.55 -- Jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.) kg 0303.55 Free 13.5% 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.56 -- Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) kg 0303.56 Free 13.5% 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.57 -- Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) kg 0303.57 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) and toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) excluding livers and roes
@@@ -
:
@@@ 0303.61 -- Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) kg 0303.61 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 0303.62 -- Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) kg 0303.62 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae,
-
Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, excluding livers and roes :
0303.63 -- Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) kg 0303.63 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.64 -- Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) kg 0303.64 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
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HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
0303.65 -- Coalfish (Pollachius virens) kg 0303.65 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.66 -- Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.) kg 0303.66 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.67 -- Alaska Pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) kg 0303.67 Free 13.5% 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.68 -- Blue whitings (Micromesistius poutassou, Micromesistius australis) kg 0303.68 Free 13.5% 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.69 -- Other kg 0303.69 Free 13.5% 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ - Other fish, excluding livers and roes :
Sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.) sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or
@@@ 0303.71 --
sprats (Sprattus sprattus)
kg 0303.71 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 0303.72 -- Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) kg 0303.72 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 0303.73 -- Coalfish (Pollachius virens) kg 0303.73 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 0303.74 -- Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus) kg 0303.74 13.5% 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 0303.75 -- Dogfish and other sharks kg 0303.75 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 0303.76 -- Eels (Anguilla spp.) kg 0303.76 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 0303.77 -- Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax, Dicentrachus punctatus) kg 0303.77 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 0303.78 -- Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.) kg 0303.78 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 0303.79 -- Other kg 0303.79 Free 13.5% 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 0303.80 - Livers and roes kg 0303.80 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
- Other fish, excluding livers and roes :
0303.81 -- Dogfish and other sharks kg 0303.81 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.82 -- Rays and skates (Rajidae) kg 0303.82 Free 13.5% 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.83 -- Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) kg 0303.83 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.84 -- Seabass (Dicentrarchus spp.) kg 0303.84 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.89 -- Other kg 0303.89 Free 13.5% 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0303.90 - Livers and roes kg 0303.90 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
03.04 Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh,chilled or frozen.
@@@ 0304.22 -- Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) kg 0304.22 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0304.32 -- Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.) kg 0304.32 15% 12% 5% 2%
0304.33 -- Nile Perch (Lates niloticus) kg 0304.33 15% 12% 5% 2%
0304.39 -- Other kg 0304.39 15% 12% 5% 2%
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HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
0304.62 -- Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.) kg 0304.62 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0304.63 -- Nile Perch (Lates niloticus) kg 0304.63 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0304.74 -- Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.) kg 0304.74 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0304.75 -- Alaska Pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) kg 0304.75 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0304.86 -- Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) kg 0304.86 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito (Euthynnus
0304.87 -- kg 0304.87 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
(Katsuwonus) pelamis)
0304.89 -- Other kg 0304.89 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ - Other :
- Other, frozen:
0304.91 -- Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) kg 0304.91 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the
03.05
smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for human consumption (+).
Rs.10/=
0305.10 - Flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for human consumption kg 0305.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.10/=
0305.20 - Livers and roes of fish, dried, smoked, salted or in brine kg 0305.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.10/=
@@@ 0305.30 - Fish fillets, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked: kg 0305.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% per kg
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HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Rs.20/=
0305.51 -- Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) kg 0305.51 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2% per kg
0305.59 -- Other : 0305.59
0305.59.10 --- Maldive fish and substitutes therefor kg 0305.59.10 Free 3.9% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Rs.20/=
per kg *
0305.59.20 --- Sprats, dried, not salted kg 0305.59.20 Free 5% 5% 12% 5% 2% *
Rs.20/=
@@@ 0305.59.30 --- Shark fins 0305.59.30 7.50% Free Free 15% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.20/=
@@@ 0305.59.40 --- Fish maws kg 0305.59.40 7.50% Free Free 15% 12% 5% 2% per kg
- Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine, other than edible fish offal :
Rs.10/=
0305.61 -- Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) kg 0305.61 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.10/=
0305.62 -- Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) kg 0305.62 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.10/=
0305.63 -- Anchovies (Engraulis spp.) kg 0305.63 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp.,
Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Rs.10/=
0305.64 -- kg 0305.64 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla per kg
spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
Rs.10/=
0305.69 -- Other kg 0305.69 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% per kg
- Fish fins, heads, tails, maws and other edible fish offal :
Rs.20/=
0305.71 -- Shark fins kg 0305.71 7.50% Free Free 15% 12% 5% 2% per kg
0305.72 -- Fish heads, tails and maws 0305.72
Rs.20/=
0305.72.10 --- Fish Maws kg 0305.72.10 7.50% Free Free 15% 12% 5% 2% per kg
0305.72.90 --- Other kg 0305.72.90 2.50% Free 5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
0305.79 -- Other kg 0305.79 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine;
03.06 crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled,
@@@ frozen, dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human
consumption.
Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine;
smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during
03.06 the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water,
whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and pellets of
crustaceans, fit for human consumption.
- Frozen :
0306.11 -- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp. Panulirus spp. Jasus spp.) kg 0306.11 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0306.12 -- Lobsters (Homarus spp.) kg 0306.12 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
30% or
@@@ 0306.13 -- Shrimps and prawns kg 0306.13 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.100/=
per kg
0306.14 -- Crabs kg 0306.14 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0306.15 -- Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) kg 0306.15 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
30% or
Rs.
0306.16 -- Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon) kg 0306.16 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 100/=
per kg
30% or
Rs.
0306.17 -- Other shrimps and prawns kg 0306.17 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 100/=
per kg
0306.19 -- Other, including flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption : 0306.19
0306.19.10 --- Flours, meals and pellets, of crustaceans, fit for human consumption kg 0306.19.10 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
- Not frozen :
0306.21 -- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp. Panulirus spp. Jasus spp.) : 0306.21
0306.21.10 --- Live, fresh or chilled kg 0306.21.10 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0306.22.10 --- Live, fresh or chilled kg 0306.22.10 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0306.24.10 --- Live, fresh or chilled kg 0306.24.10 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0306.25 -- Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) kg 0306.25 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0306.26 -- Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon) 0306.26
30% or
Rs.
0306.26.10 --- Dried kg 0306.26.10 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 100/=
per kg
30% or
Rs.
0306.26.20 --- Live, fresh or chilled kg 0306.26.20 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 100/=
per kg
30% or
Rs.
0306.26.90 --- Other kg 0306.26.90 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 100/=
per kg
0306.27 -- Other shrimps and prawns 0306.27
30% or
Rs.
0306.27.10 --- Dried kg 0306.27.10 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 100/=
per kg
30% or
Rs.
0306.27.20 --- Live, fresh or chilled kg 0306.27.20 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 100/=
per kg
30% or
Rs.
0306.27.90 --- Other kg 0306.27.90 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 100/=
per kg
0306.29 -- Other, including flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption : 0306.29
0306.29.10 --- Flours, meals and pellets, of crustaceans, fit for human consumption kg 0306.29.10 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0306.29.20 --- Other live, fresh or chilled kg 0306.29.20 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine;
03.07 aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen,
@@@ dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than
crustaceans, fit for human consumption.
Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine;
03.07 smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the
smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption.
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HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
@@@ 0307.10.10 --- Live, fresh, chilled or frozen kg 0307.10.10 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 0307.10.90 --- Other kg 0307.10.90 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Oysters :
0307.11 -- Live, fresh or chilled kg 0307.11 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0307.60.10 --- Live, fresh, chilled or frozen kg 0307.60.10 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen,
dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and
03.08 molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals
and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, fit for human
consumption.
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3.- Products obtained by the concentration of whey and with the addition of milk or milk fat are to be classified as cheese in heading
Chapter 4 04.06 provided that they have the three following characteristics :
Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; (a) a milk fat content, by weight of the dry matter, of 5% or more;
edible products of animal origin, (b) a dry matter content, by weight, of at least 70% but not exceeding 85 %; and
not elsewhere specified or included (c) they are moulded or capable of being moulded.
4.- This Chapter does not cover :
Notes.
(a) Products obtained from whey, containing by weight more than 95% lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose, calculated
1.- The expression "milk" means full cream milk or partially or completely skimmed milk. on the dry matter (heading 17.02); or
2.- For the purposes of heading 04.05 : (b) Albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 80% whey proteins,
calculated on the dry matter) (heading 35.02) or globulins (heading 35.04).
(a) The term "butter" means natural butter, whey butter or recombined butter (fresh, salted or rancid, including canned butter)
derived exclusively from milk, with a milk fat content of 80% or more but not more than 95% by weight, a maximum milk Subheading Notes.
solids-not-fat content of 2% by weight and a maximum water content of 16% by weight. Butter does not contain added 1.- For the purposes of subheading 0404.10, the expression "modified whey" means products consisting of whey constituents, that
emulsifiers, but may contain sodium chloride, food colours, neutralizing salts and cultures of harmless lactic-acid-producing is, whey from which all or part of the lactose, proteins or minerals have been removed, whey to which natural whey constituents
bacteria. have been added, and products obtained by mixing natural whey constituents.
(b) The expression "dairy spreads" means a spreadable emulsion of the water-in-oil type, containing milk fat as the only fat in
the product, with a milk fat content of 39% or more but less than 80% by weight. 2.- For the purposes of subheading 0405.10 the term "butter" does not include dehydrated butter or ghee
(subheading 0405.90).
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening
04.01
matter.
0401.40 - Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6 % but not exceeding 10 % kg 0401.40 Free 30% Ex 5% 2%
04.02 Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (+).
In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 30% or
0402.10 - kg 0402.10 Rs.125/= Ex 5% 2%
1.5% per kg
- In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1.5% :
30% or
0402.21 -- Not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter kg 0402.21 Rs.125/= Ex 5% 2%
per kg
30% or
0402.29 -- Other kg 0402.29 Rs.125/= Ex 5% 2%
per kg
- Other :
0402.91 -- Not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter kg 0402.91 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk
04.03 and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening
matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa.
30% or 30% or
0403.10 - Yogurt kg 0403.10 Rs.200/= 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg per kg
30% or 12% 30% or
0403.90 - Other kg 0403.90
Rs.200/=
5% 2% Rs.200/=
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HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
per kg per kg
Whey and modified whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or 30% or
0404.10 - kg 0404.10 Free 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
other sweetening matter per kg
30% or 30% or
0404.90 - Other kg 0404.90 Rs.200/= 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg per kg
04.05 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk ; dairy spreads.
30% or 30% or
0405.10 - Butter kg 0405.10 Free Rs.200/= 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg per kg
30% or 30% or
0405.20 - Dairy spreads kg 0405.20 Free Rs.200/= 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg per kg
30% or 30% or
0405.90 - Other kg 0405.90 Rs.200/= 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg per kg
30% or 30% or
0406.10 - Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese, including whey cheese, and curd kg 0406.10 Free Rs.200/= 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg per kg
30% or
0406.20 - Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds kg 0406.20 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
17.5% 5% or
or Rs. Rs. 30% or 30% or
0406.30 - Processed cheese, not grated or powdered kg 0406.30 Free
117/= 34/=
Rs.200/= 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg per kg
per kg per kg
17.5% 5% or
Blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by Penicillium or Rs. Rs. 30% or 30% or
0406.40 - kg 0406.40 Free Rs.200/= 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
roqueforti 117/= 34/= per kg per kg
per kg per kg
30% or 30% or
0406.90 - Other cheese kg 0406.90 Free Rs.200/= 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg per kg
04.07
0407.00 Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked : 0407.00
@@@
04.07 Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked.
RS.100
@@@ 0407.00.10 --- In shells, fresh and preserved kg 0407.00.10 Free per Kg
Ex 5% 2%
RS.100
@@@ 0407.00.90 --- Other kg 0407.00.90 Free per Kg
Ex 5% 2%
04.08 Birds' eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling
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HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
- Egg yolks :
30% or
0408.11 -- Dried L kg 0408.11 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0408.19 -- Other kg 0408.19 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
- Other :
30% or
0408.91 -- Dried L kg 0408.91 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
0408.99 -- Other kg 0408.99 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
30% or
04.10 0410.00 Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included. kg 0410.00 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per kg
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Chapter 5
Products of animal origin,
not elsewhere specified or included
2.- For the purposes of heading 05.01, the sorting of hair by length (provided the root ends and tip ends respectively are not
Notes. arranged together) shall be deemed not to constitute working.
1.- This Chapter does not cover : 3.- Throughout the Nomenclature, elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal and wild boar tusks, rhinoceros horns and the teeth of
(a) Edible products (other than guts, bladders and stomachs of animals, whole and pieces thereof, and animal blood, liquid or all animals are regarded as "ivory".
dried); 4.- Throughout the Nomenclature, the expression "horsehair" means hair of the manes or tails of equine or bovine animals.
(b) Hides or skins (including fur skins) other than goods of heading 05.05 and parings and similar waste of raw hides or skins
of heading 05.11 (Chapter 41 or 43);
(c) Animal textile materials, other than horsehair and horsehair waste (Section XI); or
(d) Prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 96.03).
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
05.01 0501.00 Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair. 0501.00
0501.00.10 --- Waste human hair L kg 0501.00.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
0501.00.90 --- Other kg 0501.00.90 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Pigs', Hogs' or boars' bristles and hair, badger hair and other brush making hair; waste
05.02
of such bristles or hair.
0502.10 - Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair and waste thereof kg 0502.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
[05.03]
Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof,
05.04 0504.00 L kg 0504.00 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked.
Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers
(whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned,
05.05
disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers
(+).
0505.10 - Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down kg 0505.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape),
05.06
treated with acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of these products.
0506.10.90 --- Other L kg 0506.10.90 7.50% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0506.90 - Other : 0506.90
0506.90.10 --- Waste L kg 0506.90.10 7.50% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0506.90.90 --- Other L kg 0506.90.90 7.50% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws
05.07 and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and waste of
these products.
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
0507.10 - Ivory; ivory powder and waste kg 0507.10 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
0507.90 - Other kg 0507.90 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked;
05.08 0508.00 shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle-bone, unworked or simply 0508.00
prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof.
0508.00.10 --- Chanks kg 0508.00.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0508.00.20 --- Conch shells other than chanks kg 0508.00.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0508.00.90 --- Other kg 0508.00.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
[05.09]
Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides; bile, whether or not dried; glands
05.10 0510.00 and other animal products used in the preparation of pharmaceutical products, fresh, 0510.00
chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved.
0510.00.10 --- Ambergirs L kg 0510.00.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0510.00.90 --- Other L kg 0510.00.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
Products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of
0511.91 -- 0511.91
Chapter 3 :
0511.91.10 --- Fish waste L kg 0511.91.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0511.91.20 --- Artemia eggs kg 0511.91.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
0511.91.90 --- Other L kg 0511.91.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0511.99 -- Other : 0511.99
0511.99.10 --- Fellmongery waste L kg 0511.99.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0511.99.90 --- Other L kg 0511.99.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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2. Any reference in heading 06.03 or 06.04 to goods of any kind shall be construed as including a reference to bouquets, floral
Chapter 6
baskets, wreaths and similar articles made wholly or partly of goods of that kind, account not being taken of accessories of other
Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; materials. However, these headings do not include collages or similar decorative plaques of heading 97.01.
cut flowers and ornamental foliage
Notes.
1. Subject to the second part of heading 06.01, this Chapter covers only live trees and goods (including seedling vegetables) of a kind
commonly supplied by nursery gardeners or florists for planting or for ornamental use; nevertheless it does not include potatoes,
onions, shallots, garlic or other products of Chapter 7.
Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in
06.01
flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading 12.12.
0601.10 - Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant u 0601.10 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower;
0601.20 - 0601.20
chicory plants and roots :
0601.20.10 --- Chicory roots u 0601.20.10 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% Ex 5% 2%
06.02 Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn (+).
0602.10 - Unrooted cuttings and slips u 0602.10 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
0602.20 - Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts u 0602.20 Free Ex 5% 2%
0602.30 - Rhododendrons and azaleas, grafted or not u 0602.30 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
0602.40 - Roses, grafted or not u 0602.40 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
0602.90 - Other : 0602.90
Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes,
06.03
fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared.
- Fresh :
30% or
0603.11 -- Roses kg 0603.11 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0603.12 -- Carnations kg 0603.12 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0603.13 -- Orchids kg 0603.13 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0603.14 -- Chrysanthemums kg 0603.14 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0603.15 -- Lilies (Lilium spp.) kg 0603.15 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
0603.19 -- Other : 0603.19
30% or
0603.19.10 --- Anthuriums kg 0603.19.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0603.19.90 --- Other kg 0603.19.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
Rs.80/=
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
per kg
30% or
0603.90 - Other kg 0603.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and
06.04 grasses, mosses and lichens, being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or for
ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared.
30% or
@@@ 0604.10 - Mosses and lichens kg 0604.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
30% or
0604.20 - Fresh kg 0604.20 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0604.90 - Other kg 0604.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
@@@ - Other :
30% or
@@@ 0604.91 -- Fresh kg 0604.91 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
30% or
@@@ 0604.99 -- Other kg 0604.99 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
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Chapter 7 3.- Heading 07.12 covers all dried vegetables of the kinds falling in headings 07.01 to 07.11, other than :
Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (a) Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled (heading 07.13);
(b) Sweet corn in the forms specified in headings 11.02 to 11.04;
Notes. (c) Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes (heading 11.05);
(d) Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13 (heading 11.06).
1.- This Chapter does not cover forage products of heading 12.14.
4.- However, dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta are excluded from this Chapter
2.- In headings 07.09, 07.10, 07.11 and 07.12 the word "vegetables" includes edible mushrooms, truffles, olives, capers, marrows, (heading 09.04).
pumpkins, aubergines, sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata), fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, fennel,
parsley, chervil, tarragon, cress and sweet marjoram (Majorana hortensis or Origanum majorana).
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
07.03 Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled.
07.04 Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled.
30% or
0704.10 - Cauliflowers and headed broccoli kg 0704.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0704.20 - Brussels sprouts kg 0704.20 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0704.90 - Other kg 0704.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
07.05 Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled.
- Lettuce :
30% or
0705.11 -- Cabbage lettuce (head lettuce) kg 0705.11 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0705.19 -- Other kg 0705.19 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
- Chicory :
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
30% or
0705.21 -- Witloof chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) kg 0705.21 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0705.29 -- Other kg 0705.29 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh
07.06
or chilled.
30% or
0706.10 - Carrots and turnips kg 0706.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0706.90 - Other kg 0706.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0707.00.10 --- Cucumbers kg 0707.00.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0707.00.20 --- Gherkins kg 0707.00.20 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0708.10 - Peas (Pisum sativum) kg 0708.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0708.20 - Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) kg 0708.20 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0708.90 - Other leguminous vegetables kg 0708.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0709.20 - Asparagus kg 0709.20 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0709.30 - Aubergines (egg-plants) kg 0709.30 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0709.40 - Celery other than celeriac kg 0709.40 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
- Mushrooms and truffles :
30% or
0709.51 -- Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus kg 0709.51 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
0709.59 -- Other : 0709.59
30% or
0709.59.10 --- Truffles kg 0709.59.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0709.59.90 --- Other kg 0709.59.90 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0709.60 - Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta kg 0709.60 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0709.70 - Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach) kg 0709.70 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
@@@ 0709.90 - Other : 0709.90
30% or
@@@ 0709.90.10 --- Globe artichokes kg 0709.90.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.35/=
per kg
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
30% or
@@@ 0709.90.90 --- Other kg 0709.90.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.35/=
per kg
- Other :
30% or
0709.91 -- Globe artichokes kg 0709.91 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0709.92 -- Olives kg 0709.92 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0709.93 -- Pumpkins, squash and gourds (Cucurbita spp.) kg 0709.93 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0709.99 -- Other kg 0709.99 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
per kg
30% or
0710.90.20 --- Cooked kg 0710.90.20 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0711.20 - Olives kg 0711.20 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
0711.40 - Cucumbers and gherkins : 0711.40
30% or
0711.40.10 --- Cucumbers kg 0711.40.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0711.40.90 --- Gherkins kg 0711.40.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
- Mushrooms and truffles :
30% or
0711.51 -- Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus kg 0711.51 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0711.59 -- Other kg 0711.59 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
0711.90 - Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables : 0711.90
30% or
0711.90.10 --- Garlic kg 0711.90.10 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
Rs.10/=
0711.90.20 --- Onion kg 0711.90.20 per Kg
12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0711.90.30 --- Capers kg 0711.90.30 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0711.90.90 --- Other kg 0711.90.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
07.12 Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared.
Rs.10/= Rs.600/
0712.20 - Onions kg 0712.20 Free per Kg
12% 5% 2% = per kg
- Mushrooms, wood ears (Auricularia spp.), jelly fungi (Tremella spp.) and truffles :
30% or
0712.31 -- Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus kg 0712.31 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0712.32 -- Wood ears (Auricularia spp.) kg 0712.32 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0712.33 -- Jelly fungi (Tremella spp.) kg 0712.33 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0712.39 -- Other kg 0712.39 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
0712.90 - Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables : 0712.90
30% or
0712.90.10 --- Garlic kg 0712.90.10 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
Rs.600/
0712.90.90 --- Other kg 0712.90.90 30% 12% 5% 2% = per kg
07.13 Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split (+).
0713.33 -- Kidney beans, including white pea beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) kg 0713.33 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
0713.34 -- Bambara beans (Vigna subterranea or Voandzeia subterranea) kg 0713.34 30% 12% 5% 2%
Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and
07.14 tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not
sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith.
30% or
0714.10 - Manioc (cassava) kg 0714.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0714.20 - Sweet potatoes kg 0714.20 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0714.30 - Yams (Dioscorea spp.) kg 0714.30 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0714.40 - Taro (Colocasia spp.) kg 0714.40 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0714.50 - Yautia (Xanthosoma spp.) kg 0714.50 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0714.90 - Other kg 0714.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
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Chapter 8
3.- Dried fruit or dried nuts of this Chapter may be partially rehydrated, or treated for the following purposes :
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons (a) For additional preservation or stabilization (for example, by moderate heat treatment, sulphuring, the addition of sorbic
acid or potassium sorbate),
Notes.
(b) To improve or maintain their appearance (for example, by the addition of vegetable oil or small quantities of glucose
1.- This Chapter does not cover inedible nuts or fruits. syrup), provided that they retain the character of dried fruit or dried nuts.
2.- Chilled fruits and nuts are to be classified in the same headings as the corresponding fresh fruits and nuts.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled
08.01
(+).
- Coconuts :
0801.11 -- Desiccated : 0801.11
30% or
0801.11.10 --- Edible ‘Copra’ kg 0801.11.10 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0801.11.90 --- Other kg 0801.11.90 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0801.12 -- In the inner shell (endocarp) 0801.12 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
0801.19 -- Other : 0801.19
30% or
0801.19.20 --- Seed coconut kg & u 0801.19.20 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0801.19.30 --- King coconut kg & u 0801.19.30 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
@@@ 0801.19.10 --- Husked or partially husked kg & u 0801.19.10 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% Rs.40/=
per kg
@@@ --- Other, with husk :
30% or
@@@ 0801.19.31 ---- King coconut kg & u 0801.19.31 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% Rs.40/=
per kg
30% or
@@@ 0801.19.39 ---- Other kg & u 0801.19.39 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% Rs.40/=
per kg
30% or
0801.19.90 --- Other kg 0801.19.90 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
- Brazil nuts :
0801.21 -- In shell : 0801.21
30% or
0801.21.10 --- Fresh kg 0801.21.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0801.21.90 --- Other kg 0801.21.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
0801.22 -- Shelled kg 0801.22 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
- Cashew nuts :
0801.31 -- In shell : 0801.31
- Almonds :
0802.11 -- In shell : 0802.11
30% or
0802.11.10 --- Fresh kg 0802.11.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0802.11.90 --- Other kg 0802.11.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0802.12 -- Shelled kg 0802.12 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
- Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus spp.) :
0802.21 -- In shell : 0802.21
30% or
0802.21.10 --- Fresh kg 0802.21.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0802.21.90 --- Other kg 0802.21.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0802.22 -- Shelled kg 0802.22 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
- Walnuts :
0802.31 -- In shell : 0802.31
30% or
0802.31.10 --- Fresh kg 0802.31.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0802.31.90 --- Other kg 0802.31.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0802.32 -- Shelled kg 0802.32 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
@@@ 0802.40 - Chestnuts (Castanea spp.) : 0802.40
30% or
@@@ 0802.40.10 --- Fresh (not shelled or peeled) kg 0802.40.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
30% or
@@@ 0802.40.90 --- Other kg 0802.40.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
- Chestnuts (Castanea spp.) :
30% or
0802.41 -- In shell kg 0802.41 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0802.42 -- Shelled kg 0802.42 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
@@@ 0802.50 - Pistachios : 0802.50
30% or
@@@ 0802.50.10 --- Fresh (not shelled or peeled) kg 0802.50.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
30% or
@@@ 0802.50.90 --- Other kg 0802.50.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
- Pistachios :
30% or
0802.51 -- In shell kg 0802.51 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0802.52 -- Shelled kg 0802.52 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
@@@ 0802.60 - Macadamia nuts kg 0802.60 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
- Macadamia nuts:
30% or
0802.61 -- In shell kg 0802.61 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0802.62 -- Shelled kg 0802.62 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
30% or
0802.70 - Kola nuts (Cola spp.) kg 0802.70 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
0802.80 - Areca nuts kg 0802.80
30% or
0802.80.10 --- Fresh (not shelled or peeled) kg 0802.80.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0802.80.90 --- Other kg 0802.80.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
0802.90 - Other : 0802.90
30% or
0802.90.10 --- Fresh (not shelled or peeled) 0802.90.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0802.90.90 --- Other 0802.90.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
@@@ 0802.90.10 --- Areca nuts, fresh (not shelled or peeled) kg 0802.90.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
30% or
@@@ 0802.90.20 --- Other areca nuts kg 0802.90.20 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
30% or
@@@ 0802.90.30 --- Other, fresh (not shelled or peeled) kg 0802.90.30 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
30% or
@@@ 0802.90.90 --- Other kg 0802.90.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
08.03
0803.00 Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried : 0803.00
@@@
30% or
@@@ 0803.00.10 --- Fresh kg 0803.00.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.70/=
per kg
30% or
@@@ 0803.00.90 --- Other kg 0803.00.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.70/=
per kg
08.03 Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried.
0803.10 - Plantains 0803.10
30% or
0803.10.10 --- Fresh kg 0803.10.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.90/=
per kg
30% or
0803.10.90 --- Other kg 0803.10.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.120/=
per kg
0803.90 - Other 0803.90
30% or
0803.90.10 --- Fresh kg 0803.90.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.90/=
per kg
30% or
0803.90.90 --- Other kg 0803.90.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.120/=
per kg
08.04 Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangoesteens, fresh or dried.
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Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
0808.10 - Apples kg 0808.10 25.02% Free 17% 17.5% Free 30% 12% 5% 2% *
30% or
@@@ 0808.20 - Pears and quinces kg 0808.20 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
30% or
0808.30 - Pears kg 0808.30 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0808.40 - Quinces kg 0808.40 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
08.09 Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh.
30% or
0809.10 - Apricots kg 0809.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
@@@ 0809.20 - Cherries kg 0809.20 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
- Cherries:
30% or
0809.21 -- Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus) kg 0809.21 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0809.29 -- Other kg 0809.29 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0809.30 - Peaches, including nectarines kg 0809.30 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0809.40 - Plums and sloes kg 0809.40 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0810.10 - Strawberries kg 0810.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0810.20 - Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries kg 0810.20 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0810.30 - Black, white or red currants and gooseberries kg 0810.30 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0810.40 - Cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus Vaccinium kg 0810.40 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
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HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
per kg
30% or
0810.50 - Kiwifruit kg 0810.50 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0810.60 - Durians kg 0810.60 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0810.70 - Persimmons kg 0810.70 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
0810.90 - Other : 0810.90
30% or
0810.90.10 --- Cocoa nuts, raw kg 0810.90.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
@@@ 0810.90.20 --- Black, white or red currants and gooseberries kg 0810.90.20 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
30% or
0810.90.90 --- Other kg 0810.90.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or
08.11
not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
30% or
0811.10 - Strawberries kg 0811.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black, white or red currants and 30% or
0811.20 - kg 0811.20 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
gooseberries per kg
30% or
0811.90 - Other kg 0811.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in
08.12 sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for
immediate consumption.
30% or
0812.10 - Cherries kg 0812.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
0812.90 - Other kg 0812.90 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
Fruit, dried, other than that of headings 08.01 to 08.06; mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of
08.13
this Chapter.
30% or
0813.10 - Apricots kg 0813.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.120/=
per kg
30% or
0813.20 - Prunes kg 0813.20 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.120/=
per kg
30% or
0813.30 - Apples kg 0813.30 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.120/=
per kg
0813.40 - Other fruit : 0813.40
30% or
0813.40.10 --- Tamarind kg 0813.40.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.120/=
per kg
30% or
0813.40.90 --- Other kg 0813.40.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.120/=
per kg
30% or
0813.50 - Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this Chapter kg 0813.50 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.120/=
per kg
Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally 30% or
08.14 0814.00 kg 0814.00 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions. per kg
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Chapter 9
Coffee, tea, mate and spices
Notes. The addition of other substances to the products of headings 09.04 to 09.10 (or to the mixtures referred to in paragraph (a) or (b)
above) shall not affect their classification provided the resulting mixtures retain the essential character of the goods of those
1.- Mixtures of the products of headings 09.04 to 09.10 are to be classified as follows : headings. Otherwise such mixtures are not classified in this Chapter; those constituting mixed condiments or mixed seasonings
(a) Mixtures of two or more of the products of the same heading are to be classified in that heading; are classified in heading 21.03.
(b) Mixtures of two or more of the products of different headings are to be classified in heading 09.10. 2.- This Chapter does not cover Cubeb pepper (Piper cubeba) or other products of heading 12.11.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee
09.01
substitutes containing coffee in any proportion.
@@@ 0901.11.10 --- Coffee Seeds kg 0901.11.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
0901.11.10 --- Coffee Seeds, Organic kg 0901.11.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
@@@ 0901.12.10 --- Coffee Seeds kg 0901.12.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
0901.12.10 --- Coffee Seeds, Organic kg 0901.12.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
- Coffee, roasted :
0901.21 -- Not decaffeinated 0901.21 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
0902.10 - Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg : 0902.10
0902.10.12 ---- Certified by Sri Lanka Tea Board as wholly of Sri Lanka origin, Other kg 0902.10.12 Free 30% Ex 5% 2%
--- In immediate packing of a content exceeding 4g, but not exceeding 1kg:
0902.10.21 ---- Certified by Sri Lanka Tea Board as wholly of Sri Lanka origin, flavoured kg 0902.10.21 Free 30% Ex 5% 2%
0902.10.22 ---- Certified by Sri Lanka Tea Board as wholly of Sri Lanka origin, Other kg 0902.10.22 Free 30% Ex 5% 2%
--- In immediate packing of a content exceeding 1Kg, but not exceeding 3kg:
0902.10.31 ---- Certified by Sri Lanka Tea Board as wholly of Sri Lanka origin, flavoured kg 0902.10.31 Free 30% Ex 5% 2%
0902.10.32 ---- Certified by Sri Lanka Tea Board as wholly of Sri Lanka origin, Other kg 0902.10.32 Free 30% Ex 5% 2%
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AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
0902.20.12 ---- Certified by Sri Lanka Tea Board as wholly of Sri Lanka origin, Other kg 0902.20.12 Free 30% Ex 5% 2%
--- In immediate packing of a content exceeding 5Kg, but not exceeding 10 kg:
0902.20.21 ---- Certified by Sri Lanka Tea Board as wholly of Sri Lanka origin, flavoured kg 0902.20.21 Free 30% Ex 5% 2%
0902.20.22 ---- Certified by Sri Lanka Tea Board as wholly of Sri Lanka origin, Other kg 0902.20.22 Free 30% Ex 5% 2%
--- Other:
0902.20.91 ---- Certified by Sri Lanka Tea Board as wholly of Sri Lanka origin, flavoured kg 0902.20.91 Free 30% Ex 5% 2%
0902.20.92 ---- Certified by Sri Lanka Tea Board as wholly of Sri Lanka origin, Other kg 0902.20.92 Free 30% Ex 5% 2%
0902.30.12 ---- Certified by Sri Lanka Tea Board as wholly of Sri Lanka origin, Other kg 0902.30.12 Free 30% Ex 5% 2%
Rs.4/=
0902.30.13 ---- Other, Flavoured L kg 0902.30.13 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% per kg
Rs.4/=
0902.30.19 ---- Other L kg 0902.30.19 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% per kg
--- In immediate packing of a content exceeding 4g but not exceeding 1 kg:
0902.30.21 ---- Certified by Sri Lanka Tea Board as wholly of Sri Lanka origin, flavoured kg 0902.30.21 Free 30% Ex 5% 2%
0902.30.22 ---- Certified by Sri Lanka Tea Board as wholly of Sri Lanka origin, Other kg 0902.30.22 Free 30% Ex 5% 2%
Rs.4/=
0902.30.23 ---- Other, Flavoured L kg 0902.30.23 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% per kg
Rs.4/=
0902.30.29 ---- Other L kg 0902.30.29 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% per kg
--- In immediate packing of a content exceeding 1kg but not exceeding 3 kg:
0902.30.31 ---- Certified by Sri Lanka Tea Board as wholly of Sri Lanka origin, flavoured kg 0902.30.31 Free 30% Ex 5% 2%
0902.30.32 ---- Certified by Sri Lanka Tea Board as wholly of Sri Lanka origin, Other kg 0902.30.32 Free 30% Ex 5% 2%
Rs.4/=
0902.30.33 ---- Other, Flavoured L kg 0902.30.33 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% per kg
Rs.4/=
0902.30.39 ---- Other L kg 0902.30.39 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% per kg
0902.40 - Other black tea (fermented) and other partly fermented tea. 0902.40
Pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of
09.04
the genus Pimenta.
- Pepper :
0904.11 -- Neither crushed nor ground 0904.11
@@@ 0904.11.10 --- Light Berries of pepper with a density not exceeding 450grams per litre kg 0904.11.10 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% 10%
--- Light Berries of pepper with a density not exceeding 450grams per liter 0904.11.10
0904.11.20 --- Matured Berries of pepper with a density exceeding 450grams per liter kg 0904.11.20 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% 10%
@@@ 0904.20 - Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, dried or crushed or ground : 0904.20
09.05
0905.00 Vanilla. 0905.00
@@@
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HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
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AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
@@@ 0905.00.10 --- Vanilla pods kg 0905.00.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
09.05 Vanilla.
0905.10 -- Neither crushed nor ground 0905.10
@@@ 0906.11.10 --- Quills cut, in retail packs of 1 kg or less and packed in cases kg 0906.11.10 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% 10%
0906.11.91 ---- Quills cut, in retail packs of 1 kg or less and packed in cases kg 0906.11.91 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% 10%
0906.20.10 --- Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume) crushed kg 0906.20.10 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% 10%
0906.20.20 --- Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume) ground kg 0906.20.20 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% 10%
09.07
0907.00 Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems) : 0907.00
@@@
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HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
--- Organic
0907.10.11 ---- Whole fruit kg 0907.10.11 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% 10%
--- Other kg
0907.10.91 ---- Whole fruit kg 0907.10.91 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% 10%
@@@ 0908.10.10 --- Broken Wormy and Punky kg 0908.10.10 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% 10%
- Nutmeg:
0908.11 -- Neither crushed nor ground 0908.11
- Mace:
0908.21 -- Neither crushed nor ground kg 0908.21 Free 30% Ex 5% 2% 10%
- Cardamoms:
0908.31 -- Neither crushed nor ground kg 0908.31 Free 25.2% 30% Ex 5% 2% 10%
09.09 Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin or caraway; juniper berries.
- Seeds of coriander:
0909.21 -- Neither crushed nor ground kg 0909.21 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0909.22 -- Crushed or ground kg 0909.22 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
10% or
@@@ 0909.30 - Seeds of cumin kg 0909.30 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.5/=
per kg
*
- Seeds of cumin:
0909.31 -- Neither crushed nor ground kg 0909.31 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0909.32 -- Crushed or ground kg 0909.32 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 0909.40 - Seeds of caraway kg 0909.40 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 0909.50 - Seeds of fennel; juniper berries kg 0909.50 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
- Seeds of anise, badian, caraway or fennel; juniper berries :
0909.61 -- Neither crushed nor ground 0909.61
0909.61.10 --- Seeds of anise or badian kg 0909.61.10 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
0909.61.20 --- Seeds of fennel kg 0909.61.20 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
0909.61.30 --- Seeds of caraway 0909.61.30 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
0909.61.90 --- Other kg 0909.61.90 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
0909.62 -- Crushed or ground 0909.62
0909.62.10 --- Anise, badian and caraway kg 0909.62.10 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 0910.10.10 --- Dried but not ground, powdered or crushed kg 0910.10.10
@@@ 0910.10.20 --- Other, but not ground, powdered or crushed kg 0910.10.20 27% 30% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 0910.10.90 --- Other kg 0910.10.90 25.17% 25.2% 27% 30% 12% 5% 2%
- Ginger :
0910.11 -- Neither crushed nor ground 0910.11
0910.20.10 --- Neither crushed nor ground kg 0910.20.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
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Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
--- Other
0910.99.91 ---- Neither crushed nor ground kg 0910.99.91 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 10
Cereals
2.- Heading 10.05 does not cover sweet corn (Chapter 7).
Notes.
Subheading Note.
1.- (A) The products specified in the headings of this Chapter are to be classified in those headings only if grains are
1.- The term "durum wheat" means wheat of the Triticum durum species and the hybrids derived from the inter-specific crossing of
present, whether or not in the ear or on the stalk.
Triticum durum which have the same number (28) of chromosomes as that species.
(B) The Chapter does not cover grains which have been hulled or otherwise worked. However, rice, husked, milled, polished,
glazed, parboiled or broken remains classified in heading 10.06.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
- Durum wheat:
1001.11 -- Seed kg 1001.11 Free Free Ex 5% 2%
- Other :
1001.91 -- Seed 1001.91
15% or
1001.91.10 --- Wheat grain kg 1001.91.10 Free Rs.10/= Ex 5% 2%
per kg
1001.91.90 --- Other kg 1001.91.90 Free Free 12% 5% 2% 25%
10.02
1002.00 Rye. kg 1002.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
@@@
10.02 Rye (+).
10.03
1003.00 Barley. kg 1003.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
@@@
10.03 Barley (+).
10.04
1004.00 Oats. kg 1004.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
@@@
10.04 Oats (+).
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10.06 Rice.
Rs.20/=
1006.10 - Rice in the husk (paddy or rough) L kg 1006.10 per kg
Ex 5% 2%
Rs.20/=
1006.20 - Husked (brown) rice kg 1006.20 per kg
Ex 5% 2%
Rs.20/=
1006.30 - Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed kg 1006.30
per kg
Ex 5% 2%
Rs.20/=
1006.40 - Broken rice kg 1006.40
per kg
Ex 5% 2%
10.07
1007.00 Grain sorghum. kg 1007.00 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 35%
@@@
10.07 Grain sorghum (+).
@@@ 1008.20.10 --- Kurakkan (Eleusine coracana spp.) kg 1008.20.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 25% *
@@@ 1008.20.90 --- Other kg 1008.20.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% *
- Millet :
1008.21 -- Seed 1008.21
1008.21.10 --- Kurakkan (Eleusine coracana spp.) kg 1008.21.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% *
1008.21.90 --- Other kg 1008.21.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% *
1008.29 -- Other 1008.29
1008.29.10 --- Kurakkan (Eleusine coracana spp.) kg 1008.29.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 11
(B) Products falling in this Chapter under the above provisions shall be classified in heading 11.01 or 11.02 if the
Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; percentage passing through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with the aperture indicated in Column (4) or (5) is not less,
inulin; wheat gluten
by weight, than that shown against the cereal concerned.
Notes.
Otherwise, they fall in heading 11.03 or 11.04.
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
Rate of passage through a sieve with an
(a) Roasted malt put up as coffee substitutes (heading 09.01 or 21.01); aperture of
Starch Content Ash Content
(b) Prepared flours, groats, meals or starches of heading 19.01; Cereal 315 micrometres 500 micrometres
(2) (3)
(c) Corn flakes or other products of heading 19.04; (1) (microns) (microns)
(d) Vegetables, prepared or preserved, of heading 20.01, 20.04 or 20.05; (4) (5)
(e) Pharmaceutical products (Chapter 30); or Wheat and rye 45 % 2.5 % 80 %
(f) Starches having the character of perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (Chapter 33).
Barley 45 % 3% 80 %
2.- (A) Products from the milling of the cereals listed in the table below fall in this Chapter if they have, by weight on the dry
product : Oats 45 % 5% 80 %
(a) a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method) exceeding that indicated in Column (2); and Maize (corn)
(b) an ash content (after deduction of any added minerals) not exceeding that indicated in Column (3). and grain 45 % 2% - 90 %
sorghum
Otherwise, they fall in heading 23.02. However, germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground is always classified in heading
11.04. Rice 45 % 1.6 % 80 %
Buckwheat 45 % 4% 80 %
3.- For the purposes of heading 11.03, the terms "groats" and "meal" mean products obtained by the fragmentation of cereal
grains, of which :
(a) in the case of maize (corn) products, at least 95 % by weight passes through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with an
aperture of 2 mm;
(b) in the case of other cereal products, at least 95 % by weight passes through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with an
aperture of 1.25 mm.
Customs Duty
HS
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HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
15% or
Rs.20/=
1101.00.10 --- Of wheat kg 1101.00.10 Free Rs.16/ Ex 5% 2%
per kg
=per kg
1101.00.90 --- Other kg 1101.00.90 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
1102.90.20 --- Kurakkan (Eleusine coracana spp.) flour Kg 1102.90.20 30% 12% 5% 2% *
1102.90.30 --- Rye flour Kg 1102.90.30 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
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Cereal grains otherwise worked (for example, hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or
11.04
kibbled), except rice of heading 10.06; germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground.
1104.30 - Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground kg 1104.30 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13, of sago
11.06
or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14 or of the products of Chapter 8.
- Starches :
1108.11 -- Wheat starch kg 1108.11 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
11.09 1109.00 Wheat gluten, whether or not dried. kg 1109.00 Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 12
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains,
seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
4.- Heading 12.11 applies, inter alia, to the following plants or parts thereof : basil, borage, ginseng, hyssop, liquorice, all species of
Notes. mint, rosemary, rue, sage and wormwood.
1.- Heading 12.07 applies, inter alia, to palm nuts and kernels, cotton seeds, castor oil seeds, sesamum seeds, mustard seeds, Heading 12.11 does not, however, apply to :
safflower seeds, poppy seeds and shea nuts (karite nuts). It does not apply to products of heading 08.01 or 08.02 or to olives (a) Medicaments of Chapter 30;
(Chapter 7 or Chapter 20). (b) Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations of Chapter 33; or
2.- Heading 12.08 applies not only to non-defatted flours and meals but also to flours and meals which have been partially defatted or (c) Insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants or similar products of heading 38.08.
defatted and wholly or partially refatted with their original oils. It does not, however, apply to residues of headings 23.04 to 23.06. 5. For the purposes of heading 12.12, the term "seaweeds and other algae" does not include :
3.- For the purposes of heading 12.09, beet seeds, grass and other herbage seeds, seeds of ornamental flowers, vegetable seeds, (a) Dead single-cell micro-organisms of heading 21.02;
seeds of forest trees, seeds of fruit trees, seeds of vetches (other than those of the species Vicia faba) or of lupines are to be (b) Cultures of micro-organisms of heading 30.02; or
regarded as "seeds of a kind used for sowing". (c) Fertilisers of heading 31.01 or 31.05.
Heading 12.09 does not, however, apply to the following even if for sowing : Subheading Note.
(a) Leguminous vegetables or sweet corn (Chapter 7); 1.- For the purposes of subheading 1205.10, the expression "low erucic acid rape or colza seeds" means rape or colza seeds
(b) Spices or other products of Chapter 9; yielding a fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of less than 2 % by weight and yielding a solid component which contains
(c) Cereals (Chapter 10); or less than 30 micromoles of glucosinolates per gram.
(d) Products of headings 12.01 to 12.07 or 12.11.
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Gen.
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12.01
1201.00 Soya beans, whether or not broken. kg 1201.00 30% 12% 5% 2%
@@@
12.01 Soya beans, whether or not broken (+).
12.02 Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken (+).
- Other:
1202.41 -- In shell kg 1202.41 30% 12% 5% 2%
12.04 1204.00 Linseed, whether or not broken. kg 1204.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
1205.10 - Low erucic acid rape or colza seeds kg 1205.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
12.06 1206.00 Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken. kg 1206.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
12.07 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken (+).
1207.10 - Palm nuts and kernels kg 1207.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 1207.20 - Cotton seeds kg 1207.20 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
- Cotton seeds:
1207.21 -- Seed kg 1207.21 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
1207.91 -- Poppy seeds kg 1207.91 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 1207.99.20 --- Palm nuts and kernels; castor oil seeds kg 1207.99.20 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 1207.99.30 --- Safflower seeds kg 1207.99.30 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
12.08 Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard.
1209.10 - Sugar beet seeds kg 1209.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
1209.22 -- Clover (Trifolium spp.) seeds kg 1209.22 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
1209.23 -- Fescue seeds kg 1209.23 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
1209.24 -- Kentucky blue grass (Poa pratensis L.) seeds kg 1209.24 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
1209.25 -- Rye grass (Lolium multiflorum Lam., Lolium perenne L.) seeds kg 1209.25 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
1209.30 - Seeds of herbeceous plants cultivated principally for their flowers kg 1209.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
1209.91 -- Vegetable seeds kg 1209.91 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
1209.99.90 --- Other kg 1209.99.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Gen.
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Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets;
12.10
lupulin.
1210.10 - Hop cones, neither ground nor powdered nor in the form of pellets kg 1210.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
1210.20 - Hop cones, ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin kg 1210.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used primarily in
12.11 perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh or dried,
whether or not cut, crushed or powdered.
1211.90.10 --- Dried Cinnamon leaves, without any parts of branches kg 1211.90.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen
or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products
12.12
(including unroasted chicory roots of the variety Cichorium intybus sativum) of a kind
used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included.
@@@ 1212.20 - Seaweeds and other algae kg 1212.20 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
1212.91 -- Sugar beet kg 1212.91 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
1212.92 -- Locust beans (carob) kg 1212.92 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the
12.13 1213.00 1213.00
form of pellets :
L
1213.00.10 --- Waste straw kg 1213.00.10 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
1213.00.90 --- Other kg 1213.00.90 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale,
12.14
lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets.
1214.10 - Lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets kg 1214.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 13
Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (e) Camphor, glycyrrhizin or other products of heading 29.14 or 29.38;
(f) Concentrates of poppy straw containing not less than 50 % by weight of alkaloids (heading 29.39);
Note. (g) Medicaments of heading 30.03 or 30.04 or blood-grouping reagents (heading 30.06);
(h) Tanning or dyeing extracts (heading 32.01 or 32.03);
1.- Heading 13.02 applies, inter alia, to liquorice extract and extract of pyrethrum, extract of hops, extract of aloes and opium. (ij) Essential oils, concretes, absolutes, resinoids, extracted oleoresins, aqueous distillates or aqueous solutions of
The heading does not apply to : essential oils or preparations based on odoriferous substances of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages
(a) Liquorice extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose or put up as confectionery (heading 17.04); (Chapter 33); or
(b) Malt extract (heading 19.01); (k) Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle or similar natural gums (heading 40.01).
(c) Extracts of coffee, tea or maté (heading 21.01);
(d) Vegetable saps or extracts constituting alcoholic beverages (Chapter 22);
Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
13.01 Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for example, balsams).
1301.20 - Gum Arabic kg 1301.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
1301.90 - Other : 1301.90
1301.90.10 --- Seed lac and stick lac kg 1301.90.10 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
1301.90.90 --- Other kg 1301.90.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and
13.02 other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable
products.
- Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products :
1302.31 -- Agar-agar kg 1302.31 Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from locust beans, locust
1302.32 -- kg 1302.32 Free Free 12% 5% 2%
bean seeds or guar seeds
1302.39 -- Other kg 1302.39 Free 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 14
Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products
2.- Heading 14.01 applies, inter alia, to bamboos (whether or not split, sawn lengthwise, cut to length, rounded at the ends,
not elsewhere specified or included
bleached, rendered non-inflammable, polished or dyed), split osier, reeds and the like, to rattan cores and to drawn or split
Notes. rattans. The heading does not apply to chip wood (heading 44.04).
1.- This Chapter does not cover the following products which are to be classified in Section XI: vegetable materials or fibres of vegetable 3.- Heading 14.04 does not apply to wood wool (heading 44.05) and prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading
materials of a kind used primarily in the manufacture of textiles, however prepared, or other vegetable materials which have 96.03).
undergone treatment so as to render them suitable for use only as textile materials.
Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Gen.
Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans,
14.01
reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark).
[14.02]
[14.03]
1404.90.80 --- Kapok and vegetable hair kg 1404.90.80 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
--- Other :
Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily as stuffing or as padding (for example, eel-
1404.90.91 ---- kg 1404.90.91 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
grass), whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material
Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in brooms or in brushes (for example,
1404.90.92 ---- kg 1404.90.92 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
broom-corn, piassava, couch-grass and istle), whether or not in hanks or bundles
1404.90.99 ---- Other kg 1404.90.99 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 15
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products;
prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes
Notes. 2.- Heading 15.09 does not apply to oils obtained from olives by solvent extraction (heading 15.10).
3.- Heading 15.18 does not cover fats or oils or their fractions, merely denatured, which are to be classified in the heading
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
appropriate to the corresponding undenatured fats and oils and their fractions.
(a) Pig fat or poultry fat of heading 02.09; 4.- Soap-stocks, oil foots and dregs, stearin pitch, glycerol pitch and wool grease residues fall in heading 15.22.
(b) Cocoa butter, fat or oil (heading 18.04);
Subheading Note.
(c) Edible preparations containing by weight more than 15 % of the products of heading 04.05
(generally Chapter 21); 1.- For the purposes of subheadings 1514.11 and 1514.19, the expression "low erucic acid rape or colza oil" means the fixed oil
(d) Greaves (heading 23.01) or residues of headings 23.04 to 23.06; which has an erucic acid content of less than 2 % by weight.
(e) Fatty acids, prepared waxes, medicaments, paints, varnishes, soap, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations,
sulphonated oils or other goods of Section VI; or
(f) Factice derived from oils (heading 40.02).
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
15.01 1501.00 Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 02.09 or 15.03. kg 1501.00
15.02 1502.00 Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 15.03 : 1502.00
Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or
15.03 1503.00 L kg 1503.00 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
otherwise prepared.
Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, wheather or not refined, but
15.04
not chemically modified .
1504.10 - Fish-liver oils and their fractions kg 1504.10 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
1504.20 - Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish, other than liver oils kg 1504.20 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
1504.30 - Fats and oils and their fractions, of marine mammals : 1504.30
15.05 1505.00 Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin). 1505.00
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HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically
15.06 1506.00 kg 1506.00 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
modified.
15.07 Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (+).
30% or
1507.10 - Crude oil, whether or not degummed kg 1507.10 Free Rs.55/= 12% 5% 2% *
per kg
30% or
1507.90 - Other kg 1507.90 Free Rs.60/= 12% 5% 2% *
per kg
15.08 Ground-nut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified.
30% or
Rs 10/=
1508.10 - Crude oil kg 1508.10 Free Rs.55/= 12% 5% 2% per kg
per kg
30% or
Rs.10/=
1508.90 - Other kg 1508.90 Free Rs.60/= 12% 5% 2% per kg
per kg
15.09 Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified.
30% or
Rs.10/=
1509.10 - Virgin kg 1509.10 Free Rs.60/= 12% 5% 2% per kg
per kg
30% or
Rs.10/=
1509.90 - Other kg 1509.90 Free Rs.60/= 12% 5% 2% per kg
per kg
Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not 30% or
Rs.10/=
15.10 1510.00 chemically modified, including blends of these oils or fractions with oils or fractions of kg 1510.00 Free Rs.60/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
heading 15.09. per kg
15.11 Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (+).
30% or
1511.10 - Crude oil kg 1511.10 Free Rs.55/= 12% 5%
per kg
2% *
1511.90 - Other : 1511.90
30% or
1511.90.10 --- Serial fractions at room temperature (palm stearin) kg 1511.90.10 Rs.55/= 12% 5%
per kg
2% *
30% or
1511.90.20 --- Palm oil imported in packing of 210 l and below kg 1511.90.20 Rs.60/= 12% 5% 2% *
per kg
30% or
1511.90.90 --- Other kg 1511.90.90 Rs.60/= 12% 5%
per kg
2% *
Sunflower seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not
15.12
refined, but not chemically modified (+).
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
30% or
1512.19 -- Other kg 1512.19 Free Rs 60/= 12% 5%
per kg
2% *
- Cotton-seed oil and its fractions :
30% or
Rs.10/=
1512.21 -- Crude oil, whether or not gossypol has been removed kg 1512.21 Free Rs 55/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
per kg
30% or
Rs.10/=
1512.29 -- Other kg 1512.29 Free Rs 60/= 12% 5% 2% per kg
per kg
Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not
15.13
refined, but not chemically modified (+).
--- In bulk :
30% or
1513.11.11 ---- Virgin coconut oil kg 1513.11.11 Rs 60/= 12% 5%
per kg
2% *
30% or
1513.11.19 ---- Other kg 1513.11.19 Rs 60/= 12% 5%
per kg
2% *
--- Other :
30% or
1513.11.21 ---- Virgin coconut oil kg 1513.11.21 Rs 60/= 12% 5% 2% *
per kg
30% or
1513.11.29 ---- Other kg 1513.11.29 Rs 60/= 12% 5% 2% *
per kg
1513.19 -- Other : 1513.19
30% or
1513.19.10 --- In bulk kg 1513.19.10 Rs 60/= 12% 5%
per kg
2% *
30% or
1513.19.90 --- Other kg 1513.19.90 Rs 60/= 12% 5% 2% *
per kg
- Palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof :
30% or
Rs.10/=
1513.21 -- Crude oil kg 1513.21 Free Rs 55/= 12% 5% 2% per kg
per kg
30% or
Rs.10/=
1513.29 -- Other kg 1513.29 Free Rs 60/= 12% 5% 2% per kg
per kg
Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not
15.14
chemically modified (+).
15.15 Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated,
15.16 inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further
prepared.
1516.10 - Animal fats and oils and their fractions kg 1516.10 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
15% or
Rs.50/=
1516.20 - Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions kg 1516.20 Free Rs 60/= 12% 5% 2% per kg
per kg
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated,
sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise
15.18 1518.00 chemically modified, excluding those of heading 15.16; inedible mixtures or kg 1518.00 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of
this Chapter, not elsewhere specified or included.
[15.19]
15.20 1520.00 Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes : 1520.00
1520.00.10 --- Glycerol, crude; glycerol lyes kg 1520.00.10 7.50% 9% Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
1520.00.20 --- Glycerol waters kg 1520.00.20 7.50% Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti,
15.21
wheather or not refined or coloured.
1521.10 - Vegetable waxes kg 1521.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable
15.22 1522.00 L kg 1522.00 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
waxes.
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Chapter 16 Subheading Notes.
Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, 1.- For the purposes of subheading 1602.10, the expression "homogenised preparations" means preparations of meat, meat offal or
molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates blood, finely homogenised, put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not
exceeding 250 g. For the application of this definition no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may
Notes.
have been added to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small
1.- This Chapter does not cover meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved by quantity of visible pieces of meat or meat offal. This subheading takes precedence over all other subheadings of heading 16.02.
the processes specified in Chapter 2 or 3 or heading 05.04.
2.- The fish and crustaceans fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates specified in the subheadings of heading
2.- Food preparations fall in this Chapter provided that they contain more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, fish 16.04 or 16.05 under their common names only, are of the same species as those mentioned in Chapter 3 under the same
or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof. In cases where the preparation contains two or name.
more of the products mentioned above, it is classified in the heading of Chapter 16 corresponding to the component or components
which predominate by weight. These provisions do not apply to the stuffed products of heading 19.02 or to the preparations of
heading 21.03 or 21.04.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
30% or
Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based Rs.80/
16.01 1601.00 L kg 1601.00 30% 12% 5% 2%
on these products. = per
kg
- Of swine :
1602.41 -- Hams and cuts thereof kg 1602.41 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
30% or
Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic Rs.80/
16.03 1603.00 L kg 1603.00 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
invertebrates. = per
kg
16.04 Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs.
1604.14 -- Tunas, skipjack and bonito (Sarda spp.) kg 1604.14 11.25% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
1604.15 -- Mackerel kg 1604.15 11.25% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
1604.16 -- Anchovies kg 1604.16 11.25% Free 15% 12% 5% 2% *
1604.17 -- Eels kg 1604.17 11.25% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
1604.19 -- Other kg 1604.19 11.25% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
1604.20 - Other prepared or preserved fish kg 1604.20 11.25% 15% 12% 5% 2% *
@@@ 1604.30 - Caviar and caviar substitutes : 1604.30
- Molluscs :
1605.51 -- Oysters kg 1605.51 30% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 17
Sugars and sugar confectionery
Subheading Note Notes.
Note. 1.- For the purposes of subheadings 1701.11 and 1701.12 1701.12, 1701.13 and 1701.14, “raw sugar”
1.- This Chapter does not cover : means sugar whose content of sucrose by weight, in the dry state, corresponds to a polarimeter reading of less than 99.5°.
(a) Sugar confectionery containing cocoa (heading 18.06); 2.- Subheading 1701.13 covers only cane sugar obtained without centrifugation,
(b) Chemically pure sugars (other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose) or other products of heading 29.40; or whose content of sucrose by weight, in the dry state, corresponds to a polarimeter reading of 69° or more but less than 93°. The
(c) Medicaments or other products of Chapter 30. product contains only natural anhedral microcrystals, of irregular shape, not visible to the naked eye, which are surrounded by
residues of molasses and other constituents of sugar cane.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
17.01 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form (+).
Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in
17.02 solid form; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial
honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel.
1702.20 - Maple sugar and maple syrup kg 1702.20 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
Glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less
1702.30 - kg 1702.30 Free 5% 12% 5% 2%
than 20% by weight of fructose
Glucose and glucose syrup, containing in the dry state at least 20% but less than 50%
1702.40 - kg 1702.40 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
by weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar
1702.50 - Chemically pure fructose kg 1702.50 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
Other fructose and fructose syrup, containing in the dry state more than 50% by
1702.60 - kg 1702.60 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
weight of fructose, excluding invert sugar
Other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup and sugar syrup blends
1702.90 - 1702.90
containing in the dry state 50% by weight of fructose :
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Rs.250/=
1702.90.10 --- Brewing sugar, artificial honey kg 1702.90.10 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
--- Varieties of sakkara, jaggery
Rs.10/= Rs.250/=
1702.90.21 ---- Sakkara (suger cane jaggery) kg 1702.90.21 per Kg
12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.10/= Rs.250/=
1702.90.22 ---- Kithul jaggery kg 1702.90.22 per Kg
12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.10/= Rs.250/=
1702.90.29 ---- Other kg 1702.90.29 per Kg
12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.10/= Rs.250/=
1702.90.30 --- Kithul treacle kg 1702.90.30 per Kg
12% 5% 2% per kg
Malto-dextrins with a reducing sugar content, expressed as dextrose on the dry
1702. 90.40 --- kg 1702.90.40 15% 12% 5% 2%
substance, exceeding 10% but less than 20%
Rs.250/=
1702.90.90 --- Other kg 1702.90.90 15% 12% 5% 2% per kg
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Chapter 18
Cocoa and cocoa preparations
Notes.
1.- This Chapter does not cover the preparations of heading 04.03, 19.01, 19.04, 19.05, 21.05, 22.02, 22.08, 30.03 or 30.04.
2.- Heading 18.06 includes sugar confectionery containing cocoa and, subject to Note 1 to this Chapter, other food preparations
containing cocoa.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
18.02 1802.00 Cocoa shells, husks, skins and other cocoa waste. L kg 1802.00 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
18.04 1804.00 Cocoa butter, fat and oil. kg 1804.00 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
18.05 1805.00 Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. kg 1805.00 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
35% or
1806.10 - Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter kg 1806.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
Other preparations in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, 30% or 35% or
1806.20 - powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of a content kg 1806.20 Rs.60/= 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg per kg
exceeding 2 kg
- Other, in blocks, slabs or bars :
35% or
35% of
30% or
65% of
1806.31 -- Filled kg 1806.31 Rs.60/= 12% 5% 2% MRP or
per kg
Rs. 80/=
per kg
35% or
35% of
30% or
65% of
1806.32 -- Not filled kg 1806.32 Rs.60/= 12% 5% 2% MRP or
per kg
Rs. 80/=
per kg
30% or 35% or
1806.90 - Other kg 1806.90 Rs.60/= 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg per kg
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Chapter 19 2.- For the purposes of heading 19.01 :
(a) The term "groats" means cereal groats of Chapter 11;
Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products (b) The terms "flour" and "meal" mean :
Notes. (1) Cereal flour and meal of Chapter 11, and
1.- This Chapter does not cover : (2) Flour, meal and powder of vegetable origin of any Chapter, other than flour, meal or powder of dried vegetables
(heading 07.12), of potatoes (heading 11.05) or of dried leguminous vegetables (heading 11.06).
(a) Except in the case of stuffed products of heading 19.02, food preparations containing more than 20 % by weight of
sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof 3.- Heading 19.04 does not cover preparations containing more than 6 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis
(Chapter 16); or completely coated with chocolate or other food preparations containing cocoa of heading 18.06 (heading 18.06).
(b) Biscuits or other articles made from flour or from starch, specially prepared for use in animal feeding (heading 23.09); or 4.- For the purposes of heading 19.04, the expression "otherwise prepared" means prepared or processed to an extent beyond
(c) Medicaments or other products of Chapter 30. that provided for in the headings of or Notes to Chapter 10 or 11.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not
containing cocoa or containing less than 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally
19.01 defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of
headings 04.01 to 04.04, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5% by weight of
cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included.
1901.10 - Preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale : 1901.10
1901.10.10 --- Infants' milk food, other infants' food approved by the Director of Health Services kg 1901.10.10 Free 5% Ex 5% 2%
1901.90.92 ---- Soya bean based preparations kg 1901.90.92 Free 15% 12% 5% 2% 15%
1901.90.93 ---- Green gram based preparations kg 1901.90.93 Free 15% 12% 5% 2% 15%
Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise
19.02 prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni;
couscous, whether or not prepared.
Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains,
19.03 1903.00 kg 1903.00 30% 12% 5% 2%
pearls, siftings, or in similar forms.
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for
example, corn flakes); cereals (other than maize (corn)) in grain form or in the form of
19.04
flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre-cooked, or otherwise
prepared, not elsewhere specified or included.
30% or
1904.10 - Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products kg 1904.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted
1904.20 - kg 1904.20 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals per kg
30% or
1904.30 - Bulgur wheat kg 1904.30 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
30% or
1904.90 - Other kg 1904.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa;
19.05 communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing
wafers, rice paper and similar products.
35% or
1905.10 - Crispbread kg 1905.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
1905.20 - Gingerbread and the like kg 1905.20 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
- Sweet biscuits, waffles and wafers :
1905.31 -- Sweet biscuits : 1905.31
35% or
35% of
65% of
1905.31.10 --- In retail packaging of 1 kg or less kg 1905.31.10 30% 12% 5% 2%
MRP or
Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
1905.31.90 --- Other kg 1905.31.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
1905.32 -- Waffles and wafers : 1905.32
35% or
35% of
65% of
1905.32.10 --- In retail packaging of 1 kg or less kg 1905.32.10 30% 12% 5% 2%
MRP or
Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
1905.32.90 --- Other kg 1905.32.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
1905.40 - Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products : 1905.40
35% or
35% of
65% of
1905.40.10 --- In retail packaging of 1 kg or less kg 1905.40.10 30% 12% 5% 2%
MRP or
Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
1905.40.90 --- Other kg 1905.40.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
1905.90 - Other : 1905.90
35% or
Rs.80/=
1905.90.10 --- Bread kg 1905.90.10 30% Ex 5% 2%
per kg
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
35% or
35% of
65% of
1905.90.20 --- Other, in retail packaging of 1 kg or less kg 1905.90.20 30% 12% 5% 2%
MRP or
Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
1905.90.90 --- Other kg 1905.90.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
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Chapter 20 6.- For the purposes of heading 20.09, the expression "juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit" means juices of an
alcoholic strength by volume (see Note 2 to Chapter 22) not exceeding 0.5 % vol.
Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants
Subheading Notes.
Notes. 1.- For the purposes of subheading 2005.10, the expression "homogenised vegetables" means preparations of vegetables, finely
1.- This Chapter does not cover : homogenised, put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding
250 g. For the application of this definition no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may have
(a) Vegetables, fruit or nuts, prepared or preserved by the processes specified in Chapter 7, 8 or 11; been added to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small quantity
(b) Food preparations containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, fish or crustaceans, molluscs of visible pieces of vegetables. Subheading 2005.10 takes precedence over all other subheadings of heading 20.05.
or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16);
(c) Bakers’ wares and other products of heading 19.05; or 2.- For the purposes of subheading 2007.10, the expression "homogenised preparations" means preparations of fruit, finely
(d) Homogenised composite food preparations of heading 21.04. homogenised, put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding
250 g. For the application of this definition no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may have
2.- Headings 20.07 and 20.08 do not apply to fruit jellies, fruit pastes, sugar-coated almonds or the like in the form of sugar been added to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small quantity
confectionery (heading 17.04) or chocolate confectionery (heading 18.06). of visible pieces of fruit. Subheading 2007.10 takes precedence over all other subheadings of heading 20.07.
3.- Headings 20.01, 20.04 and 20.05 cover, as the case may be, only those products of Chapter 7 or of heading 11.05 or 11.06 (other 3.- For the purposes of subheadings 2009.12, 2009.21, 2009.31, 2009.41, 2009.61 and 2009.71, the expression "Brix value"
than flour, meal and powder of the products of Chapter 8) which have been prepared or preserved by processes other than those means the direct reading of degrees Brix obtained from a Brix hydrometer or of refractive index expressed in terms of
referred to in Note 1 (a). percentage sucrose content obtained from a refractometer, at a temperature of 20 °C or corrected for 20 °C if the reading is
4.- Tomato juice the dry weight content of which is 7 % or more is to be classified in heading 20.02. made at a different temperature.
5.- For the purposes of heading 20.07, the expression "obtained by cooking" means obtained by heat treatment at atmospheric
pressure or under reduced pressure to increase the viscosity of a product through reduction of water content or other means.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar
20.01
or acetic acid.
20% or
2002.10 - Tomatoes, whole or in pieces kg 2002.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.25/=
per kg
20% or
2002.90 - Other kg 2002.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.25/=
per kg
20.03 Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid.
35% or
2003.10 - Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus kg 2003.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
@@@ 2003.20 - Truffles kg 2003.20 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
2003.90 - Other kg 2003.90
35% or
2003.90.10 --- Truffles kg 2003.90.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2003.90.90 --- Other kg 2003.90.90 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen,
20.04
other than products of heading 20.06.
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
35% or
2004.10 - Potatoes kg 2004.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2004.90 - Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables kg 2004.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not
20.05
frozen, other than products of heading 20.06.
35% or
2005.10 - Homogenised vegetables kg 2005.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2005.20 - Potatoes kg 2005.20 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2005.40 - Peas (Pisum sativum) kg 2005.40 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
- Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.) :
35% or
2005.51 -- Beans, shelled kg 2005.51 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2005.59 -- Other kg 2005.59 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2005.60 - Asparagus kg 2005.60 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2005.70 - Olives kg 2005.70 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2005.80 - Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata) kg 2005.80 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
- Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables :
35% or
2005.91 -- Bamboo shoots kg 2005.91 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2005.99 -- Other kg 2005.99 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained,
20.06 2006.00 2006.00
glace or crystallised) :
35% or
2006.00.10 --- Processed fruits kg 2006.00.10 23.8% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2006.00.90 --- Other kg 2006.00.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut puree and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by
20.07
cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.
- Other :
35% or
2007.91 -- Citrus fruit kg 2007.91 23.8% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2007.99 -- Other kg 2007.99 23.8% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or
20.08 not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified
or included.
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
2008.30.10 --- Citrus (bitter orange) pulp in bulk packaging of 210 kg or more kg 2008.30.10 Free 23.8% 30% 12% 5% 2%
35% or
2008.30.90 --- Other kg 2008.30.90 Free 23.8% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2008.40 - Pears kg 2008.40 23.8% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
2008.50 - Apricots : 2008.50
2008.50.10 --- Apricots pulp in bulk packaging of 220 kg or more kg 2008.50.10 Free 23.8% 30% 12% 5% 2%
35% or
2008.50.90 --- Other kg 2008.50.90 Free 23.8% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2008.60 - Cherries kg 2008.60 Free 23.8% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2008.70 - Peaches, including nectarines kg 2008.70 Free 23.8% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2008.80 - Strawberries kg 2008.80 Free 23.8% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
- Other, including mixtures other than those of subheading 2008.19 :
35% or
2008.91 -- Palm hearts kg 2008.91 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
@@@ 2008.92 -- Mixtures kg 2008.92 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
35% or
2008.93 -- Cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Vaccinium vitis-idaea) kg 2008.93 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2008.97 -- Mixtures kg 2008.97 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
2008.99 -- Other : 2008.99
35% or
2008.99.10 --- Mangoes pulp in bulk packaging of 3 kg or more kg 2008.99.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2008.99.90 --- Other kg 2008.99.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not
20.09 containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening
matter.
- Orange juice :
2009.11 -- Frozen : 2009.11
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
2009.11.10 --- Of a Brix value of 60 or more, in bulk packaging of 270 kg or more kg 2009.11.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
35% or
2009.11.90 --- Other kg 2009.11.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2009.12 -- Not frozen, of a Brix value not exceeding 20 kg 2009.12 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2009.19 -- Other kg 2009.19 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
- Grapefruit (including pomelo) juice:
35% or
2009.21 -- Of a Brix value not exceeding 20 kg 2009.21 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2009.29 -- Other kg 2009.29 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
- Juice of any other single citrus fruit :
35% or
2009.31 -- Of a Brix value not exceeding 20 kg 2009.31 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2009.39 -- Other kg 2009.39 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
- Pineapple juice :
35% or
2009.41 -- Of a Brix value not exceeding 20 kg 2009.41 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2009.49 -- Other kg 2009.49 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2009.50 - Tomato juice kg 2009.50 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
- Grape juice (including grape must) :
35% or
2009.61 -- Of a Brix value not exceeding 30 kg 2009.61 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2009.69 -- Other kg 2009.69 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
- Apple juice :
35% or
2009.71 -- Of a Brix value not exceeding 20 kg 2009.71 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2009.79 -- Other kg 2009.79 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
@@@ 2009.80 - Juice of any other single fruit or vegetable : 2009.80
35% or
@@@ 2009.80.10 --- Passion kg 2009.80.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
35% or
@@@ 2009.80.90 --- Other kg 2009.80.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
- Juice of any other single fruit or vegetable :
Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium oxycoccos,Vaccinium vitis-idaea) 35% or
2009.81 -- kg 2009.81 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
juice per kg
2009.89 -- Other 2009.89
35% or
2009.89.10 --- Passion kg 2009.89.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2009.89.90 --- Other kg 2009.89.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
35% or
2009.90 - Mixtures of juices kg 2009.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
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Chapter 21
2.- Extracts of the substitutes referred to in Note 1 (b) above are to be classified in heading 21.01.
Miscellaneous edible preparations
Notes. 3.- For the purposes of heading 21.04, the expression “homogenised composite food preparations” means preparations consisting
of a finely homogenised mixture of two or more basic ingredients such as meat, fish, , vegetables or fruit vegetables, fruit or
1.- This Chapter does not cover : nuts, put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For
(a) Mixed vegetables of heading 07.12; the application of this definition, no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may be added to the
(b) Roasted coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion (heading 09.01); mixture for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. Such preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of
(c) Flavoured tea (heading 09.02); ingredients.
(d) Spices or other products of headings 09.04 to 09.10;
(e) Food preparations, other than the products described in heading 21.03 or 21.04, containing more than 20 % by weight of
sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof
(Chapter 16);
(f) Yeast put up as a medicament or other products of heading 30.03 or 30.04; or
(g) Prepared enzymes of heading 35.07.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or mate and preparations with a basis
21.01 of these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or mate; roasted chicory and other roasted
coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof.
Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, and preparations with a basis of these
-
extracts, essences or concentrates, or with a basis of coffee :
2101.11 -- Extracts, essences and concentrates kg 2101.11 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 15%
Preparations with a basis of extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of
2101.12 -- kg 2101.12 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 15%
coffee
Extracts, essences and concentrates, of tea or mate, and preparations with a basis of
2101.20 - 2101.20
these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of tea or mate :
--- Instant tea , certified by Sri Lanka Tea Board as wholly of Sri Lankan origin:
2101.20.11 ---- In immediate packing of a content not exceeding 4g kg 2101.20.11 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 15%
2101.20.12 ---- In immediate packing of a content exceeding 4g, but not exceeding 1kg kg 2101.20.12 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 15%
2101.20.13 ---- In immediate packing of a content exceeding 1Kg, but not exceeding 3 Kg kg 2101.20.13 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 15%
2101.20.92 ---- In immediate packing of a content exceeding 4g, but not exceeding 1kg kg 2101.20.92 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 15%
2101.20.93 ---- In immediate packing of a content exceeding 1Kg, but not exceeding 3 Kg kg 2101.20.93 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 15%
2101.20.99 ---- Other kg 2101.20.99 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 15%
Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and
2101.30 - kg 2101.30 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 15%
concentrates thereof
Yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell micro-organisms, dead (but not including
21.02
vaccines of heading 30.02); prepared baking powders.
2102.20 - Inactive yeasts; other single-cell micro-organisms, dead kg 2102.20 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2102.30 - Prepared baking powders kg 2102.30 30% 12% 5% 2%
Sauces and preparations thereof; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard
21.03
flour and meal and prepared mustard.
30% or
2103.10 - Soya sauce kg 2103.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
30% or
2103.20 - Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces kg 2103.20 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
2103.30 - Mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard kg 2103.30 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
2103.90 - Other kg 2103.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
21.04 Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations.
30% or
2104.10 - Soups and broths and preparations therefor L kg 2104.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
2104.20 - Homogenised composite food preparations L kg 2104.20 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per kg
30% or
21.05 2105.00 Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa. kg 2105.00 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.100/=
per kg
2106.10.10 --- Soya bean flour, enriched with protein, for making Textured Vegetable Protein kg 2106.10.10 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
2106.10.90 --- Other kg 2106.10.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
2106.90 - Other : 2106.90
2106.90.20 --- Infants' foods other than milk foods approved by Director General of Health Service kg 2106.90.20 5% 12% 5% 2%
2106.90.43 ---- “Nutraceutical” preparations, approved by the Director General of Health Servises kg 2106.90.43 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 22
Beverages, spirits and vinegar
Notes. 2.- For the purposes of this Chapter and of Chapters 20 and 21, the "alcoholic strength by volume" shall be determined at a
temperature of 20 °C.
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
3.- For the purposes of heading 22.02, the term "non-alcoholic beverages" means beverages of an alcoholic strength by volume not
(a) Products of this Chapter (other than those of heading 22.09) prepared for culinary purposes and thereby rendered exceeding 0.5 % vol. Alcoholic beverages are classified in headings 22.03 to 22.06 or heading 22.08 as appropriate.
unsuitable for consumption as beverages (generally heading 21.03);
(b) Sea water (heading 25.01); Subheading Note.
(c) Distilled or conductivity water or water of similar purity (heading 28.53); 1.- For the purposes of subheading 2204.10, the expression "sparkling wine" means wine which, when kept at a temperature
(d) Acetic acid of a concentration exceeding 10 % by weight of acetic acid (heading 29.15); of 20 °C in closed containers, has an excess pressure of not less than 3 bars.
(e) Medicaments of heading 30.03 or 30.04; or
(f) Perfumery or toilet preparations (Chapter 33).
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing
22.01
added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow.
Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other
22.02 sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit
or vegetable juices of heading 20.09.
Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other 35% or
Rs.12/=
2202.10 - l 2202.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
sweetening matter or flavoured per l
per l
Rs.200/
22.03 2203.00 Beer made from malt. l 2203.00 = per l
12% 5% 2% 30%
Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading
22.04
20.09.
Rs.
2204.10 - Sparkling wine l 2204.10 200/= 12% 5% 2% 30%
per l
Other wine; grape must with fermentation prevented or arrested by the addition of
-
alcohol :
Rs
2204.21 -- In containers holding 2 l or less l 2204.21 200/=
12% 5% 2% 30%
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Rs.
2204.29 -- Other l 2204.29 200/= 12% 5% 2% 30%
per l
Rs
2204.30 - Other grape must l 2204.30 200/= 12% 5% 2% 30%
per l
22.05 Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or aromatic substances.
Rs
2205.10 - In containers holding 2 l or less l 2205.10 200/= 12% 5% 2% 30%
per l
Rs
2205.90 - Other l 2205.90 200/= 12% 5% 2% 30%
per l
Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry mead); mixtures of fermented Rs
22.06 2206.00 beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, not l 2206.00 200/= 12% 5% 2% 30%
per l
elsewhere specified or included.
Rs
2207.10 - Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol or higher L l 2207.10 250/= 12% 5% 2% 30%
per l
2207.20 - Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength : 2207.20
Rs
2207.20.10 --- Spirits denatured in accordance with regulations framed under the Excise Ordinance L l 2207.20.10 200/= 12% 5% 2% 30%
per l
Spirits citronella imported for testing citronella oil; industrial spirits imported for de-icing Rs
2207.20.20 --- L l 2207.20.20 200/= 12% 5% 2%
aircraft per l
Rs
2207.20.90 --- Other L l 2207.20.90 200/= 12% 5% 2% 30%
per l
Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80% vol;
22.08
spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages.
Rs.
2208.20 - Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc l 2208.20 1500/= 12% 5% 2% 45%
per l
Rs.
2208.30 - Whiskies l 2208.30 1500/= 12% 5% 2% 45%
per l
2208.40 - Rum and other spirits obtained by distilling fermented sugar-cane products : 2208.40
Rs. Rs.
2208.40.10 --- Rum l 2208.40.10 1463/= 1500/= 12% 5% 2% 45%
per l per l
Rs.
2208.40.90 --- Other l 2208.40.90 1500/= 12% 5% 2% 45%
per l
Rs.
2208.50 - Gin and Geneva l 2208.50 1500/= 12% 5% 2% 45%
per l
Rs.
2208.60 - Vodka l 2208.60 1500/= 12% 5% 2% 45%
per l
Rs.
2208.70 - Liqueurs and cordials l 2208.70 1500/= 12% 5% 2% 45%
per l
2208.90 - Other : 2208.90
Rs.
2208.90.10 --- Coconut base arrack l 2208.90.10 1500/= 12% 5% 2% 45%
per l
Rs.
2208.90.90 --- Other l 2208.90.90 1500/= 12% 5% 2% 45%
per l
35% or
22.09 2209.00 Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid. l 2209.00 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.80/=
per l
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Chapter 23
Residues and waste from the food industries;
prepared animal fodder
Note.
1.- Heading 23.09 includes products of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included, obtained by processing
vegetable or animal materials to such an extent that they have lost the essential characteristics of the original material, other
than vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products of such processing.
Subheading Note.
1.- For the purposes of subheading 2306.41, the expression "low erucic acid rape or colza seeds" means seeds as defined in
Subheading Note 1 to Chapter 12.
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Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or
23.01
other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves.
2301.10 - Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal; greaves L kg 2301.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Flours, meals and pellets, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic
2301.20 - kg 2301.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
invertebrates
Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the
23.02
sifting, milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants.
Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse and other
23.03 waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the
form of pellets.
2303.10 - Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues kg 2303.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
2303.20 - Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture kg 2303.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
2303.30 - Brewing or distilling dregs and waste kg 2303.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets,
23.04 2304.00 kg 2304.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
resulting from the extraction of soyabean oil.
Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets,
23.05 2305.00 kg 2305.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
resulting from the extraction of ground-nut oil.
Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets,
23.06 resulting from the extraction of vegetable fats or oils, other than those of heading 23.04
or 23.05 (+).
2306.10 - Of cotton seeds kg 2306.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
2306.20 - Of linseed kg 2306.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
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2306.30 - Of sunflower seeds kg 2306.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
2306.50.20 --- Poonac kg 2306.50.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
2306.50.90 --- Other kg 2306.50.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
2306.60 - Of palm nuts or kernels kg 2306.60 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
2307.00.10 --- Wine lees L kg 2307.00.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products, whether
23.08 2308.00 or not in the form of pellets, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or kg 2308.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
included.
2309.10 - Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale L kg 2309.10 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
2309.90.10 --- Feed for aquaculture and aquarium industries other than prawn feed kg 2309.90.10 Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2309.90.20 --- Prawn feed kg 2309.90.20 Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
2309.90.30 --- Poultry feed L kg 2309.90.30 Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2309.90.90 --- Other L kg 2309.90.90 Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 24 Subheading Note.
Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
1.- For the purposes of subheading 2403.11, the expression “water pipe tobacco” means tobacco intended for smoking in a water
Note. pipe and which consists of a mixture of tobacco and glycerol, whether or not containing aromatic oils and extracts, molasses or
1.- This Chapter does not cover medicinal cigarettes (Chapter 30). sugar, and whether or not flavoured with fruit. However, tobacco-free products intended for smoking in a water pipe are
excluded from this subheading.
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kg net weight
2402.10 - Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containing tobacco kg 2402.10 12% 5% 2%
Rs. 20,000/= per Rs. 16,610/= per Rs. 12,100/= per Rs. 10,355/= per Rs. 5,722/= per
1000 cigarettes 1000 cigarettes 1000 cigarettes 1000 cigarettes 1000 cigarettes
2402.20.20 --- Cigarettes, each not exceeding 60 mm in length kg 2402.20.20 125% 12% 5% 2% 30%
2402.20.30 --- Cigarettes, each exceeding 60 mm but not exceeding 67 mm in length kg 2402.20.30 125% 12% 5% 2% 30%
2402.20.40 --- Cigarettes, each exceeding 67 mm but not exceeding 72 mm in length kg 2402.20.40 125% 12% 5% 2% 30%
2402.20.50 --- Cigarettes, each exceeding 72 mm but not exceeding 84 mm in length kg 2402.20.50 125% 12% 5% 2% 30%
2402.20.60 --- Cigarettes, each exceeding 84 mm in length kg 2402.20.60 125% 12% 5% 2% 30%
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@@@ 2403.10 - Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion : 2403.10
- Other :
2403.91 -- "Homogenized" or "reconstituted" tobacco : 2403.91
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Chapter 25 (e) Setts, curbstones or flagstones (heading 68.01); mosaic cubes or the like (heading 68.02); roofing, facing or damp
course slates (heading 68.03);
Salt; sulphur; earths and stone;
(f) Precious or semi-precious stones (heading 71.02 or 71.03);
plastering materials, lime and cement
(g) Cultured crystals (other than optical elements) weighing not less than 2.5 g each, of sodium chloride or of
Notes. magnesium oxide, of heading 38.24; optical elements of sodium chloride or of magnesium oxide (heading 90.01);
(h) Billiard chalks (heading 95.04); or
1.- Except where their context or Note 4 to this Chapter otherwise requires, the headings of this Chapter cover only products which (ij) Writing or drawing chalks or tailors' chalks (heading 96.09).
are in the crude state or which have been washed (even with chemical substances eliminating the impurities without changing
3.- Any products classifiable in heading 25.17 and any other heading of the Chapter are to be classified in heading 25.17.
the structure of the product), crushed, ground, powdered, levigated, sifted, screened, concentrated by flotation, magnetic
separation or other mechanical or physical processes (except crystallisation), but not products which have been roasted,
calcined, obtained by mixing or subjected to processing beyond that mentioned in each heading. 4.- Heading 25.30 applies, inter alia, to : vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpanded; earth colours, whether or not calcined
The products of this Chapter may contain an added anti-dusting agent, provided that such addition does not render the product or mixed together; natural micaceous iron oxides; meerschaum (whether or not in polished pieces); amber; agglomerated
particularly suitable for specific use rather than for general use. meerschaum and agglomerated amber, in plates, rods, sticks or similar forms, not worked after moulding; jet; strontianite
2.- This Chapter does not cover : (whether or not calcined), other than strontium oxide; broken pieces of pottery, brick or concrete.
(a) Sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur or colloidal sulphur (heading 28.02);
(b) Earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3 (heading 28.21);
(c) Medicaments or other products of Chapter 30;
(d) Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (Chapter 33);
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30% or
Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not Rs.20/=
25.01 2501.00 kg 2501.00 Rs.5/= 12% 5% 2%
in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water. per kg
per kg
25.02 2502.00 Unroasted iron pyrites. kg 2502.00 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal
25.03 2503.00 kg 2503.00 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
sulphur.
2504.10.10 --- Waste L kg 2504.10.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
2504.10.90 --- Other kg 2504.10.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
2504.90 - Other : 2504.90
2504.90.10 --- Waste L kg 2504.90.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
2504.90.90 --- Other kg 2504.90.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Natural sands of all kinds, whether or not coloured, other than metal bearing sands of
25.05
Chapter 26.
2505.10.90 --- Other kg 2505.10.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Quartz (other than natural sands); quartzite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely
25.06 cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square)
shape.
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2506.10.10 --- Raw vein quartz kg 2506.10.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
2506.10.90 --- Value added vein quartz kg 2506.10.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
2506.20 - Quartzite kg 2506.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
25.07 2507.00 Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined. kg 2507.00 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 68.06), and alusite, kyanite and
25.08
sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earths (+).
2510.10.10 --- Rock phosphate kg 2510.10.10 2.5% Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
2510.10.90 --- Other kg 2510.10.90 2.5% Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
2510.20.10 --- Rock phosphate kg 2510.20.10 2.5% Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Natural barium sulphate (barytes); natural barium carbonate (witherite), whether or not
25.11
calcined, other than barium oxide of heading 28.16.
2511.10 - Natural barium sulphate (barytes) kg 2511.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
2511.20 - Natural barium carbonate (witherite) kg 2511.20 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Siliceous fossil meals (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite and diatomite) and similar
25.12 2512.00 kg 2512.00 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
siliceous earths, whether or not calcined, of an apparent specific gravity of 1 or less.
Pumice stone; emery; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives,
25.13
whether or not heat-treated.
2513.20 - Emery, natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives kg 2513.20 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into
25.14 2514.00 2514.00
blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape :
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Granite, prophyry, basalt, sandstone and other monu-mental or building stone, whether
25.16 or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a
rectangular (including square) shape (+).
- Granite :
2516.11 -- Crude or roughly trimmed kg 2516.11 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including
2516.12 -- kg 2516.12 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
square) shape
2516.20 - Sandstone kg 2516.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
2516.90 - Other monumental or building stone kg 2516.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, of a kind commonly used for concrete
aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether
or not heat-treated; macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not
25.17
incorporating the materials cited in the first part of the heading; tarred macadam;
granules, chippings and powder, of stones of heading 25.15 or 25.16, whether or not
heat-treated.
Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, of a kind commonly used for concrete
2517.10 - aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint, whether kg 2517.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
or not heat-treated
Macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the
2517.20 - kg 2517.20 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
materials cited in subheading 2517.10
2517.30 - Tarred macadam kg 2517.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Granules, chippings and powder, of stones of heading 25.15 or 25.16, whether or not
-
heat-treated:
2517.41 -- Of marble kg 2517.41 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
2518.10 - Dolomite not calcined or sintered kg 2518.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
2518.20 - Calcined or sintered dolomite kg 2518.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
2518.30 - Dolomite ramming mix kg 2518.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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2519.10 - Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite) kg 2519.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
2520.10 - Gypsum; anhydrite kg 2520.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2520.20 - Plasters kg 2520.20 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the
25.21 2521.00 kg 2521.00 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
manufacture of lime or cement.
Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of
25.22
heading 28.25.
Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar
25.23
hyudraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers (+).
2523.10 - Cement clinkers kg 2523.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Portland cement :
2523.21 -- White cement, whether or not artificially coloured kg 2523.21 Free Free 5% 12% 5% 2% 8%
2523.29.10 --- Water-proof cement, boiler cement and similar compositions kg 2523.29.10 Free Free 5% 12% 5% 2% 8%
2523.29.20 --- Other portland cement imported in packings of 50 kg and below kg 2523.29.20 Free Free 5% 12% 5% 2% 8%
2523.29.30 --- Other portland cement imported in packings of over 50 kg or in bulk kg 2523.29.30 Free Free 5% 12% 5% 2% 8%
25.24 Asbestos.
2525.10 - Crude mica and mica rifted into sheets or splittings kg 2525.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
2525.20 - Mica powder kg 2525.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
2525.30 - Mica waste L kg 2525.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Natural steatite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise,
25.26
into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape; talc.
2526.10 - Not crushed, not powdered kg 2526.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
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2526.20 - Crushed or powdered kg 2526.20 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
[25.27]
Natural borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined), but not including
25.28
borates separated from natural brine; natural boric acid containing not more than 85%
@@@
of H3BO3. calculated on the dry weight.
@@@ 2528.10 - Natural sodium borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined) kg 2528.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2528.90 - Other kg 2528.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Natural borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined), but not including
25.28 2528.00 borates separated from natural brine; natural boric acid containing not more than 85% 2528.00
of H3BO3. calculated on the dry weight.
2528.00.10 - Natural sodium borates and concentrates thereof (whether or not calcined) kg 2528.00.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
2529.10.10 --- Waste L kg 2529.10.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
2529.10.90 --- Other kg 2529.10.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Fluorspar:
2529.21 -- Containing by weight 97% or less of calcium fluoride : 2529.21
2529.21.10 --- Waste L kg 2529.21.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
2529.21.90 --- Other kg 2529.21.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
2529.22 -- Containing by weight more than 97% of calcium fluoride kg 2529.22 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
2530.10 - Vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpanded kg 2530.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
2530.20 - Kieserite, epsomite (natural magnesium sulphates) kg 2530.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2530.90.90 --- Other kg 2530.90.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 26
Ores, slag and ash
Notes. 3.- Heading 26.20 applies only to :
1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Slag, ash and residues of a kind used in industry either for the extraction of metals or as a basis for the manufacture of
chemical compounds of metals, excluding ash and residues from the incineration of municipal waste (heading 26.21); and
(a) Slag or similar industrial waste prepared as macadam (heading 25.17);
(b) Slag, ash and residues containing arsenic, whether or not containing metals, of a kind used either for the extraction of
(b) Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite), whether or not calcined (heading 25.19);
arsenic or metals or for the manufacture of their chemical compounds.
(c) Sludges from the storage tanks of petroleum oils consisting mainly of such oils (heading 27.10);
(d) Basic slag of Chapter 31; Subheading Notes.
(e) Slag wool, rock wool or similar mineral wools (heading 68.06);
1.- For the purposes of subheading 2620.21, "leaded gasoline sludges and leaded anti-knock compound sludges" mean sludges
(f) Waste or scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal; other waste or scrap containing precious metal or
obtained from storage tanks of leaded gasoline and leaded anti-knock compounds (for example, tetraethyl lead), and consisting
precious metal compounds, of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal (heading 71.12); or
essentially of lead, lead compounds and iron oxide.
(g) Copper, nickel or cobalt mattes produced by any process of smelting (Section XV).
2.- Slag, ash and residues containing arsenic, mercury, thallium or their mixtures, of a kind used for the extraction of arsenic
2.- For the purposes of headings 26.01 to 26.17, the term "ores" means minerals of mineralogical species actually used in the or those metals or for the manufacture of their chemical compounds, are to be classified in subheading 2620.60.
metallurgical industry for the extraction of mercury, of the metals of heading 28.44 or of the metals of Section XIV or XV, even if
they are intended for non-metallurgical purposes. Headings 26.01 to 26.17 do not, however, include minerals which have been
submitted to processes not normal to the metallurgical industry.
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2601.20 - Roasted iron pyrites kg 2601.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
26.03 2603.00 Copper ores and concentrates. kg 2603.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
26.04 2604.00 Nickel ores and concentrates. kg 2604.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
26.05 2605.00 Cobalt ores and concentrates. kg 2605.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
26.06 2606.00 Aluminium ores and concentrates. kg 2606.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
26.07 2607.00 Lead ores and concentrates. kg 2607.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
26.08 2608.00 Zinc ores and concentrates. kg 2608.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
26.09 2609.00 Tin ores and concentrates. kg 2609.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
26.10 2610.00 Chromium ores and concentrates. kg 2610.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
26.11 2611.00 Tungsten ores and concentrates. kg 2611.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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2612.10 - Uranium ores and concentrates L kg 2612.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2612.20 - Thorium ores and concentrates L kg 2612.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2614.00.10 --- Ilmanite kg 2614.00.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2614.00.20 --- Rutile kg 2614.00.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2614.00.90 --- Other kg 2614.00.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2615.10 - Zirconium ores and concentrates kg 2615.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2616.10 - Silver ores and concentrates kg 2616.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2617.10 - Antimony ores and concentrates kg 2617.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
26.18 2618.00 Granulated slag (slag sand) from the manufacture of iron or steel. L kg 2618.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Slag, dross (other than granulated slag), scalings and other waste from the manufacture
26.19 2619.00 L kg 2619.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
of iron or steel.
Slag, ash and residues (other than from the manufacture of iron or steel), containing
26.20
metals, arsenic or their compounds.
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2620.40 - Containing mainly aluminium L kg 2620.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Containing arsenic, mercury, thallium or their mixtures, of a kind used for the extraction
2620.60 - kg 2620.60 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
of arsenic or those metals or for the manufacture of their chemical compounds
- Other :
2620.91 -- Containing antimony, beryllium, cadmium, chromium or their mixtures kg 2620.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2620.99 -- Other : 2620.99
2620.99.10 --- Tantalum-bearing tin slags with less than 0.5% tin L kg 2620.99.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Slag from zinc production , chemically stabilized having a high iron content (above 20%)
2620.99.20 --- L kg 2620.99.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
and processed according to industrial specifications
2620.99.30 --- Spent catalysts containing transition metals and rare earth metals L kg 2620.99.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2620.99.90 --- Other L kg 2620.99.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Other slag and ash, including seaweed ash (kelp); ash and residues from the incineration
26.21
of municipal waste.
2621.10 - Ash and residues from the incineration of municipal waste L kg 2621.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2621.90.90 --- Other L kg 2621.90.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 27
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation;
bituminous substances; mineral waxes
Notes.
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
(a) Separate chemically defined organic compounds, other than pure methane and propane which are to be classified in Subheading Notes.
heading 27.11; 1.- For the purposes of subheading 2701.11, "anthracite" means coal having a volatile matter limit (on a dry, mineral-matter-free
(b) Medicaments of heading 30.03 or 30.04; or basis) not exceeding 14 %.
(c) Mixed unsaturated hydrocarbons of heading 33.01, 33.02 or 38.05.
2.- For the purposes of subheading 2701.12, "bituminous coal" means coal having a volatile matter limit (on a dry, mineral-matter-
2.- References in heading 27.10 to "petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals" include not only petroleum oils and free basis) exceeding 14 % and a calorific value limit (on a moist, mineral-matter-free basis) equal to or greater than 5,833
oils obtained from bituminous minerals but also similar oils, as well as those consisting mainly of mixed unsaturated kcal/kg.
hydrocarbons, obtained by any process, provided that the weight of the non-aromatic constituents exceeds that of the aromatic
constituents. 3.- For the purposes of subheadings 2707.10, 2707.20, 2707.30 and 2707.40 the terms "benzol (benzene)", "toluol (toluene)",
However, the references do not include liquid synthetic polyolefins of which less than 60 % by volume distils at 300 °C, after "xylol (xylenes)" and "naphthalene" apply to products which contain more than 50 % by weight of benzene, toluene, xylenes or
conversion to 1,013 millibars when a reduced-pressure distillation method is used (Chapter 39). naphthalene, respectively.
3.- For the purposes of heading 27.10, "waste oils" means waste containing mainly petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous 4.- For the purposes of subheading 2710.11 2710.12, “light oils and preparations” are those of which 90 % or more by volume
minerals (as described in Note 2 to this Chapter), whether or not mixed with water. These include : (including losses) distil at 210 °C (ASTM D 86 method).
(a) Such oils no longer fit for use as primary products (for example, used lubricating oils, used hydraulic oils and used 5.- For the purposes of the subheadings of heading 27.10, the term “biodiesel” means mono-alkyl esters of fatty acids of a kind
transformer oils);
used as a fuel, derived from animal or vegetable fats and oils whether or not used.
(b) Sludge oils from the storage tanks of petroleum oils, mainly containing such oils and a high concentration of additives
(for example, chemicals) used in the manufacture of the primary products; and
(c) Such oils in the form of emulsions in water or mixtures with water, such as those resulting from oil spills or storage tank
washings, or from the use of cutting oils for machining operations.
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27.01 Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal.
2701.20 - Briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal kg 2701.20 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2702.10 - Lignite, whether or not pulverized, but not agglomerated kg 2702.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
27.03 2703.00 Peat (including peat litter), whether or not agglomerated. kg 2703.00 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Coke and semi-coke of coal, of lignite or of peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort
27.04 2704.00 kg 2704.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
carbon.
Coal gas, water gas, producer gas and similar gases, other than petroleum gases and
27.05 2705.00 kg 2705.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
other gaseous hydrocarbons.
Tar distilled from coal, from lignite or from peat, and other mineral tars, whether or not
27.06 2706.00 kg 2706.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
dehydrated or partially distilled, including reconstituted tars.
27.07 Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar products in
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which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic
constituents.
2707.10 - Benzol (benzene) kg 2707.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2707.30 - Xylol (xylenes) kg 2707.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
27.08 Pitch and pitch coke, obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars.
2708.20 - Pitch coke kg 2708.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
27.09 2709.00 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude : 2709.00
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude;
preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or more of
27.10
petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic
constituents of the preparations; waste oils.
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude) and
preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or more of
@@@ -
petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic
constituents of the preparations, other than waste oils :
@@@ 2710.11 -- Light oils and preparations : 2710.11
@@@ 2710.19.10 --- Kerosene other than kerosene type jet fuel L kg 2710.19.10 Free Ex 5% Ex
@@@ 2710.19.30 --- Other medium oils and preparations L kg 2710.19.30 15% 12% 5% Ex
Rs.
Rs.15/
@@@ 2710.19.40 --- Gas oil / Diesel L kg 2710.19.40
= per l
Ex 5% Ex 2.50
per l
Narrow boiling range oils of distillation range not exceeding a span of 500 C and the
@@@ 2710.19.50 --- kg 2710.19.50 Free 12% 5% Ex
flash point above 700 C
@@@ 2710.19.60 --- Fuel oil L kg 2710.19.60 Free Ex 5% Ex
@@@ 2710.19.70 --- Lubricating oils (Base-oils) for the preparation of lubricants L kg 2710.19.70 15% 12% 5% Ex 6%
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2710.19.70 --- Lubricating oils (Base-oils) for the preparation of lubricants L kg 2710.19.70 15% 12% 5% Ex 6%
2710.19.80 --- Lubricants L kg 2710.19.80 30% 12% 5% Ex 6%
- Liquefied :
2711.11 -- Natural gas L kg 2711.11 Free 5% 12% 5% 2%
- In gaseous state :
2711.21 -- Natural gas L kg 2711.21 Free 5% 12% 5% 2%
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Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, micro-crystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite,
27.12 lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or
by other processes, whether or not coloured.
Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils
27.13
obtained from bituminous minerals.
- Petroleum coke :
2713.11 -- Not calcined kg 2713.11 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
2713.90 - Other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals kg 2713.90 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and
27.14
asphaltic rocks (+).
2714.10 - Bituminous or oil shale and tar sands kg 2714.10 Free Free Ex Ex Ex
1000
27.16 2716.00 Electrical energy. (optional heading) kWh
2716.00 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 28
Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds (f) Precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) or dust or powder of such stones (headings 71.02
of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, to 71.05), or precious metals or precious metal alloys of Chapter 71;
of radioactive elements or of isotopes (g) The metals, whether or not pure, metal alloys or cermets, including sintered metal carbides (metal carbides sintered with
Notes. a metal), of Section XV; or
1.- Except where the context otherwise requires, the headings of this Chapter apply only to : (h) Optical elements, for example, of the halides of the alkali or alkaline-earth metals (heading 90.01).
(a) Separate chemical elements and separate chemically defined compounds, whether or not containing impurities; 4.- Chemically defined complex acids consisting of a non-metal acid of sub-Chapter II and a metal acid of sub-Chapter IV are to be
(b) The products mentioned in (a) above dissolved in water; classified in heading 28.11.
(c) The products mentioned in (a) above dissolved in other solvents provided that the solution constitutes a normal and 5.- Headings 28.26 to 28.42 apply only to metal or ammonium salts or peroxysalts.
necessary method of putting up these products adopted solely for reasons of safety or for transport and that the solvent Except where the context otherwise requires, double or complex salts are to be classified in heading 28.42.
does not render the product particularly suitable for specific use rather than for general use;
(d) The products mentioned in (a), (b) or (c) above with an added stabiliser (including an anti-caking agent) necessary for their 6.- Heading 28.44 applies only to :
preservation or transport; (a) Technetium (atomic No. 43), promethium (atomic No. 61), polonium (atomic No. 84) and all elements with an atomic
(e) The products mentioned in (a), (b), (c) or (d) above with an added anti-dusting agent or a colouring substance added to number greater than 84;
facilitate their identification or for safety reasons, provided that the additions do not render the product particularly suitable (b) Natural or artificial radioactive isotopes (including those of the precious metals or of the base metals of Sections XIV and
for specific use rather than for general use. XV), whether or not mixed together;
2.- In addition to dithionites and sulphoxylates, stabilised with organic substances (heading 28.31), carbonates and peroxocarbonates (c) Compounds, inorganic or organic, of these elements or isotopes, whether or not chemically defined, whether or not
of inorganic bases (heading 28.36),cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides of inorganic bases (heading 28.37), fulminates, mixed together;
cyanates and thiocyanates, of inorganic bases (heading 28.42), organic products included in headings 28.43 to 28.46 and 28.52 (d) Alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements or isotopes or
and carbides (heading 28.49), only the following compounds of carbon are to be classified in this Chapter : inorganic or organic compounds thereof and having a specific radioactivity exceeding 74 Bq/g (0.002 muCi/g);
(e) Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors;
(a) Oxides of carbon, hydrogen cyanide and fulminic, isocyanic, thiocyanic and other simple or complex cyanogen acids (f) Radioactive residues whether or not usable.
(heading 28.11);
(b) Halide oxides of carbon (heading 28.12); The term "isotopes", for the purposes of this Note and of the wording of headings 28.44 and 28.45, refers to :
(c) Carbon disulphide (heading 28.13); - individual nuclides, excluding, however, those existing in nature in the monoisotopic state;
(d) Thiocarbonates,selenocarbonates,tellurocarbonates,selenocyanates,tellurocyanates,tetrathio-cyanatodiamminochromates - mixtures of isotopes of one and the same element, enriched in one or several of the said isotopes, that is, elements of
(reineckates) and other complex cyanates, of inorganic bases (heading 28.42); which the natural isotopic composition has been artificially modified.
(e) Hydrogen peroxide, solidified with urea (heading 28.47), carbon oxysulphide, thiocarbonyl halides, cyanogen, cyanogen
halides and cyanamide and its metal derivatives (heading 28.53) other than calcium cyanamide, whether or not pure 7.- Heading 28.48 includes copper phosphide (phosphor copper) containing more than 15 % by weight of phosphorus.
(Chapter 31). 8.- Chemical elements (for example, silicon and selenium) doped for use in electronics are to be classified in this Chapter, provided
3.- Subject to the provisions of Note 1 to Section VI, this Chapter does not cover : that they are in forms unworked as drawn, or in the form of cylinders or rods. When cut in the form of discs, wafers or similar
forms, they fall in heading 38.18.
(a) Sodium chloride or magnesium oxide, whether or not pure, or other products of Section V;
(b) Organo-inorganic compounds other than those mentioned in Note 2 above;
(c) Products mentioned in Note 2, 3, 4 or 5 to Chapter 31; Subheading Note.
(d) Inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, of heading 32.06; glass frit and other glass in the form of powder,
granules or flakes, of heading 32.07;
1.- For the purposes of subheading 2852.10, the expression “chemically defined” means all organic or inorganic compounds of
(e) Artificial graphite (heading 38.01); products put up as charges for fire-extinguishers or put up in fire-extinguishing grenades,
of heading 38.13; ink removers put up in packings for retail sale, of heading 38.24; cultured crystals (other than optical mercury meeting the requirements of paragraphs (a) to (e) of Note 1 to Chapter 28 or paragraphs (a) to (h) of Note 1 to
elements) weighing not less than 2.5 g each, of the halides of the alkali or alkaline-earth metals, of heading 38.24; Chapter 29.
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28.02 2802.00 Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur. kg 2802.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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28.03 2803.00 Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included. kg 2803.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Rare gases :
2804.21 -- Argon m3 2804.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2804.50.90 --- Other kg 2804.50.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Silicon :
2804.61 -- Containing by weight not less than 99.99% of silicon kg 2804.61 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Alkali or alkaline-earth metals; rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not
28.05
intermixed or interalloyed; mercury.
2806.10 - Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid) L kg 2806.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2806.20 - Chlorosulphuric acid kg 2806.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
28.07 2807.00 Sulphuric acid; oleum. L kg 2807.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
28.08 2808.00 Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids. kg 2808.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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2809.10 - Diphosphorus pentaoxide kg 2809.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2809.20 - Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids kg 2809.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
28.10 2810.00 Oxides of boron; boric acids. kg 2810.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
28.11 Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals.
2811.19.90 --- Other kg 2811.19.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2812.10.20 --- Phosphorous oxychloride (phosphoric trichloride) L kg 2812.10.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2812.10.30 --- Phosphorous pentachloride (pentachlorophosphorane) L kg 2812.10.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2812.10.40 --- Phosphorous trichloride L kg 2812.10.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2812.10.50 --- Sulphur dichloride L kg 2812.10.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2812.10.60 --- Sulphur monochloride (disulphur dichloride) L kg 2812.10.60 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2812.10.70 --- Thionyl chloride (thionyl dichloride) L kg 2812.10.70 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2812.10.90 --- Other kg 2812.10.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2813.10 - Carbon disulphide kg 2813.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2814.10 - Anhydrous ammonia kg 2814.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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2814.20 - Ammonia in aqueous solution kg 2814.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2815.12 -- In aqueous solution (soda lye or liquid soda) kg 2815.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2815.20 - Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) kg 2815.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2815.30 - Peroxides of sodium or potassium kg 2815.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2816.10 - Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium kg 2816.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2816.40 - Oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium kg 2816.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
28.17 2817.00 Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide. kg 2817.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2818.10 - Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined kg 2818.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2818.20 - Aluminium oxide, other than artificial corundum kg 2818.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2818.30 - Aluminium hydroxide kg 2818.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2819.10 - Chromium trioxide kg 2819.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2820.10 - Manganese dioxide kg 2820.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70% or more by weight of
28.21
combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3.
2821.10 - Iron oxides and hydroxides kg 2821.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2821.20 - Earth colours kg 2821.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
28.22 2822.00 Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides. kg 2822.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
28.23 2823.00 Titanium oxides. kg 2823.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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2824.10 - Lead monoxide (litharge, massicot) kg 2824.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other
28.25
metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides.
2825.10 - Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts L kg 2825.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2825.20 - Lithium oxide and hydroxide kg 2825.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2825.30 - Vanadium oxides and hydroxides kg 2825.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2825.40 - Nickel oxides and hydroxides kg 2825.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2825.50 - Copper oxides and hydroxides kg 2825.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2825.60 - Germanium oxides and zirconium dioxide kg 2825.60 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2825.70 - Molybdenum oxides and hydroxides kg 2825.70 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2825.80 - Antimony oxides kg 2825.80 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2825.90 - Other kg 2825.90 Free Free Free Free Free Con 5% 2%
- Fluorides :
2826.12 -- Of aluminium kg 2826.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides;
28.27
iodides and iodide oxides.
2827.10 - Ammonium chloride kg 2827.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2827.20 - Calcium chloride kg 2827.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other chlorides :
2827.31 -- Of magnesium kg 2827.31 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2828.10 - Commercial calcium hypochlorite and other calcium hypochlorites kg 2828.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
28.29 Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates.
- Chlorates :
2829.11 -- Of sodium L kg 2829.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2830.10 - Sodium sulphides kg 2830.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2832.10 - Sodium sulphites kg 2832.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2832.20 - Other sulphites kg 2832.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Sodium sulphates :
2833.11 -- Disodium sulphate kg 2833.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other sulphates :
2833.21 -- Of magnesium kg 2833.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2833.22 -- Of aluminium kg 2833.22 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2833.29.90 --- Other kg 2833.29.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2833.40 - Peroxosulphates (perulphates) kg 2833.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Nitrates :
2834.21 -- Of potassium L kg 2834.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2835.10 - Phosphinates (hypophosphites) and phosphonates (phosphites) kg 2835.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Phospates :
2835.22 -- Of mono- or disodium kg 2835.22 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2835.24 -- Of potassium kg 2835.24 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2835.25 -- Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate ("dicalcium phosphate") kg 2835.25 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2835.26 -- Other phosphates of calcium kg 2835.26 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Polyphosphates :
2835.31 -- Sodium triphosphates (sodium tripolyphosphate) kg 2835.31 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2836.20 - Disodium carbonate kg 2836.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2836.30 - Sodium hydrogencarbonate (sodium bicarbonate) kg 2836.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2836.40 - Potassium carbonates kg 2836.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2836.50 - Calcium carbonate kg 2836.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2836.60 - Barium carbonate kg 2836.60 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
2836.91 -- Lithium carbonates kg 2836.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2836.92 -- Strontium carbonate kg 2836.92 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2837.20 - Complex cyanides kg 2837.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
[28.38]
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- Of sodium :
2839.11 -- Sodium metasilicates kg 2839.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2840.20 - Other borates kg 2840.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2840.30 - Peroxoborates (perborates) kg 2840.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2841.30 - Sodium dichromate kg 2841.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2841.50 - Other chromates and dichromates; peroxochromates kg 2841.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2841.80 - Tungstates (wolframates) kg 2841.80 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2841.90 - Other kg 2841.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2842.90.20 --- Arsenites kg 2842.90.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2842.90.30 --- Fulminates, cyanates and thiocyanates L kg 2842.90.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2842.90.90 --- Other kg 2842.90.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
VI.- MISCELLANEOUS
2843.10 - Colloidal precious metals kg 2843.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
- Silver compounds :
2843.21 -- Silver nitrate kg 2843.21 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
2843.29 -- Other kg 2843.29 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
2843.90 - Other compounds; amalgams kg 2843.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
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Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile
28.44 chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues
containing these products.
Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic
2844.10 - L kg 2844.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds
Uranium enriched in U 235 and its compounds; plutonium and its compounds; alloys,
2844.20 - dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium L kg 2844.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
enriched in U 235, plutonium or compounds of these products
Uranium depleted in U 235 and its compounds; thorium and its compounds; alloys,
2844.30 - dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium L kg 2844.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
depleted in U 235, thorium or compounds of these products
Radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds other than those of subheading
2844.10, 2844.20 or 2844.30; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic
2844.40 - L kg 2844.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds; radioactive
residues
2844.50 - Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors L kg 2844.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Isotopes other than those of heading 28.44; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such
28.45
isotopes, whether or not chemically defined.
2845.10 - Heavy water (deuterium oxide) L kg 2845.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2846.10 - Cerium compounds kg 2846.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2846.90 - Other kg 2846.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
28.47 2847.00 Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea. kg 2847.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
28.48 2848.00 Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorus. kg 2848.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other
28.50 2850.00 L kg 2850.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
than compounds which are also carbides of heading 28.49.
[28.51]
28.52
2852.00 Compounds, inorganic or organic, of mercury, excluding amalgams. L kg 2852.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, whether or not chemically defined,
28.52
excluding amalgams.
2852.10 - Chemically defined L kg 2852.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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2853.00.90 --- Other kg 2853.00.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 29
5.- (A) The esters of acid-function organic compounds of sub-Chapters I to VII with organic compounds of these sub-Chapters
Organic chemicals are to be classified with that compound which is classified in the heading which occurs last in numerical order in these
Notes. sub-Chapters.
(B) Esters of ethyl alcohol with acid-function organic compounds of sub-Chapters I to VII are to be classified in the same
1.- Except where the context otherwise requires, the headings of this Chapter apply only to :
heading as the corresponding acid-function compounds.
(a) Separate chemically defined organic compounds, whether or not containing impurities; (C) Subject to Note 1 to Section VI and Note 2 to Chapter 28 :
(b) Mixtures of two or more isomers of the same organic compound (whether or not containing impurities), except mixtures of (1) Inorganic salts of organic compounds such as acid-, phenol- or enol-function compounds or organic bases, of
acyclic hydrocarbon isomers (other than stereoisomers), whether or not saturated (Chapter 27);
sub-Chapters I to X or heading 29.42, are to be classified in the heading appropriate to the organic compound;
(c) The products of headings 29.36 to 29.39 or the sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar esters, and their salts, of heading
(2) Salts formed between organic compounds of sub-Chapters I to X or heading 29.42 are to be classified in the
29.40, or the products of heading 29.41,whether or not chemically defined; heading appropriate to the base or to the acid (including phenol- or enol-function compounds) from which they
(d) The products mentioned in (a), (b) or (c) above dissolved in water;
are formed, whichever occurs last in numerical order in the Chapter; and
(e) The products mentioned in (a), (b) or (c) above dissolved in other solvents provided that the solution constitutes a normal and (3) Co-ordination compounds, other than products classifiable in sub-Chapter XI or heading 29.41, are to be
necessary method of putting up these products adopted solely for reasons of safety or for transport and that the solvent does
classified in the heading which occurs last in numerical order in Chapter 29, among those appropriate to the
not render the product particularly suitable for specific use rather than for general use;
fragments formed by “cleaving” of all metal bonds , other than metal –carbon bonds.
(f) The products mentioned in (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) above with an added stabiliser (including an anti-caking agent) necessary for
their preservation or transport; (D) Metal alcoholates are to be classified in the same heading as the corresponding alcohols except in the case of
(g) The products mentioned in (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) above with an added anti-dusting agent or a colouring or odoriferous ethanol (heading 29.05).
substance added to facilitate their identification or for safety reasons, provided that the additions do not render the product (E) Halides of carboxylic acids are to be classified in the same heading as the corresponding acids.
particularly suitable for specific use rather than for general use;
6.- The compounds of headings 29.30 and 29.31 are organic compounds the molecules of which contain, in addition to atoms of
(h) The following products, diluted to standard strengths, for the production of azo dyes : diazonium salts, couplers used for
hydrogen, oxygen or nitrogen, atoms of other non-metals or of metals (such as sulphur, arsenic or lead) directly linked to carbon
these salts and diazotisable amines and their salts. atoms.
2.- This Chapter does not cover :
Heading 29.30 (organo-sulphur compounds) and heading 29.31 (other organo-inorganic compounds) do not include
(a) Goods of heading 15.04 or crude glycerol of heading 15.20; sulphonated or halogenated derivatives (including compound derivatives) which, apart from hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen, only
(b) Ethyl alcohol (heading 22.07 or 22.08); have directly linked to carbon the atoms of sulphur or of a halogen which give them their nature of sulphonated or halogenated
(c) Methane or propane (heading 27.11); derivatives (or compound derivatives).
(d) The compounds of carbon mentioned in Note 2 to Chapter 28;
7.- Headings 29.32, 29.33 and 29.34 do not include epoxides with a three-membered ring, ketone peroxides, cyclic polymers of
(e) Immunological products of heading 30.02;
aldehydes or of thioaldehydes, anhydrides of polybasic carboxylic acids, cyclic esters of polyhydric alcohols or phenols with
(f) Urea (heading 31.02 or 31.05);
polybasic acids, or imides of polybasic acids.
(g) Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (heading 32.03), synthetic organic colouring matter, synthetic organic products
These provisions apply only when the ring-position hetero-atoms are those resulting solely from the cyclising function or
of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores (heading 32.04) or dyes or other colouring matter put up
functions here listed.
in forms or packings for retail sale (heading 32.12);
(h) Enzymes (heading 35.07); 8.- For the purposes of heading 29.37 :
(ij) Metaldehyde, hexamethylenetetramine or similar substances, put up in forms (for example, tablets, sticks or similar forms) for (a) the term "hormones" includes hormone-releasing or hormone-stimulating factors, hormone inhibitors and hormone
use as fuels, or liquid or liquefied-gas fuels in containers of a kind used for filling or refilling cigarette or similar lighters and of antagonists (anti-hormones);
a capacity not exceeding 300 cm3 (heading 36.06); (b) the expression "used primarily as hormones" applies not only to hormone derivatives and structural analogues used
(k) Products put up as charges for fire-extinguishers or put up in fire-extinguishing grenades, of heading 38.13; ink removers put primarily for their hormonal effect, but also to those derivatives and structural analogues used primarily as
up in packings for retail sale, of heading 38.24; or intermediates in the synthesis of products of this heading.
(l) Optical elements, for example, of ethylenediamine tartrate (heading 90.01).
Subheading Notes.
3.- Goods which could be included in two or more of the headings of this Chapter are to be classified in that one of those headings which
1.- Within any one heading of this Chapter, derivatives of a chemical compound (or group of chemical compounds) are to be
occurs last in numerical order. classified in the same subheading as that compound (or group of compounds) provided that they are not more specifically
4.- In headings 29.04 to 29.06, 29.08 to 29.11 and 29.13 to 29.20, any reference to halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated covered by any other subheading and that there is no residual subheading named "Other" in the series of subheadings
derivatives includes a reference to compound derivatives, such as sulphohalogenated, nitrohalogenated, nitrosulphonated or concerned.
nitrosulphohalogenated derivatives.
2.- Note 3 to Chapter 29 does not apply to the subheadings of this Chapter.
Nitro or nitroso groups are not to be taken as "nitrogen-functions" for the purpose of heading 29.29.
For the purposes of headings 29.11, 29.12, 29.14, 29.18 and 29.22, " oxygen-function " is to be restricted to the functions (the
characteristic organic oxygen-containing groups) referred to in headings 29.05 to 29.20.
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- Xylenes :
2902.41 -- o-Xylene kg 2902.41 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2902.42 -- m-Xylene kg 2902.42 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2902.43 -- p-Xylene kg 2902.43 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2902.44 -- Mixed xylene isomers kg 2902.44 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.12 -- Dichloromethane (methylene chloride) kg 2903.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.13 -- Chloroform (trichloromethane) kg 2903.13 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.14 -- Carbon tetrachloride L kg 2903.14 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.15 -- Ethylene dichloride (ISO) (1,2-dichloroethane) RC B kg 2903.15 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.19.90 --- Other kg 2903.19.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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2903.39.20 --- Etofenprox kg 2903.39.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.39.30 --- Prothiophos kg 2903.39.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.39.40 --- 1,1,3,3,3-Pentafluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl)-1-propene PCW L kg 2903.39.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.39.90 --- Other kg 2903.39.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Halogenated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons containing two or more different
@@@ -
halogens :
@@@ 2903.41 -- Trichlorofluoromethane L kg 2903.41 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.42 -- Dichlorodifluoromethane L kg 2903.42 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.43 -- Trichlorotrifluoroethanes L kg 2903.43 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.44 -- Dichlorotetrafluoroethanes and chloropentafluoroethane L kg 2903.44 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.45 -- Other derivatives perhalogenated only with fluorine and chlorine : 2903.45
@@@ 2903.45.10 --- Chlorotrifluoromethane L kg 2903.45.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.45.22 ---- Tetrachlorodifluoroethanes L kg 2903.45.22 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.45.32 ---- Hexachlorodifluoropropanes L kg 2903.45.32 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.45.33 ---- Pentachlorotrifluoropropanes L kg 2903.45.33 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.45.34 ---- Tetrachlorotetrafluoropropanes L kg 2903.45.34 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.45.35 ---- Trichloropentafluoropropanes L kg 2903.45.35 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.45.36 ---- Dichlorohexafluoropropanes L kg 2903.45.36 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.45.37 ---- Chloroheptafluoropropanes L kg 2903.45.37 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.45.90 --- Other L kg 2903.45.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.46 -- Bromochlorodifluoromethane, bromotrifluoromethane and dibromotetrafluoroethanes L kg 2903.46 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.47 -- Other perhalogenated derivatives L kg 2903.47 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.49.20 --- Dichlorotrifluoroethanes L kg 2903.49.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.49.30 --- Chlorotetafluoroethanes L kg 2903.49.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.49.40 --- Dichlorofluoroethanes L kg 2903.49.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.49.50 --- Chlorodifluoroethanes L kg 2903.49.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.49.60 --- Dichloropentafluoropropanes L kg 2903.49.60 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Other derivatives of methane, ethane or propane halogenated only with fluorine and
@@@ 2903.49.70 --- L kg 2903.49.70 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
chlorine
Derivatives of methane, ethane or propane halogenated only with fluorine and
@@@ 2903.49.80 --- L kg 2903.49.80 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
bromine
@@@ --- Other :
@@@ 2903.49.91 ---- Dibromochloropropane (DBCP) L kg 2903.49.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.49.99 ---- Other L kg 2903.49.99 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.52 -- Aldrin (ISO), chlordane (ISO) and heptachlor (ISO) kg 2903.52 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.59 -- Other kg 2903.59 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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@@@ 2903.69.20 --- Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) kg 2903.69.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.69.30 --- Polychlorinated terphenyls (PCT) kg 2903.69.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2903.69.90 --- Other kg 2903.69.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Halogenated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons containing two or more different
-
halogens :
2903.71 -- Chlorodifluoromethane MP L kg 2903.71 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.72 -- Dichlorotrifluoroethane MP L kg 2903.72 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.12 ---- Chloro-trifluoro-methane MP L kg 2903.77.13 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.13 ---- Dichloro-fluoro-methane MP L kg 2903.77.14 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.14 ---- Dichloro-difluoro-methane MP L kg 2903.77.15 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.15 ---- Trichloro-fluoro-methane MP L kg 2903.77.15 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Ethane perhalogenated with one or two chlorine atoms respectively, and one or more
---
fluorine atoms:
2903.77.21 ---- Chloro-fluoro-ethane MP L kg 2903.77.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.22 ---- Chloro-trifluoro-ethane MP L kg 2903.77.22 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.23 ---- Chloro-tetrafluoro-ethane MP L kg 2903.77.23 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.24 ---- Chloro-pentafluoro-ethane MP B kg 2903.77.24 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.25 ---- Dichloro-difluoro-ethane MP L kg 2903.77.25 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.26 ---- Dichloro-tetrafluoro-ethane MP B kg 2903.77.26 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Ethane perhalogenated with three or more chlorine atoms respectively, and one or
--- 2903.77.30
more fluorine atoms:
2903.77.31 ---- Trichloro-fluoro-ethane MP L kg 2903.77.31 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.32 ---- Trichloro-difluoro-ethane MP L kg 2903.77.32 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.33 ---- Trichloro-trifluoro-ethane MP B kg 2903.77.33 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.34 ---- Tetrachloro-fluoro-ethane MP L kg 2903.77.34 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.35 ---- Tetrachloro-difluoro-ethane MP L kg 2903.77.35 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.36 ---- Pentachloro-fluoro-ethane MP B kg 2903.77.36 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Propane perhalogenated only with one chlorine atom and one or more fluorine
---
atoms:
2903.77.41 ---- Chloro-fluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.41 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.42 ---- Chloro-difluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.42 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.43 ---- Chloro-trifluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.43 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.44 ---- Chloro-tetrafluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.44 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.45 ---- Chloro-pentafluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.45 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.46 ---- Chloro-hexafluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.46 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.47 ---- Chloro-heptafluoro-propane MP B kg 2903.77.47 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Propane perhalogenated only with two chlorine atoms and one or more fluorine
--- 2903.77.50
atoms:
2903.77.51 ---- Dichloro-fluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.51 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.52 ---- Dichloro-difluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.52 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.53 ---- Dichloro-trifluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.53 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.54 ---- Dichloro-tetrafluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.54 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.55 ---- Dichloro-hexafluoro-propane MP B kg 2903.77.55 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Propane perhalogenated only with three or four chlorine atoms respectively, and one
--- 2903.77.60
or more fluorine atoms:
2903.77.61 ---- Trichloro-fluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.61 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.62 ---- Trichloro-difluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.62 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.63 ---- Trichloro-trifluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.63 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.64 ---- Trichloro-tetrafluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.64 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.65 ---- Trichloro-pentafluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.65 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.66 ---- Tetrachloro-fluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.66 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.67 ---- Tetrachloro-difluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.67 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.68 ---- Tetrachloro-trifluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.68 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.69 ---- Tetrachloro-tetrafluoro-propane MP B kg 2903.77.69 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Propane perhalogenated only with five or more chlorine atoms respectively, and one
--- 2903.77.70
or more fluorine atoms:
2903.77.71 ---- Pentachloro-fluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.71 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.72 ---- Pentachloro-difluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.72 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.73 ---- Pentachloro-trifluoro-propane MP B kg 2903.77.73 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.74 ---- Hexachloro-fluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.74 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.75 ---- Hexachloro-difluoro-propane MP B kg 2903.77.75 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.77.76 ---- Heptachloro-fluoro-propane MP L kg 2903.77.76 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Other hydrocarbons with more than three carbon atoms, perhalogenated only with
2903.77.80 --- MP L kg 2903.77.80 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
chlorine and one or more fluorine atoms:
2903.78 -- Other perhalogenated derivatives 2903.78
--- Methane perhalogenated with bromine and chlorine only kg 2903.78.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.11 ---- Bromo-chloro-methane MP L kg 2903.78.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.12 ---- Bromo-dichloro -methane MP L kg 2903.78.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.13 ---- Bromo-trichloro -methane MP L kg 2903.78.13 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.14 ---- Dibromo-chloro-methane MP L kg 2903.78.14 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.15 ---- Dibromo-dichloro-methane MP L kg 2903.78.15 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.16 ---- Tribromo-chloro-methane MP L kg 2903.78.16 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
--- Ethane perhalogenated with one bromine atom and one or more chlorine atoms: 2903.78.20
2903.78.21 ---- Bromo-chloro-ethane MP L kg 2903.78.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.22 ---- Bromo-dichloro-ethane MP L kg 2903.78.22 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.23 ---- Bromo-trichloro-ethane MP L kg 2903.78.23 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.24 ---- Bromo-tetrachloro-ethane MP L kg 2903.78.24 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.25 ---- Bromo-pentachloro-ethane MP L kg 2903.78.25 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Ethane perhalogenated with two or more bromine atoms respectively, and one or
--- 2903.78.30
more chlorine atoms:
2903.78.31 ---- Dibromo-chloro-ethane MP L kg 2903.78.31 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.32 ---- Dibromo-dichloro-ethane MP L kg 2903.78.32 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.33 ---- Dibromo-trichloro-ethane MP L kg 2903.78.33 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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2903.78.34 ---- Dibromo-tetrachloro-ethane MP L kg 2903.78.34 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.35 ---- Tribromo-chloro-ethane MP L kg 2903.78.35 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.36 ---- Tribromo-dichloro-ethane MP L kg 2903.78.36 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.37 ---- Tribromo-trichloro-ethane MP L kg 2903.78.37 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Tetrabromo-chloro-ethane and
2903.78.38 ---- MP L kg 2903.78.38 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Tetrabromo-dichloro-ethane
2903.78.39 ---- Pentabromo-chloro-ethane MP L kg 2903.78.39 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
--- Propane perhalogenated with one bromine atom and one or more chlorine atoms: 2903.78.40
2903.78.41 ---- Bromo-chloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.41 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.42 ---- Bromo-dichloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.42 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.43 ---- Bromo-trichloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.43 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.44 ---- Bromo-tetrachloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.44 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.45 ---- Bromo-pentachloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.45 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.46 ---- Bromo-hexachloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.46 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.47 ---- Bromo-heptachloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.47 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
--- Propane perhalogenated with two bromine atoms and one or more chlorine atoms: 2903.78.50
2903.78.51 ---- Dibromo-chloro-propane (DBCP) MP L kg 2903.78.51 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.52 ---- Dibromo-dichloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.52 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.53 ---- Dibromo-trichloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.53 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.54 ---- Dibromo-tetrachloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.54 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.55 ---- Dibromo-pentachloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.55 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.56 ---- Dibromo-hexachloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.56 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Propane perhalogenated with three or four bromine atoms respectively, and one or
--- 2903.78.60
more chlorine atoms:
2903.78.61 ---- Tribromo-chloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.61 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.62 ---- Tribromo-dichloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.62 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.63 ---- Tribromo-trichloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.63 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.64 ---- Tribromo-tetrachloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.64 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.65 ---- Tribromo-pentachloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.65 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.66 ---- Ttetrabromo-chloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.66 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.67 ---- Tetrabromo-dichloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.67 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.68 ---- Tetrabromo-trichloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.68 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.69 ---- Tetrabromo-tetrachloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.69 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Propane perhalogenated with five or more bromine atoms respectively, and one or
--- more chlorine atoms: and other hydrocarbons containing four or more carbon atoms 2903.78.70
respectively, perhalogenated only with bromine and chlorine :
2903.78.71 ---- Pentabromo-chloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.71 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.72 ---- Pentabromo-dichloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.72 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.73 ---- Pentabromo-trichloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.73 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.74 ---- Hexabromo-chloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.74 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.75 ---- Hexabromo-dichloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.75 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.78.76 ---- Heptabromo-chloro-propane MP L kg 2903.78.76 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Other hydrocarbons containing four or more carbon atoms respectively,
2903.78.77 ---- L kg 2903.78.77 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
perhalogenated only with bromine and chlorine :
--- Other hydrocarbons perhalogenated only with bromine and fluorine : 2903.78.80
Derivatives of methane with one, two or three bromine atoms respectively, and one
2903.78.81 ---- or more fluorine atoms, the following : MP L kg 2903.78.81 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Bromo-fluoro-methane,
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Bromo-difluoro-methane,
Bromo-trifluoro-methane,
Dibromo-fluoro-methane,
Dibromo-difluoro-methane,
Tribromo-fluoro-methane.
Derivatives of ethane, with one bromine atom and one or more fluorine atoms,
namely:
Bromo-fluoro-ethane,
2903.78.82 ---- Bromo-difluoro-ethane, MP L kg 2903.78.82 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Bromo-trifluoro-ethane,
Bromo-tetrafluoro-ethane,
Bromo-pentafluoro-ethane.
Derivatives of ethane, with two bromine atoms and one or more fluorine atoms,
namely:
Dibromo-fluoro-ethane,
2903.78.83 ---- MP L kg 2903.78.83 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Dibromo-difluoro-ethane,
Dibromo-trifluoro-ethane,
Dibromo-tetrafluoro-ethane.
Other derivatives of ethane with three or more bromine atoms and one or more
fluorine atoms, namely:
Tribromo-fluoro-ethane,
Tribromo-difluoro-ethane,
2903.78.84 ---- MP L kg 2903.78.84 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Tribromo-trifluoro-ethane,
Tetrabromo-fluoro-ethane,
Tetrabromo-difluoro-ethane,
Pentabromo-fluoro-ethane.
Derivatives of propane, with one bromine atom and one or more fluorine atoms,
namely:
Bromo-fluoro-propane,
Bromo-difluoro-propane,
2903.78.85 ---- Bromo-trifluoro-propane, MP L kg 2903.78.85 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Bromo-tetrafluoro-propane,
Bromo-pentafluoro-propane,
Bromo-hexafluoro-propane,
Bromo-heptafluoro-propane.
Derivatives of propane, with two bromine atoms and one or more fluorine atoms,
namely:
Dibromo-fluoro-propane,
Dibromo-difluoro-propane,
2903.78.86 ---- MP L kg 2903.78.86 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Dibromo-trifluoro-propane,
Dibromo-tetrafluoro-propane,
Dibromo-pentafluoro-propane,
Dibromo-hexafluoro-propane.
Derivatives of propane, with three bromine atoms and one or more fluorine atoms,
namely:
Tribromo-fluoro-propane,
2903.78.87 ---- Tribromo-difluoro-propane, MP L kg 2903.78.87 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Tribromo-trifluoro-propane,
Tribromo-tetrafluoro-propane,
Tribromo-pentafluoro-propane.
Derivatives of propane, with four bromine atoms and one or more fluorine atoms,
namely:
Tetrabromo-fluoro-propane,
2903.78.88 ---- MP L kg 2903.78.88 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Tetrabromo-difluoro-propane,
Tetrabromo-trifluoro-propane,
Tetrabromo-tetrafluoro-propane,
Other derivatives of propane, with five or six bromine atoms respectively and one or
more fluorine atoms, namely:
Pentabromo-fluoro-propane,
2903.78.89 ---- Pentabromo-difluoro-propane, MP L kg 2903.78.89 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Pentabromo-trifluoro-propane,
Hexabromo-fluoro-propane,
Hexabromo-difluoro-propane,
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Heptabromo-fluoro-propane.
Other hydrocarbons containing four or more carbon atoms perhalogenated with
2903.78.90 --- L kg 2903.78.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
bromine and fluorine :
2903.89.20 --- Mirex SC L kg 2903.89.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.89.90 --- Other L kg 2903.89.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.99 -- Other
--- Phenyl derivatives
2903.99.11 ---- Hexabromo biphenyl (6BBP) L kg 2903.99.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.99.12 ---- Other Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) L kg 2903.99.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.99.13 ---- Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) SC B kg 2903.99.13 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.99.14 ---- Polychlorinated terphenyls (PCT) L kg 2903.99.14 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.99.19 ---- Other L kg 2903.99.19 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.99.20 --- Pentachloro benzene L Kg 2903.99.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2903.99.90 --- Other L Kg 2903.99.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2904.10 - Derivatives containing only sulpho groups, their salts and ethyl esters kg 2904.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2904.20 - Derivatives containing only nitro or only nitroso groups : 2904.20
2904.20.10 --- Nitrated derivatives of aromatic hydrocarbon L kg 2904.20.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2904.20.90 --- Other kg 2904.20.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2904.90 - Other : 2904.90
2904.90.10 --- Trichloronitromethane (chloropicrin) L kg 2904.90.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2904.90.20 --- Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid SC L kg 2904.90.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2904.90.30 --- Salts of Perfluorooctane Sulfonic acid SC L kg 2904.90.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2904.90.40 --- Perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride SC L kg 2904.90.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2904.90.90 --- Other kg 2904.90.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
29.05 Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
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2905.16 -- Octanol (octyl alcohol) and isomers thereof kg 2905.16 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Dodecan-1-ol (lauryl alcohol), hexadecan-1-o1 (cetyl alcohol) and octadecan-1-ol
2905.17 -- kg 2905.17 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
(stearyl alcohol)
2905.19 -- Other : 2905.19
2905.19.10 --- Pentanol (amyl alcohol)and isomers thereof kg 2905.19.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2905.19.90 --- Other kg 2905.19.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Diols :
2905.31 -- Ethylene glycol (ethanediol) kg 2905.31 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2905.32 -- Propylene glycol (propane-1,2-diol) kg 2905.32 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
29.06 Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
2906.12 -- Cyclohexanol, methylcyclohexanols and dimethylcyclo-hexanols kg 2906.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2906.13 -- Sterols and inositols kg 2906.13 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2906.19 -- Other kg 2906.19 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Aromatic :
2906.21 -- Benzyl alcohol kg 2906.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Monophenols :
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2907.11 -- Phenol (hydroxybenzene) and its salts kg 2907.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2907.12 -- Cresols and their salts kg 2907.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2907.13 -- Octylphenol, nonylphenol and their isomers; salts thereof kg 2907.13 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2907.15 -- Naphthols and their salts kg 2907.15 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2907.19 -- Other kg 2907.19 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Polyphenols; phenol-alcohols :
2907.21 -- Resorcinol and its salts kg 2907.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2907.22 -- Hydroquinone (quinol) and its salts kg 2907.22 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2907.23 -- 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol (bisphenol A, diphenylolpropane) and its salts kg 2907.23 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2907.29 -- Other kg 2907.29 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2908.19.90 --- Other L kg 2908.19.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
2908.91 -- Dinoseb (ISO) and its salts RC L kg 2908.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2908.92 -- 4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol (DNOC (ISO)) and its salts RC L kg 2908.92 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2908.99 -- Other : 2908.99
2908.99.10 --- Nitrated derivatives L kg 2908.99.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2908.99.90 --- Other kg 2908.99.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2909.19.90 --- Other kg 2909.19.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic ethers and their halogenated, sulphonated,
2909.20 - 2909.20
nitrated or nitrosated derivatives :
2909.20.10 --- Nitrated derivatives L kg 2909.20.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2909.20.90 --- Other kg 2909.20.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Aromatic ethers and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
2909.30 - 2909.30
:
2909.30.10 --- Nitrated derivatives L kg 2909.30.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
--- Other
2909.30.91 ---- Tetrabromo diphenyl ether SC L kg 2909.30.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2909.30.92 ---- Pentabromo diphenyl ether SC L kg 2909.30.92 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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2909.30.93 ---- Hexabromo diphenyl ether SC L kg 2909.30.93 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2909.30.94 ---- Heptabromo diphenyl ether SC L kg 2909.30.94 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2909.30.99 ---- Other kg 2909.30.99 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2909.41.90 --- Other kg 2909.41.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2909.44.90 --- Other kg 2909.44.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2909.49 -- Other : 2909.49
2909.49.10 --- Nitrated derivatives L kg 2909.49.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2909.49.90 --- Other kg 2909.49.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or
2909.50 - 2909.50
nitrosated derivatives :
2909.50.10 --- Nitrated derivatives L kg 2909.50.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2909.50.90 --- Other kg 2909.50.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, ketone peroxides and their halogenated,
2909.60 - 2909.60
sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives :
2909.60.10 --- Nitrated derivatives L kg 2909.60.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2909.60.90 --- Other kg 2909.60.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2910.10 - Oxirane (ethylene oxide) RC L kg 2910.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2010.20 - Methyloxirane (propylene oxide) L kg 2010.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2910.30 - 1-Chloro-2,3-epoxypropane (epichlorohydrin) L kg 2910.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
RC
2910.40 - Dieldrin (ISO, INN) SC
L kg 2910.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2910.90.90 --- Other kg 2910.90.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Acetals and hemiacetals, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their
29.11 2911.00 kg 2911.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of aldehydes;
29.12
paraformaldehyde.
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@@@ 2912.30 - Aldehyde-alcohols kg 2912.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2912.42 -- Ethylvanillin (3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde) kg 2912.42 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2912.50.90 --- Other kg 2912.50.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated,
29.14
sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
2914.22 -- Cyclohexanone and methylcyclohexanones kg 2914.22 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2914.23 -- Ionones and methylionones kg 2914.23 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2914.29.90 --- Other kg 2914.29.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2914.50 - Ketone-phenols and ketones with other oxygen function kg 2914.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Quinones :
2914.61 -- Anthraquinone kg 2914.61 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2914.70.90 --- Other kg 2914.70.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and
29.15
peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
2915.13 -- Esters of formic acid kg 2915.13 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2915.24 -- Acetic anhydride L kg 2915.24 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2915.29 -- Other kg 2915.29 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2915.32 -- Vinyl acetate kg 2915.32 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2915.33 -- n-Butyl acetate kg 2915.33 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2915.36 -- Dinoseb (ISO) acetate RC L kg 2915.36 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2915.39 -- Other kg 2915.39 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2915.40 - Mono-, di- or trichloroacetic acids, their salts and esters kg 2915.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2915.50 - Propionic acid, its salts and esters kg 2915.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2915.60 - Butanoic acids, pentanoic acids, their salts and esters kg 2915.60 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2915.70 - Palmitic acid, stearic acid, their salts and esters kg 2915.70 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2915.90 - Other kg 2915.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2916.12 -- Esters of acrylic acid kg 2916.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2916.13 -- Methacrylic acid and its salts kg 2916.13 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2916.14 -- Esters of methacrylic acid kg 2916.14 Free Free Free Free Free Con 5% 2%
2916.15 -- Oleic, linoleic or linolenic acids, their salts and estrs kg 2916.15 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2916.16 -- Binapacryl (ISO) L kg 2916.16 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2916.20.20 --- D-trans allethrin (Esbiothrin) kg 2916.20.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2916.20.30 --- Prallethrin (ETOC) kg 2916.20.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2916.20.40 --- Transfluthrin kg 2916.20.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2916.20.50 --- Permethrin kg 2916.20.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2916.20.90 --- Other kg 2916.20.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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2916.32 -- Benzoyl peroxide and benzoyl chloride kg 2916.32 Free Free Free Free Free Con 5% 2%
2916.34 -- Phenylacetic acid and its salts L kg 2916.34 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2916.35 -- Esters of phenylacetic acid kg 2916.35 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2916.36 -- Binapacryl (ISO) kg 2916.36 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2917.12 -- Adipic acid, its salts and esters kg 2917.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2917.13 -- Azelaic acid, sebacic acid, their salts and esters kg 2917.13 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2917.14 -- Maleic anhydride kg 2917.14 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2917.33 -- Dinonyl or didecyl orthophthalates kg 2917.33 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2917.34 -- Other esters of orthophthalic acid kg 2917.34 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2917.35 -- Phthalic anhydride kg 2917.35 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2917.36 -- Terephthalic acid and its salts kg 2917.36 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2917.37 -- Dimethyl terephthalate kg 2917.37 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides,
29.18 peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated
derivatives.
Carboxylic acids with alcohol function but without other oxygen function, their
-
anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives :
2918.11 -- Lactic acid, its salts and esters kg 2918.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2918.12 -- Tartaric acid kg 2918.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2918.13 -- Salts and esters of tartaric acid kg 2918.13 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2918.14 -- Citric acid kg 2918.14 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2918.15 -- Salts and esters of citric acid kg 2918.15 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2918.16 -- Gluconic acid, its salts and esters kg 2918.16 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2918.18 -- Chlorobenzilate (ISO) RC L kg 2918.18 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2918.19.90 --- Other kg 2918.19.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Carboxylic acids with phenol function but without other oxygen function, their
-
anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives :
2918.21 -- Salicylic acid and its salts kg 2918.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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2918.22 -- O-Acetylsalicylic acid, its salts and esters kg 2918.22 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2918.23 -- Other esters of salicylic acid and their salts kg 2918.23 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2918.29 -- Other kg 2918.29 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Carboxylic acids with aldehyde or ketone function but without other oxygen function,
2918.30 - kg 2918.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives
- Other :
2918.91 -- 2,4,5-T (ISO) (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid), its salts and esters L kg 2918.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2918.99 -- Other :
2918.99.10 --- (2,4-dichlorophenoxy) acetic acid (2,4-D) kg 2918.99.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2918.99.20 --- (4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy) acetic acid (MCPA) kg 2918.99.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2918.99.90 --- Other kg 2918.99.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
VIII.- ESTERS OF INORGANIC ACIDS OF NON-METALS AND THEIR SALTS, AND THEIR
HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES
2919.10 - Tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate RC L kg 2919.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2919.90.90 --- Other kg 2919.90.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Esters of other inorganic acids of non-metals (excluding esters of hydrogen halides) and
29.20
their salts; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.
2920.19.90 --- Other kg 2920.19.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2920.90.20 --- Triethyl phosphite L kg 2920.90.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2920.90.30 --- Diethyl phosphite L kg 2920.90.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2920.90.40 --- Dimethyl phosphite L kg 2920.90.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Endosulfan
2920.90.50 --- [6,7,8,9,10,10-Hexachloro-1,5,5a,6,9,9a-hexahydro- 6,9-methano-2,4,3- RC L kg 2920.90.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
benzodioxathiepine-3-oxide]
2920.90.90 --- Other kg 2920.90.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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2921.19.10 --- 2-(N,N-Diisopropylamino)ethyl chloride hydrochloride L kg 2921.19.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2921.19.20 --- 2-(N,N-Dimethylamino)ethyl chloride hydrochloride L kg 2921.19.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2921.19.30 --- 2-(N,N-Diethylamino)ethyl chloride hydrochloride L kg 2921.19.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2921.19.90 --- Other kg 2921.19.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2921.22 -- Hexamethylenediamine and its salts kg 2921.22 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2921.42 -- Aniline derivatives and their salts L kg 2921.42 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2921.43 -- Toluidines and their derivatives; salts thereof L kg 2921.43 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2921.44 -- Diphenylamine and its derivatives; salts thereof L kg 2921.44 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
1-Naphthylamine (alpha-naphthylamine), 2-naphthylamine (beta-naphthylamine) and
2921.45 -- L kg 2921.45 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
their derivatives; salts thereof
Amfetamine (INN), benzfetamine (INN), dexamfetamine (INN), etilamfetamine (INN),
2921.46 -- fencamfamin (INN), lefetamine (INN), levamfetamine (INN), mefenorex (INN) and L kg 2921.46 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
phenetermine (INN); salts thereof
2921.49 -- Other L kg 2921.49 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Amino-alcohols, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function,
-
their ethers and esters; salts thereof :
2922.11 -- Monoethanolamine and its salts kg 2922.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2922.12 -- Diethanolamine and its salts kg 2922.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2922.13.90 --- Other kg 2922.13.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2922.14 -- Dextropropoxyphene (INN) and its salts kg 2922.14 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2922.19 -- Other : 2922.19
2922.19.10 --- Methyldiethanolamine (2,2'-(methylimino)diethanol) L kg 2922.19.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2922.19.20 --- Ethyldiethanolamine (2,2'-(ethylimino)diethanol) L kg 2922.19.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2922.19.30 --- 2-(N,N-Diisopropylamino)ethanol L kg 2922.19.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2922.19.90 --- Other kg 2922.19.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Amino-naphthols and other amino-phenols, other than those containing more than
-
one kind of oxyen function, their ethers and esters; salts thereof :
2922.21 -- Aminohydroxynaphthalenesulphonic acids and their salts kg 2922.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2922.29 -- Other : 2922.29
2922.29.10 --- Anisidines, dianisidines, phenetidines, and their salts kg 2922.29.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2922.29.90 --- Other kg 2922.29.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Amino-aldehydes, amino-ketones and amino-quinones, other than those containing
-
more than one kind of oxygen function; salts thereof :
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2922.31 -- Amfepramone (INN), methadone (INN) and normethadone (INN) ; salts thereof kg 2922.31 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2922.39 -- Other kg 2922.39 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Amino-acids, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function, and
-
their esters; salts thereof :
2922.41 -- Lysine and its esters; salts thereof kg 2922.41 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2922.42 -- Glutamic acid and its salts kg 2922.42 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2922.43 -- Anthranilic acid and its salts L kg 2922.43 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2922.44 -- Tilidine (INN) and its salts kg 2922.44 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2923.10 - Choline and its salts kg 2923.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2923.20 - Lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids kg 2923.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2923.90 - Other kg 2923.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Acyclic amides (including acyclic carbamates) and their derivatives; salts thereof :
2924.11 -- Meprobamate (INN) L kg 2924.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2924.12 -- Fluoroacetamide (ISO), monocrotophos (ISO) and phosphamidon (ISO) RC L kg 2924.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Cyclic amides (including cyclic carbamates) and their derivatives; salts thereof :
2924.21 -- Ureines and their derivatives; salts thereof L kg 2924.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2924.23 -- 2-Acetamidobenzoic acid (N-acetylanthranilic acid) and its salts : 2924.23
2924.23.10 --- 2-Acetamidobenzoic acid (N-acetylanthranilic acid) L kg 2924.23.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2924.23.20 --- Salts of 2-Acetamidobenzoic acid (N-acetylanthranilic acid) L kg 2924.23.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2924.24 -- Ethinamate (INN) L kg 2924.24 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2924.29 -- Other : 2924.29
2924.29.10 --- Metalaxyl L kg 2924.29.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2924.29.20 --- Fenobucarb (2-sec-butylphenyl methylcarbamate) L kg 2924.29.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2924.29.30 --- Propanyl L kg 2924.29.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2924.29.40 --- Propoxur L kg 2924.29.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2924.29.50 --- Alachlor [2-chloro-N-(2,6-diethylphenyl)-N- methoxymethylacetamide)] L kg 2924.29.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2924.29.90 --- Other L kg 2924.29.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2925.12 -- Gluethimide (INN) kg 2925.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2925.19 -- Other kg 2925.19 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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29.27 2927.00 Diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds. kg 2927.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
29.28 2928.00 Organic derivatives of hydrazine or of hydroxylamine. kg 2928.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2930.20.90 --- Other kg 2930.20.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2930.30 - Thiuram mono-, di- or tetrasulphides kg 2930.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2930.50 - Captafol (ISO) and methamidophos (ISO) RC L kg 2930.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2930.90.30 --- Fenamiphos kg 2930.90.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2930.90.40 --- Fenthion kg 2930.90.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2930.90.50 --- Phenthoate kg 2930.90.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2930.90.60 --- 2-(N,N-Diethylamino)ethanethiol L kg 2930.90.60 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)sulphide and O,O-Diethyl S-2-diethylaminoethyl
2930.90.70 --- PCW L kg 2930.90.70 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
phosphorothiolate
2930.90.80 --- Aldicarb [2-methyl-2-(methylthio)propionaldehyde O-methylcarbamoyloxime] RC L kg 2930.90.80 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2930.90.90 --- Other kg 2930.90.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
29.31
2931.00 Other organo-inorganic compounds : 2931.00
@@@
@@@ 2931.00.10 --- Tributyl tin kg 2931.00.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2931.00.20 --- Triphenyl tin kg 2931.00.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2931.00.30 --- Organo-mercury compound kg 2931.00.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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@@@ 2931.00.40 --- Tetraethyl lead kg 2931.00.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2931.00.50 --- Tetramethyl lead kg 2931.00.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2931.00.60 --- Exolit OP 560 TP (phosphonic acid, methyl-, polyglycol ester) L kg 2931.00.60 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
(5-Ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinan-5-yl)methyl methyl
@@@ 2931.00.70 --- L kg 2931.00.70 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
methylphosphonate
Bis[(5-ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinan-5-yl)methyl]
@@@ 2931.00.80 --- L kg 2931.00.80 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
methylposphonate
@@@ --- Other :
@@@ 2931.00.91 ---- Butyl methylphosphinate L kg 2931.00.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2931.00.92 ---- Methylphosphonous dichloride L kg 2931.00.92 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2931.00.93 ---- Methylphosphonic dichloride L kg 2931.00.93 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2931.00.94 ---- 2,4,6-Tripropyl-1,3,5,2,4,6-trioxatriphosphinane 2,4,6-trioxide L kg 2931.00.94 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2931.00.95 ---- Dimethyl methylphosphonate L kg 2931.00.95 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2931.00.96 ---- Diethyl ethylphosphonate L kg 2931.00.96 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2931.00.97 ---- Sodium 3-(trihydroxysilyl)propyl methylphosphonate L kg 2931.00.97 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2931.00.99 ---- Other kg 2931.00.99 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2931.90.20 --- Organo-mercury compound L kg 2931.90.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2931.90.30 --- Exolit OP 560 TP (phosphonic acid, methyl-, polyglycol ester) L kg 2931.90.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
(5-Ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinan-5-yl)methyl methyl
2931.90.40 --- L kg 2931.90.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
methylphosphonate
Bis[(5-ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinan-5-yl)methyl]
2931.90.50 --- L kg 2931.90.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
methylposphonate
--- Other 2931.90.90
2931.90.91 ---- Butyl methylphosphinate L kg 2931.90.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2931.90.92 ---- Methylphosphonous dichloride L kg 2931.90.92 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2931.90.93 ---- Methylphosphonic dichloride L kg 2931.90.93 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2931.90.94 ---- 2,4,6-Tripropyl-1,3,5,2,4,6-trioxatriphosphinane 2,4,6-trioxide L kg 2931.90.94 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2931.90.95 ---- Dimethyl methylphosphonate PCW L kg 2931.90.95 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2931.90.96 ---- Diethyl ethylphosphonate L kg 2931.90.96 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2931.90.97 ---- Sodium 3-(trihydroxysilyl)propyl methylphosphonate L kg 2931.90.97 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2931.90.99 ---- Other kg 2931.90.99 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2932.12 -- 2-Furaldehyde (furfuraldehyde) kg 2932.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2932.13 -- Furfuryl alcohol and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol kg 2932.13 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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@@@ 2932.29.90 --- Other kg 2932.29.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2932.20.10 --- Coumatetralyl kg 2932.20.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2932.20.90 --- Other kg 2932.20.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
2932.91 -- Isosafrole L kg 2932.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2932.99.30 --- Polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF) SC L kg 2932.99.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2932.99.90 --- Other kg 2932.99.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2933.32 -- Piperidine and its salts L kg 2933.32 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Alfentanil (INN), anileridine (INN), bezitramide (INN), bromazepam (INN), difenoxin
(INN), diphenoxylate (INN), dipipanone (INN), fentanyl(INN), ketobemidone (INN),
2933.33 -- methylphenidate (INN), pentazocine (INN), pethidine (INN), pethidin (INN), kg 2933.33 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
intermediate A, phencyclindine (INN) (PCP), phenoperidine (INN), piprodrol (INN),
piritramide (INN), propiram (INN) and trimeperidine (INN); salts thereof
2933.39 -- Other : 2933.39
2933.39.10 --- Paraquat dichloride kg 2933.39.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2933.39.20 --- 3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate (1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl hydroxy(diphenyl)acetate) PCW L kg 2933.39.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2933.39.90 --- Other kg 2933.39.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Compounds containing in the structure a quinoline or isoquinoline ring-system
-
(whether or not hydrogenated), not further fused :
2933.41 -- Levorphanol (INN) and its salts kg 2933.41 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2933.49 -- Other kg 2933.49 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Compounds containing a pyrimidine ring (whether or not hydrogenated) or piperazine
-
ring in the structure :
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2933.52 -- Malonylurea (barbituric acid) and its salts L kg 2933.52 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Allobarbital (INN), amobarbital (INN), barbital (INN), butalbital (INN), butobarbital
2933.53 -- cyclobarbital (INN), methylphenobarbital (INN), pentobarbital (INN), phenobarbital L kg 2933.53 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
(INN), secbutabarbital (INN), secobarbital (INN), and vinylbital (INN); salts thereof
2933.54 -- Other derivatives of malonylurea (barbituric acid); salts thereof L kg 2933.54 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Loprazolam (INN), mecloqualone (INN), methaqualone (INN) and zipeprol (INN);
2933.55 -- kg 2933.55 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
salts thereof
2933.59 -- Other : 2933.59
2933.59.10 --- Diazinon kg 2933.59.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2933.59.90 --- Other kg 2933.59.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Compounds containing an unfused triazine ring (whether or not hydrogenated) in the
-
structure :
2933.61 -- Melamine kg 2933.61 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Lactams :
2933.71 -- 6-Hexanelactam (epsilon-caprolactam) kg 2933.71 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2933.72 -- Clobazam (INN) and methyprylon (INN) kg 2933.72 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2933.79 -- Other lactams kg 2933.79 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
Alprazolam (INN), camazepam (INN), chlordiazepoxide (INN), clonazepam (INN),
clorazepate, delorazepam (INN), diazepam (INN), estazolam (INN), ethyl loflazepate
(INN), fludiazepam (INN), flunitrazepam (INN), flurazepam (INN), halazepam (INN),
2933.91 -- lorazepam (INN), lormetazepam (INN), mazindol (INN), medazepam (INN), kg 2933.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
midazolam (INN), nimetazepam (INN), nitrazepam (INN), nordazepam (INN),
oxazepam (INN), pinazepam (INN), prazepam (INN), pyrovalerone (INN),
temazepam (INN), tetrazepam (INN) and triazolam (INN); salts thereof
2933.99 -- Other : 2933.99
2933.99.10 --- Bitertnol kg 2933.99.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2933.99.90 --- Other kg 2933.99.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; other heterocyclic
29.34
compounds.
29.35 2935.00 Sulphonamides. kg 2935.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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2936.25 -- Vitamin B6 and its derivatives kg 2936.25 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
2936.26 -- Vitamin B12 and its derivatives kg 2936.26 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
2936.27 -- Vitamin C and its derivatives kg 2936.27 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
2936.28 -- Vitamin E and its derivatives kg 2936.28 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
2936.29 -- Other vitamins and their derivatives kg 2936.29 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
2936.90 - Other, including natural concentrates kg 2936.90 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
2937.23 -- Oestrogens and progestogens kg 2937.23 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2937.29 -- Other kg 2937.29 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2937.39 -- Other kg 2937.39 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2937.40 - Amino-acid derivatives kg 2937.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, their derivatives and structural
2937.50 - kg 2937.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
analogues
2937.90 - Other kg 2937.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other
29.38
derivatives.
2938.10 - Rutoside (rutin) and its derivatives kg 2938.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2938.90 - Other kg 2938.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Vegetable alkaloids, natural or reproduce by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and
29.39
other derivatives.
2939.42 -- Pseudoephedrine (INN) and its salts L kg 2939.42 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2939.43 -- Cathine (INN) and its salts kg 2939.43 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2939.44 -- Norephedrine and its salts L kg 2939.44 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2939.49 -- Other kg 2939.49 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2939.49.10 --- Norephedrine and its salts L kg 2939.49.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 2939.49.90 --- Other kg 2939.49.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Theophylline and aminophyline (theophylline-ethyllenediamine) and their derivatives;
-
salts thereof :
2939.51 -- Fenetylline (INN) and its salts kg 2939.51 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2939.62 -- Ergotamine (INN) and its salts L kg 2939.62 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2939.63 -- Lysergic acid and its salts L kg 2939.63 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2939.69 -- Other kg 2939.69 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
Cocaine, ecgonine, levometamfetamine, metamfetamine (INN), metamfetamine
2939.91 -- kg 2939.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
racemate: salts, esters and other derivatives thereof
2939.99 -- Other kg 2939.99 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose;
29.40 2940.00 sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar ester and their salts, other than products of kg 2940.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
heading 29.37, 29.38 or 29.39.
2941.10 - Penicillins and their derivatives with a penicillanic acid structure; salts thereof kg 2941.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2941.20 - Streptomycins and their derivatives; salts thereof kg 2941.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2941.30 - Tetracyclines and their derivatives; salts thereof kg 2941.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2941.40 - Chloramphenicol and its derivatives; salts thereof kg 2941.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
2941.50 - Erythromycin and its derivatives; salts thereof kg 2941.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
29.42 2942.00 Other organic compounds. kg 2942.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Pharmaceutical products
Notes.
1. This Chapter does not cover :
4.- Heading 30.06 applies only to the following, which are to be classified in that heading and in no other heading of the
(a) Foods or beverages (such as dietetic, diabetic or fortified foods, food supplements, tonic beverages and mineral waters), Nomenclature :
other than nutritional preparations for intravenous administration (Section IV);
(b) Preparations, such as tablets, chewing gum or patches (transdermal systems), intended to assist smokers to stop smoking (a) Sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials (including sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarns) and sterile
(heading 21.06 or 38.24); tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure;
(c) Plasters specially calcined or finely ground for use in dentistry (heading 25.20); (b) Sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents;
(d) Aqueous distillates or aqueous solutions of essential oils, suitable for medicinal uses (heading 33.01); (c) Sterile absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics; sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers, whether or not
(e) Preparations of headings 33.03 to 33.07, even if they have therapeutic or prophylactic properties; absorbable;
(f) Soap or other products of heading 34.01 containing added medicaments; (d) Opacifying preparations for X-ray examinations and diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient, being
(g) Preparations with a basis of plaster for use in dentistry (heading 34.07); or unmixed products put up in measured doses or products consisting of two or more ingredients which have been mixed
(h) Blood albumin not prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses (heading 35.02). together for such uses;
(e) Blood-grouping reagents;
2.- For the purposes of heading 30.02, the expression "modified immunological products" applies only to monoclonal antibodies (f) Dental cements and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements;
(MABs), antibody fragments, antibody conjugates and antibody fragment conjugates. (g) First-aid boxes and kits;
(h) Chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading 29.37 or on spermicides;
2.- For the purposes of heading 30.02, the expression “immunological products” applies to peptides and proteins (other than goods (ij) Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for surgical
of heading 29.37) which are directly involved in the regulation of immunological processes, such as monoclonal antibodies operations or physical examinations or as a coupling agent between the body and medical instruments;
(MAB), antibody fragments, antibody conjugates and antibody fragment conjugates, interleukins, interferons (IFN), chemokines (k) Waste pharmaceuticals, that is, pharmaceutical products which are unfit for their original intended purpose due to, for
and certain tumor necrosis factors (TNF), growth factors (GF), hematopoietins and colony stimulating factors (CSF). example, expiry of shelf life; and
(l) Appliances identifiable for ostomy use, that is, colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy pouches cut to shape and their
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 : adhesive wafers or faceplates.
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Glands and other organs for organotherapeutic uses, dried, whether or not powdered;
extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions for organo-therapeutic uses;
30.01
heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances prepared for therapeutic or
prophylactic uses, not elsewhere specified or included.
3001.20 - Extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions L kg 3001.20 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses;
30.02 antisera and other blood fractions and modified immunological products, whether or not
@@@ obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-
organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products.
Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses;
antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or
30.02
obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-
organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products.
Antisera and other blood fractions and modified immunological products, whether or
@@@ 3002.10 - L kg 3002.10 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
not obtained by means of biotechnological processes
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Antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or
3002.10 - L kg 3002.10 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
obtained by means of biotechnological processes
3002.20 - Vaccines for human medicine L kg 3002.20 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
3002.30 - Vaccines for veterinary medicine L kg 3002.30 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
3004.32 -- Containing adrenal corticosteroid hormones, their derivatives or structural analogues L kg 3004.32 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
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Gen.
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Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings, adhesive
30.05 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.
Rs.75/=
3005.10 - Adhesive dressings and other articles having an adhesive layer kg 3005.10 15% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.75/=
3005.90 - Other kg 3005.90 15% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials (including sterile absorbable
surgical or dental yarns) and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure; sterile
3006.10 - L kg 3006.10 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
laminaria and sterile laminaria tents; sterile absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics;
sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers, whether or not absorbable
3006.20 - Blood-grouping reagents L kg 3006.20 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
Opacifying preparations for X-ray examinations; diagnostic reagents designed to be
3006.30 - L kg 3006.30 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
administered to the patient
3006.40 - Dental cement and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements kg 3006.40 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
3006.50 - First-aid boxes and kits kg 3006.50 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
Chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading
3006.60 - kg 3006.60 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
29.37 or on spermicides
Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for
3006.70 - parts of the body for surgical operations or physical examinations or as a coupling kg 3006.70 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
agent between the body and medical instruments
- Other :
3006.91 -- Appliances identifiable for ostomy use kg 3006.91 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
3006.92 -- Waste pharmaceuticals B kg 3006.92 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
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Chapter 31 3.- Heading 31.03 applies only to the following goods, provided that they are not put up in the forms or packages described in
heading 31.05 :
Fertilizers
(a) Goods which answer to one or other of the descriptions given below :
Notes.
(i) Basic slag;
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
(ii) Natural phosphates of heading 25.10, calcined or further heat-treated than for the removal of impurities;
(a) Animal blood of heading 05.11; (iii) Superphosphates (single, double or triple);
(b) Separate chemically defined compounds (other than those answering to the descriptions in Note 2 (a), 3 (a), 4 (a) or 5 (iv) Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate containing not less than 0.2 % by weight of fluorine calculated on the dry
below); or anhydrous product.
(c) Cultured potassium chloride crystals (other than optical elements) weighing not less than 2.5 g each, of heading 38.24;
(b) Fertilizers consisting of any of the goods described in (a) above mixed together, but with no account being taken of the
optical elements of potassium chloride (heading 90.01).
fluorine content limit.
2.- Heading 31.02 applies only to the following goods, provided that they are not put up in the forms or packages described in heading (c) Fertilizers consisting of any of the goods described in (a) or (b) above, but with no account being taken of the fluorine
31.05 : content limit, mixed with chalk, gypsum or other inorganic non-fertilizing substances.
(a) Goods which answer to one or other of the descriptions given below : 4.- Heading 31.04 applies only to the following goods, provided that they are not put up in the forms or packages described in
heading 31.05 :
(i) Sodium nitrate, whether or not pure;
(ii) Ammonium nitrate, whether or not pure; (a) Goods which answer to one or other of the descriptions given below :
(iii) Double salts, whether or not pure, of ammonium sulphate and ammonium nitrate;
(i) Crude natural potassium salts (for example, carnallite, kainite and sylvite);
(iv) Ammonium sulphate, whether or not pure;
(ii) Potassium chloride, whether or not pure, except as provided in Note 1 (c) above;
(v) Double salts (whether or not pure) or mixtures of calcium nitrate and ammonium nitrate;
(iii) Potassium sulphate, whether or not pure;
(vi) Double salts (whether or not pure) or mixtures of calcium nitrate and magnesium nitrate;
(iv) Magnesium potassium sulphate, whether or not pure.
(vii) Calcium cyanamide, whether or not pure or treated with oil;
(viii) Urea, whether or not pure. (b) Fertilizers consisting of any of the goods described in (a) above mixed together.
(b) Fertilizers consisting of any of the goods described in (a) above mixed together. 5.- Ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and diammonium hydrogen-orthophosphate (diammonium
(c) Fertilizers consisting of ammonium chloride or of any of the goods described in (a) or (b) above mixed with chalk, gypsum or phosphate), whether or not pure, and intermixtures thereof, are to be classified in heading 31.05.
other inorganic non-fertilizing substances.
6.- For the purposes of heading 31.05, the term "other fertilizers" applies only to products of a kind used as fertilizers and containing,
(d) Liquid fertilizers consisting of the goods of subparagraph (a) (ii) or (viii) above, or of mixtures of those goods, in an
as an essential constituent, at least one of the fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium.
aqueous or ammoniacal solution.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
3102.10 - Urea, whether or not in aqueous solution kg 3102.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% Ex
Ammonium sulphate; double salts and mixtures of ammonium sulphate and ammonium
-
nitrate :
3102.21 -- Ammonium sulphate kg 3102.21 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% Ex
3102.30 - Ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution kg 3102.30 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% Ex
Mixtures of ammonium nitrate with calcium carbonate or other inorganic non-fertilising
3102.40 - kg 3102.40 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% Ex
substances
3102.50 - Sodium nitrate kg 3102.50 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% Ex
3102.60 - Double salts and mixtures of calcium nitrate and ammonium nitrate kg 3102.60 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% Ex
3102.80 - Mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammoniacal solution kg 3102.80 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% Ex
3102.90 - Other, including mixtures not specified in the foregoing sub headings kg 3102.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% Ex
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HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen,
31.05 phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this Chapter in tablets or similar
forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg.
Goods of this Chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not
3105.10 - kg 3105.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% Ex
exceeding 10 kg
Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the three fertilising elements nitrogen,
3105.20 - kg 3105.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% Ex
phosphorus and potassium
3105.30 - Diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) kg 3105.30 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% Ex
Ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures
3105.40 - kg 3105.40 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% Ex
thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)
Other mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the two fertilising elements nitrogen and
-
phosphorus :
3105.51 -- Containing nitrates and phosphates kg 3105.51 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% Ex
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Chapter 32
Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter;
4.- Heading 32.08 includes solutions (other than collodions) consisting of any of the products specified in headings 39.01 to 39.13
paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks
in volatile organic solvents when the weight of the solvent exceeds 50 % of the weight of the solution.
Notes.
5.- The expression "colouring matter" in this Chapter does not include products of a kind used as extenders in oil paints, whether or
1.- This Chapter does not cover : not they are also suitable for colouring distempers.
(a) Separate chemically defined elements or compounds (except those of heading 32.03 or 32.04, inorganic products of a kind 6.- The expression "stamping foils" in heading 32.12 applies only to thin sheets of a kind used for printing, for example, book covers
used as luminophores (heading 32.06), glass obtained from fused quartz or other fused silica in the forms provided for in or hat bands, and consisting of :
heading 32.07, and also dyes and other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale, of heading 32.12);
(a) Metallic powder (including powder of precious metal) or pigment, agglomerated with glue, gelatin or other binder; or
(b) Tannates or other tannin derivatives of products of headings 29.36 to 29.39, 29.41 or 35.01 to 35.04; or
(b) Metal (including precious metal) or pigment, deposited on a supporting sheet of any material.
(c) Mastics of asphalt or other bituminous mastics (heading 27.15).
2.- Heading 32.04 includes mixtures of stabilised diazonium salts and couplers for the production of azo dyes.
3.- Headings 32.03, 32.04, 32.05 and 32.06 apply also to preparations based on colouring matter (including, in the case of heading
32.06, colouring pigments of heading 25.30 or Chapter 28, metal flakes and metal powders), of a kind used for colouring any
material or used as ingredients in the manufacture of colouring preparations. The headings do not apply, however, to pigments
dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints, including enamels (heading
32.12), or to other preparations of heading 32.07, 32.08, 32.09, 32.10, 32.12, 32.13 or 32.15.
Customs Duty
HS Preferential
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esters and other
32.01
derivatives.
3201.10 - Quebracho extract kg 3201.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3201.20 - Wattle extract kg 3201.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3201.90 - Other kg 3201.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3202.10 - Synthetic organic tanning substances kg 3202.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3202.90 - Other kg 3202.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (including dyeing extracts but excluding
32.03 3203.00 animal black), whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in Note 3 to kg 3203.00 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
this Chapter based on colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin.
3204.16 -- Reactive dyes and preparations based thereon kg 3204.16 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
3204.17 -- Pigments and preparations based thereon kg 3204.17 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Other, including mixtures of colouring matter of two or more of the subheadings
3204.19 -- kg 3204.19 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3204.11t 3204.19
3204.20 - Synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents kg 3204.20 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
32.05 3205.00 Colour lakes; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on colour lakes. kg 3205.00 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Other colouring matter; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter, other than
32.06 those of heading 32.03, 32.04 or 32.05; inorganic products of a kind used as
luminophores, whether or not chemically defined (+).
3206.42 -- Lithopone and other pigments and preparations based on zinc sulphide kg 3206.42 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3206.49 -- Other kg 3206.49 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3206.50 - Inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores kg 3206.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers and prepared colours, vitrifiable enamels and
glazes, engobes (slips), liquid lustres and similar preparations, of a kind used in the
32.07
ceramic, enamelling or glass industry; glass frit and other glass, in the form of powder,
granules or flakes.
3207.10 - Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers, prepared colours and similar preparations kg 3207.10 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3207.20 - Vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes (slips and similar preparations) kg 3207.20 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3207.30 - Liquid lustres and similar preparations kg 3207.30 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3207.40 - Glass frit and other glass, in the form of powder, granules or flakes kg 3207.40 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or
32.08 chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium;
solutions as defined in Note 4 to this Chapter.
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Customs Duty
HS Preferential
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or
32.09
chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium.
Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water
32.10 3210.00 3210.00
pigments of a kind used for finishing leather :
3210.00.10 --- Prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather kg 3210.00.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Rs.50/=
3210.00.20 --- Paints (including enamels) kg 3210.00.20 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.50/=
3210.00.90 --- Other kg 3210.00.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
32.11 3211.00 Prepared driers. kg 3211.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3212.10 - Stamping foils kg 3212.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3212.90 - Other : 3212.90
3212.90.10 --- Aluminium paste kg 3212.90.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Artists', students' or signboard painters' colours, modifying tints, amusement colour and
32.13
the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings.
3213.10 - Colours in sets kg 3213.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics;
32.14 painters' fillings; non-refractory surfacing preparations for facades, indoor walls, floors,
ceilings or the like.
Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; Rs.50/=
3214.10 - kg 3214.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
painters' fillings per kg
32.15 Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid.
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Customs Duty
HS Preferential
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
- Printing ink :
Rs.15/=
3215.11 -- Black kg 3215.11 15% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.15/=
3215.19 -- Other kg 3215.19 15% 12% 5% 2% per kg
3215.90 - Other : 3215.90
3215.90.10 --- Ink for ball point pens kg 3215.90.10 Free 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 33
Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery,
cosmetic or toilet preparations
Notes. 3.- Headings 33.03 to 33.07 apply, inter alia, to products, whether or not mixed (other than aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions
1.- This Chapter does not cover : of essential oils), suitable for use as goods of these headings and put up in packings of a kind sold by retail for such use.
(a) Natural oleoresins or vegetable extracts of heading 13.01 or 13.02; 4.- The expression "perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations" in heading 33.07 applies, inter alia, to the following products: scented
(b) Soap or other products of heading 34.01; or sachets; odoriferous preparations which operate by burning; perfumed papers and papers impregnated or coated with cosmetics;
(c) Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine or other products of heading 38.05. contact lens or artificial eye solutions; wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with perfume or cosmetics;
animal toilet preparations.
2.- The expression "odoriferous substances" in heading 33.02 refers only to the substances of heading 33.01, to odoriferous constituents
isolated from those substances or to synthetic aromatics.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
3301.90.20 --- Other, of citronella kg 3301.90.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3301.90.30 --- Other, of cinnamon leaf kg 3301.90.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3301.90.40 --- Other, of cinnamon bark kg 3301.90.40 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3301.90.50 --- Other, of clove kg 3301.90.50 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3301.90.60 --- Other, of eucalyptus kg 3301.90.60 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3301.90.70 --- Other, of lemongrass kg 3301.90.70 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3301.90.80 --- Other, of mace kg 3301.90.80 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
--- Other :
3301.90.91 ---- Of mustard kg 3301.90.91 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3301.90.92 ---- Of nutmeg kg 3301.90.92 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3301.90.93 ---- Of pepper kg 3301.90.93 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3301.90.94 ---- Of vanilla kg 3301.90.94 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3301.90.95 ---- Of cardamom kg 3301.90.95 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3301.90.96 ---- Of ginger kg 3301.90.96 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3301.90.99 ---- Other kg 3301.90.99 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
of beverages.
Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than
33.04 medicaments), including sunscreen or sun tan preparations; manicure or pedicure
preparations.
Rs.500/=
3304.10 - Lip make-up preparations kg 3304.10 27% 15% 15% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.500/=
3304.20 - Eye make-up preparations kg 3304.20 27% 15% 15% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.500/=
3304.30 - Manicure or pedicure preparations kg 3304.30 27% 15% 15% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
- Other :
Rs.500/=
3304.91 -- Powders, whether or not compressed kg 3304.91 27% 15% 15% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.500/=
3304.99 -- Other kg 3304.99 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.500/=
3305.10 - Shampoos kg 3305.10 27% 25.5% Free 25.2% 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.500/=
3305.20 - Preparations for permanent waving or straightening kg 3305.20 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.500/=
3305.30 - Hair lacquers kg 3305.30 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.500/=
3305.90 - Other kg 3305.90 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Preparations for oral or dental hygiene, including denture fixative pastes and powders;
33.06
yarn used to clean between the teeth (dental floss), in individual retail packages.
35% or
3306.10 - Dentifrices kg 3306.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.250/=
per kg
3306.20 - Yarn used to clean between the teeth (dental floss) kg 3306.20 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
35% or
3306.90 - Other kg 3306.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.250/=
per kg
Rs.500/=
3307.10 - Pre-shave, shaving or after-shave preparations kg 3307.10 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.500/=
3307.20 - Personal deodorants and antiperspirants kg 3307.20 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Rs.500/=
3307.30 - Perfumed bath salts and other bath preparations kg 3307.30 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Preparations for perfuming or deodorizing rooms, including odoriferous preparations
-
used during religious rites :
27%or 17.5% or 5%or 30% or
Rs.500/=
3307.41 -- "Agarbatti" and other odoriferous preparations which operate by burning kg 3307.41 Rs.72/= Free Free Rs.50/= Rs.14/= Rs.80/= 12% 5% 2% per kg
per kg per kg per kg per kg
Rs.500/=
3307.49 -- Other kg 3307.49 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
3307.90 - Other : 3307.90
Rs.500/=
3307.90.10 --- Contact lens solutions kg 3307.90.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.500/=
3307.90.90 --- Other kg 3307.90.90 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
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Chapter 34 3.- For the purposes of heading 34.02, "organic surface-active agents" are products which when mixed with water at a concentration
of 0.5% at 20 °C and left to stand for one hour at the same temperature :
Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes,
(a) Give a transparent or translucent liquid or stable emulsion without separation of insoluble matter; and
prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles,
(b) Reduce the surface tension of water to 4.5 x 10-2 N/m (45 dyne/cm) or less.
modeling pastes, “dental waxes” and dental preparations with a basis of plaster
Notes. 4.- In heading 34.03 the expression "petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals" applies to the products defined in
Note 2 to Chapter 27.
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
5.- In heading 34.04, subject to the exclusions provided below, the expression "artificial waxes and prepared waxes" applies only to :
(a) Edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils of a kind used as mould release preparations (heading
(a) Chemically produced organic products of a waxy character, whether or not water-soluble;
15.17);
(b) Products obtained by mixing different waxes;
(b) Separate chemically defined compounds; or
(c) Products of a waxy character with a basis of one or more waxes and containing fats, resins, mineral substances or other
(c) Shampoos, dentifrices, shaving creams and foams, or bath preparations, containing soap or other organic surface- active
materials.
agents (heading 33.05, 33.06 or 33.07).
The heading does not apply to :
2.- For the purposes of heading 34.01, the expression "soap" applies only to soap soluble in water. Soap and the other products of
(a) Products of heading 15.16, 34.02 or 38.23, even if having a waxy character;
heading 34.01 may contain added substances (for example, disinfectants, abrasive powders, fillers or medicaments). Products
(b) Unmixed animal waxes or unmixed vegetable waxes, whether or not refined or coloured, of heading 15.21;
containing abrasive powders remain classified in heading 34.01 only if in the form of bars, cakes or moulded pieces or shapes. In
(c) Mineral waxes or similar products of heading 27.12, whether or not intermixed or merely coloured; or
other forms they are to be classified in heading 34.05 as "scouring powders and similar preparations".
(d) Waxes mixed with, dispersed in or dissolved in a liquid medium (headings 34.05, 38.09, etc.).
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of
bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-
34.01 active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and
put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and
nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent.
Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes,
- moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated,
coated or covered with soap or detergent :
3401.11 -- For toilet use (including medicated products) : 3401.11
25% or
25% of
30%or
65% of
3401.11.10 --- In retail packaging of 500 g or less kg 3401.11.10 Rs.50/= 12% 5% 2% MRP or
per kg
Rs. 75/=
per kg
30%or 25% or
3401.11.90 --- Other kg 3401.11.90 Rs.50/= 12% 5% 2% Rs.75/=
per kg per kg
3401.19 -- Other : 3401.19
25% or
25% of
30%or
65% of
3401.19.10 --- In retail packaging of 500 g or less kg 3401.19.10 Rs.50/= 12% 5% 2% MRP or
per kg
Rs. 75/=
per kg
30%or 25% or
3401.19.90 --- Other kg 3401.19.90 Rs.50/= 12% 5% 2% Rs.75/=
per kg per kg
3401.20 - Soap in other forms : 3401.20
3401.20.10 --- Soap in the form of noodles (Soap noodles) kg 3401.20.10 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
25% or
3401.20.90 --- Other kg 3401.20.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.75/=
per kg
Organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of 25% or
3401.30 - kg 3401.30 25.17% 25.2% Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.75/=
liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap per kg
- Organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for the retail sale :
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
3402.11 -- Anionic kg 3402.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 2.5% 2%
3402.12 -- Cationic kg 3402.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 2.5% 2%
3402.13 -- Non-ionic kg 3402.13 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 2.5% 2%
3402.19 -- Other kg 3402.19 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 2.5% 2%
- Other :
3403.91 -- Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials kg 3403.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3404.20 - Of poly(oxyethylene) (polyethylene glycol) kg 3404.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring
pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper,
34.05
wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or
covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of heading 34.04.
15% or
3405.10 - Polishes, creams and similar preparations for footwear or leather kg 3405.10 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.30/=
per kg
Polishes, creams and similar preparations for the maintenance of wooden furniture, floors 15% or
3405.20 - kg 3405.20 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.30/=
or other woodwork per kg
15% or
3405.30 - Polishes and similar preparations for coachwork, other than metal polishes kg 3405.30 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.30/=
per kg
3405.40 - Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations : 3405.40
3405.40.10 --- Carborundum paste and grinding paste; Polishing compositions in the form of bars kg 3405.40.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
15% or
3405.40.90 --- Other kg 3405.40.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% Con 5% 2% Rs.30/=
per kg
15% or
3405.90 - Other kg 3405.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.30/=
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per kg
25% or
34.06 3406.00 Candles, tapers and the like. kg 3406.00 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
Modelling pastes, including those put up for children's amusement; preparations known
as "dental wax" or as "dental impression compounds", put up in sets, in packings for
34.07 3407.00 kg 3407.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes, sticks or similar forms; other preparations for
use in dentistry, with a basis of plaster (of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate).
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Chapter 35
Albuminoidal substances; modified starches;
glues; enzymes
Notes.
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
(a) Yeasts (heading 21.02);
(b) Blood fractions (other than blood albumin not prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses), medicaments or other products of
Chapter 30;
(c) Enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning (heading 32.02);
(d) Enzymatic soaking or washing preparations or other products of Chapter 34;
(e) Hardened proteins (heading 39.13); or
(f) Gelatin products of the printing industry (Chapter 49).
2.- For the purposes of heading 35.05, the term "dextrins" means starch degradation products with a reducing sugar content, expressed
as dextrose on the dry substance, not exceeding 10 %.
Such products with a reducing sugar content exceeding 10 % fall in heading 17.02.
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- Egg albumin :
3502.11 -- Dried kg 3502.11 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Gelatin (including gelatin in rectangular (including square) sheets, whether or not surface-
35.03 3503.00 worked or coloured) and gelatin derivatives; isinglass; other glues of animal origin, L kg 3503.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
excluding casein glues of heading 35.01.
Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, not
35.04 3504.00 kg 3504.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
elsewhere specified or included; hide powder, whether or not chromed.
Dextrins and other modified starches (for example, pregelatinised or esterified starches);
35.05
glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches.
Prepared glues and other prepared adhesives, not elsewhere specified or included;
35.06 products suitable for use as glues or adhesives, put up for retail sale as glues or
adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg.
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Products suitable for use as glues or adhesives, put up for retail sale as glues or
3506.10 - 3506.10
adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg :
3506.10.10 --- Solid hot melt adhesives kg 3506.10.10 Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
3506.91 -- Adhesives based on polymers of headings 39.01 to 39.13 or on rubber : 3506.91
3506.91.10 --- Solid, hot melt adhesives. kg 3506.91.10 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Rs.50/=
3506.91.20 --- Other in immediate packing not exceeding a net weight of 10 kg kg 3506.91.20 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.50/=
3506.91.90 --- Other kg 3506.91.90 13.8% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
3506.99 -- Other : 3506.99
3506.99.10 --- Solid, hot melt adhesives. kg 3506.99.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3506.99.20 --- Other in immediate packing not exceeding a net weight of 5 kg kg 3506.99.20 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
3506.99.90 --- Other kg 3506.99.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3507.10 - Rennet and concentrates thereof kg 3507.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 36
Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches;
pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
Notes.
1.- This Chapter does not cover separate chemically defined compounds other than those described in Note 2 (a) or (b) below.
2.- The expression “articles of combustible materials” in heading 36.06 applies only to :
(a) Metaldehyde, hexamethylenetetramine and similar substances, put up in forms (for example, tablets, sticks or similar forms)
for use as fuels; fuels with a basis of alcohol, and similar prepared fuels, in solid or semi-solid form;
(b) Liquid or liquefied-gas fuels in containers of a kind used for filling or refilling cigarette or similar lighters and of a capacity not
exceeding 300 cm3; and
(c) Resin torches, firelighters and the like.
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36.01 3601.00 Propellent powders. L kg 3601.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
36.02 3602.00 Prepared explosives, other than propellent Powders. L kg 3602.00 9% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
36.04 Fireworks, signalling flares, rain rockets, fog signals and other pyrotechnic articles.
36.05 3605.00 Matches, other thanpyretechnic articles of heading 36.04. 3605.00 30% 12% 5% 2%
Ferro-cerium and other pyrophoric alloys in all forms; articles of combustible materials as
36.06
specified in Note 2 to this Chapter.
Liquid or liquefied-gas fuels in containers of a kind used for filling or refilling cigarette or
3606.10 - kg 3606.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
similar lighters and of a capacity not exceeding 300 cm3
3606.90 - Other kg 3606.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 37
Photographic or cinematographic goods
Notes.
1.- This Chapter does not cover waste or scrap.
2.- In this Chapter the word “photographic” relates to the process by which visible images are formed, directly or indirectly, by the action
of light or other forms of radiation on photosensitive surfaces.
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Photographic plates and film in the flat, sensitised, unexposed, of any material other
37.01 than paper, paperboard or textiles; instant print film in the flat, sensitised, unexposed,
whether or not in packs.
3701.10 - For X-ray m2 3701.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3701.20 - Instant print film kg 3701.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3701.30 - Other plates and film, with any side exceeding 255 mm m2 3701.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
3701.91 -- For colour photography (polychrome) kg 3701.91 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3701.99 -- Other m2 3701.99 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Photographic film in rolls, sensitised, unexposed, of any material other than paper,
37.02
paperboard or textiles; instant print film in rolls, sensitised, unexposed.
3702.10 - For X-ray m2 3702.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3702.32 -- Other, with silver halide emulsion m2 3702.32 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3702.39 -- Other m2 3702.39 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3702.44 -- Of a width exceeding 105 mm but not exceeding 610 mm m2 3702.44 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 3702.52.90 --- Other m 3702.52.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3702.53.90 --- Other m 3702.53.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Of a width exceeding 16 mm but not exceeding 35 mm and of a length not exceeding 30
3702.54 -- m 3702.54 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
m, other than for slides
3702.55 -- Of a width exceeding 16 mm but not exceeding 35 mm and of a length exceeding 30 m : 3702.55
3702.55.10 --- Cine film of a width of 35 mm m 3702.55.10 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3702.55.90 --- Other m 3702.55.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3702.56 -- Of a width exceeding 35 mm m 3702.56 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
@@@ 3702.91 -- Of a width not exceeding 16 mm : 3702.91
@@@ 3702.91.10 --- Cine film of a width of 16 mm m 3702.91.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 3702.91.90 --- Other m 3702.91.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Of a width exceeding 16 mm but not exceeding 35 mm and of a length not exceeding 30
@@@ 3702.93 -- 3702.93
m:
@@@ 3702.93.10 --- Cine film of a width of 35 mm m 3702.93.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 3702.93.90 --- Other m 3702.93.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 3702.94 -- Of a width exceeding 16 mm but not exceeding 35 mm and of a length exceeding 30 m : 3702.94
@@@ 3702.94.10 --- Cine film of a width of 35 mm m 3702.94.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 3702.94.90 --- Other m 3702.94.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 3702.95 -- Of a width exceeding 35 mm m 3702.95 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3702.97.20 --- Cine film of a width of 35 mm m 3702.97.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3702.97.90 --- Other m 3702.97.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3702.98 -- Of a width exceeding 35 mm m 3702.98 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3703.10 - In rolls of a width exceeding 610 mm kg 3703.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3703.20 - Other, for colour photography (polychrome) kg 3703.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
37.04 3704.00 Photographic plates, film, paper, paperboard and textiles, exposed but not developed : 3704.00
3704.00.10 --- Sensitised plates and film exposed but not developed, negative or positive kg 3704.00.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3704.00.90 --- Other kg 3704.00.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
37.05 Photographic plates and film, exposed and developed, other than cinematographic film.
3705.10 - For offset reproduction kg 3705.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3705.90 - Other : 3705.90
3705.90.10 --- Microfilms kg 3705.90.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3705.90.90 --- Other kg 3705.90.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Cinematographic film, exposed and developed, whether or not incorporating sound track
37.06
or consisting only of sound track.
3706.10 - Of a width of 35 mm or more m 3706.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3706.90 - Other m 3706.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Chemical preparations for photographic uses (other than varnishes, glues, adhesives
37.07 and similar preparations); unmixed products for photographic uses, put up in measured
portions or put up for retail sale in a form ready for use.
3707.10 - Sensitising emulsions kg 3707.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 38 4.- Throughout the Nomenclature, "municipal waste" means waste of a kind collected from households, hotels, restaurants, hospitals,
shops, offices, etc., road and pavement sweepings, as well as construction and demolition waste. Municipal waste generally
Miscellaneous chemical products
contains a large variety of materials such as plastics, rubber, wood, paper, textiles, glass, metals, food materials, broken furniture
and other damaged or discarded articles. The term "municipal waste", however, does not cover :
Notes.
(a) Individual materials or articles segregated from the waste, such as wastes of plastics, rubber, wood, paper, textiles, glass
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
or metals and spent batteries which fall in their appropriate headings of the Nomenclature;
(a) Separate chemically defined elements or compounds with the exception of the following: (b) Industrial waste;
(c) Waste pharmaceuticals, as defined in Note 4 (k) to Chapter 30; or
(1) Artificial graphite (heading 38.01);
(d) Clinical waste, as defined in Note 6 (a) below.
(2) Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants
and similar products, put up as described in heading 38.08; 5.- For the purposes of heading 38.25, "sewage sludge" means sludge arising from urban effluent treatment plant and includes pre-
(3) Products put up as charges for fire-extinguishers or put up in fire-extinguishing grenades (heading 38.13); treatment waste, scourings and unsterilized sludge. Stabilized sludge when suitable for use as fertilizer is excluded (Chapter 31).
(4) Certified reference materials specified in Note 2 below;
6.- For the purposes of heading 38.25, the expression "other wastes" applies to :
(5) Products specified in Note 3 (a) or 3 (c) below;
(a) Clinical waste, that is, contaminated waste arising from medical research, diagnosis, treatment or other medical, surgical,
(b) Mixtures of chemicals with foodstuffs or other substances with nutritive value, of a kind used in the preparation of human
dental or veterinary procedures, which often contain pathogens and pharmaceutical substances and require special
foodstuffs (generally heading 21.06);
disposal procedures (for example, soiled dressings, used gloves and used syringes);
(c) Slag, ash and residues (including sludges, other than sewage sludge), containing metals, arsenic or their mixtures and
(b) Waste organic solvents;
meeting the requirements of Note 3 (a) or 3 (b) to Chapter 26 (heading 26.20);
(c) Wastes of metal pickling liquors, hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti-freezing fluids; and
(d) Medicaments (heading 30.03 or 30.04); or
(d) Other wastes from chemical or allied industries.
(e) Spent catalysts of a kind used for the extraction of base metals or for the manufacture of chemical compounds of base metals
(heading 26.20), spent catalysts of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal (heading 71.12) or catalysts The expression "other wastes" does not, however, cover wastes which contain mainly petroleum oils or oils obtained from
consisting of metals or metal alloys in the form of, for example, finely divided powder or woven gauze (Section XIV or XV). bituminous minerals (heading 27.10).
2.- (a) For the purpose of heading 38.22, the expression "certified reference materials" means reference materials which are
7.- For the purposes of heading 38.26, the term “biodiesel” means mono-alkyl esters of fatty acids of a kind used as a fuel,
accompanied by a certificate which indicates the values of the certified properties, the methods used to determine these
values and the degree of certainty associated with each value and which are suitable for analytical, calibrating or referencing derived from animal or vegetable fats and oils whether or not used.
purposes.
(b) With the exception of the products of Chapter 28 or 29, for the classification of certified reference materials, heading 38.22 Subheading Notes.
shall take precedence over any other heading in the Nomenclature.
1.- Subheading 3808.50 covers only goods of heading 38.08, containing one or more of the following substances : aldrin (ISO);
3.- Heading 38.24 includes the following goods which are not to be classified in any other heading of the Nomenclature : binapacryl (ISO); camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene); captafol (ISO); chlordane (ISO); chlordimeform (ISO); chlorobenzilate (ISO);
(a) Cultured crystals (other than optical elements) weighing not less than 2.5 g each, of magnesium oxide or of the halides of the DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN), 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane); dieldrin (ISO, INN); 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol (DNOC
alkali or alkaline-earth metals; (ISO)) or its salts; dinoseb (ISO), its salts or its esters; ethylene dibromide (ISO) (1,2-dibromoethane); ethylene dichloride
(b) Fusel oil; Dippel's oil; (ISO) (1,2-dichloroethane); fluoroacetamide (ISO); heptachlor (ISO); hexachlorobenzene (ISO); 1,2,3,4,5,6-
(c) Ink removers put up in packings for retail sale;
hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN); mercury compounds; methamidophos (ISO);
(d) Stencil correctors and other correcting fluids put up in packings for retail sale; and
(d) Stencil correctors, other correcting fluids and correction tapes (other than those of heading 96.12), put up in packings for monocrotophos (ISO); oxirane (ethylene oxide); parathion (ISO); parathion-methyl (ISO) (methyl-parathion); pentachlorophenol
retail sale; and (ISO), its salts or its esters; phosphamidon (ISO); 2,4,5-T (ISO) (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid), its salts or its esters;
(e) Ceramic firing testers, fusible (for example, Seger cones). tributyltin compounds.
Subheading 3808.50 also covers dustable powder formulations containing a mixture of benomyl (ISO), carbofuran (ISO) and
thiram (ISO).
2.- For the purposes of subheadings 3825.41 and 3825.49, "waste organic solvents" are wastes containing mainly organic solvents,
not fit for further use as presented as primary products, whether or not intended for recovery of the solvents.
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3801.10 - Artificial graphite kg 3801.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3801.20 - Colloidal or semi-collodial graphite kg 3801.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3801.30 - Carbonaceous pastes for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings kg 3801.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent
38.02
animal black.
3802.10.22 ---- Powdered kg 3802.10.22 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3802.10.23 ---- Extruded / pelletised kg 3802.10.23 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3802.10.24 ---- Washed and purified kg 3802.10.24 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3802.10.25 ---- Chemically impregnated kg 3802.10.25 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3802.10.29 ---- Other kg 3802.10.29 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
--- Other :
3802.10.31 ---- Granular kg 3802.10.31 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3802.10.32 ---- Powdered kg 3802.10.32 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3802.10.33 ---- Extruded / pelletised kg 3802.10.33 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3802.10.34 ---- Washed and purified kg 3802.10.34 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3802.10.35 ---- Chemically impregnated kg 3802.10.35 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3802.10.39 ---- Other kg 3802.10.39 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
38.03 3803.00 Tall oil, whether or not refined. kg 3803.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated,
38.04 3804.00 desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of kg 3804.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
heading 38.03.
Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by the distillation or
38.05 other treatment of coniferous woods; crude dipentene; sulphite turpentine and other
crude para-cymene; pine oil containing alpha-terpineol as the main constituent.
3805.10 - Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine oils kg 3805.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
38.06 Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums.
3806.10 - Rosin and resin acids kg 3806.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Salts of rosin, of resin acids or derivatives of rosin or resin acids, other than salts of rosin
3806.20 - kg 3806.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
adducts
3806.30 - Ester gums kg 3806.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3806.90 - Other kg 3806.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers' pitch
38.07 3807.00 3807.00
and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch. :
3807.00.10 --- Composite solvents and thinners for varnish kg 3807.00.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
3807.00.90 --- Other kg 3807.00.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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- Other :
3808.91 -- Insecticides : 3808.91
3808.91.10 --- Mosquito coils L kg 3808.91.10 30% 12% 5% 2%
3808.91.20 --- Other containing bromomethane (methyl bromide) or bromochloromethane L kg 3808.91.20 Free 12% 5% 2%
3808.91.90 --- Other L kg 3808.91.90 Free 12% 5% 2%
3808.93.90 --- Other L kg 3808.93.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3808.94.90 --- Other L kg 3808.94.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3808.99 -- Other : 3808.99
3808.99.10 --- Containing bromomethane (methyl bromide) or bromochloromethane L kg 3808.99.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3808.99.90 --- Other L kg 3808.99.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dye stuffs and other
38.09 products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the
textile, paper, leather or like industries not elsewhere specified or included.
3809.10 - With a basis of amylaceous substances kg 3809.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
3809.91 -- Of a kind used in the textile or like industries kg 3809.91 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
3809.92 -- Of a kind used in the paper or like industries kg 3809.92 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3809.93 -- Of a kind used in the leather or like industries kg 3809.93 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for
soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes
38.10
consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings
for welding electrodes or rods.
Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; soldering, brazing or welding powders and
3810.10 - kg 3810.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
pastes consisting of metal and other materials
3810.90 - Other kg 3810.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
or for other liquid used for the same purposes as mineral oils.
- Anti-knock preparations :
3811.11 -- Based on lead compounds kg 3811.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3812.10 - Prepared rubber accelerators kg 3812.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3812.20 - Compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics kg 3812.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3812.30 - Anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics kg 3812.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
38.13 3813.00 Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades : 3813.00
3813.00.90 --- Other kg 3813.00.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared
38.14 3814.00 3814.00
paint or varnish removers :
- Supported catalysts :
3815.11 -- With nickel or nickel compounds as the active substance kg 3815.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3815.12 -- With precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance kg 3815.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, other than products of
38.16 3816.00 kg 3816.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
heading 38.01.
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Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading 27.07 or
38.17 3817.00 3817.00
29.02 :
3817.00.10 --- Mixed alkylbenzenes kg 3817.00.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3817.00.20 --- Mixed alkylnaphthalenes kg 3817.00.20 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar
38.18 3818.00 kg 3818.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics.
Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepare liquids for hydraulic transmission, not
38.19 3819.00 containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from kg 3819.00 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
bituminous minerals.
38.20 3820.00 Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids. kg 3820.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
38.23 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols.
3823.12 -- Oleic acid kg 3823.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3823.13 -- Tall oil fatty acids kg 3823.13 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3823.19 -- Other : 3823.19
3823.19.10 --- Coconut fatty acid kg 3823.19.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3823.19.90 --- Other kg 3823.19.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3823.70 - Industrial fatty alcohols kg 3823.70 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparation of the
38.24 chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products),
not elsewhere specified or included (+).
3824.10 - Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores kg 3824.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3824.30 - Non-agglomerated metal carbides mixed together or with metallic binders kg 3824.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3824.40 - Prepared additives for cements, mortars or concretes kg 3824.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3824.50 - Non-refractory mortars and concretes kg 3824.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3824.60 - Sorbitol other than that of subheading 2905.44 kg 3824.60 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
3824.75 -- Containing carbon tetrachloride L kg 3824.75 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3824.76 -- Containing 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform) kg 3824.76 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3824.77 -- Containing bromomethane (methyl bromide) or bromochloromethane L kg 3824.77 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Containing perflurocarbons (PFCs) or hydroflurocarbons (HFCs), but not containing
3824.78 -- kg 3824.78 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)
3824.79 -- Other L kg 3824.79 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Mixtures and preparations containing oxirane (ethylene oxide), polybrominated biphenyls
- (PBBs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) or tris(2,3-
dibromopropyl) phosphate :
3824.81 -- Containing oxirane (ethylene oxide) kg 3824.81 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Containing polychlorinated biphenyls(PCBs), polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) or
3824.82 -- kg 3824.82 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)
3824.83 -- Containing tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate kg 3824.83 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3824.90.90 --- Other kg 3824.90.90 Free Free Free Free Free Con 5% 2%
3825.50 - Waste of metal pickling liquors, hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti-freeze fluids kg 3825.50 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of
38.26 3826.00 kg 3826.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals.
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6.- In headings 39.01 to 39.14, the expression “primary forms” applies only to the following forms :
Plastics and articles thereof
(a) Liquids and pastes, including dispersions (emulsions and suspensions) and solutions;
Notes. (b) Blocks of irregular shape, lumps, powders (including moulding powders), granules, flakes and similar bulk forms.
1.- Throughout the Nomenclature the expression “plastics” means those materials of headings 39.01 to 39.14 which are or have been 7.- Heading 39.15 does not apply to waste, parings and scrap of a single thermoplastic material, transformed into primary forms
capable, either at the moment of polymerisation or at some subsequent stage, of being formed under external influence (usually heat (headings 39.01 to 39.14).
and pressure, if necessary with a solvent or plasticiser) by moulding, casting, extruding, rolling or other process into shapes which are 8.- For the purposes of heading 39.17, the expression “tubes, pipes and hoses” means hollow products, whether semi-manufactures
retained on the removal of the external influence. or finished products, of a kind generally used for conveying, conducting or distributing gases or liquids (for example, ribbed garden
Throughout the Nomenclature any reference to “plastics“also includes vulcanised fibre. The expression, however, does not apply to hose, perforated tubes). This expression also includes sausage casings and other lay-flat tubing. However, except for the last-
materials regarded as textile materials of Section XI. mentioned, those having an internal cross-section other than round, oval, rectangular (in which the length does not exceed 1.5
2.- This Chapter does not cover : times the width) or in the shape of a regular polygon are not to be regarded as tubes, pipes and hoses but as profile shapes.
(a) Lubricating preparations of heading 27.10 or 34.03; 9.- For the purposes of heading 39.18, the expression “wall or ceiling coverings of plastics” applies to products in rolls, of a width not
(b) Waxes of heading 27.12 or 34.04; less than 45 cm, suitable for wall or ceiling decoration, consisting of plastics fixed permanently on a backing of any material other
(c) Separate chemically defined organic compounds (Chapter 29); than paper, the layer of plastics (on the face side) being grained, embossed, coloured, design-printed or otherwise decorated.
(d) Heparin or its salts (heading 30.01); 10.- In headings 39.20 and 39.21, the expression “plates, sheets, film, foil and strip” applies only to plates, sheets, film, foil and strip
(e) Solutions (other than collodions) consisting of any of the products specified in headings 39.01 to 39.13 in volatile organic (other than those of Chapter 54) and to blocks of regular geometric shape, whether or not printed or otherwise surface-worked,
solvents when the weight of the solvent exceeds 50 % of the weight of the solution (heading 32.08); stamping foils of heading uncut or cut into rectangles (including squares) but not further worked (even if when so cut they become articles ready for use).
32.12;
(f) Organic surface-active agents or preparations of heading 34.02; 11.- Heading 39.25 applies only to the following articles, not being products covered by any of the earlier headings of sub-Chapter II :
(g) Run gums or ester gums (heading 38.06); (a) Reservoirs, tanks (including septic tanks), vats and similar containers, of a capacity exceeding 300 l;
(h) Prepared additives for mineral oils (including gasoline) or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils (heading (b) Structural elements used, for example, in floors, walls or partitions, ceilings or roofs;
38.11) ; (c) Gutters and fittings therefor;
(ij) Prepared hydraulic fluids based on polyglycols, silicones or other polymers of Chapter 39 (heading 38.19); (d) Doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors;
(k) Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing of plastics (heading 38.22); (e) Balconies, balustrades, fencing, gates and similar barriers;
(l) Synthetic rubber, as defined for the purposes of Chapter 40, or articles thereof; (f) Shutters, blinds (including Venetian blinds) and similar articles and parts and fittings thereof;
(m) Saddlery or harness (heading 42.01) or trunks, suitcases, handbags or other containers of heading 42.02; (g) Large-scale shelving for assembly and permanent installation, for example, in shops, workshops, warehouses;
(n) Plaits, wickerwork or other articles of Chapter 46; (h) Ornamental architectural features, for example, flutings, cupolas, dovecotes; and
(o) Wall coverings of heading 48.14; (ij) Fittings and mountings intended for permanent installation in or on doors, windows, staircases, walls or other parts of
(p) Goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles);
buildings, for example, knobs, handles, hooks, brackets, towel rails, switchplates and other protective plates.
(q) Articles of Section XII (for example, footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, whips, riding-crops or parts
thereof);
(r) Imitation jewellery of heading 71.17; Subheading Notes.
(s) Articles of Section XVI (machines and mechanical or electrical appliances);
(t) Parts of aircraft or vehicles of Section XVII; 1.- Within any one heading of this Chapter, polymers (including copolymers) and chemically modified polymers are to be classified
(u) Articles of Chapter 90 (for example, optical elements, spectacle frames, drawing instruments); according to the following provisions :
(v) Articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clock or watch cases); (a) Where there is a subheading named "Other" in the same series :
(w) Articles of Chapter 92 (for example, musical instruments or parts thereof);
(x) Articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting fittings, illuminated signs, prefabricated buildings); (1) The designation in a subheading of a polymer by the prefix "poly" (for example, polyethylene and polyamide-6,6)
(y) Articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites); or means that the constituent monomer unit or monomer units of the named polymer taken together must contribute 95
(z) Articles of Chapter 96 (for example, brushes, buttons, slide fasteners, combs, mouthpieces or stems for smoking pipes, % or more by weight of the total polymer content.
cigarette-holders or the like, parts of vacuum flasks or the like, pens, propelling pencils). (2) The copolymers named in subheadings 3901.30, 3903.20, 3903.30 and 3904.30 are to be classified in those
subheadings, provided that the comonomer units of the named copolymers contribute 95% or more by weight of the
3.- Headings 39.01 to 39.11 apply only to goods of a kind produced by chemical synthesis, falling in the following categories : total polymer content.
(a) Liquid synthetic polyolefins of which less than 60 % by volume distils at 300 °C, after conversion to 1,013 milibars when a (3) Chemically modified polymers are to be classified in the subheading named "Other", provided that the chemically
reduced-pressure distillation method is used (headings 39.01 and 39.02); modified polymers are not more specifically covered by another subheading.
(b) Resins, not highly polymerized, of the coumarone-indene type (heading 39.11); (4) Polymers not meeting (1), (2) or (3) above, are to be classified in the subheading, among the remaining subheadings
(c) Other synthetic polymers with an average of at least 5 monomer units; in the series, covering polymers of that monomer unit which predominates by weight over every other single
(d) Silicones (heading 39.10); comonomer unit. For this purpose, constituent monomer units of polymers falling in the same subheading shall be
(e) Resols (heading 39.09) and other prepolymers. taken together. Only the constituent comonomer units of the polymers in the series of subheadings under
consideration are to be compared.
4.- The expression “copolymers” covers all polymers in which no single monomer unit contributes 95 % or more by weight to the total
polymer content. (b) Where there is no subheading named "Other" in the same series :
For the purposes of this Chapter, except where the context otherwise requires, copolymers (including co-polycondensates, co- (1) Polymers are to be classified in the subheading covering polymers of that monomer unit which predominates by
polyaddition products, block copolymers and graft copolymers) and polymer blends are to be classified in the heading covering weight over every other single comonomer unit. For this purpose, constituent monomer units of polymers falling in
polymers of that comonomer unit which predominates by weight over every other single comonomer unit. For the purposes of this the same subheading shall be taken together. Only the constituent comonomer units of the polymers in the series
Note, constituent comonomer units of polymers falling in the same heading shall be taken together. under consideration are to be compared.
If no single comonomer unit predominates, copolymers or polymer blends, as the case may be, are to be classified in the heading (2) Chemically modified polymers are to be classified in the subheading appropriate to the unmodified polymer.
which occurs last in numerical order among those which equally merit consideration. Polymer blends are to be classified in the same subheading as polymers of the same monomer units in the same proportions.
5.- Chemically modified polymers, that is those in which only appendages to the main polymer chain have been changed by chemical 2.- For the purposes of subheading 3920.43, the term "plasticizers" includes secondary plasticizers.
reaction, are to be classified in the heading appropriate to the unmodified polymer. This provision does not apply to graft copolymers.
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3901.10 - Polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 kg 3901.10 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3901.20 - Polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more kg 3901.20 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3901.30 - Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers kg 3901.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3902.10 - Polypropylene kg 3902.10 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3902.30 - Propylene copolymers kg 3902.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Polystyrene :
3903.11 -- Expansible kg 3903.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3903.19 -- Other kg 3903.19 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3903.20 - Styrene-acrylonitrile (SAN) copolymers kg 3903.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3903.30 - Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene(ABS) copolymers kg 3903.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3903.90.90 --- Other kg 3903.90.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3904.10 - Poly(vinyl chloride), not mixed with any other substances kg 3904.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3904.30 - Vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymers kg 3904.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3904.40 - Other vinyl chloride copolymers kg 3904.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3904.50 - Vinylidene chloride polymers kg 3904.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Fluoro-polymers :
3904.61 -- Polytetrafluoroethylene kg 3904.61 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Polymers of vinyl acetate or of other vinyl esters, in primary forms; other vinyl polymers in
39.05
primary forms.
- Poly(vinyl acetate) :
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3905.12 -- In aqueous dispersion kg 3905.12 Free Free 4.0% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2% 15%
3905.30 - Poly(vinyl alcohol), whether or not containing unhydrolysed acetate groups kg 3905.30 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
3905.91 -- Copolymers kg 3905.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd
39.07
resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms.
3907.20 - Other polyethers kg 3907.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3907.30 - Epoxide resins kg 3907.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3907.40 - Polycarbonates kg 3907.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3907.50 - Alkyd resins : 3907.50
3907.50.10 --- Alkyd resins without solvents kg 3907.50.10 Free 12% 5% 2%
3907.60 - Poly(ethylene terephthalate) kg 3907.60 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other polyesters :
3907.91 -- Unsaturated kg 3907.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 5%
3907.99 -- Other kg 3907.99 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3908.10 - Polyamide-6, -11, -12, -6,6, -6,9, -6,10 or -6,12 kg 3908.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3908.90 - Other kg 3908.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3909.10 - Urea resins; thiourea resins kg 3909.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 5%
3909.20 - Melamine resins kg 3909.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 5%
3909.30 - Other amino-resins kg 3909.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 5%
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3909.40 - Phenolic resins kg 3909.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 5%
39.10 3910.00 Silicones in primary forms. kg 3910.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 5%
3911.10 - Petroleum resins, coumarone, indene or coumarone-indene resins and polyterpenes kg 3911.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 5%
Cellulose and its chemical derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included, in primary
39.12
forms.
- Cellulose acetates :
3912.11 -- Non-plasticised kg 3912.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 5%
- Cellulose ethers :
3912.31 -- Carboxymethylcellulose and its salts kg 3912.31 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Natural polymers (for example, alginic acid) and modified natural polymers (for example,
39.13 hardened proteins, chemical derivatives of natural rubber), not elsewhere specified or
included, in primary forms.
3913.10 - Alginic acid, its salts and esters kg 3913.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 5%
39.14 3914.00 Ion-exchangers based on polymers of headings 39.01 to 39.13, in primary forms. kg 3914.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 5%
3915.10 - Of polymers of ethylene L kg 3915.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3915.20 - Of polymers of styrene L kg 3915.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3915.30 - Of polymers of vinyl chloride L kg 3915.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3915.90 - Of other plastics L kg 3915.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm, rods, sticks and
39.16
profile shapes, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked, of plastics.
3916.10 - Of polymers of ethylene kg 3916.10 11.25% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
3916.20 - Of polymers of vinyl chloride kg 3916.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
3916.90 - Of other plastics kg 3916.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
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Tubes, pipes and hoses, and fittings therefor (for example, joints, elbows, flanges), of
39.17
plastics.
3917.10 - Artificial guts (sausage casings) of hardened protein or of cellulosic materials kg 3917.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2% 10%
3917.33 -- Other, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, with fittings kg 3917.33 15% 12% 5% 2% 10%
3917.39 -- Other kg 3917.39 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 10%
Floor coverings of plastics, whether or not self-adhesive, in rolls or in the form of tiles;
39.18
wall or ceiling coverings of plastics, as defined in Note 9 to this Chapter.
30% or
3918.10 - Of polymers of vinyl chloride kg 3918.10 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.75/=
per kg
30% or
3918.90 - Of other plastics kg 3918.90 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.75/=
per kg
Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and flat other shapes, of plastics, whether
39.19
or not in rolls.
3919.10 - In rolls of a width not exceeding 20 cm kg 3919.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% Con 5% 2% 10%
3919.90 - Other :
Solar controlled safety window film in rolls of a width not exceeding 184 cm for use on
3919.90.10 --- kg 3919.90.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 15%
glazed windows, doors or other partition with glass
3919.90.90 --- Other kg 3919.90.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 15%
Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced,
39.20
laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials (+).
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3920.30.20 --- Metallised kg 3920.30.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3920.30.90 --- Other kg 3920.30.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 15%
3920.43.90 --- Other kg 3920.43.90 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 15%
3920.49.40 --- Shrink foil imported for packing of rubber for export kg 3920.49.40 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3920.49.50 --- Unprinted and/or un-laminated whether or not metallised kg 3920.49.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3920.49.90 --- Other kg 3920.49.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 15%
- Of acrylic polymers :
3920.51 -- Of poly(methyl methacrylate) : 3920.51
3920.51.10 --- Metallised kg 3920.51.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3920.51.90 --- Other kg 3920.51.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 15%
3920.61.20 --- Metallised kg 3920.61.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3920.61.90 --- Other kg 3920.61.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 15%
3920.62 -- Of poly(ethylene terephthalate) : 3920.62
3920.62.10 --- Unprinted and/or un-laminated whether or not metallised kg 3920.62.10 Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3920.62.90 --- Other kg 3920.62.90 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 15%
3920.63.90 --- Other kg 3920.63.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 15%
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3920.79.20 --- Metallised kg 3920.79.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3920.79.90 --- Other kg 3920.79.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 15%
- Of other plastics :
3920.91 -- Of poly(vinyl butyral) : 3920.91
3920.91.10 --- Metallised kg 3920.91.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3920.91.90 --- Other kg 3920.91.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 15%
3920.92.90 --- Other kg 3920.92.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 15%
3920.94 -- Of phenolic resins kg 3920.94 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3920.99.20 --- Of hardened proteins kg 3920.99.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3920.99.30 --- Metallised kg 3920.99.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
3920.99.90 --- Other kg 3920.99.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 15%
- Cellular :
3921.11 -- Of polymers of styrene : 3921.11
3921.11.10 --- Of polystyrene not exceeding 2 mm in thickness kg 3921.11.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
3921.11.90 --- Other kg 3921.11.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 10%
3921.19.20 --- Of aminoplasts kg 3921.19.20 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 10%
3921.19.30 --- Of silicone kg 3921.19.30 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 10%
3921.19.40 --- Of polyamides kg 3921.19.40 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 10%
3921.19.50 --- Of copolymers of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate kg 3921.19.50 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 10%
3921.19.90 --- Other kg 3921.19.90 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
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Baths, shower-baths, sinks, wash-basins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats and covers, flushing
39.22
cisterns and similar sanitary ware, of plastics.
3922.10 - Baths, shower-baths, sinks and wash-basins kg 3922.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 30%
3922.20 - Lavatory seats and covers kg 3922.20 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 30%
Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics; stoppers, lids, caps and other
39.23
closures, of plastics.
3923.10.20 --- Plastic cages for the transport of live poultry kg 3923.10.20 Free 12% 5% 2%
3923.10.30 --- Plastic crates of a kind used for the transport of fruits and vegetables 3923.10.30 15% 12% 5% 2%
3923.10.40 --- Polystyrene Boxes, Disposable L 3923.10.40 30% 12% 5% 2%
3923.29.20 --- Other, heat shrinkable bags, printed for packing of poultry products kg 3923.29.20 3.65% 5% 12% 5% 2% 10%
39.24 Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and hygienic or toilet articles, of plastics.
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25.7% 17.5% 5% 30% 30%
or or or or or
3924.90.90 --- Other kg 3924.90.90 Rs.34/=
Free Free
Rs.26/= Rs.7/= Rs.40/=
12% 5% 2% Rs.125/=
per kg per kg per kg per kg per kg
3925.10 - Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, of a capacity exceeding 300 l kg 3925.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 10%
3925.20 - Doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors kg 3925.20 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
3925.30 - Shutters, blinds (including Venetian blinds) and similar articles and parts thereof kg 3925.30 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
3925.90 - Other kg 3925.90 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
39.26 Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of headings 39.01 to 39.14.
3926.90.20 --- Colostomy and urinary bags kg 3926.90.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3926.90.30 --- Incubator trays, automatic water drinkers and feeding troughs for the poultry industry kg 3926.90.30 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
3926.90.40 --- Being parts of textile machinery of headings 84.44 to 84.48 kg 3926.90.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
3926.90.50 --- Being parts of agricultural, dairy and poultry machinery and equipment kg 3926.90.50 Free Free Free Free Free Con 5% 2%
30%
or
3926.90.60 --- Handles for toothbrushes kg 3926.90.60 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Rs.150/=
per kg
3926.90.70 --- Plastic beads kg 3926.90.70 Free Ex 5% 2%
3926.90.80 --- Hardened gelatin capsules L kg 3926.90.80 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
14.4% 10.83% 4.8% 15% 15%
or or or or or
3926.90.90 --- Other kg 3926.90.90 Rs.18/=
Free Free
Rs.15/= Rs.6/= Rs.20/=
12% 5% 2%
Rs.75/=
per kg per kg per kg per kg per kg
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Chapter 40 5.- (A) Headings 40.01 and 40.02 do not apply to any rubber or mixture of rubbers which has been compounded, before or
after coagulation, with :
Rubber and articles thereof
(i) vulcanizing agents, accelerators, retarders or activators (other than those added for the preparation of pre-
Notes. vulcanized rubber latex);
(ii) pigments or other colouring matter, other than those added solely for the purpose of identification;
1.- Except where the context otherwise requires, throughout the Nomenclature the expression "rubber" means the following products, (iii) plasticizers or extenders (except mineral oil in the case of oil-extended rubber), fillers, reinforcing agents,
whether or not vulcanized or hard : natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, synthetic rubber, organic solvents or any other substances, except those permitted under (B);
factice derived from oils, and such substances reclaimed.
(B) The presence of the following substances in any rubber or mixture of rubbers shall not affect its classification in heading
2.- This Chapter does not cover : 40.01 or 40.02, as the case may be, provided that such rubber or mixture of rubbers retains its essential character as a
raw material :
(a) Goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles);
(b) Footwear or parts thereof of Chapter 64; (i) emulsifiers or anti-tack agents;
(c) Headgear or parts thereof (including bathing caps) of Chapter 65; (ii) small amounts of breakdown products of emulsifiers;
(d) Mechanical or electrical appliances or parts thereof of Section XVI (including electrical goods of all kinds), of hard rubber; (iii) very small amounts of the following : heat-sensitive agents (generally for obtaining thermo sensitive rubber
(e) Articles of Chapter 90, 92, 94 or 96; or latexes), cationic surface-active agents (generally for obtaining electropositive rubber latexes), antioxidants,
(f) Articles of Chapter 95 (other than sports gloves, mittens and mitts and articles of headings 40.11 to 40.13). coagulants, crumbling agents, freeze-resisting agents, peptisers, preservatives, stabilizers, viscosity- control
agents, or similar special-purpose additives.
3.- In headings 40.01 to 40.03 and 40.05, the expression " primary forms " applies only to the following forms :
6.- For the purposes of heading 40.04, the expression "waste, parings and scrap" means rubber waste, parings and scrap from the
(a) Liquids and pastes (including latex, whether or not pre-vulcanized, and other dispersions and solutions);
manufacture or working of rubber and rubber goods definitely not usable as such because of cutting-up, wear or other reasons.
(b) Blocks of irregular shape, lumps, bales, powders, granules, crumbs and similar bulk forms.
7.- Thread wholly of vulcanized rubber, of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 5 mm, is to be classified as strip, rods or
4.- In Note 1 to this Chapter and in heading 40.02, the expression "synthetic rubber" applies to :
profile shapes, of heading 40.08.
(a) Unsaturated synthetic substances which can be irreversibly transformed by vulcanization with sulphur into non-thermoplastic
8.- Heading 40.10 includes conveyor or transmission belts or belting of textile fabric impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with
substances which, at a temperature between 18 °C and 29 °C, will not break on being extended to three times their original
rubber or made from textile yarn or cord impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber.
length and will return, after being extended to twice their original length, within a period of five minutes, to a length not greater
than one and a half times their original length. For the purposes of this test, substances necessary for the cross-linking, such 9.- In headings 40.01, 40.02, 40.03, 40.05 and 40.08, the expressions "plates", "sheets" and "strip” apply only to plates, sheets and
as vulcanizing activators or accelerators, may be added; the presence of substances as provided for by Note 5 (B) (ii) and (iii) strip and to blocks of regular geometric shape, uncut or simply cut to rectangular (including square) shape, whether or not having
is also permitted. However, the presence of any substances not necessary for the cross-linking, such as extenders, plasticizers the character of articles and whether or not printed or otherwise surface-worked, but not otherwise cut to shape or further
and fillers, is not permitted; worked.
(b) Thioplasts (TM); and
In heading 40.08 the expressions "rods" and "profile shapes" apply only to such products, whether or not cut to length or surface-
(c) Natural rubber modified by grafting or mixing with plastics, de-polymerized natural rubber, mixtures of unsaturated synthetic
worked but not otherwise worked.
substances with saturated synthetic high polymers provided that all the above-mentioned products comply with the
requirements concerning vulcanization, elongation and recovery in (a) above.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, in primary
40.01
forms or in plates, sheets or strip.
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Customs Duty
HS Hdg. HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Rs.30/=
4001.29.12 ---- Pale kg 4001.29.12 Free 15% Ex 5% 2% per kg
Rs.30/=
4001.29.13 ---- Brown kg 4001.29.13 Free 15% Ex 5% 2% per kg
Rs.30/=
4001.29.14 ---- Scrap kg 4001.29.14 Free 15% Ex 5% 2% per kg
Rs.30/=
4001.29.20 --- Block rubber kg 4001.29.20 Free 15% Ex 5% 2% per kg
Rs.30/=
4001.29.30 --- Low nitrogen natural rubber (LNNR) kg 4001.29.30 Free 15% Ex 5% 2% per kg
Rs.30/=
4001.29.40 --- Deproteinized natural rubber (DPNR) kg 4001.29.40 Free 15% Ex 5% 2% per kg
Rs.30/=
4001.29.50 --- MG rubber kg 4001.29.50 Free 15% Ex 5% 2% per kg
Rs.30/=
4001.29.60 --- SP rubber kg 4001.29.60 Free 15% Ex 5% 2% per kg
Rs.30/=
4001.29.70 --- Other chemically modified form of rubber kg 4001.29.70 Free 15% Ex 5% 2% per kg
Rs.30/=
4001.29.90 --- Other kg 4001.29.90 Free 15% Ex 5% 2% per kg
Rs.30/=
4001.30 - Balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums kg 4001.30 Free 15% Ex 5% 2% per kg
Synthetic rubber and factice derived from oils, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or
40.02 strip; mixtures of any product of heading 40.01 with any product of this heading, in
primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip.
4002.19 -- Other kg 4002.19 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4002.20 - Butadiene rubber (BR) kg 4002.20 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4002.70 - Ethylene-propylene-non-conjugated diene rubber (EPDM) kg 4002.70 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4002.80 - Mixtures of any product of heading 40.01 with any product of this heading kg 4002.80 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
4002.91 -- Latex kg 4002.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
40.03 4003.00 Reclaimed rubber in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip. kg 4003.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Waste, parings and scrap of rubber (other than hard rubber) and powders and granules
40.04 4004.00 4004.00
obtained there from :
4004.00.10 --- Scrap of unhardened rubber obtained from rejected or worn out tyres and curing bags L kg 4004.00.10 15% 12% 5% 2%
4004.00.20 --- Scrap and waste of micro cellular L kg 4004.00.20 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Customs Duty
HS Hdg. HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Other forms (for example, rods, tubes and profile shapes) and articles (for example, discs
40.06
and rings), of unvulcanised rubber.
Rs.15/=
4006.10 - "Camel-back" strips for retreading rubber tyres kg 4006.10 Free 15% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.15/=
4006.90 - Other kg 4006.90 15% 12% 5% 2% per kg
40.07 4007.00 Vulcanised rubber thread and cord. kg 4007.00 Free 5% 12% 5% 2%
Plates, sheets, strip, rods and profile shapes, of vulcanised rubber other than hard
40.08
rubber.
- Of cellular rubber :
15% or
4008.11 -- Plates, sheets and strip kg 4008.11 Free 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.25/=
per kg
15% or
4008.19 -- Other kg 4008.19 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.25/=
per kg
- Of non-cellular rubber :
15% or
4008.21 -- Plates, sheets and strip kg 4008.21 Free 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.25/=
per kg
15% or
4008.29 -- Other kg 4008.29 Free 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.25/=
per kg
Tubes, pipes and hoses, of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber, with or without
40.09
their fittings (for example, joints, elbows, flanges).
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Customs Duty
HS Hdg. HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
4010.12 -- Reinforced only with textile materials kg 4010.12 Free 15% 12% 5% 2% 10%
30% or
4011.10 - Of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) u 4011.10 Rs.150/= 12% 5% 2% 15%
per kg
4011.20 - Of a kind used on buses or lorries 4011.20
15% or
4011.20.10 --- Having a rim size 20 inches and above u 4011.20.10 Rs.70/= 12% 5% 2% 10%
per kg
15% or
4011.20.90 --- Other u 4011.20.90 Rs.80/= 12% 5% 2% 20%
per kg
4011.30 - Of a kind used on aircraft u 4011.30 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 10%
Of a kind used on construction or industrial handling vehicles and machines and having
4011.62 -- u 4011.62 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
a rim size not exceeding 61 cm
Of a kind used on construction or industrial handling vehicles and machines and having
4011.63 -- u 4011.63 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
a rim size exceeding 61 cm
4011.69 -- Other u 4011.69 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
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Customs Duty
HS Hdg. HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
- Other :
4011.92 -- Of a kind used on agricultural or forestry vehicles and machines u 4011.92 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
Of a kind used on construction or industrial handling vehicles and machines and having
4011.93 -- u 4011.93 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
a rim size not exceeding 61 cm
Of a kind used on construction or industrial handling vehicles and machines and having
4011.94 -- u 4011.94 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
a rim size exceeding 61 cm
4011.99 -- Other 4011.99
4011.99.10 --- Of a kind used on auto trishaws u 4011.99.10 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
30% or
4011.99.90 --- Other u 4011.99.90 Rs.150/= 12% 5% 2% 10%
per kg
Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre treads and tyre
40.12
flaps, of rubber (+).
- Retreaded tyres :
4012.11 -- Of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) L u 4012.11 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
4013.10 - Of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars), buses or lorries u 4013.10 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
4014.10 - Sheath contraceptives kg 4014.10 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 10%
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (including gloves, mittens and mitts), for all
40.15
purposes, of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber (+).
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Customs Duty
HS Hdg. HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
- Other :
4016.91 -- Floor coverings and mats kg 4016.91 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
4016.93.20 --- Of agricultural, dairy and poultry machinery and equipment kg 4016.93.20 Free Free 12% 5% 2% 10%
4016.94 -- Boat or dock fenders, whether or not inflatable kg 4016.94 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
Being parts of agricultural, dairy and poultry, milling and printing machinery and
4016.99.20 --- kg 4016.99.20 Free Free 12% 5% 2% 10%
equipment
4016.99.90 --- Other kg 4016.99.90 Free 15% 12% 5% 2% 10%
Hard rubber (for example, ebonite) in all forms, including waste and scrap; articles of
40.17 4017.00 4017.00
hard rubber:
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Chapter 41
Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 2.- (A) Headings 41.04 to 41.06 do not cover hides and skins which have undergone a tanning (including pre-tanning) process
which is reversible (headings 41.01 to 41.03, as the case may be).
Notes. (B) For the purposes of headings 41.04 to 41.06, the term "crust" includes hides and skins that have been retanned, coloured
or fat-liquored (stuffed) prior to drying.
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
3.- Throughout the Nomenclature the expression "composition leather" means only substances of the kind referred to in heading
(a) Parings or similar waste, of raw hides or skins (heading 05.11);
41.15.
(b) Bird skins or parts of bird skins, with their feathers or down, of heading 05.05 or 67.01; or
(c) Hides or skins, with the hair or wool on, raw, tanned or dressed (Chapter 43); the following are, however, to be classified in
Chapter 41, namely, raw hides and skins with the hair or wool on, of bovine animals (including buffalo), of equine animals, of
sheep or lambs (except Astrakhan, Broadtail, Caracul, Persian or similar lambs, Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan lambs),
of goats or kids (except Yemen, Mongolian or Tibetan goats and kids), of swine (including peccary), of chamois, of gazelle, of
camels (including dromedaries), of reindeer, of elk, of deer, of roebucks or of dogs.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Raw hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals (fresh, or salted,
41.01 dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further
prepared), whether or not dehaired or split.
Whole hides and skins, unsplit, of a weight per skin not exceeding 8 kg when simply
4101.20 - kg 4101.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
dried, 10 kg when dry-salted, or 16 kg when fresh, wet-salted or otherwise preserved
4101.50 - Whole hides and skins, of a weight exceeding 16 kg kg 4101.50 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4101.90 - Other, including butts, bends and bellies kg 4101.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved,
41.02 but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not with wool on or
split, other than those excluded by Note 1 (c) to this Chapter.
4102.10 - With wool on kg 4102.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Without wool on :
4102.21 -- Pickled kg 4102.21 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4102.29 -- Other kg 4102.29 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Other raw hides and skins (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved,
41.03 but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split,
other than those excluded by Note 1 (b) or 1 (c) to this Chapter.
Tanned or crust hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without
41.04
hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared.
4104.11.90 --- Other kg 4104.11.90 7.5% Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
4104.19.10 --- Wet blue chrome-tanned kg 4104.19.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4104.19.90 --- Other kg 4104.19.90 7.5% Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Tanned or crust skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, whether or not split, but not
41.05
further prepared.
4105.10 - In the wet state (including wet-blue) kg 4105.10 Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4105.30 - In the dry state (crust) kg 4105.30 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not
41.06
split, but not further prepared.
- Of goats or kids :
4106.21 -- In the wet state (including wet-blue) kg 4106.21 Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4106.22 -- In the dry state (crust) kg 4106.22 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Of swine :
4106.31 -- In the wet state (including wet-blue) kg 4106.31 Free Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
4106.32 -- In the dry state (crust) kg 4106.32 Free Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
4106.40 - Of reptiles : 4106.40
4106.40.10 --- Crocodile skins other than vegetable pre-tanned kg 4106.40.10 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4106.40.90 --- Other kg 4106.40.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
4106.91 -- In the wet state (including wet-blue) kg 4106.91 Free Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
4106.92 -- In the dry state (crust) kg 4106.92 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4107.92 -- Grain splits kg 4107.92 7.5% Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4107.99 -- Other kg 4107.99 7.5% Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
[41.08]
[41.09]
[41.10]
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
[41.11]
4113.30.90 --- Other kg 4113.30.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4113.90 - Other kg 4113.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Chamois (including combination chamois) leather; patent leather and patent laminated
41.14
leather; metallised leather.
4114.10 - Chamois (including combination chamois) leather kg 4114.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4114.20 - Patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather kg 4114.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip,
41.15 whether or not in rolls; parings and other waste of leather or of composition leather, not
suitable for the manufacture of leather articles; leather dust, powder and flour.
Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip,
4115.10 - kg 4115.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
whether or not in rolls
Parings and other waste of leather or of composition leather, not suitable for the
4115.20 - L kg 4115.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
manufacture of leather articles; leather dust, powder and flour
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Chapter 42
Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods,
handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)
Notes. 3.- (A) In addition to the provisions of Note 1 Note 2 above, heading 42.02 does not cover :
1.- For the purposes of this Chapter, the term “leather” includes chamois (including combination chamois) leather, patent leather, patent (a) Bags made of sheeting of plastics, whether or not printed, with handles, not designed for prolonged use
laminated leather and metallised leather. (heading 39.23);
(b) Articles of plaiting materials (heading 46.02).
2.- This Chapter does not cover :
(B) Articles of headings 42.02 and 42.03 which have parts of precious metal or metal clad with precious metal, of natural or
(a) Sterile surgical catgut or similar sterile suture materials (heading 30.06); cultured pearls, of precious or semi- precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) remain classified in those
(b) Articles of apparel or clothing accessories (except gloves, mittens and mitts), lined with furskin or artificial fur or to which headings even if such parts constitute more than minor fittings or minor ornamentation, provided that these parts do not
furskin or artificial fur is attached on the outside except as mere trimming (heading 43.03 or 43.04); give the articles their essential character. If, on the other hand, the parts give the articles their essential character, the
(c) Made up articles of netting (heading 56.08); articles are to be classified in Chapter 71.
(d) Articles of Chapter 64; 4.- For the purposes of heading 42.03, the expression "articles of apparel and clothing accessories" applies, inter alia, to gloves,
(e) Headgear or parts thereof of Chapter 65;
mittens and mitts (including those for sport or for protection), aprons and other protective clothing, braces, belts, bandoliers and
(f) Whips, riding-crops or other articles of heading 66.02;
wrist straps, but excluding watch straps (heading 91.13).
(g) Cuff-links, bracelets or other imitation jewellery (heading 71.17);
(h) Fittings or trimmings for harness, such as stirrups, bits, horse brasses and buckles, separately presented (generally Section
XV);
(ij) Strings, skins for drums or the like, or other parts of musical instruments (heading 92.09);
(k) Articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting fittings);
(l) Articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites); or
(m) Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners, press-studs, button moulds or other parts of these articles, button blanks, of heading
96.06.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
35% or
Saddlery and harness for any animal (including traces, leads, knee pads, muzzles,
42.01 4201.00 kg 4201.00 27% Free Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
saddle cloths, saddle bags, dog coats and the like), of any material. per kg
42.03 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather (+).
Rs.200/=
4203.10 - Articles of apparel kg 4203.10 27% Free Free 22.4% 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Gloves, mittens and mitts :
Rs.200/=
4203.21 -- Specially designed for use in sports kg 4203.21 27% Free Free 22.4% 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.200/=
4203.29 -- Other kg 4203.29 27% Free Free 22.4% 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.200/=
4203.30 - Belts and bandoliers kg 4203.30 Free Free 22.4% 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.200/=
4203.40 - Other clothing accessories kg 4203.40 Free Free 22.4% 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
[42.04]
42.06 4206.00 Articles of gut (other than silk-worm gut), of goldbeater’s skin, of bladders or of tendons. kg 4206.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 43 3.- Heading 43.03 includes furskins and parts thereof, assembled with the addition of other materials, and furskins and parts thereof,
sewn together in the form of garments or parts or accessories of garments or in the form of other articles.
Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof
4.- Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (except those excluded by Note 2) lined with furskin or artificial fur or to which furskin
Notes.
or artificial fur is attached on the outside except as mere trimming are to be classified in heading 43.03 or 43.04 as the case may
1.- Throughout the Nomenclature references to "furskins", other than to raw furskins of heading 43.01, apply to hides or skins of all be.
animals which have been tanned or dressed with the hair or wool on.
5.- Throughout the Nomenclature the expression "artificial fur" means any imitation of furskin consisting of wool, hair or other fibres
2.- This Chapter does not cover : gummed or sewn on to leather, woven fabric or other materials, but does not include imitation furskins obtained by weaving or
knitting (generally, heading 58.01 or 60.01).
(a) Bird skins or parts of bird skins, with their feathers or down (heading 05.05 or 67.01);
(b) Raw hides or skins, with the hair or wool on, of Chapter 41 (see Note 1 (c) to that Chapter);
(c) Gloves, mittens and mitts, consisting of leather and furskin or of leather and artificial fur (heading 42.03);
(d) Articles of Chapter 64;
(e) Headgear or parts thereof of Chapter 65; or
(f) Articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites).
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Raw furskins (including heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings, suitable for
43.01
furriers' use), other than raw hides and skins of heading 41.01, 41.02 or 41.03.
4301.10 - Of mink, whole, with or without head, tail or paws kg 4301.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
Of lamb, the following : Astrakhan, Broadtail, Caracul, Persian and similar lamb, Indian,
4301.30 - kg 4301.30 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan lamb, whole, with or without head, tail or paws
4301.60 - Of fox, whole, with or without head, tail or paws kg 4301.60 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
4301.80 - Other furskins, whole, with or without head, tail or paws kg 4301.80 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
4301.90 - Heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings, suitable for furriers' use kg 4301.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
Tanned or dressed furskins (including heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings),
43.02 unassembled, or assembled (without the addition of other materials) other than those of
heading 43.03.
4302.20 - Heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings, not assembled kg 4302.20 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
4302.30 - Whole skins and pieces or cuttings thereof, assembled kg 4302.30 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
4303.10 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories kg 4303.10 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
25%or
4303.90 - Other kg 4303.90 24% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.75/=
per kg
43.04 4304.00 Artificial fur and articles thereof. kg 4304.00 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
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Chapter 44
Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
Notes.
3.- Headings 44.14 to 44.21 apply to articles of the respective descriptions of particle board or similar board, fibreboard, laminated
1.- This Chapter does not cover : wood or densified wood as they apply to such articles of wood.
4.- Products of heading 44.10, 44.11 or 44.12 may be worked to form the shapes provided for in respect of the goods of heading
(a) Wood, in chips, in shavings, crushed, ground or powdered, of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy, or for insecticidal,
44.09, curved, corrugated, perforated, cut or formed to shapes other than square or rectangular or submitted to any other
fungicidal or similar purposes (heading 12.11);
operation provided it does not give them the character of articles of other headings.
(b) Bamboos or other materials of a woody nature of a kind used primarily for plaiting, in the rough, whether or not split, sawn
lengthwise or cut to length (heading 14.01); 5.- Heading 44.17 does not apply to tools in which the blade, working edge, working surface or other working part is formed by any of
(c) Wood, in chips, in shavings, ground or powdered, of a kind used primarily in dyeing or in tanning (heading 14.04); the materials specified in Note 1 to Chapter 82.
(d) Activated charcoal (heading 38.02);
6.- Subject to Note 1 above and except where the context otherwise requires, any reference to "wood" in a heading of this Chapter
(e) Articles of heading 42.02;
applies also to bamboos and other materials of a woody nature.
(f) Goods of Chapter 46;
(g) Footwear or parts thereof of Chapter 64;
(h) Goods of Chapter 66 (for example, umbrellas and walking-sticks and parts thereof); Subheading Note Notes.
(ij) Goods of heading 68.08;
(k) Imitation jewellery of heading 71.17; 1.- For the purposes of subheading 4401.31, the expression “wood pellets” means by-products such as cutter shavings, sawdust or
(l) Goods of Section XVI or Section XVII (for example, machine parts, cases, covers, cabinets for machines and apparatus and chips, of the mechanical wood processing industry, furniture-making industry or other wood transformation activities, which have
wheelwrights' wares); been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 % by weight.
(m) Goods of Section XVIII (for example, clock cases and musical instruments and parts thereof);
Such pellets are cylindrical, with a diameter not exceeding 25 mm and a length not exceeding 100 mm.
(n) Parts of firearms (heading 93.05);
(o) Articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings);
(p) Articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites); 2.- For the purposes of subheadings 4403.41 to 4403.49, 4407.21 to 4407.29, 4408.31 to 4408.39 and 4412.31, the expression
(q) Articles of Chapter 96 (for example, smoking pipes and parts thereof, buttons, pencils) excluding bodies and handles, of wood, "tropical wood" means one of the following types of wood :
for articles of heading 96.03; or
(r) Articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art). Abura, Acajou d'Afrique, Afrormosia, Ako, Alan, Andiroba, Aningré, Avodiré, Azobé, Balau, Balsa, Bossé clair, Bossé foncé, Cativo,
Cedro, Dabema, Dark Red Meranti, Dibétou, Doussié, Framiré, Freijo, Fromager, Fuma, Geronggang, Ilomba, Imbuia, Ipé, Iroko,
2.- In this Chapter, the expression "densified wood" means wood which has been subjected to chemical or physical treatment (being, in Jaboty, Jelutong, Jequitiba, Jongkong, Kapur, Kempas, Keruing, Kosipo, Kotibé, Koto, Light Red Meranti, Limba, Louro,
the case of layers bonded together, treatment in excess of that needed to ensure a good bond), and which has thereby acquired Maçaranduba, Mahogany, Makoré, Mandioqueira, Mansonia, Mengkulang, Meranti Bakau, Merawan, Merbau, Merpauh, Mersawa,
increased density or hardness together with improved mechanical strength or resistance to chemical or electrical agencies. Moabi, Niangon, Nyatoh, Obeche, Okoumé, Onzabili, Orey, Ovengkol, Ozigo, Padauk, Paldao, Palissandre de Guatemala,
Palissandre de Para, Palissandre de Rio, Palissandre de Rose, Pau Amarelo, Pau Marfim, Pulai, Punah, Quaruba, Ramin, Sapelli,
Saqui-Saqui, Sepetir, Sipo, Sucupira, Suren, Tauari, Teak, Tiama, Tola, Virola, White Lauan, White Meranti, White Seraya, Yellow
Meranti.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or
44.01 particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs,
briquettes, pellets or similar forms.
4401.10 - Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms kg 4401.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
44.02 Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated.
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
4402.90.10 --- Coconut shell charcoal kg 4402.90.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4402.90.90 --- Other kg 4402.90.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
44.03 Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared (+).
4403.10 - Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives m3 4403.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
- Other :
4403.91 -- Of oak (Quercus spp.) m3 4403.91 Free Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
4403.92 -- Of beech (Fagus spp.) m3 4403.92 Free Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn
lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked,
44.04
suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like;
chipwood and the like.
44.05 4405.00 Wood wool; wood flour. kg 4405.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4406.10 - Not impregnated m3 4406.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or
44.07
end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm.
4407.25 -- Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti and Meranti Bakau m3 4407.25 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
4407.26 -- White Lauan, White Meranti, White Seraya, Yellow Meranti and Alan m3 4407.26 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
- Other :
4407.91 -- Of oak (Quercus spp.) m3 4407.91 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
4407.92 -- Of beech (Fagus spp.) m3 4407.92 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
4407.93 -- Of maple (Acer spp.) m3 4407.93 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
4407.94 -- Of cherry (Prunus spp.) m3 4407.94 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
4407.95 -- Of ash (Fraxinus spp.) m3 4407.95 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
4407.99.10 --- Of rubber m3 4407.99.10 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
4407.99.20 --- Of coconut m3 4407.99.20 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
4407.99.30 --- Of ebony m3 4407.99.30 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
4407.99.90 --- Other m3 4407.99.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood
44.08 or for similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether
or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm.
Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously
shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or
44.09
the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-
jointed.
- Non-coniferous :
4409.21 -- Of bamboo kg 4409.21 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
4409.29 -- Other kg 4409.29 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (for example, waferboard)
44.10 of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other
organic binding substances.
- Of wood :
4410.11 -- Particle board : 4410.11
4410.11.10 --- Raw particle board, not covered or coated kg 4410.11.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 15%
4410.90 - Other kg 4410.90 3.75% 3.75% Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2% 15%
Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or
44.11
other organic substances.
4411.12.10 --- Of a density exceeding 0.8 g/cm3, not mechanically worked or surface covered kg 4411.12.10 Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
4411.12.90 --- Other kg 4411.12.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4411.13.10 --- Of a density exceeding 0.8 g/cm3, not mechanically worked or surface covered kg 4411.13.10 Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4411.13.90 --- Other kg 4411.13.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4411.14.10 --- Of a density exceeding 0.8 g/cm3, not mechanically worked or surface covered kg 4411.14.10 Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4411.14.90 --- Other kg 4411.14.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
4411.92 -- Of a density exceeding 0.8 g/cm3 : 4411.92
4411.92.10 --- Not mechanically worked or surface covered kg 4411.92.10 Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4411.92.90 --- Other kg 4411.92.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4411.93 -- Of a density exceeding 0.5 g/cm but not exceeding 0.8 g/cm
3 3 kg 4411.93 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4411.94 -- Of a density not exceeding 0.5 g/cm3 kg 4411.94 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
4412.94 -- Blockboard, laminboard and battenboard kg 4412.94 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
44.13 4413.00 Densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes. 4413.00
4413.00.10 --- Of rubber wood kg 4413.00.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4413.00.90 --- Other kg 4413.00.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
44.14 4414.00 Wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects. kg 4414.00 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of
44.15
wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood.
4415.10 - Cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings; cable-drums u 4415.10 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
4415.20 - Pallets, box pallets and other load boards; pallet collars u 4415.20 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood,
44.16 4416.00 kg 4416.00 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
including staves.
Tools, tool bodies, tool handles, broom or brush bodies and handles, of wood; boot or
44.17 4417.00 4417.00
shoe lasts and trees, of wood :
4417.00.10 --- Boot and shoe lasts kg 4417.00.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled
44.18
flooring panels, shingles and shakes (+).
15% or
4418.10 - Windows, French-windows and their frames kg 4418.10 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs. 25/=
per kg
15% or
4418.20 - Doors and their frames and thresholds kg 4418.20 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs. 25/=
per kg
4418.40 - Shuttering for concrete constructional work kg 4418.40 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
4418.50 - Shingles and shakes kg 4418.50 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
15% or
4418.60 - Posts and beams kg 4418.60 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs. 25/=
per kg
- Assembled flooring panels :
4418.71 -- For mosaic floors : 4418.71
4418.71.10 --- Of rubber wood kg 4418.71.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
4418.79.10 --- Of rubber wood kg 4418.79.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
20% or
44.19 4419.00 Tableware and kitchenware, of wood. kg 4419.00 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewellery or cutlery, and similar
44.20 articles, of wood; statuettes and other ornaments, of wood; wooden articles of furniture
not falling in Chapter 94.
15% or
4420.10 - Statuettes and other ornaments, of wood kg 4420.10 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.25/=
per kg
15% or
4420.90 - Other kg 4420.90 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.25/=
per kg
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
4421.10 - Clothes hangers kg 4421.10 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
4421.90.10 --- Match splints kg 4421.90.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4421.90.20 --- Spools, cops, bobbins, sewing thread reels and the like, of turned wood kg 4421.90.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
--- Handicraft :
20% or
4421.90.31 ---- Of coconut wood kg 4421.90.31 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
20% or
4421.90.39 ---- Other kg 4421.90.39 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
20% or
4421.90.90 --- Other kg 4421.90.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
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Chapter 45
Cork and articles of cork
Note.
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
(a) Footwear or parts of footwear of Chapter 64;
(b) Headgear or parts of headgear of Chapter 65; or
(c) Articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites).
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
45.01 Natural cork, raw or simply prepared; waste cork; crushed, granulated or ground cork.
4501.10 - Natural cork, raw or simply prepared kg 4501.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4503.10 - Corks and stoppers kg 4503.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4503.90 - Other kg 4503.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4504.10 - Blocks, plates, sheets and strip; tiles of any shape; solid cylinders, including discs kg 4504.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4504.90 - Other kg 4504.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 46 2.- This Chapter does not cover :
Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; (a) Wall coverings of heading 48.14;
basketware and wickerwork (b) Twine, cordage, ropes or cables, plaited or not (heading 56.07);
(c) Footwear or headgear or parts thereof of Chapter 64 or 65;
(d) Vehicles or bodies for vehicles of basketware (Chapter 87); or
Notes.
(e) Articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting fittings).
1.- In this Chapter the expression "plaiting materials" means materials in a state or form suitable for plaiting, interlacing or similar
3.- For the purposes of heading 46.01, the expression "plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, bound
processes; it includes straw, osier or willow, bamboos, rattans, rushes, reeds, strips of wood, strips of other vegetable material
together in parallel strands" means plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, placed side by side and
(for example, strips of bark, narrow leaves and raffia or other strips obtained from broad leaves), unspun natural textile fibres,
bound together, in the form of sheets, whether or not the binding materials are of spun textile materials.
monofilament and strip and the like of plastics and strips of paper, but not strips of leather or composition leather or of felt or
nonwovens, human hair, horsehair, textile rovings or yarns, or monofilament and strip and the like of Chapter 54.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, whether or not assembled into strips;
plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, bound together in
46.01
parallel strands or woven, in sheet form, whether or not being finished articles (for
example, mats, matting, screens).
Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles, made directly to shape from plaiting
46.02
materials or made up from goods of heading 46.01; articles of loofah.
- Of vegetable materials :
30% or
4602.11 -- Of bamboo kg 4602.11 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
30% or
4602.12 -- Of rattan kg 4602.12 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
30% or
4602.19 -- Other kg 4602.19 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
30% or
4602.90 - Other kg 4602.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per kg
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Chapter 47
Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material;
recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard
Note.
1.- For the purposes of heading 47.02, the expression "chemical wood pulp, dissolving grades" means chemical wood pulp having
by weight an insoluble fraction of 92 % more for soda or sulphate wood pulp or of 88 % or more for sulphite wood pulp after one
hour in a caustic soda solution containing 18 % sodium hydroxide (NaOH) 20 °C, and for sulphite wood pulp an ash content that
does not exceed 0.15 % by weight.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
47.01 4701.00 Mechanical wood pulp. kg 4701.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
47.02 4702.00 Chemical wood pulp, dissolving grades. kg 4702.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
47.03 Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades.
- Unbleached :
4703.11 -- Coniferous kg 4703.11 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4703.19 -- Non-coniferous kg 4703.19 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Semi-bleached or bleached :
4703.21 -- Coniferous kg 4703.21 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4703.29 -- Non-coniferous kg 4703.29 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Unbleached :
4704.11 -- Coniferous kg 4704.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Semi-bleached or bleached :
4704.21 -- Coniferous kg 4704.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4704.29 -- Non-coniferous kg 4704.29 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
47.05 4705.00 Wood pulp obtained by a combination of mechanical and chemical pulping processes. kg 4705.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Pulps of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard or of
47.06
other fibrous cellulosic material.
4706.10 - Cotton linters pulp kg 4706.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4706.20 - Pulps of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard kg 4706.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4706.30 - Other, of bamboo kg 4706.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
4706.91 -- Mechanical kg 4706.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 4706.93 -- Semi-chemical kg 4706.93 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4706.93 -- Obtained by a combination of mechanical and chemical processes kg 4706.93 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
4707.10 - Unbleached kraft paper or paperboard or corrugated paper or paperboard kg 4707.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Other paper or paperboard made mainly of bleached chemical pulp, not coloured in
4707.20 - kg 4707.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
the mass
Paper or paperboard made mainly of mechanical pulp (for example, newspapers,
4707.30 - kg 4707.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
journals and similar printed matter)
4707.90 - Other, including unsorted waste and scrap L kg 4707.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Notes. 6.- In this Chapter "kraft paper and paperboard" means paper and paperboard of which not less than 80% by weight of the total fibre
1.- For the purposes of this Chapter, except where the context otherwise requires, a reference to "paper" includes references to content consists of fibres obtained by the chemical sulphate or soda processes.
paperboard (irrespective of thickness or weight per m²). 7.- Except where the terms of the headings otherwise require, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres
2.- This Chapter does not cover : answering to a description in two or more of the headings 48.01 to 48.11 are to be classified under that one of such headings
which occurs last in numerical order in the Nomenclature.
(a) Articles of Chapter 30;
(b) Stamping foils of heading 32.12; 8.- Headings 48.01 and 48.03 to 48.09 apply only to paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres :
(c) Perfumed papers or papers impregnated or coated with cosmetics (Chapter 33); (a) in strips or rolls of a width exceeding 36 cm; or
(d) Paper or cellulose wadding impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent (heading 34.01), or with polishes, (b) in rectangular (including square) sheets with one side exceeding 36 cm and the other side exceeding 15 cm in the
creams or similar preparations (heading 34.05); unfolded state.
(e) Sensitized paper or paperboard of headings 37.01 to 37.04; 9.- For the purposes of heading 48.14, the expression "wallpaper and similar wall coverings" applies only to :
(f) Paper impregnated with diagnostic or laboratory reagents (heading 38.22);
(g) Paper-reinforced stratified sheeting of plastics, or one layer of paper or paperboard coated or covered with a layer of (a) Paper in rolls, of a width of not less than 45 cm and not more than 160 cm, suitable for wall or ceiling decoration
plastics, the latter constituting more than half the total thickness, or articles of such materials, other than wall coverings (i) Grained, embossed, surface-coloured, design-printed or otherwise surface-decorated (for example, with textile
of heading 48.14 (Chapter 39); flock), whether or not coated or covered with transparent protective plastics;
(h) Articles of heading 42.02 (for example, travel goods); (ii) With an uneven surface resulting from the incorporation of particles of wood, straw, etc.;
(ij) Articles of Chapter 46 (manufactures of plaiting material); (iii) Coated or covered on the face side with plastics, the layer of plastics being grained, embossed, coloured,
(k) Paper yarn or textile articles of paper yarn (Section XI); design-printed or otherwise decorated; or
(l) Articles of Chapter 64 or Chapter 65; (iv) Covered on the face side with plaiting material, whether or not bound together in parallel strands or woven;
(m) Abrasive paper or paperboard (heading 68.05) or paper- or paperboard-backed mica (heading 68.14) (paper and (b) Borders and friezes, of paper, treated as above, whether or not in rolls, suitable for wall or ceiling decoration;
paperboard coated with mica powder are, however, to be classified in this Chapter); (c) Wall coverings of paper made up of several panels, in rolls or sheets, printed so as to make up a scene, design or motif
(n) Metal foil backed with paper or paperboard (generally Section XIV or XV); when applied to a wall.
(o) Articles of heading 92.09; or
(p) Articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites); or Chapter 96 (for example, buttons). Products on a base of paper or paperboard, suitable for use both as floor coverings and as wall coverings, are to be classified in
(q) Articles of Chapter 96 (for example, buttons, sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers) and napkin heading 48.23.
liners for babies). 10.- Heading 48.20 does not cover loose sheets or cards, cut to size, whether or not printed, embossed or perforated.
11.- Heading 48.23 applies, inter alia, to perforated paper or paperboard cards for Jacquard or similar machines and paper lace.
3.- Subject to the provisions of Note 7, headings 48.01 to 48.05 include paper and paperboard which have been subjected to 12.- Except for the goods of heading 48.14 or 48.21, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and articles thereof, printed with motifs,
calendaring, super-calendaring, glazing or similar finishing, false water-marking or surface sizing, and also paper, paperboard, characters or pictorial representations, which are not merely incidental to the primary use of the goods, fall in Chapter 49.
cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, coloured or marbled throughout the mass by any method. Except where heading
48.03 otherwise requires, these headings do not apply to paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres which Subheading Notes.
have been otherwise processed. 1.- For the purposes of subheadings 4804.11 and 4804.19, "kraftliner" means machine-finished or machine-glazed paper and
4.- In this Chapter the expression "newsprint" means uncoated paper of a kind used for the printing of newspapers, of which not less paperboard, of which not less than 80% by weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by the chemical
than 50 % by weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process, sulphate or soda processes, in rolls, weighing more than 115 g/m² and having a minimum Mullen bursting strength as indicated in
unsized or very lightly sized, having a surface roughness Parker Print Surf (1MPa) on each side exceeding 2.5 micrometres the following table or the linearly interpolated or extrapolated equivalent for any other weight.
(microns), weighing not less than 40 g/m² and not more than 65 g/m².
Weight Minimum Mullen bursting strength
5.- For the purposes of heading 48.02, the expressions "paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic g/m² kPa
purposes" and "non perforated punch-cards and punch tape paper" mean paper and paperboard made mainly from bleached 115 393
pulp or from pulp obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process and satisfying any of the following criteria : 125 417
For paper or paperboard weighing not more than 150 g/m² : 200 637
300 824
(a) containing 10 % or more of fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process, and 400 961
1. weighing not more than 80 g/m², or
2. coloured throughout the mass; or 2.- For the purposes of subheadings 4804.21 and 4804.29, "sack kraft paper" means machine-finished paper, of which not less than
80 % by weight of the total fibre content consists of fibres obtained by the chemical sulphate or soda processes, in rolls, weighing
(b) containing more than 8% ash, and
not less than 60 g/m² but not more than 115 g/m² and meeting one of the following sets of specifications :
1. weighing not more than 80 g/m², or
2. coloured throughout the mass; or (a) Having a Mullen burst index of not less than 3.7 kPa·m²/g and a stretch factor of more than 4.5% in the cross direction
and of more than 2% in the machine direction.
(c) containing more than 3% ash and having a brightness of 60% or more ; or
(d) containing more than 3% but not more than 8 % ash, having a brightness less than 60%, and a burst index equal to or (b) Having minima for tear and tensile as indicated in the following table or the linearly interpolated equivalent for any other
less than 2.5 kPa·m2/g; or weight :
(e) containing 3% ash or less, having a brightness of 60 % or more and a burst index equal to or less than 2.5 kPa·m2/g.
For paper or paperboard weighing more than 150 g/m² :
(a) coloured throughout the mass; or
(b) having a brightness of 60% or more, and
1. a caliper of 225 micrometres (microns) or less, or
2. a caliper more than 225 micrometres (microns) but not more than 508 micrometres (microns) and an ash content
more than 3%; or
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(c) having a brightness of less than 60%, a caliper of 254 micrometres (microns) or less and an ash content more than 8 %. Minimum tear mN Minimum tensile kN/m
Weigh t g/m² Machine direction Machine direction
Machine Direction Cross direction
3.- For the purposes of subheading 4805.11, “semi-chemical fluting paper” means paper, in rolls, of which not less than 65 % by plus cross direction Plus cross direction
60 700 1510 1.9 6
weight of the total fibre content consists of unbleached hardwood fibres obtained by a semi-chemical pulping process obtained by
70 830 1790 2.3 7.2
a combination of mechanical and chemical pulping processes, and having a CMT 30 (Corrugated Medium Test with 30 minutes 80 965 2070 2.8 8.3
of conditioning) crush resistance exceeding 1.8 newtons/g/m² at 50 % relative humidity, at 23 °C. 100 1230 2635 3.7 10.6
115 1425 3060 4.4 12.3
4.- Subheading 4805.12 covers paper, in rolls, made mainly of straw pulp obtained by a semi-chemical pulping process obtained by
a combination of mechanical and chemical processes, weighing 130 g/m² or more, and having a CMT 30 (Corrugated Medium 6.- For the purposes of subheading 4805.30, "sulphite wrapping paper" means machine-glazed paper, of which more than 40% by
Test with 30 minutes of conditioning) crush resistance exceeding 1.4 newtons/g/m² at 50 % relative humidity, at 23 °C. weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by the chemical sulphite process, having an ash content not
exceeding 8 % and having a Mullen burst index of not less than 1.47 kPa·m²/g.
5.- Subheadings 4805.24 and 4805.25 cover paper and paperboard made wholly or mainly of pulp of recovered (waste and scrap) 7.- For the purposes of subheading 4810.22, "light-weight coated paper" means paper, coated on both sides, of a total weight not
paper or paperboard. Test liner may also have a surface layer of dyed paper or of paper made of bleached or unbleached non- exceeding 72 g/m², with a coating weight not exceeding 15 g/m² per side, on a base of which not less than 50% by weight of the
total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a mechanical process.
recovered pulp. These products have a Mullen burst index of not less than 2 kPa·m²/g.
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48.01 4801.00 Newsprint, in rolls or sheets. kg 4801.00 Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 5%
Uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic
purposes, and non perforated punch-cards and punch tape paper, in rolls or
48.02
rectangular (including square) sheets, of any size, other than paper of heading 48.01
or 48.03; hand-made paper and paperboard.
4802.54.90 --- Other kg 4802.54.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4802.55 -- Weighing 40 g/m or more but not more than 150 g/m , in rolls :
2 2 4802.55
4802.55.10 --- Carbonising base paper kg 4802.55.10 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4802.55.90 --- Other kg 4802.55.90 Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Weighing 40 g/m2 or more but not more than 150 g/m2, in sheets with one side not
4802.56 -- exceeding 435 mm and the other side not exceeding 297 mm in the unfolded state 4802.56
:
4802.56.10 --- Carbonising base paper kg 4802.56.10 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4802.57 -- Other, weighing 40 g/m2 or more but not more than 150 g/m2 : 4802.57
4802.57.10 --- Carbonising base paper kg 4802.57.10 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4802.57.90 --- Other kg 4802.57.90 Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4802.58 -- Weighing more than 150 g/m : 2 4802.58
4802.58.10 --- Box board kg 4802.58.10 Free 12% 5% 2%
4802.58.20 --- Carbonising base paper kg 4802.58.20 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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4802.62.20 --- Carbonising base paper kg 4802.62.20 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4802.62.90 --- Other kg 4802.62.90 15% 12% 5% 2%
4802.69 -- Other : 4802.69
4802.69.10 --- Box board kg 4802.69.10 Free 12% 5% 2%
4802.69.20 --- Carbonising base paper kg 4802.69.20 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Toilet or facial tissue stock, towel or napkin stock and similar paper of a kind used for
household or sanitary purposes, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres,
48.03 4803.00 kg 4803.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
whether or not creped, crinkled, embossed, perforated, surface-coloured, surface-
decorated or printed, in rolls or sheets.
Uncoated kraft paper and paperboard, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading
48.04
48.02 or 48.03.
- Kraftliner :
4804.11 -- Unbleached kg 4804.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4804.31 -- Unbleached kg 4804.31 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4804.39 -- Other kg 4804.39 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Other kraft paper and paperboard weighing more than 150 g/m2 but less than 225
-
g/m2 :
4804.41 -- Unbleached kg 4804.41 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of which more than 95% by weight of
4804.42 -- kg 4804.42 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a chemical process
4804.49 -- Other kg 4804.49 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4804.51 -- Unbleached kg 4804.51 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of which more than 95% by weight of
4804.52 -- kg 4804.52 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a chemical process
4804.59 -- Other kg 4804.59 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Other uncoated paper and paperboard, in rolls or sheets, not further worked or
48.05
processed than as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter (+).
- Fluting paper :
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4805.25 -- Weighing more than 150 g/m2 kg 4805.25 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
4805.30 - Sulphite wrapping paper kg 4805.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4805.40.90 --- Other kg 4805.40.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4805.50 - Felt paper and paperboard kg 4805.50 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
4805.91 -- Weighing 150 g/m2 or less kg 4805.91 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
4805.92 -- Weighing more than 150 g/m2 but less than 225 g/m2 : 4805.92
4805.92.10 --- Box Board kg 4805.92.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
4805.93.90 --- Other kg 4805.93.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Vegetable parchment, greaseproof papers, tracing papers and glassine and other
48.06
glazed transparent or translucent papers, in rolls or sheets.
4806.10 - Vegetable parchment kg 4806.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4806.20 - Greaseproof papers kg 4806.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4806.30 - Tracing papers kg 4806.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4806.40 - Glassine and other glazed transparent or translucent papers kg 4806.40 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4807.00.10 --- Paper and paperboard, laminated internally with bitumen, tar or asphalt kg 4807.00.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4807.00.90 --- Other kg 4807.00.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Paper and paperboard, corrugated (with or without glued flat surface sheets), creped,
48.08 crinkled, embossed or perforated, in rolls or sheets, other than paper of the kind
described in heading 48.03.
4808.10 - Corrugated paper and paperboard, whether or not perforated kg 4808.10 15% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 4808.20 - Sack kraft paper, creped or crinkled, whether or not embossed or perforated kg 4808.20 15% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 4808.30 - Other kraft paper, creped or crinkled, whether or not embossed or perforated kg 4808.30 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
4808.40 - Kraft paper, creped or crinkled, whether or not embossed or perforated 4808.40
4808.40.10 --- Sack kraft paper kg 4808.40.10 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Carbon paper, self-copy paper and other copying or transfer papers (including coated
48.09 or impregnated paper for duplicator stencils or offset plates), whether or not printed,
in rolls or sheets.
Paper and paperboard, coated on one or both sides with kaolin (China clay) or other
inorganic substances, with or without a binder, and with no other coating, whether or
48.10
not surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or rectangular (including
square) sheets, of any size (+).
Paper and paperboard of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic
purposes, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical
-
process or of which not more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists
of such fibres :
4810.13 -- In rolls : 4810.13
Watermarked paper for printing of cheque leaves or for printing of tickets for
4810.13.10 --- kg 4810.13.10 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
approved lotteries weighing not more than 150 g/m2
4810.13.90 --- Other kg 4810.13.90 Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
In sheets with one side not exceeding 435 mm and the other side not exceeding
4810.14 -- 4810.14
297 mm in the unfolded state :
Watermarked paper for printing of cheque leaves or for printing of tickets for
4810.14.10 --- kg 4810.14.10 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
approved lotteries weighing not more than 150 g/m2
4810.14.90 --- Other kg 4810.14.90 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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4811.10 - Tarred, bituminised or asphalted paper and paperboard kg 4811.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Paper and paperboard, coated, impregnated or covered with wax, paraffin wax,
4811.60 - 4811.60
stearin, oil or glycerol :
Rs.175/=
4811.60.10 --- Printed wrappers for wrapping of soap kg 4811.60.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
4811.60.90 --- Other kg 4811.60.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 10%
4811.90 - Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres : 4811.90
Rs.175/=
4811.90.10 --- Printed wrappers for wrapping of soap kg 4811.90.10 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Kraft paper and paperboard, laminated with aluminium foil, in rolls or reels of a
4811.90.20 --- kg 4811.90.20 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 10%
width exceeding 75 cm
4811.90.30 --- Cellulose wadding in rolls of a width not exceeding 15 cm kg 4811.90.30 4.5% Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2% 10%
4811.90.90 --- Other kg 4811.90.90 4.5% Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2% 10%
48.12 4812.00 Filter blocks, slabs and plates, of paper pulp. kg 4812.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
48.13 Cigarette paper, whether or not cut to size or in the form of booklets or tubes.
4813.10 - In the form of booklets or tubes L kg 4813.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4813.20 - In rolls of a width not exceeding 5 cm L kg 4813.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
48.14 Wallpaper and similar wall coverings; window transparencies of paper (+).
@@@ 4814.10 - "Ingrain" paper kg 4814.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
Wallpaper and similar wall coverings, consisting of paper coated or covered, on the
4814.20 - face side, with a grained, embossed, coloured, design-printed or otherwise kg 4814.20 25.1% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
decorated layer of plastics
4814.90 - Other : 4814.90
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Wall paper and similar wall coverings, consisting of paper covered, on the face
4814.90.10 --- side, with plaiting material, whether or not bound together in parallel strands or kg 4814.90.10 25.1% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
woven
4814.90.90 --- Other kg 4814.90.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
[48.15]
Carbon paper, self-copy paper and other copying or transfer papers (other than those
48.16 of heading 48.09), duplicator stencils and offset plates, of paper, whether or not put
up in boxes.
4816.90.90 --- Other kg 4816.90.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4817.20 - Letter cards, plain postcards and correspondence cards kg 4817.20 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
Toilet paper and similar paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, of a
kind used for household or sanitary purposes, in rolls of a width not exceeding 36
48.18 cm, or cut to size or shape; handkerchiefs, cleansing tissues, towels, tablecloths,
@@@ serviettes, napkins for babies, tampons, bed sheets and similar household, sanitary
or hospital articles, articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of paper pulp, paper,
cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres.
Toilet paper and similar paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, of a
kind used for household or sanitary purposes, in rolls of a width not exceeding 36
cm, or cut to size or shape; handkerchiefs, cleansing tissues, towels, tablecloths,
48.18
serviettes, bed sheets and similar household, sanitary or hospital articles, articles of
apparel and clothing accessories, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of
cellulose fibres.
4818.20 - Handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels kg 4818.20 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
Sanitary towels and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar
@@@ 4818.40 - kg 4818.40 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
sanitary articles
4818.50 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories : 4818.50
4818.50.10 --- Sterilised hospital clothing kg 4818.50.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
4818.50.90 --- Other kg 4818.50.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
4818.90.20 --- Tissues in jumbo rolls exceeding 15 cm in width kg 4818.90.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4818.90.90 --- Other kg 4818.90.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
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Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and other packing containers, of paper, paperboard,
48.19 cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres; box files, letter trays, and similar
articles, of paper or paperboard of a kind used in offices, shops or the like.
4819.10 - Cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard kg 4819.10 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
4819.20 - Folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard kg 4819.20 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
4819.30 - Sacks and bags, having a base of a width of 40 cm or more kg 4819.30 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
4819.50 - Other packing containers, including record sleeves kg 4819.50 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
Box files, letter trays, storage boxes and similar articles, of a kind used in offices,
4819.60 - kg 4819.60 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
shops or the like
Registers, account books, note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads,
memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, exercise books, blotting-pads,
48.20 binders (loose-leaf or other), folders, file covers, manifold business forms,
interleaved carbon sets and other articles of stationery, of paper or paperboard;
albums for samples or for collections and book covers, of paper or paperboard.
Registers, account books, note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads, 20% or
4820.10 - kg 4820.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.100/=
memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles per kg
4820.20 - Exercise books kg 4820.20 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
20% or
4820.30 - Binders (other than book covers), folders and file covers kg 4820.30 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.100/=
per kg
20% or
4820.40 - Manifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets kg 4820.40 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.100/=
per kg
20% or
4820.50 - Albums for samples or for collections kg 4820.50 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.100/=
per kg
20% or
4820.90 - Other kg 4820.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.100/=
per kg
48.21 Paper or paperboard labels of all kinds, whether or not printed (+).
Bobbins, spools, cops and similar supports of paper pulp, paper or paperboard
48.22
(whether or not perforated or hardened).
4822.10 - Of a kind used for winding textile yarn kg 4822.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, cut to size
48.23 or shape; other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs
of cellulose fibres.
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Chapter 49 4.- Heading 49.01 also covers :
Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products (a) A collection of printed reproductions of, for example, works of art or drawings, with a relative text, put up with numbered
pages in a form suitable for binding into one or more volumes;
of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans
(b) A pictorial supplement accompanying, and subsidiary to, a bound volume; and
(c) Printed parts of books or booklets, in the form of assembled or separate sheets or signatures, constituting the whole or a
Notes.
part of a complete work and designed for binding.
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
However, printed pictures or illustrations not bearing a text, whether in the form of signatures or separate sheets, fall in heading
(a) Photographic negatives or positives on transparent bases (Chapter 37); 49.11.
(b) Maps, plans or globes, in relief, whether or not printed (heading 90.23);
5.- Subject to Note 3 to this Chapter, heading 49.01 does not cover publications which are essentially devoted to advertising (for
(c) Playing cards or other goods of Chapter 95; or
example, brochures, pamphlets, leaflets, trade catalogues, year books published by trade associations, tourist propaganda). Such
(d) Original engravings, prints or lithographs (heading 97.02), postage or revenue stamps, stamp-postmarks, first-day covers,
publications are to be classified in heading 49.11.
postal stationery or the like of heading 97.04, antiques of an age exceeding one hundred years or other articles
of Chapter 97. 6.- For the purposes of heading 49.03, the expression "children's picture books" means books for children in which the pictures form
the principal interest and the text is subsidiary.
2.- For the purposes of Chapter 49, the term "printed" also means reproduced by means of a duplicating machine, produced under the
control of an automatic data processing machine, embossed, photographed, photocopied, thermocopied or typewritten.
3.- Newspapers, journals and periodicals which are bound otherwise than in paper, and sets of newspapers, journals or periodicals
comprising more than one number under a single cover are to be classified in heading 49.01, whether or not containing advertising
material.
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Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter, whether or not in single
49.01
sheets.
4901.10 - In single sheets, whether or not folded kg 4901.10 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
- Other :
4901.91 -- Dictionaries and encyclopedias, and serial instalments thereof kg 4901.91 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
4901.99 -- Other : 4901.99
4901.99.10 --- Printed books kg 4901.99.10 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
25% or
4901.99.20 --- Telephone and trade directories kg 4901.99.20 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% Rs.150/=
per kg
49.03 4903.00 Children's picture, drawing or colouring books. kg 4903.00 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
49.04 4904.00 Music, printed or in manuscript, whether or not bound or illustrated : 4904.00
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Maps and hydrographic or similar charts of all kinds, including atlases, wall maps,
49.05
topographical plans and globes, printed.
- Other :
4905.91 -- In book form kg 4905.91 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in
49.07 4907.00 which they have, or will have, a recognised face value; stamp-impressed paper; bank 4907.00
notes; cheque forms; stock, share or bond certificates and similar documents of title :
4907.00.10 --- Cheque leaves and cheque books other than travelers’ cheques in any form kg 4907.00.10 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
Unused postage and revenue stamps of the Government of the Democratic Socialist
4907.00.20 --- kg 4907.00.20 15% Ex 5% 2%
Republic of Sri Lanka or of a Provincial Council
4907.00.30 --- Stamped envelops kg 4907.00.30 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
4908.10.90 --- Other kg 4908.10.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
4908.90.90 --- Other kg 4908.90.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
30% or
49.10 4910.00 Calendars of any kind, printed, including calendar blocks. kg 4910.00 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.100/=
per kg
4911.10 - Trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like : 4911.10
4911.10.10 --- In book form kg 4911.10.10 Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
4911.91 -- Pictures, designs and photographs : 4911.91
4911.91.10 --- Printed pictures, and photographs in book form kg 4911.91.10 30% 12% 5% 2% 30%
4911.91.20 --- Other printed pictures and photographs kg 4911.91.20 30% 12% 5% 2% 30%
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
4911.99.40 --- Other printed labels, wrappers and the like Kg 4911.99.40 Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 50
Silk
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
50.01 5001.00 Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling. kg 5001.00 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
50.02 5002.00 Raw silk (not thrown). kg 5002.00 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
50.03 5003.00 Silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, yarn waste and garnetted stock). L kg 5003.00 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
50.04 5004.00 Silk yarn (other than yarn spun from silk waste) not put up for retail sale. kg 5004.00 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
50.05 5005.00 Yarn spun from silk waste, not put up for retail sale. kg 5005.00 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
50.06 5006.00 Silk yarn and yarn spun from silk waste, put up for retail sale; silk-worm gut. kg 5006.00 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
Rs.100/=
5007.10 - Fabrics of noil silk kg 5007.10 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
5007.20 - Other fabrics, containing 85% or more by weight of silk or of silk waste other than noil silk kg 5007.20 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
5007.90 - Other fabrics kg 5007.90 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
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Chapter 51
Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn
and woven fabric
Note.
1.- Throughout the Nomenclature :
(a) "Wool" means the natural fibre grown by sheep or lambs;
(b) "Fine animal hair" means the hair of alpaca, llama, vicuna, camel (including dromedary), yak, Angora, Tibetan, Kashmir or
similar goats (but not common goats), rabbit (including Angora rabbit), hare, beaver, nutria or musk-rat;
(c) "Coarse animal hair" means the hair of animals not mentioned above, excluding brush-making hair and bristles (heading
05.02) and horsehair (heading 05.11).
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
5102.20 - Coarse animal hair kg 5102.20 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, including yarn waste but excluding
51.03
garnetted stock.
5103.10 - Noils of wool or of fine animal hair L kg 5103.10 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
5103.20 - Other waste of wool or of fine animal hair L kg 5103.20 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
5103.30 - Waste of coarse animal hair L kg 5103.30 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
51.04 5104.00 Garnetted stock of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair. kg 5104.00 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
Wool and fine or coarse animal hair, carded or combed (including combed wool in
51.05
fragments) (+).
5105.31 -- Of Kashmir (cashmere) goats kg 5105.31 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
5105.40 - Coarse animal hair, carded or combed kg 5105.40 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
5106.10 - Containing 85% or more by weight of wool kg 5106.10 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
5106.20 - Containing less than 85% by weight of wool kg 5106.20 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
5107.10 - Containing 85% or more by weight of wool kg 5107.10 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
5107.20 - Containing less than 85% by weight of wool kg 5107.20 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
51.08 Yarn of fine animal hair (carded or combed), not put up for retail sale.
51.09 Yarn of wool or of fine animal hair, put up for retail sale.
5109.10 - Containing 85% or more by weight of wool or of fine animal hair kg 5109.10 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
5109.90 - Other kg 5109.90 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
Yarn of coarse animal hair or of horsehair (including gimped horsehair yarn), whether
51.10 5110.00 kg 5110.00 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
or not put up for retail sale.
Rs.100/=
51.13 5113.00 Woven fabrics of coarse animal hair or of horsehair. kg 5113.00 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
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Chapter 52
Cotton
Subheading Note.
1.- For the purposes of subheadings 5209.42 and 5211.42, the expression "denim" means fabrics of yarns of different colours, of 3-
thread or 4-thread twill, including broken twill, warp faced, the warp yarns of which are of one and the same colour and the weft yarns
of which are unbleached, bleached, dyed grey or coloured a lighter shade of the colour of the warp yarns.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
5202.10 - Yarn waste (including thread waste) L kg 5202.10 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
5202.91 -- Garnetted stock L kg 5202.91 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
52.04 Cotton sewing thread, whether or not put up for retail sale.
5204.20 - Put up for retail sale kg 5204.20 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, not
52.05
put up for retail sale.
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Measuring less than 714.29 decitex but not less than 232.56 decitex (exceeding 14
5205.22 -- kg 5205.22 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
metric number but not exceeding 43 metric number)
Measuring less than 232.56 decitex but not less than 192.31 decitex (exceeding 43
5205.23 -- kg 5205.23 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
metric number but not exceeding 52 metric number)
Measuring less than 192.31 decitex but not less than 125 decitex (exceeding 52 metric
5205.24 -- kg 5205.24 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
number but not exceeding 80 metric number)
Measuring less than 125 decitex but not less than 106.38 decitex (exceeding 80 metric
5205.26 -- kg 5205.26 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
number but not exceeding 94 metric number)
Measuring less than 106.38 decitex but not less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 94 metric
5205.27 -- kg 5205.27 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
number but not exceeding 120 metric number)
5205.28 -- Measuring less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120 metric number) kg 5205.28 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85% by weight of cotton,
52.06
not put up for retail sale.
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
5206.25 -- Measuring less than 125 decitex (exceeding 80 metric number) kg 5206.25 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
52.07 Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread) put up for retail sale.
5207.10 - Containing 85% or more by weight of cotton kg 5207.10 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more
52.08
than 200 g/m2.
- Unbleached :
5208.11 -- Plain weave, weighing not more than 100 g/m2 : 5208.11
5208.11.10 --- Plain weave, weighing not more than 50 g/m 2 kg 5208.11.10 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
Rs.75/=
5208.11.90 --- Other kg 5208.11.90 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.75/=
5208.12 -- Plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2 kg 5208.12 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.75/=
5208.13 -- 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill kg 5208.13 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.75/=
5208.19 -- Other fabrics kg 5208.19 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Bleached :
Rs.100/=
5208.21 -- Plain weave, weighing not more than 100 g/m2 kg 5208.21 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5208.22 -- Plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2 kg 5208.22 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5208.23 -- 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill kg 5208.23 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5208.29 -- Other fabrics kg 5208.29 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Dyed :
Rs.100/=
5208.31 -- Plain weave, weighing not more than 100 g/m2 kg 5208.31 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5208.32 -- Plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2 kg 5208.32 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5208.33 -- 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill kg 5208.33 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5208.39 -- Other fabrics kg 5208.39 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Of yarns of different colours :
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Rs.100/=
5208.41 -- Plain weave, weighing not more than 100 g/m2 kg 5208.41 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5208.42 -- Plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2 kg 5208.42 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5208.43 -- 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill kg 5208.43 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5208.49 -- Other fabrics kg 5208.49 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Printed :
Rs.100/=
5208.51 -- Plain weave, weighing not more than 100 g/m2 kg 5208.51 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5208.52 -- Plain weave, weighing more than 100 g/m2 kg 5208.52 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5208.59 -- Other fabrics kg 5208.59 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, weighing more
52.09
than 200 g/m2.
- Unbleached :
Rs.75/=
5209.11 -- Plain weave kg 5209.11 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.75/=
5209.12 -- 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill kg 5209.12 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.75/=
5209.19 -- Other fabrics kg 5209.19 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Bleached :
Rs.100/=
5209.21 -- Plain weave kg 5209.21 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5209.22 -- 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill kg 5209.22 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5209.29 -- Other fabrics kg 5209.29 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Dyed :
Rs.100/=
5209.31 -- Plain weave kg 5209.31 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5209.32 -- 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill kg 5209.32 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5209.39 -- Other fabrics kg 5209.39 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Of yarns of different colours :
Rs.100/=
5209.41 -- Plain weave kg 5209.41 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5209.42 -- Denim kg 5209.42 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5209.43 -- Other fabrics of 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill kg 5209.43 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5209.49 -- Other fabrics kg 5209.49 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Printed :
Rs.100/=
5209.51 -- Plain weave kg 5209.51 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5209.52 -- 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill kg 5209.52 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5209.59 -- Other fabrics kg 5209.59 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or
52.10
solely with man-made fibres, weighing not more than 200 g/m2.
- Unbleached :
Rs.75/=
5210.11 -- Plain weave kg 5210.11 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.75/=
5210.19 -- Other fabrics kg 5210.19 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Bleached :
Rs.100/=
5210.21 -- Plain weave kg 5210.21 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5210.29 -- Other fabrics kg 5210.29 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Dyed :
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Rs.100/=
5210.31 -- Plain weave kg 5210.31 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5210.32 -- 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill kg 5210.32 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5210.39 -- Other fabrics kg 5210.39 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Of yarns of different colours :
Rs.100/=
5210.41 -- Plain weave kg 5210.41 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
5210.49 -- Other fabrics kg 5210.49 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Printed :
Rs.100/=
5210.51 -- Plain weave kg 5210.51 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5210.59 -- Other fabrics kg 5210.59 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or
52.11
solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200 g/m2.
- Unbleached :
Rs.75/=
5211.11 -- Plain weave kg 5211.11 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.75/=
5211.12 -- 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill kg 5211.12 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.75/=
5211.19 -- Other fabrics kg 5211.19 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5211.20 - Bleached kg 5211.20 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Dyed :
Rs.100/=
5211.31 -- Plain weave kg 5211.31 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
5211.32 -- 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill kg 5211.32 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
5211.39 -- Other fabrics kg 5211.39 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Of yarns of different colours :
Rs.100/=
5211.41 -- Plain weave kg 5211.41 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5211.42 -- Denim kg 5211.42 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5211.43 -- Other fabrics of 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill kg 5211.43 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5211.49 -- Other fabrics kg 5211.49 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Printed :
Rs.100/=
5211.51 -- Plain weave kg 5211.51 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5211.52 -- 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill kg 5211.52 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5211.59 -- Other fabrics kg 5211.59 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.75/=
5212.21 -- Unbleached kg 5212.21 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5212.22 -- Bleached kg 5212.22 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Rs.100/=
5212.23 -- Dyed kg 5212.23 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5212.24 -- Of yarns of different colours kg 5212.24 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5212.25 -- Printed kg 5212.25 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
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Chapter 53
Other Vegetable textile fibres;
Paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn
Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and
53.01
garnetted stock) (+).
5301.10 - Flax, raw or retted kg 5301.10 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
5301.30 - Flax tow and waste L kg 5301.30 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
True hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of true
53.02
hemp (including yarn waste and garnetted stock).
5302.10 - True hemp, raw or retted kg 5302.10 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
Jute and other textile bast fibres (excluding flax, true hemp and ramie), raw or
53.03 processed but not spun; tow and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and
garnetted stock).
5303.10 - Jute and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted kg 5303.10 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
5303.90 - Other : 5303.90
5303.90.10 --- Tow and Waste L kg 5303.90.10 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
5303.90.90 --- Other kg 5303.90.90 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
[53.04]
Coconut, abaca (Manila hemp or Musa textilis Nee), ramie and other vegetable textile
53.05 5305.00 fibres, not elsewhere specified or included, raw or processed but not spun; tow, noils 5305.00
and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) :
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
5305.00.30 --- Raw mixed fibre of coconut (coir) twisted kg 5305.00.30 30% 12% 5% 2%
5305.00.50 --- Raw fibre pith of coconut (raw format not processed) kg 5305.00.50 30% 12% 5% 2%
--- Of abaca :
5305.00.81 ---- Raw kg 5305.00.81 30% 12% 5% 2%
5305.00.82 ---- Tow, noils and waste kg 5305.00.82 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
--- Other :
5305.00.91 ---- Raw of sisal and other textile fibres of the genus Agava kg 5305.00.91 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
5305.00.92 ---- Other tow and waste of sisal and other textile fibres of the genus Agava kg 5305.00.92 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
5305.00.93 ---- Other of sisal and other textile fibres of the genus Agava kg 5305.00.93 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
5305.00.94 ---- Other tow and waste kg 5305.00.94 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
5305.00.99 ---- Other kg 5305.00.99 Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
5308.20 - True hemp yarn kg 5308.20 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
53.10 Woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading 53.03.
53.11 5311.00 Woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres; woven fabrics of paper yarn : 5311.00
5311.00.10 --- Geo textiles kg 5311.00.10 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
5311.00.90 --- Other kg 5311.00.90 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 54
Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials (b) By dissolution or chemical treatment of natural organic polymers (for example, cellulose) to produce polymers such as
cuprammonium rayon (cupro) or viscose rayon, or by chemical modification of natural organic polymers (for example,
Notes. cellulose, casein and other proteins, or alginic acid), to produce polymers such as cellulose acetate or alginates.
1.- Throughout the Nomenclature, the term "man-made fibres" means staple fibres and filaments of organic polymers produced by The terms "synthetic" and "artificial", used in relation to fibres, mean: synthetic: fibres as defined at (a); artificial: fibres as
manufacturing processes, either : defined at (b). Strip and the like of heading 54.04 or 54.05 are not considered to be man-made fibres.
(a) By polymerization of organic monomers to produce polymers such as polyamides, polyesters, polyolefins or polyurethanes, The terms "man-made", "synthetic" and "artificial" shall have the same meanings when used in relation to “textile materials ".
or by chemical modification of polymers produced by this process (for example, poly(vinyl alcohol) prepared by the
hydrolysis of poly(vinyl acetate)); or 2.- Headings 54.02 and 54.03 do not apply to synthetic or artificial filament tow of Chapter 55.
Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
54.01 Sewing thread of man-made filaments, whether or not put up for retail sale.
Synthetic filament yarn (other than sewing thread), not put up for retail sale, including
54.02
synthetic monofilament of less than 67 decitex (+).
- Textured yarn:
5402.31 -- Of nylon or other polyamides, measuring per single yarn not more than 50 tex kg 5402.31 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
5402.32 -- Of nylon or other polyamides, measuring per single yarn more than 50 tex kg 5402.32 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
- Other yarn, single, untwisted or with a twist not exceeding 50 turns per metre:
5402.44 -- Elastomeric kg 5402.44 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
5402.45 -- Other, of nylon or other polyamides kg 5402.45 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
5402.46 -- Other, of polyesters, partially oriented kg 5402.46 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Artificial filament yarn (other than sewing thread), not put up for retail sale, including
54.03
artificial monofilament of less than 67 decitex.
5403.10 - High tenacity yarn of viscose rayon kg 5403.10 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
5403.32 -- Of viscose rayon, with a twist exceeding 120 turns per metre kg 5403.32 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
- Monofilament :
5404.11 -- Elastomeric kg 5404.11 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
54.06 5406.00 Man-made filament yarn (other than sewing thread), put up for retail sale. kg 5406.00 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn, including woven fabrics obtained from
54.07
materials of heading 54.04.
Woven fabrics obtained from high tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides or of Rs.100/=
5407.10 - kg 5407.10 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
polyesters per kg
Rs.100/=
5407.20 - Woven fabrics obtained from strip or the like kg 5407.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
5407.30 - Fabrics specified in Note 9 to Section XI kg 5407.30 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Other woven fabrics, containing 85% or more by weight of filaments of nylon or other
-
polyamides :
Rs.100/=
5407.41 -- Unbleached or bleached kg 5407.41 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
5407.42 -- Dyed kg 5407.42 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
5407.43 -- Of yarns of different colours kg 5407.43 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
5407.44 -- Printed kg 5407.44 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
- Other woven fabrics, containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments :
Rs.100/=
5407.51 -- Unbleached or bleached kg 5407.51 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5407.52 -- Dyed kg 5407.52 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5407.53 -- Of yarns of different colours kg 5407.53 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Rs.100/=
5407.54 -- Printed kg 5407.54 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Other woven fabrics, containing 85% or more by weight of polyester filaments :
Rs.100/=
5407.61 -- Containing 85% or more by weight of non-textured polyester filaments kg 5407.61 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5407.69 -- Other kg 5407.69 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Woven fabrics of artificial filament yarn, including woven fabrics obtained from
54.08
materials of heading 54.05.
Rs.100/=
5408.10 - Woven fabrics obtained from high tenacity yarn of viscose rayon kg 5408.10 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Other woven fabrics, containing 85% or more by weight of artificial filament or strip or
-
the like :
Rs.100/=
5408.21 -- Unbleached or bleached kg 5408.21 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5408.22 -- Dyed kg 5408.22 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5408.23 -- Of yarns of different colours kg 5408.23 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5408.24 -- Printed kg 5408.24 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
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Chapter 55
Man-made staple fibres
Note.
1.- Headings 55.01 and 55.02 apply only to man-made filament tow, consisting of parallel filaments of a uniform length equal to the
length of the tow, meeting the following specifications :
(a) Length of tow exceeding 2 m;
(b) Twist less than 5 turns per metre;
(c) Measuring per filament less than 67 decitex;
(d) Synthetic filament tow only : the tow must be drawn, that is to say, be incapable of being stretched by more than 100 % of its
length;
(e) Total measurement of tow more than 20,000 decitex.
Tow of a length not exceeding 2 m is to be classified in heading 55.03 or 55.04.
Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
5501.10 - Of nylon or other polyamides kg 5501.10 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
5501.20 - Of polyesters kg 5501.20 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
55.02 5502.00 Artificial filament tow. kg 5502.00 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
55.03 Synthetic staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning.
55.04 Artificial staple fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning.
55.05 Waste (including noils, yarn waste and garnetted stock) of man-made fibres.
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
55.06 Synthetic staple fibres, carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning.
5506.10 - Of nylon or other polyamides kg 5506.10 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
55.07 5507.00 Artificial staple fibres, carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning. kg 5507.00 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
55.08 Sewing thread of man-made staple fibres, whether or not put up for retail sale.
5508.10 - Of synthetic staple fibres kg 5508.10 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
5508.20 - Of artificial staple fibres kg 5508.20 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
55.09 Yarn (other than sewing thread) of synthetic staple fibres, not put up for retail sale.
5509.12 -- Multiple (folded) or cabled yarn kg 5509.12 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
5509.32 -- Multiple (folded) or cabled yarn kg 5509.32 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
5509.42 -- Multiple (folded) or cabled yarn kg 5509.42 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
5509.52 -- Mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair kg 5509.52 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
5509.53 -- Mixed mainly or solely with cotton kg 5509.53 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
5509.62 -- Mixed mainly or solely with cotton kg 5509.62 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
5509.69 -- Other kg 5509.69 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
- Other yarn :
5509.91 -- Mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair kg 5509.91 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
5509.92 -- Mixed mainly or solely with cotton kg 5509.92 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
55.10 Yarn (other than sewing thread) of artificial staple fibres, not put up for retail sale.
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
5510.12 -- Multiple (folded) or cabled yarn kg 5510.12 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
5510.20 - Other yarn, mixed mainly or solely with wool or fine animal hair kg 5510.20 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
5510.30 - Other yarn, mixed mainly or solely with cotton kg 5510.30 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
55.11 Yarn (other than sewing thread) of man-made staple fibres, put up for retail sale.
5511.10 - Of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of such fibres kg 5511.10 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
5511.20 - Of synthetic staple fibres, containing less than 85% by weight of such fibres kg 5511.20 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
5511.30 - Of artificial staple fibres kg 5511.30 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing 85% or more by weight of synthetic
55.12
staple fibres.
- Other :
Rs.100/=
5512.91 -- Unbleached or bleached kg 5512.91 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5512.99 -- Other kg 5512.99 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing less than 85% by weight of such
55.13
fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, of a weight not exceeding 170 g/m2.
- Unbleached or bleached :
Rs.100/=
5513.11 -- Of polyester staple fibres, plain weave kg 5513.11 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5513.12 -- 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill, of polyester staple fibres kg 5513.12 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5513.13 -- Other woven fabrics of polyester staple fibres kg 5513.13 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5513.19 -- Other woven fabrics kg 5513.19 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Dyed :
Rs.100/=
5513.21 -- Of polyester staple fibres, plain weave kg 5513.21 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5513.23 -- Other woven fabrics of polyester staple fibres kg 5513.23 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5513.29 -- Other woven fabrics kg 5513.29 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Printed :
Rs.100/=
5513.41 -- Of polyester staple fibres, plain weave kg 5513.41 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5513.49 -- Other woven fabrics kg 5513.49 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres, containing less than 85% by weight of such
55.14
fibres, mixed mainly or solely with cotton, of a weight exceeding 170 g/m2.
- Unbleached or bleached :
Rs.100/=
5514.11 -- Of polyester staple fibres, plain weave kg 5514.11 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5514.12 -- 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill, of polyester staple fibres kg 5514.12 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5514.19 -- Other woven fabrics kg 5514.19 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Dyed :
Rs.100/=
5514.21 -- Of polyester staple fibres, plain weave kg 5514.21 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5514.22 -- 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill, of polyester staple fibres kg 5514.22 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5514.23 -- Other woven fabrics of polyester staple fibres kg 5514.23 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5514.29 -- Other woven fabrics kg 5514.29 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5514.30 - Of yarns of different colours kg 5514.30 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Printed :
Rs.100/=
5514.41 -- Of polyester staple fibres, plain weave kg 5514.41 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5514.42 -- 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill, of polyester staple fibres kg 5514.42 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5514.43 -- Other woven fabrics of polyester staple fibres kg 5514.43 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5514.49 -- Other woven fabrics kg 5514.49 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Rs.100/=
5516.22 -- Dyed kg 5516.22 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5516.23 -- Of yarns of different colours kg 5516.23 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5516.24 -- Printed kg 5516.24 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Containing less than 85% by weight of artificial staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with
-
wool or fine animal hair :
Rs.100/=
5516.31 -- Unbleached or bleached kg 5516.31 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5516.32 -- Dyed kg 5516.32 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5516.33 -- Of yarns of different colours kg 5516.33 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5516.34 -- Printed kg 5516.34 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Containing less than 85% by weight of artificial staple fibres, mixed mainly or solely with
-
cotton :
Rs.100/=
5516.41 -- Unbleached or bleached kg 5516.41 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5516.42 -- Dyed kg 5516.42 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5516.43 -- Of yarns of different colours kg 5516.43 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5516.44 -- Printed kg 5516.44 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
- Other :
Rs.100/=
5516.91 -- Unbleached or bleached kg 5516.91 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5516.92 -- Dyed kg 5516.92 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5516.93 -- Of yarns of different colours kg 5516.93 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
Rs.100/=
5516.94 -- Printed kg 5516.94 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex per kg
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Chapter 56
Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; 3.- Headings 56.02 and 56.03 cover respectively felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics or
twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof rubber whatever the nature of these materials (compact or cellular).
Notes. Heading 56.03 also includes nonwovens in which plastics or rubber forms the bonding substance.
1.- This Chapter does not cover : Headings 56.02 and 56.03 do not, however, cover :
(a) Wadding, felt or nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with substances or preparations (for example, perfumes or (a) Felt impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics or rubber, containing 50 % or less by weight of textile
cosmetics of Chapter 33, soaps or detergents of heading 34.01, polishes, creams or similar preparations of heading 34.05, material or felt completely embedded in plastics or rubber (Chapter 39 or 40);
fabric softeners of heading 38.09) where the textile material is present merely as a carrying medium; (b) Nonwovens, either completely embedded in plastics or rubber, or entirely coated or covered on both sides with such
(b) Textile products of heading 58.11; materials, provided that such coating or covering can be seen with the naked eye with no account being taken of any
(c) Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a backing of felt or nonwovens (heading 68.05); resulting change of colour (Chapter 39 or 40); or
(d) Agglomerated or reconstituted mica, on a backing of felt or nonwovens (heading 68.14); or (c) Plates, sheets or strip of cellular plastics or cellular rubber combined with felt or nonwovens, where the textile material is
(e) Metal foil on a backing of felt or nonwovens (generally Section XIV or XV). (generally Section XIV or XV); or present merely for reinforcing purposes (Chapter 39 or 40).
(f) Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles of heading 96.19.
4.- Heading 56.04 does not cover textile yarn, or strip or the like of heading 54.04 or 54.05, in which the impregnation, coating or
2.- The term "felt" includes needle loom felt and fabrics consisting of a web of textile fibres the cohesion of which has been enhanced covering cannot be seen with the naked eye (usually Chapters 50 to 55); for the purpose of this provision, no account should be
by a stitch-bonding process using fibres from the web itself. taken of any resulting change of colour.
Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Wadding of textile materials and articles thereof; textile fibres, not exceeding 5 mm in
56.01
length (flock), textile dust and mill neps.
Sanitary towels and tampons, napkin liners for babies and similar sanitary articles, of
@@@ 5601.10 - kg 5601.10 30% 12% 5% 2%
wadding
- Wadding; other articles of wadding :
5601.21 -- Of cotton 5601.21
Rs.75/-
5601.21.10 --- Wet cleansing tissues kg 5601.21.10 Free Free 17.5% 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.75/-
5601.21.90 --- Other kg 5601.21.90 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% per kg
5601.22 -- Of man-made fibres kg 5601.22
Rs.75/-
5601.21.10 --- Wet cleansing tissues kg 5601.22.10 Free Free 17.5% 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.75/-
5601.21.90 --- Other kg 5601.22.90 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% per kg
5601.29 -- Other kg 5601.29
Rs.75/-
5601.21.10 --- Wet cleansing tissues kg 5601.29.10 Free Free 17.5% 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.75/-
5601.21.90 --- Other kg 5601.29.90 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.75/-
5601.30 - Textile flock and dust and mill neps kg 5601.30 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% per kg
5602.10 - Needleloom felt and stitch-bonded fibre fabrics kg 5602.10 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
5602.29 -- Of other textile materials kg 5602.29 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
- Of man-made filaments :
5603.11 -- Weighing not more than 25 g/m2 kg 5603.11 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
5603.12 -- Weighing more than 25 g/m but not more than 70 g/m
2 2 kg 5603.12 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
5603.13 -- Weighing more than 70 g/m but not more than 150 g/m
2 2 kg 5603.13 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
5603.14 -- Weighing more than 150 g/m2 kg 5603.14 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
5603.91 -- Weighing not more than 25 g/m2 kg 5603.91 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
5603.92 -- Weighing more than 25 g/m but not more than 70 g/m
2 2 kg 5603.92 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
5603.93 -- Weighing more than 70 g/m but not more than 150 g/m
2 2 kg 5603.93 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
5603.94 -- Weighing more than 150 g/m 2 kg 5603.94 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Rubber thread and cord, textile covered; textile yarn, and strip and the like of heading
56.04
54.04 or 54.05, impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics.
5604.10 - Rubber thread and cord, textile covered kg 5604.10 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
5604.90 - Other kg 5604.90 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
Metallised yarn, whether or not gimped, being textile yarn, or strip or the like of
56.05 5605.00 heading 54.04 or 54.05, combined with metal in the form of thread, strip or powder or kg 5605.00 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
covered with metal.
Gimped yarn, and strip and the like of heading 54.04 or 54.05, gimped (other than those of
56.06 5606.00 heading 56.05 and gimped horsehair yarn); chenille yarn (including flock chenille yarn); kg 5606.00 Free Free Free Free 12% Ex Ex
loop wale-yarn.
Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, whether or not plaited or braided and whether or not
56.07
impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics (+).
- Of polyethylene or polypropylene :
5607.41 -- Binder or baler twine kg 5607.41 30% 12% 5% 2%
5607.49 -- Other : 5607.49
5607.49.10 --- Imported for the manufacture of fishing nets kg 5607.49.10 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
Knotted netting of twine, cordage or rope; made up fishing nets and other made up nets,
56.08
of textile materials.
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Articles of yarn, strip or the like of heading 54.04 or 54.05, twine, cordage, rope or cables,
56.09 5609.00 kg 5609.00 15% 12% 5% 2%
not elsewhere specified or included.
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Chapter 57
Carpets and other textile floor coverings
Notes.
1.- For the purposes of this Chapter, the term "carpets and other textile floor coverings" means floor coverings in which textile materials
serve as the exposed surface of the article when in use and includes articles having the characteristics of textile floor coverings but
intended for use for other purposes.
2.- This Chapter does not cover floor covering underlays.
Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
57.01 Carpets and other textile floor coverings, knotted, whether or not made up.
25% or
5701.10 - Of wool or fine animal hair m2 5701.10 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
5701.90 - Of other textile materials : 5701.90
25% or
5701.90.10 --- Coir carpets and rugs m2 & u 5701.90.10 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
25% or
5701.90.20 --- Jute carpets m2 5701.90.20 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
25% or
5701.90.90 --- Other m2 5701.90.90 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
Carpets and other textile floor coverings, woven, not tufted or flocked, whether or not
57.02
made up, including "Kelem", "Schumacks", "Karamanie" and similar hand-woven rugs.
5702.10 - "Kelem", "Schumacks", "Karamanie" and similar hand-woven rugs m2 5702.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
5702.39.90 --- Other m2 5702.39.90 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
5702.42 -- Of man-made textile materials m2 5702.42 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
5702.49 -- Of other textile materials m2 5702.49 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 15% 12% 5% 2%
5702.50.20 --- Of man-made textile materials m2 5702.50.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
5702.50.90 --- Of other textile materials m2 5702.50.90 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
5702.92 -- Of man-made textile materials m2 5702.92 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
5702.99 -- Of other textile materials m2 5702.99 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
57.03 Carpets and other textile floor coverings, tufted, whether or not made up.
5703.10 - Of wool or fine animal hair m2 5703.10 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
5703.20 - Of nylon or other polyamides m2 5703.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
5703.30 - Of other man-made textile materials m2 5703.30 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
5703.90.90 --- Other m2 5703.90.90 12.75% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Carpets and other textile floor coverings, of felt, not tufted or flocked, whether or not
57.04
made up.
5704.10 - Tiles, having a maximum surface area of 0.3 m2 m2 5704.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
5704.90 - Other : 5704.90
5704.90.10 --- Jute carpets m2 5704.90.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
5704.90.90 --- Other m2 5704.90.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
57.05 5705.00 Other carpets and other textile floor coverings, whether or not made up. m2 5705.00 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 10%
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Chapter 58
5.- For the purposes of heading 58.06, the expression "narrow woven fabrics" means :
Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics;
lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery (a) Woven fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm, whether woven as such or cut from wider pieces, provided with
selvedges (woven, gummed or otherwise made) on both edges;
Notes. (b) Tubular woven fabrics of a flattened width not exceeding 30 cm; and
1.- This Chapter does not apply to textile fabrics referred to in Note 1 to Chapter 59, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, or to (c) Bias binding with folded edges, of a width when unfolded not exceeding 30 cm.
other goods of Chapter 59. Narrow woven fabrics with woven fringes are to be classified in heading 58.08.
2.- Heading 58.01 also includes woven weft pile fabrics which have not yet had the floats cut, at which stage they have no pile standing 6.- In heading 58.10, the expression "embroidery" means, inter alia, embroidery with metal or glass thread on a visible ground of
up. textile fabric, and sewn appliqué work of sequins, beads or ornamental motifs of textile or other materials. The heading does not
3.- For the purposes of heading 58.03, "gauze" means a fabric with a warp composed wholly or in part of standing or ground threads and apply to needlework tapestry (heading 58.05).
crossing or doup threads which cross the standing or ground threads making a half turn, a complete turn or more to form loops 7.- In addition to the products of heading 58.09, this Chapter also includes articles made of metal thread and of a kind used in
through which weft threads pass. apparel, as furnishing fabrics or for similar purposes.
4.- Heading 58.04 does not apply to knotted net fabrics of twine, cordage or rope, of heading 56.08.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
58.01 Woven pile fabrics and chemille fabrics, other than fabrics of heading 58.02 or 58.06.
Rs.100/=
5801.10 - Of wool or fine animal hair kg 5801.10 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
- Of cotton :
Rs.100/=
5801.21 -- Uncut weft pile fabrics kg 5801.21 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
5801.22 -- Cut corduroy kg 5801.22 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
5801.23 -- Other weft pile fabrics kg 5801.23 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.50/=
@@@ 5801.24 -- Warp pile fabrics, epingle (uncut) kg 5801.24 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.50/=
@@@ 5801.25 -- Warp pile fabrics, cut kg 5801.25 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.100/=
5801.26 -- Chenille fabrics kg 5801.26 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
5801.27 -- Warp pile fabrics kg 5801.27 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex 2%
per kg
- Of man-made fibres :
Rs.100/=
5801.31 -- Uncut weft pile fabrics kg 5801.31 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
5801.32 -- Cut corduroy kg 5801.32 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
5801.33 -- Other weft pile fabrics kg 5801.33 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.50/=
@@@ 5801.34 -- Warp pile fabrics, epingle (uncut) kg 5801.34 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.50/=
@@@ 5801.35 -- Warp pile fabrics, cut kg 5801.35 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.100/=
5801.36 -- Chenille fabrics kg 5801.36 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
5801.37 -- Warp pile fabrics kg 5801.37 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex 2%
per kg
Rs.100/=
5801.90 - Of other textile materials kg 5801.90 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Terry toweling and similar woven terry fabrics, other than narrow fabrics of heading
58.02
58.06; tufted textile fabrics, other than products of heading 57.03.
Rs.75/=
58.03 5803.00 Gauze, other than narrow fabrics of heading 58.06. kg 5803.00 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Tulles and other net fabrics, not including woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics; lace in
58.04
the piece, in strips or in motifs, other than fabrics of heading 60.02 to 60.06 (+).
Hand-woven tapestries of the type Gobelins, Flanders, Aubusson, Beauvais and the like,
Rs.50/=
58.05 5805.00 and needle-worked tapestries (for example, petit point, cross stitch), whether or not kg 5805.00 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
per kg
made up.
Narrow woven fabrics, other than goods of heading 58.07; narrow fabrics consisting of
58.06
warp without weft assembled by means of an adhesive (bolducs).
Woven pile fabrics (including terrt towelling and similar terrt fabrics) and chenille Rs.100/=
5806.10 - kg 5806.10 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
fabrics per kg
Other woven fabrics, containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn or rubber Rs.100/=
5806.20 - kg 5806.20 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
thread per kg
Labels, badges and similar articles of textile materials, in the piece, in strips or cut to
58.07
shape or size, not embroidered.
Rs.50/=
5807.10 - Woven kg 5807.10 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.50/=
5807.90 - Other kg 5807.90 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Braids in the piece; ornamental trimmings in the piece, without embroidery, other than
58.08
knitted or crocheted; tassels, pompons and similar articles.
5808.10 - Braids in the piece kg 5808.10 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
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HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
per kg
Rs.50/=
5808.90 - Other kg 5808.90 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Woven fabrics of metal thread and woven fabrics of metallised yarn of heading 56.05, of
Rs.100/=
58.09 5809.00 a kind used in apparel, as furnishing fabrics or for similar purposes, not elsewhere kg 5809.00 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
specified or included.
Rs.50/=
5810.10 - Embroidery without visible ground kg 5810.10 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Other embroidery :
Rs.50/=
5810.91 -- Of cotton kg 5810.91 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.50/=
5810.92 -- Of man-made fibres kg 5810.92 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.50/=
5810.99 -- Of other textile materials kg 5810.99 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Quilted textile products in the piece, composed of one or more layers of textile materials
Rs.100/=
58.11 5811.00 assembled with padding by stitching or otherwise, other than embroidery of heading kg 5811.00 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
58.10.
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Chapter 59
Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; This heading does not, however, apply to plates, sheets or strips of cellular rubber, combined with textile fabric, where the textile
textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use fabric is present merely for reinforcing purposes (Chapter 40), or textile products of heading 58.11.
Notes. 5.- Heading 59.07 does not apply to :
1.- Except where the context otherwise requires, for the purposes of this Chapter the expression "textile fabrics" applies only to the (a) Fabrics in which the impregnation, coating or covering cannot be seen with the naked eye (usually Chapters 50 to 55, 58
woven fabrics of Chapters 50 to 55 and headings 58.03 and 58.06, the braids and ornamental trimmings in the piece of heading or 60); for the purpose of this provision, no account should be taken of any resulting change of colour;
58.08 and the knitted or crocheted fabrics of headings 60.02 to 60.06. (b) Fabrics painted with designs (other than painted canvas being theatrical scenery, studio back-cloths or the like);
(c) Fabrics partially covered with flock, dust, powdered cork or the like and bearing designs resulting from these treatments;
2.- Heading 59.03 applies to :
however, imitation pile fabrics remain classified in this heading;
(a) Textile fabrics, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics, whatever the weight per square metre and (d) Fabrics finished with normal dressings having a basis of amylaceous or similar substances;
whatever the nature of the plastic material (compact or cellular), other than : (e) Wood veneered on a backing of textile fabrics (heading 44.08);
(f) Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a backing of textile fabrics (heading 68.05);
(1) Fabrics in which the impregnation, coating or covering cannot be seen with the naked eye (usually Chapters 50 to (g) Agglomerated or reconstituted mica, on a backing of textile fabrics (heading 68.14); or
55, 58 or 60); for the purpose of this provision, no account should be taken of any resulting change of colour; (h) Metal foil on a backing of textile fabrics (generally Section XIV or XV).
(2) Products which cannot, without fracturing, be bent manually around a cylinder of a diameter of 7 mm, at a
6.- Heading 59.10 does not apply to :
temperature between 15 °C and 30 °C (usually Chapter 39);
(3) Products in which the textile fabric is either completely embedded in plastics or entirely coated or covered on both (a) Transmission or conveyor belting, of textile material, of a thickness of less than 3 mm; or
sides with such material, provided that such coating or covering can be seen with the naked eye with no account (b) Transmission or conveyor belts or belting of textile fabric impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with rubber or
being taken of any resulting change of colour (Chapter 39); made from textile yarn or cord impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber (heading 40.10).
(4) Fabrics partially coated or partially covered with plastics and bearing designs resulting from these treatments
7.- Heading 59.11 applies to the following goods, which do not fall in any other heading of Section XI :
(usually Chapters 50 to 55, 58 or 60);
(5) Plates, sheets or strip of cellular plastics, combined with textile fabric, where the textile fabric is present merely for (a) Textile products in the piece, cut to length or simply cut to rectangular (including square) shape (other than those having
reinforcing purposes (Chapter 39); or the character of the products of headings 59.08 to 59.10), the following only :
(6) Textile products of heading 58.11;
(i) Textile fabrics, felt and felt-lined woven fabrics, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, leather or other
(b) Fabrics made from yarn, strip or the like, impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with plastics, of heading 56.04. material, of a kind used for card clothing, and similar fabrics of a kind used for other technical purposes,
including narrow fabrics made of velvet impregnated with rubber, for covering weaving spindles (weaving
3.- For the purposes of heading 59.05, the expression "textile wall coverings" applies to products in rolls, of a width of not less than 45
beams);
cm, suitable for wall or ceiling decoration, consisting of a textile surface which has been fixed on a backing or has been treated on
(ii) Bolting cloth;
the back (impregnated or coated to permit pasting).
(iii) Straining cloth of a kind used in oil presses or the like, of textile material or of human hair;
This heading does not, however, apply to wall coverings consisting of textile flock or dust fixed directly on a backing of paper (iv) Flat woven textile fabrics with multiple warp or weft, whether or not felted, impregnated or coated, of a kind used
(heading 48.14) or on a textile backing (generally heading 59.07). in machinery or for other technical purposes;
(v) Textile fabrics reinforced with metal, of a kind used for technical purposes;
4.- For the purposes of heading 59.06, the expression "rubberised textile fabrics" means :
(vi) Cords, braids and the like, whether or not coated, impregnated or reinforced with metal, of a kind used in
(a) Textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, industry as packing or lubricating materials;
(i) Weighing not more than 1,500 g/m²; or (b) Textile articles (other than those of headings 59.08 to 59.10) of a kind used for technical purposes (for example, textile
(ii) Weighing more than 1,500 g/m² and containing more than 50 % by weight of textile material; fabrics and felts, endless or fitted with linking devices, of a kind used in paper-making or similar machines (for example,
for pulp or asbestos-cement), gaskets, washers, polishing discs and other machinery parts).
(b) Fabrics made from yarn, strip or the like, impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber, of heading 56.04; and
(c) Fabrics composed of parallel textile yarns agglomerated with rubber, irrespective of their weight per square metre.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind used for the outer
59.01 covers of books or the like; tracing cloth; prepared painting canvas; buckram and similar
stiffened textile fabrics of a kind used for hat foundations.
Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind used for the outer Rs.100/=
5901.10 - kg 5901.10 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
cover of books or the like per kg
Rs.100/=
5901.90 - Other kg 5901.90 Free Free Free Free Con 5% 2%
per kg
Tyre cord fabric of high tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides, polyesters or viscose
59.02
rayon.
5902.10 - Of nylon or other polyamides kg 5902.10 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics, other than those
59.03
of heading 59.02.
Linoleum, whether or not cut to shape; floor coverings consisting of a coating or covering
59.04
applied on a textile backing, whether or not cut to shape.
59.05 5905.00 Textile wall coverings. m2 5905.00 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
5906.10 - Adhesive tape of a width not exceeding 20 cm kg 5906.10 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
5906.91 -- Knitted or crocheted kg 5906.91 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
5906.99 -- Other kg 5906.99 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Textile fabrics otherwise impregnated, coated or covered; painted canvas being theatrical Rs.50/=
59.07 5907.00 kg 5907.00 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
scenery, studio back-cloths or the like. per kg
Textile wicks, woven, plaited or knitted, for lamps, stoves, lighters, candles or the like;
10.83
59.08 5908.00 incandescent gas mantles and tubular knitted gas mantle fabric therefore, whether or not kg 5908.00 Free Free
%
4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
impregnated.
Textile hosepiping and similar textile tubing, with or without lining, armour or accessories
59.09 5909.00 kg 5909.00 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
of other materials.
59.11 Textile products and articles, for technical uses, specified in Note 7 to this Chapter (+).
Textile fabrics, felt and felt-lined woven fabrics, coated, covered or laminated with rubber,
leather or other material, of a kind used for card clothing, and similar fabrics of a kind used
5911.10 - kg 5911.10 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
for other technical purposes, including narrow fabrics made of velvet impregnated with
rubber, for covering weaving spindles (weaving beams)
5911.20 - Bolting cloth, whether or not made up kg 5911.20 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Textile fabrics and felts, endless or fitted with linking devices, of a kind used in paper-
-
making or similar machines (for example, for pulp or asbestos-cement) :
5911.31 -- Weighing less than 650 g/m2 kg 5911.31 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
5911.32 -- Weighing 650 g/m2 or more kg 5911.32 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
5911.40 - Straining cloth of a kind used in oil presses or the like, including that of human hair kg 5911.40 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 60
Knitted or crocheted fabrics
2.- This Chapter also includes fabrics made of metal thread and of a kind used in apparel, as furnishing fabrics or for similar
Notes.
purposes.
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
3.- Throughout the Nomenclature any reference to "knitted" goods includes a reference to stitch-bonded goods in which the chain
(a) Crochet lace of heading 58.04; stitches are formed of textile yarn.
(b) Labels, badges or similar articles, knitted or crocheted, of heading 58.07; or
(c) Knitted or crocheted fabrics, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of Chapter 59. However, knitted or crocheted pile
fabrics, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, remain classified in heading 60.01.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
60.01 Pile fabrics, including "long pile" fabrics and terry fabrics, knitted or crocheted.
Rs.100/=
6001.10 - "Long pile" fabrics kg 6001.10 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
- Looped pile fabrics :
Rs.100/=
6001.21 -- Of cotton kg 6001.21 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6001.22 -- Of man-made fibres kg 6001.22 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6001.29 -- Of other textile materials kg 6001.29 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
- Other :
Rs.100/=
6001.91 -- Of cotton kg 6001.91 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6001.92 -- Of man-made fibres kg 6001.92 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6001.99 -- Of other textile materials kg 6001.99 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6002.40 - Containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn but not containing rubber thread kg 6002.40 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6002.90 - Other kg 6002.90 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm, other than those of heading
60.03
60.01 or 60.02.
Rs.100/=
6003.10 - Of wool or fine animal hair kg 6003.10 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6003.20 - Of cotton kg 6003.20 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6003.30 - Of synthetic fibres kg 6003.30 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6003.40 - Of artificial fibres kg 6003.40 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6003.90 - Other kg 6003.90 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6004.10 - Containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn but not containing rubber thread kg 6004.10 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6004.90 - Other kg 6004.90 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
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Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Warp knit fabrics (including those made on gallon knitting machines), other than those of
60.05
headings 60.01 to 60.04
- Of cotton :
Rs.100/=
6005.21 -- Unbleached or bleached kg 6005.21 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6005.22 -- Dyed kg 6005.22 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6005.23 -- Of yarns of different colours kg 6005.23 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6005.24 -- Printed kg 6005.24 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
- Of synthetic fibres :
Rs.100/=
6005.31 -- Unbleached or bleached kg 6005.31 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6005.32 -- Dyed kg 6005.32 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6005.33 -- Of yarns of different colours kg 6005.33 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6005.34 -- Printed kg 6005.34 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
- Of artificial fibres :
Rs.100/=
6005.41 -- Unbleached or bleached kg 6005.41 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6005.42 -- Dyed kg 6005.42 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6005.43 -- Of yarns of different colours kg 6005.43 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6005.44 -- Printed kg 6005.44 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6005.90 - Other kg 6005.90 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6006.10 - Of wool or fine animal hair kg 6006.10 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
- Of cotton :
Rs.100/=
6006.21 -- Unbleached or bleached kg 6006.21 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6006.22 -- Dyed kg 6006.22 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6006.23 -- Of yarns of different colours kg 6006.23 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6006.24 -- Printed kg 6006.24 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
- Of synthetic fibres :
Rs.100/=
6006.31 -- Unbleached or bleached kg 6006.31 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6006.32 -- Dyed kg 6006.32 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6006.33 -- Of yarns of different colours kg 6006.33 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6006.34 -- Printed kg 6006.34 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
- Of artificial fibres :
Rs.100/=
6006.41 -- Unbleached or bleached kg 6006.41 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6006.42 -- Dyed kg 6006.42 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6006.43 -- Of yarns of different colours kg 6006.43 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6006.44 -- Printed kg 6006.44 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
Rs.100/=
6006.90 - Other kg 6006.90 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
per kg
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Chapter 61
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, 4.- Headings 61.05 and 61.06 do not cover garments with pockets below the waist, with a ribbed waistband or other means of
knitted or crocheted tightening at the bottom of the garment, or garments having an average of less than 10 stitches per linear centimetre in each
direction counted on an area measuring at least 10 cm x 10 cm. Heading 61.05 does not cover sleeveless garments.
Notes.
5.- Heading 61.09 does not cover garments with a drawstring, ribbed waistband or other means of tightening at the bottom of the
1.- This Chapter applies only to made up knitted or crocheted articles. garment.
2.- This Chapter does not cover : 6.- For the purposes of heading 61.11 :
(a) Goods of heading 62.12; (a) The expression “babies' garments and clothing accessories” means articles for young children of a body
(b) Worn clothing or other worn articles of heading 63.09; or
height not exceeding 86 cm; it also covers babies' napkins;
(c) Orthopaedic appliances, surgical belts, trusses or the like (heading 90.21).
3.- For the purposes of headings 61.03 and 61.04 : (b) Articles which are, prima facie, classifiable both in heading 61.11 and in other headings of this Chapter are to be
(a) The term "suit" means a set of garments composed of two or three pieces made up, in respect of their outer surface, in classified in heading 61.11.
identical fabric and comprising : 7.- For the purposes of heading 61.12, "ski suit" means garments or sets of garments which, by their general appearance and
- one suit coat or jacket the outer shell of which, exclusive of sleeves, consists of four or more panels, designed to cover texture, are identifiable as intended to be worn principally for skiing (cross-country or alpine). They consist either of :
the upper part of the body, possibly with a tailored waistcoat in addition whose front is made from the same fabric as (a) a "ski overall", that is, a one-piece garment designed to cover the upper and the lower parts of the body; in addition to
the outer surface of the other components of the set and whose back is made from the same fabric as the lining of the sleeves and a collar the ski overall may have pockets or footstraps; or
suit coat or jacket; and (b) a "ski ensemble", that is, a set of garments composed of two or three pieces, put up for retail sale and comprising :
- one garment designed to cover the lower part of the body and consisting of trousers, breeches or shorts (other than
swimwear), a skirt or a divided skirt, having neither braces nor bibs. - one garment such as an anorak, wind-cheater, wind-jacket or similar article, closed by a slide fastener (zipper),
possibly with a waistcoat in addition, and
All of the components of a "suit" must be of the same fabric construction, colour and composition; they must also be of the - one pair of trousers whether or not extending above waist-level, one pair of breeches or one bib and brace overall.
same style and of corresponding or compatible size. However, these components may have piping (a strip of fabric sewn
into the seam) in a different fabric. The "ski ensemble" may also consist of an overall similar to the one mentioned in paragraph (a) above and a type of
padded, sleeveless jacket worn over the overall.
If several separate components to cover the lower part of the body are presented together (for example, two pairs of trousers
or trousers and shorts, or a skirt or divided skirt and trousers), the constituent lower part shall be one pair of trousers or, in All the components of a "ski ensemble" must be made up in a fabric of the same texture, style and composition whether
the case of women's or girls' suits, the skirt or divided skirt, the other garments being considered separately. or not of the same colour; they also must be of corresponding or compatible size.
The term "suit" includes the following sets of garments, whether or not they fulfil all the above conditions : 8.- Garments which are, prima facie, classifiable both in heading 61.13 and in other headings of this Chapter, excluding heading
61.11, are to be classified in heading 61.13.
- morning dress, comprising a plain jacket (cutaway) with rounded tails hanging well down at the back and striped
trousers; 9.- Garments of this Chapter designed for left over right closure at the front shall be regarded as men's or boys' garments, and those
- evening dress (tailcoat), generally made of black fabric, the jacket of which is relatively short at the front, does not designed for right over left closure at the front as women's or girls' garments. These provisions do not apply where the cut of the
close and has narrow skirts cut in at the hips and hanging down behind; garment clearly indicates that it is designed for one or other of the sexes.
- dinner jacket suits, in which the jacket is similar in style to an ordinary jacket (though perhaps revealing more of the Garments which cannot be identified as either men's or boys' garments or as women's or girls' garments are to be classified in the
shirt front), but has shiny silk or imitation silk lapels. headings covering women's or girls' garments.
(b) The term "ensemble" means a set of garments (other than suits and articles of heading 61.07, 61.08 or 61.09), composed of 10.- Articles of this Chapter may be made of metal thread.
several pieces made up in identical fabric, put up for retail sale, and comprising :
- one garment designed to cover the upper part of the body, with the exception of pullovers which may form a second
upper garment in the sole context of twin sets, and of waistcoats which may also form a second upper garment, and
- one or two different garments, designed to cover the lower part of the body and consisting of trousers, bib and brace
overalls, breeches, shorts (other than swimwear), a skirt or a divided skirt.
All of the components of an ensemble must be of the same fabric construction, style, colour and composition; they also must
be of corresponding or compatible size. The term "ensemble" does not apply to track suits or ski suits, of heading 61.12.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Men's or boys' overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks (including ski-jackets), wind-
61.01 cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles, knitted or crocheted, other than those of
heading 61.03.
Rs.75/=
6101.20 - Of cotton u 6101.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6101.30 - Of man-made fibres u 6101.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6101.90 - Of other textile materials u 6101.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
61.02 Women's or girls' overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks (including ski-jackets),
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HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
wind-cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles, knitted or crocheted, other than those of
heading 61.04.
Rs.75/=
6102.10 - Of wool or fine animal hair u 6102.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6102.20 - Of cotton u 6102.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6102.30 - Of man-made fibres u 6102.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6102.90 - Of other textile materials u 6102.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Men's or boys' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls,
61.03
breeches and shorts (other than swimwear), knitted or crocheted.
Rs.75/=
6103.10 - Suits u 6103.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Ensembles :
Rs.75/=
6103.22 -- Of cotton u 6103.22 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6103.23 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6103.23 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6103.29 -- Of other textile materials u 6103.29 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Jackets and blazers :
Rs.75/=
6103.31 -- Of wool or fine animal hair u 6103.31 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6103.32 -- Of cotton u 6103.32 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6103.33 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6103.33 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6103.39 -- Of other textile materials u 6103.39 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts :
Rs.75/=
6103.41 -- Of wool or fine animal hair u 6103.41 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6103.42 -- Of cotton u 6103.42 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6103.43 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6103.43 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6103.49 -- Of other textile materials u 6103.49 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Women's or girls' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided skirts,
61.04 trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear), knitted or
crocheted.
- Suits :
Rs.75/=
6104.13 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6104.13 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6104.19 -- Of other textile materials u 6104.19 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Ensembles :
Rs.75/=
6104.22 -- Of cotton u 6104.22 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6104.23 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6104.23 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6104.29 -- Of other textile materials u 6104.29 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Jackets and blazers :
Rs.75/=
6104.31 -- Of wool or fine animal hair u 6104.31 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6104.32 -- Of cotton u 6104.32 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6104.33 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6104.33 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Rs.75/=
6104.39 -- Of other textile materials u 6104.39 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Dresses :
Rs.75/=
6104.41 -- Of wool or fine animal hair u 6104.41 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6104.42 -- Of cotton u 6104.42 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6104.43 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6104.43 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6104.44 -- Of artificial fibres u 6104.44 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6104.49 -- Of other textile materials u 6104.49 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Skirts and divided skirts :
Rs.75/=
6104.51 -- Of wool or fine animal hair u 6104.51 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6104.52 -- Of cotton u 6104.52 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6104.53 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6104.53 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6104.59 -- Of other textile materials u 6104.59 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts :
Rs.75/=
6104.61 -- Of wool or fine animal hair u 6104.61 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6104.62 -- Of cotton u 6104.62 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6104.63 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6104.63 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6104.69 -- Of other textile materials u 6104.69 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6105.10 - Of cotton u 6105.10 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6105.20 - Of man-made fibres u 6105.20 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6105.90 - Of other textile materials u 6105.90 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6106.10 - Of cotton u 6106.10 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6106.20 - Of man-made fibres u 6106.20 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6106.90 - Of other textile materials u 6106.90 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Men's or boy's underpants, briefs, nightshirts, pyjamas, bathrobes, dressing gowns and
61.07
similar articles, knitted or crocheted.
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Rs.60/=
6107.29 -- Of other textile materials u 6107.29 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Other :
Rs.60/=
6107.91 -- Of cotton u 6107.91 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.60/=
6107.99 -- Of other textile materials u 6107.99 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6109.10 - Of cotton u 6109.10 13.5% 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6109.90 - Of other textile materials u 6109.90 14.25% Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
61.10 Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, knitted or crocheted (+).
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Rs.60/=
6111.20 - Of cotton kg 6111.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.60/=
6111.30 - Of synthetic fibres kg 6111.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.60/=
6111.90 - Of other textile materials kg 6111.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Track suits:
Rs.60/=
6112.11 -- Of cotton u 6112.11 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.60/=
6112.12 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6112.12 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6112.19 -- Of other textile materials u 6112.19 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6112.20 - Ski suits u 6112.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Men's or boys' swimwear :
Rs.75/=
6112.31 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6112.31 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6112.39 -- Of other textile materials u 6112.39 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Women's or girls' swimwear :
Rs.75/=
6112.41 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6112.41 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6112.49 -- Of other textile materials u 6112.49 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
61.13 6113.00 Garments, made up of knitted or crocheted fabrics of heading 59.03, 59.06 or 59.07. kg 6113.00 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.60/=
6114.20 - Of cotton kg 6114.20 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.60/=
6114.30 - Of man-made fibres kg 6114.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.60/=
6114.90 - Of other textile materials kg 6114.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Panty hose, tights, stockings, socks and other hosiery, including graduated compression
61.15 hosiery (for example, stockings for varicose veins ) and footwear without applied soles,
knitted or crocheted.
Rs.625/=
6115.10 - Graduated compression hosiery, (for example, stockings for varicose veins) kg 6115.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Other Panty hose and tights :
Rs.625/=
6115.21 -- Of synthetic fibres, measuring per single yarn less than 67 decitex kg 6115.21 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.625/=
6115.22 -- Of synthetic fibres, measuring per single yarn 67 decitex or more kg 6115.22 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.625/=
6115.29 -- Of other textile materials kg 6115.29 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Other women's full-length or knee-length hosiery, measuring per single yarn less than 67 Rs.625/=
6115.30 - kg 6115.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
decitex per kg
- Other :
Rs.625/=
6115.94 -- Of wool or fine animal hair kg 6115.94 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.625/=
6115.95 -- Of cotton kg 6115.95 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
6115.96 -- Of synthetic fibres kg 6115.96 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.625/=
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
per kg
Rs.625/=
6115.99 -- Of other textile materials kg 6115.99 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.60/=
6116.10 - Impregnated, coated or covered with plastics or rubber kg 6116.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Other :
Rs.60/=
6116.91 -- Of wool or fine animal hair kg 6116.91 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.60/=
6116.92 -- Of cotton kg 6116.92 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.60/=
6116.93 -- Of synthetic fibres kg 6116.93 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.60/=
6116.99 -- Of other textile materials kg 6116.99 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.60/=
6117.10 - Shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils and the like kg 6117.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
6117.80 - Other accessories : 6117.80
Rs.60/=
6117.80.10 --- Knee and ankle guards kg 6117.80.10 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.60/=
6117.80.20 --- Ties, bow ties and cravats kg 6117.80.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.60/=
6117.80.90 --- Other kg 6117.80.90 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
per kg
6117.90 - Parts kg 6117.90 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 62 4.- For the purposes of heading 62.09 :
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted (a) The expression “babies' garments and clothing accessories” means articles for young children of a body height not
exceeding 86 cm; it also covers babies' napkins;
Notes.
1.- This Chapter applies only to made up articles of any textile fabric other than wadding, excluding knitted or crocheted articles (other (b) Articles which are, prima facie, classifiable both in heading 62.09 and in other headings of this Chapter are to be classified
than those of heading 62.12). in heading 62.09.
2.- This Chapter does not cover : 5.- Garments which are, prima facie, classifiable both in heading 62.10 and in other headings of this Chapter, excluding heading
62.09, are to be classified in heading 62.10.
(a) Worn clothing or other worn articles of heading 63.09; or
(b) Orthopaedic appliances, surgical belts, trusses or the like (heading 90.21). 6.- For the purposes of heading 62.11, "ski suits" means garments or sets of garments which, by their general appearance and
texture, are identifiable as intended to be worn principally for skiing (cross-country or alpine). They consist either of :
3.- For the purposes of headings 62.03 and 62.04 :
(a) a "ski overall", that is, a one-piece garment designed to cover the upper and the lower parts of the body; in addition to
(a) The term "suit" means a set of garments composed of two or three pieces made up, in respect of their outer surface, in sleeves and a collar the ski overall may have pockets or footstraps; or
identical fabric and comprising : (b) a "ski ensemble", that is, a set of garments composed of two or three pieces, put up for retail sale and comprising :
- one suit coat or jacket the outer shell of which, exclusive of sleeves, consists of four or more panels, designed to cover - one garment such as an anorak, wind-cheater, wind-jacket or similar article, closed by a slide fastener (zipper),
the upper part of the body, possibly with a tailored waistcoat in addition whose front is made from the same fabric as possibly with a waistcoat in addition, and
the outer surface of the other components of the set and whose back is made from the same fabric as the lining of the - one pair of trousers whether or not extending above waist-level, one pair of breeches or one bib and brace overall.
suit coat or jacket; and
- one garment designed to cover the lower part of the body and consisting of trousers, breeches or shorts (other than The "ski ensemble" may also consist of an overall similar to the one mentioned in paragraph (a) above and a type of
swimwear), a skirt or a divided skirt, having neither braces nor bibs. padded, sleeveless jacket worn over the overall.
All of the components of a "suit" must be of the same fabric construction, colour and composition; they must also be of the All the components of a "ski ensemble" must be made up in a fabric of the same texture, style and composition whether or
same style and of corresponding or compatible size. However, these components may have piping (a strip of fabric sewn into not of the same colour; they also must be of corresponding or compatible size.
the seam) in a different fabric. 7.- Scarves and articles of the scarf type, square or approximately square, of which no side exceeds 60 cm, are to be classified as
If several separate components to cover the lower part of the body are presented together (for example, two pairs of trousers handkerchiefs (heading 62.13).Handkerchiefs of which any side exceeds 60 cm are to be classified in heading 62.14.
or trousers and shorts, or a skirt or divided skirt and trousers), the constituent lower part shall be one pair of trousers or, in 8.- Garments of this Chapter designed for left over right closure at the front shall be regarded as men's or boys' garments, and those
the case of women's or girls' suits, the skirt or divided skirt, the other garments being considered separately. designed for right over left closure at the front as women's or girls' garments. These provisions do not apply where the cut of the
The term "suit" includes the following sets of garments, whether or not they fulfil all the above conditions : garment clearly indicates that it is designed for one or other of the sexes.
- morning dress, comprising a plain jacket (cutaway) with rounded tails hanging well down at the back and striped Garments which cannot be identified as either men's or boys' garments or as women's or girls' garments are to be classified in the
trousers; headings covering women's or girls' garments.
- evening dress (tailcoat), generally made of black fabric, the jacket of which is relatively short at the front, does not close 9.- Articles of this Chapter may be made of metal thread.
and has narrow skirts cut in at the hips and hanging down behind;
- dinner jacket suits, in which the jacket is similar in style to an ordinary jacket (though perhaps revealing more of the
shirt front), but has shiny silk or imitation silk lapels.
(b) The term "ensemble" means a set of garments (other than suits and articles of heading 62.07 or 62.08) composed of several
pieces made up in identical fabric, put up for retail sale, and comprising :
- one garment designed to cover the upper part of the body, with the exception of waistcoats which may also form a
second upper garment, and
- one or two different garments, designed to cover the lower part of the body and consisting of trousers, bib and brace
overalls, breeches, shorts (other than swimwear), a skirt or a divided skirt.
All of the components of an ensemble must be of the same fabric construction, style, colour and composition; they also must
be of corresponding or compatible size. The term "ensemble" does not apply to track suits or ski suits, of heading 62.11.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Men's or boys' overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks (including ski-jackets), wind-
62.01
cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles, other than those of heading 62.03.
Men's or boys' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers, bib and brace overalls,
62.03
breeches and shorts (other than swimwear).
- Suits :
Rs.75/=
6203.11 -- Of wool or fine animal hair u 6203.11 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6203.12 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6203.12 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6203.19 -- Of other textile materials u 6203.19 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Ensembles :
Rs.75/=
6203.22 -- Of cotton u 6203.22 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6203.23 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6203.23 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6203.29 -- Of other textile materials u 6203.29 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Jackets and blazers :
Rs.75/=
6203.31 -- Of wool or fine animal hair u 6203.31 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6203.32 -- Of cotton u 6203.32 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6203.33 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6203.33 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6203.39 -- Of other textile materials u 6203.39 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts :
Rs.75/=
6203.41 -- Of wool or fine animal hair u 6203.41 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6203.42 -- Of cotton u 6203.42 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6203.43 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6203.43 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6203.49 -- Of other textile materials u 6203.49 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Women's or girls' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided skirts,
62.04
trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than swimwear).
- Suits :
Rs.75/=
6204.11 -- Of wool or fine animal hair u 6204.11 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6204.12 -- Of cotton u 6204.12 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6204.13 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6204.13 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6204.19 -- Of other textile materials u 6204.19 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Ensembles :
Rs.75/=
6204.21 -- Of wool or fine animal hair u 6204.21 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6204.22 -- Of cotton u 6204.22 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6204.23 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6204.23 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6204.29 -- Of other textile materials u 6204.29 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Jackets and blazers :
Rs.75/=
6204.31 -- Of wool or fine animal hair u 6204.31 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6204.32 -- Of cotton u 6204.32 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6204.33 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6204.33 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6204.39 -- Of other textile materials u 6204.39 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Dresses :
Rs.75/=
6204.41 -- Of wool or fine animal hair u 6204.41 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6204.42 -- Of cotton u 6204.42 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6204.43 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6204.43 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6204.44 -- Of artificial fibres u 6204.44 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6204.49 -- Of other textile materials u 6204.49 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Skirts and divided skirts :
Rs.75/=
6204.51 -- Of wool or fine animal hair u 6204.51 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6204.52 -- Of cotton u 6204.52 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6204.53 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6204.53 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6204.59 -- Of other textile materials u 6204.59 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts :
Rs.75/=
6204.61 -- Of wool or fine animal hair u 6204.61 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6204.62 -- Of cotton u 6204.62 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6204.63 -- Of synthetic fibres u 6204.63 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6204.69 -- Of other textile materials u 6204.69 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6205.20 - Of cotton u 6205.20 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
6205.30 - Of man-made fibres u 6205.30 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.75/=
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
per unit
Rs.75/=
6206.10 - Of silk or silk waste u 6206.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6206.20 - Of wool or fine animal hair u 6206.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6206.30 - Of cotton u 6206.30 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6206.40 - Of man-made fibres u 6206.40 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6206.90 - Of other textile materials u 6206.90 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Men's or boys' singlets and other vests, underpants, briefs, nightshirts, pyjamas,
62.07
bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles.
Women's or girls' singlets and other vests, slips, petticoats, briefs, panties, nightdresses,
62.08
pyjamas, negligees, bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles.
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Rs.60/=
6209.20 - Of cotton kg 6209.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.60/=
6209.30 - Of synthetic fibres kg 6209.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.60/=
6209.90 - Of other textile materials kg 6209.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6210.10 - Of fabrics of heading 56.02 or 56.03 kg 6210.10 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6210.20 - Other garments, of the type described in subheadings 6201.11 to 6201.19 u 6210.20 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6210.30 - Other garments, of the type described in subheadings 6202.11 to 6202.19 u 6210.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6210.40 - Other men's or boys' garments kg 6210.40 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6210.50 - Other women's or girls' garments kg 6210.50 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Swimwear :
Rs.75/=
6211.11 -- Men's or boys' u 6211.11 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6211.12 -- Women's or girls' u 6211.12 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6211.20 - Ski suits u 6211.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
- Other garments, men's or boys' :
Rs.75/=
6211.32 -- Of cotton kg 6211.32 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6211.33 -- Of man-made fibres kg 6211.33 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6211.39 -- Of other textile materials kg 6211.39 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Other garments, women's or girls' :
30% or
@@@ 6211.41 -- Of wool or fine animal hair kg 6211.41 Free Free 10.83% 4.50% 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.75/=
per kg
6211.42 -- Of cotton : 6211.42
Rs.75/=
6211.42.10 --- Sarees kg 6211.42.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6211.42.90 --- Other kg 6211.42.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
6211.43 -- Of man-made fibres : 6211.43
Rs.75/=
6211.43.10 --- Sarees kg 6211.43.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6211.43.90 --- Other kg 6211.43.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
6211.49 -- Of other textile materials : 6211.49
Rs.75/=
6211.49.10 --- Sarees kg 6211.49.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6211.49.90 --- Other kg 6211.49.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Brassieres, girdles, corsets, braces, suspenders, garters and similar articles and parts
62.12
thereof, whether or not knitted or crocheted.
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Rs.75/=
6212.10 - Brassieres kg 6212.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6212.20 - Girdles and panty-girdles kg 6212.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6212.30 - Corselettes kg 6212.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6212.90 - Other kg 6212.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
62.13 Handkerchiefs.
Rs.75/=
6213.20 - Of cotton kg 6213.20 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6213.90 - Of other textile materials kg 6213.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.60/=
6214.10 - Of silk or silk waste u 6214.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.60/=
6214.20 - Of wool or fine animal hair u 6214.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.60/=
6214.30 - Of synthetic fibres u 6214.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.60/=
6214.40 - Of artificial fibres u 6214.40 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.60/=
6214.90 - Of other textile materials u 6214.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per unit
Rs.75/=
6215.10 - Of silk or silk waste kg 6215.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6215.20 - Of man-made fibres kg 6215.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6215.90 - Of other textile materials kg 6215.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.60/=
62.16 6216.00 Gloves, mittens and mitts. kg 6216.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
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Chapter 63
Other made up textile articles; sets;
worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags
Notes.
1.- Sub-Chapter I applies only to made up articles, of any textile fabric.
(b) Footwear and headgear of any material other than asbestos.
2.- Sub-Chapter I does not cover :
(a) Goods of Chapters 56 to 62; or In order to be classified in this heading, the articles mentioned above must comply with both of the following requirements :
(b) Worn clothing or other worn articles of heading 63.09. (i) they must show signs of appreciable wear, and
3.- Heading 63.09 applies only to the following goods : (ii) they must be presented in bulk or in bales, sacks or similar packings.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
30% or
6301.10 - Electric blankets u 6301.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.75/=
per unit
30% or
6301.20 - Blankets (other than electric blankets) and travelling rugs, of wool or of fine animal hair kg 6301.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.75/=
per kg
30% or
6301.30 - Blankets (other than electric blankets) and travelling rugs, of cotton kg 6301.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.75/=
per kg
30% or
6301.40 - Blankets (other than electric blankets) and travelling rugs, of synthetic fibres kg 6301.40 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.75/=
per kg
30% or
6301.90 - Other blankets and travelling rugs kg 6301.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.75/=
per kg
63.02 Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen.
Rs.75/=
6302.10 - Bed linen, knitted or crocheted kg 6302.10 12.6% 12.6% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Other bed linen, printed :
Rs.75/=
6302.21 -- Of cotton kg 6302.21 12.6% 12.6% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6302.22 -- Of man-made fibres kg 6302.22 12.6% 12.6% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6302.29 -- Of other textile materials kg 6302.29 12.6% 12.6% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Other bed linen :
Rs.75/=
6302.31 -- Of cotton kg 6302.31 12.6% 12.6% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6302.32 -- Of man-made fibres kg 6302.32 12.6% 12.6% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6302.39 -- Of other textile materials kg 6302.39 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6302.40 - Table linen, knitted or crocheted kg 6302.40 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Other table linen :
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Rs.75/=
6302.51 -- Of cotton kg 6302.51 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6302.53 -- Of man-made fibres kg 6302.53 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6302.59 -- Of other textile materials kg 6302.59 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6302.60 - Toilet linen and kitchen linen, of terry towelling or similar terry fabrics, of cotton kg 6302.60 14.25% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Other :
Rs.75/=
6302.91 -- Of cotton kg 6302.91 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6302.93 -- Of man-made fibres kg 6302.93 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6302.99 -- Of other textile materials kg 6302.99 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
63.03 Curtains (including drapes) and interior blinds; curtain or bed valances.
- Knitted or crocheted :
Rs.60/=
6303.12 -- Of synthetic fibres kg 6303.12 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.60/=
6303.19 -- Of other textile materials kg 6303.19 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Other :
Rs.60/=
6303.91 -- Of cotton kg 6303.91 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
6303.92 -- Of synthetic fibres kg 6303.92 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Rs.60/=
6303.99 -- Of other textile materials kg 6303.99 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Bedspreads :
6304.11 -- Knitted or crocheted kg 6304.11 12.6% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Rs.75/=
6304.19 -- Other kg 6304.19 12.6% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Other :
Rs.75/=
6304.91 -- Knitted or crocheted kg 6304.91 12.6% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6304.92 -- Not knitted or crocheted, of cotton kg 6304.92 12.6% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6304.93 -- Not knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibres kg 6304.93 12.6% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
6304.99 -- Not knitted or crocheted, of other textile materials kg 6304.99 12.6% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
63.05 Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods (+).
6305.33 -- Other, of polyethylene or polypropylene strip or the like kg 6305.33 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 25%
6305.39 -- Other kg 6305.39 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 25%
6305.90 - Of other textile materials kg 6305.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 25%
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Tarpaulins, awnings and sunblinds; tents; sails for boats, sailboards or landcraft;
63.06
camping goods.
6306.19 -- Of other textile materials kg 6306.19 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 15%
- Tents:
6306.22 -- Of synthetic fibres kg 6306.22 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 30%
6306.29 -- Of other textile materials kg 6306.29 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 30%
6306.30 - Sails kg 6306.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 30%
6306.40 - Pneumatic mattresses kg 6306.40 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 30%
@@@ - Other :
@@@ 6306.91 -- Of cotton kg 6306.91 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 30%
@@@ 6306.99 -- Of other textile materials kg 6306.99 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 30%
6306.90 - Other : kg 6306.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 30%
6307.10 - Floor-cloths, dish-cloths, dusters and similar cleaning cloths kg 6307.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 30%
6307.20 - Life-jackets and life-belts kg 6307.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 30%
6307.90 - Other kg 6307.90 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 30%
II.- SETS
Sets consisting of woven fabric and yarn, whether or not with accessories, for making 30% or
63.08 6308.00 up into rugs, tapestries, embroidered table cloths or serviettes, or similar textile kg 6308.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
articles, put up in packings for retail sale. per kg
6309.00.10 --- Blankets L kg 6309.00.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 30%
6309.00.90 --- Other L kg 6309.00.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 30%
Used or new rags, scrap twine, cordage, rope and cables and worn out articles of twine,
63.10
cordage, rope or cables, of textile materials.
6310.10.90 --- Other L kg 6310.10.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 30%
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Chapter 64
4.- Subject to Note 3 to this Chapter :
Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles
(a) The material of the upper shall be taken to be the constituent material having the greatest external surface area, no account
being taken of accessories or reinforcements such as ankle patches, edging, ornamentation, buckles, tabs, eyelet stays or
Notes.
similar attachments;
1.- This Chapter does not cover : (b) The constituent material of the outer sole shall be taken to be the material having the greatest surface area in contact with
the ground, no account being taken of accessories or reinforcements such as spikes, bars, nails, protectors or similar
(a) Disposable foot or shoe coverings of flimsy material (for example, paper, sheeting of plastics) without applied soles. These
attachments.
products are classified according to their constituent material;
(b) Footwear of textile material, without an outer sole glued, sewn or otherwise affixed or applied to the upper (Section XI) ; Subheading Note.
(c) Worn footwear of heading 63.09;
1.- For the purposes of subheadings 6402.12, 6402.19, 6403.12, 6403.19 and 6404.11, the expression "sports footwear" applies
(d) Articles of asbestos (heading 68.12);
only to :
(e) Orthopaedic footwear or other orthopaedic appliances, or parts thereof (heading 90.21); or
(f) Toy footwear or skating boots with ice or roller skates attached; shin-guards or similar protective sportswear (Chapter 95). (a) Footwear which is designed for a sporting activity and has, or has provision for the attachment of, spikes, sprigs, stops,
clips, bars or the like;
2.- For the purposes of heading 64.06, the term "parts" does not include pegs, protectors, eyelets, hooks, buckles, ornaments, braid,
(b) Skating boots, ski-boots and cross-country ski footwear, snowboard boots, wrestling boots, boxing boots and cycling
laces, pompons or other trimmings (which are to be classified in their appropriate headings) or buttons or other goods of heading
shoes.
96.06.
3.- For the purposes of this Chapter :
(a) the terms "rubber" and "plastics" include woven fabrics or other textile products with an external layer of rubber or plastics
being visible to the naked eye; for the purpose of this provision, no account should be taken of any resulting change of colour;
and
(b) the term "leather" refers to the goods of headings 41.07 and 41.12 to 41.14.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Waterproof footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of
64.01 which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitching, riveting, nailing,
screwing, plugging or similar processes.
Rs.100/= Rs.400/=
6401.10 - Footwear incorporating a protective metal toe-cap 2u 6401.10 per pair
12% 5% 2% per pair
- Other footwear :
Rs.100/= Rs.400/=
6401.92 -- Covering the ankle but not covering the knee 2u 6401.92 per pair
12% 5% 2% per pair
Rs.100/= Rs.400/=
6401.99 -- Other 2u 6401.99 per pair
12% 5% 2% per pair
64.02 Other footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics.
- Sports footwear :
Rs.500/=
6402.12 -- Ski-boots, cross-country ski footwear and snowboard boots 2u 6402.12 Free 12% 5% 2% per pair
Rs.500/=
6402.19 -- Other 2u 6402.19 Free 12% 5% 2% per pair
Rs.100/= Rs.500/=
6402.20 - Footwear with upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by means of plugs 2u 6402.20 per pair
12% 5% 2% per pair
- Other footwear :
Rs.100/= Rs.500/=
6402.91 -- Covering the ankle 2u 6402.91 per pair
12% 5% 2% per pair
Rs.100/= Rs.500/=
6402.99 -- Other 2u 6402.99 per pair
12% 5% 2% per pair
Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers
64.03
of leather.
- Sports footwear :
Rs.500/=
6403.12 -- Ski-boots, cross-country ski footwear and snowboard boots 2u 6403.12 Free 12% 5% 2%
per pair
Rs.500/=
6403.19 -- Other 2u 6403.19 Free 12% 5% 2% per pair
Footwear with outer soles of leather, and uppers which consist of leather straps across Rs.100/= Rs.500/=
6403.20 - 2u 6403.20 12% 5% 2%
the instep and around the big toe per pair per pair
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Rs.500/=
6403.40 - Other footwear, incorporating a protective metal toe-cap 2u 6403.40 Rs.100/= 12% 5% 2% per pair
per pair
- Other footwear with outer soles of leather :
Rs.100/= Rs.500/=
6403.51 -- Covering the ankle 2u 6403.51 per pair
12% 5% 2% per pair
Rs.100/= Rs.500/=
6403.59 -- Other 2u 6403.59 per pair
12% 5% 2% per pair
- Other footwear :
Rs.100/= Rs.500/=
6403.91 -- Covering the ankle 2u 6403.91 per pair
12% 5% 2% per pair
Rs.100/= Rs.500/=
6403.99 -- Other 2u 6403.99 per pair
12% 5% 2% per pair
Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers
64.04
of textile materials.
Rs.100/= Rs.500/=
6405.10 - With uppers of leather or composition leather 2u 6405.10 per pair
12% 5% 2% per pair
Rs.100/= Rs.500/=
6405.20 - With uppers of textile materials 2u 6405.20 per pair
12% 5% 2% per pair
Rs.100/= Rs.500/=
6405.90 - Other 2u 6405.90 per pair
12% 5% 2% per pair
Parts of footwear (including uppers whether or not attached to soles other than outer
64.06 soles); removable in-soles, heel cushions and similar articles; gaiters, leggings and
similar articles, and parts thereof.
6406.10 - Uppers and parts thereof, other than stiffeners kg 6406.10 30% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 6406.99 -- Of other materials kg 6406.99 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 65
Headgear and parts thereof
Notes.
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
(a) Worn headgear of heading 63.09;
(b) Asbestos headgear (heading 68.12); or
(c) Dolls' hats, other toy hats or carnival articles of Chapter 95.
2.- Heading 65.02 does not cover hat-shapes made by sewing other than those obtained simply by sewing strips in spirals.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Hat-forms, hat bodies and hoods of felt, neither blocked to shape nor with made brims; Rs.100/=
65.01 6501.00 kg 6501.00 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
plateaux and manchons (including slit manchons), of felt. per kg
Hat-shapes, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, neither blocked to Rs.100/=
65.02 6502.00 kg 6502.00 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
shape, nor with made brims, nor lined, nor trimmed. per kg
[65.03]
Hats and other headgear, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, whether Rs.100/=
65.04 6504.00 kg 6504.00 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
or not lined or trimmed. per kg
Hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile
65.05
fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hair-nets of any
@@@
material, whether or not lined or trimmed.
30% or
@@@ 6505.10 - Hair-nets kg 6505.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.100/=
per kg
30% or
@@@ 6505.90 - Other kg 6505.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.100/=
per kg
Hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile
Rs.100/=
65.05 6505.00 fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hair-nets of any kg 6505.00 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
material, whether or not lined or trimmed.
25% or
6506.10 - Safety headgear u 6506.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.200/=
per unit
- Other :
6506.91 -- Of rubber or of plastics : 6506.91
30% or
6506.91.10 --- Bathing caps kg 6506.91.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.100/=
per kg
30% or
6506.91.90 --- Other kg 6506.91.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.100/=
per kg
6506.99 -- Of other materials : 6506.99
30% or
6506.99.10 --- Bathing caps kg 6506.99.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.100/=
per kg
30% or
6506.99.90 --- Other kg 6506.99.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.100/=
per kg
Head-bands, linings, covers, hat foundations, hat frames, peaks and chinstraps, for Rs.100/=
65.07 6507.00 kg 6507.00 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
headgear. per kg
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Chapter 66
Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks,
whips, riding-crops, and parts thereof
Notes.
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
(a) Measure walking-sticks or the like (heading 90.17);
(b) Firearm-sticks, sword-sticks, loaded walking-sticks or the like (Chapter 93); or
(c) Goods of Chapter 95 (for example, toy umbrellas, toy sun umbrellas).
2.- Heading 66.03 does not cover parts, trimmings or accessories of textile material, or covers, tassels, thongs, umbrella cases or the
like, of any material. Such goods presented with, but not fitted to, articles of heading 66.01 or 66.02 are to be classified separately
and are not to be treated as forming part of those articles.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Umbrellas and sun umbrellas (including walking-stick umbrellas, garden umbrellas and
66.01
similar umbrellas) (+).
Rs.100/=
per unit
30% or
6601.10 - Garden or similar umbrellas u 6601.10 30% 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
66.02 6602.00 Walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and the like : 6602.00
6602.00.10 --- White canes for the blind u 6602.00.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
6603.20 - Umbrella frames, including frames mounted on shafts (sticks) kg 6603.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 67
Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; 2.- Heading 67.01 does not cover :
artificial flowers; articles of human hair
(a) Articles in which feathers or down constitute only filling or padding (for example, bedding of heading 94.04);
Notes. (b) Articles of apparel or clothing accessories in which feathers or down constitute no more than mere trimming or padding;
1.- This Chapter does not cover : or
(c) Artificial flowers or foliage or parts thereof or made up articles of heading 67.02.
(a) Straining cloth of human hair (heading 59.11);
(b) Floral motifs of lace, of embroidery or other textile fabric (Section XI); 3.- Heading 67.02 does not cover :
(c) Footwear (Chapter 64); (a) Articles of glass (Chapter 70); or
(d) Headgear or hair-nets (Chapter 65); (b) Artificial flowers, foliage or fruit of pottery, stone, metal, wood or other materials, obtained in one piece by moulding,
(e) Toys, sports requisites or carnival articles (Chapter 95); or forging, carving, stamping or other process, or consisting of parts assembled otherwise than by binding, glueing, fitting
(f) Feather dusters, powder-puffs or hair sieves (Chapter 96). into one another or similar methods.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Skins and other parts of birds with their feathers or down, feathers, parts of feathers,
67.01 6701.00 down and articles thereof (other than goods of heading 05.05 and worked quills and kg 6701.00 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 30%
scapes).
Artificial flowers, foliage and fruit and parts thereof; articles made of artificial flowers,
67.02
foliage or fruit.
35% or
6702.10 - Of plastics kg 6702.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.125/=
per kg
35% or
6702.90 - Of other materials kg 6702.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.125/=
per kg
Human hair, dressed, thinned, bleached or otherwise worked; wool or other animal hair
67.03 6703.00 kg 6703.00 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
or other textile materials, prepared for use in making wigs or the like.
Wigs, false beards, eyebrows and eyelashes, switches and the like, of human or animal
67.04
hair or of textile materials; articles of human hair not elsewhere specified or included.
6704.90 - Of other materials kg 6704.90 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
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Chapter 68
(g) Electrical insulators (heading 85.46) or fittings of insulating material of heading 85.47;
Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials (h) Dental burrs (heading 90.18);
(ij) Articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases);
Notes.
(k) Articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings);
1.- This Chapter does not cover : (l) Articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games and sports requisites);
(m) Articles of heading 96.02, if made of materials specified in Note 2 (b) to Chapter 96, or of heading 96.06 (for example,
(a) Goods of Chapter 25;
buttons), 96.09 (for example, slate pencils) or 96.10 (for example, drawing slates); or
(b) Coated, impregnated or covered paper and paperboard of heading 48.10 or 48.11 (for example, paper and paperboard (n) Articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art).
coated with mica powder or graphite, bituminized or asphalted paper and paperboard);
(c) Coated, impregnated or covered textile fabric of Chapter 56 or 59 (for example, fabric coated or covered with mica powder, 2.- In heading 68.02 the expression "worked monumental or building stone" applies not only to the varieties of stone referred to in
bituminized or asphalted fabric); heading 25.15 or 25.16 but also to all other natural stone (for example, quartzite, flint, dolomite and steatite) similarly worked; it
(d) Articles of Chapter 71; does not, however, apply to slate.
(e) Tools or parts of tools, of Chapter 82;
(f) Lithographic stones of heading 84.42;
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
68.01 6801.00 Setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate). kg 6801.00 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, other than
goods of heading 68.01; mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone (including slate),
68.02
whether or not on a backing; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder, of
natural stone (including slate).
Tiles, cubes and similar articles, whether or not rectangular (including squares), the 20% or
6802.10 - largest surface area of which is capable of being enclosed in a square the side of kg 6802.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.30/=
which is less than 7 cm; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder per kg
Other monumental or building stone and articles thereof, simply cut or sawn, with a flat
-
or even surface :
20% or
6802.21 -- Marble, travertine and alabaster kg 6802.21 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.30/=
per kg
20% or
6802.23 -- Granite kg 6802.23 4.2% 5% 12% 5% 2% Rs.30/=
per kg
20% or
6802.29 -- Other stone kg 6802.29 25.01% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.30/=
per kg
- Other :
6802.91 -- Marble, travertine and alabaster 6802.91
Unpolished marble slabs, merely cut, with epoxy application on one side and glass
6802.91.10 --- kg 6802.91.10 5% 12% 5% 2%
fibre netting on the other side
20% or
6802.91.90 --- Other kg 6802.91.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.30/=
per kg
20% or
6802.92 -- Other calcareous stone kg 6802.92 25.01% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.30/=
per kg
20% or
6802.93 -- Granite kg 6802.93 25.01% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.30/=
per kg
6802.99 -- Other Stone : 6802.99
6802.99.10 --- Balls for crushing mills kg 6802.99.10 15% 12% 5% 2%
20% or
6802.99.90 --- Other kg 6802.99.90 25.01% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.30/=
per kg
30% or
68.03 6803.00 Worked slate and articles of slate or of agglomerated slate. kg 6803.00 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per kg
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for grinding,
sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, hand sharpening or polishing stones, and
68.04
parts thereof, of natural stone, of agglomerated natural or artificial abrasives, or of
ceramics, with or without parts of other materials (+).
6804.10 - Millstones and grindstones for milling, grinding or pulping kg 6804.10 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
6804.22 -- Of other agglomerated abrasives or of ceramics kg 6804.22 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
6804.23 -- Of natural stone kg 6804.23 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
6804.30 - Hand sharpening or polishing stones kg 6804.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
6805.10 - On a base of woven textile fabric only kg 6805.10 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
6805.20 - On a base of paper or paperboard only kg 6805.20 17.5% 5% 30% Con 5% 2% 10%
Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays,
foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials; mixtures and articles of heat-
68.06
insulating, sound-insulating or sound-absorbing mineral materials, other than those of
heading 68.11 or 68.12 or of Chapter 69.
Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools (including intermixtures thereof), in
6806.10 - 6806.10
bulk, sheets or rolls :
6806.10.10 --- Ceramic fibre waste L kg 6806.10.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
6806.10.90 --- Other kg 6806.10.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral
6806.20 - kg 6806.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
materials (including inter mixtures thereof)
6806.90 - Other kg 6806.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Articles of asphalt or of similar material (for example, petroleum bitumen or coal tar
68.07
pitch).
Panels, boards, tiles, blocks and similar articles of vegetable fibre, of straw or of 25% or
68.08 6808.00 shavings, chips, particles, sawdust or other waste, of wood, agglomerated with cement, kg 6808.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
plaster or other mineral binders. per kg
68.10 Articles of cement, of concrete or of artificial stone, whether or not reinforced (+).
- Other articles :
6810.91 -- Prefabricated structural components for building or civil engineering kg 6810.91 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 35%
6810.99.90 --- Other kg 6810.99.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 35%
6811.40.30 --- Tubes, pipes and tube or pipe fittings kg 6811.40.30 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
6811.40.40 --- Packing washers and joints kg 6811.40.40 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
6811.40.90 --- Other kg 6811.40.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 35%
@@@ 6811.83 -- Tubes, pipes and tube or pipe fittings kg 6811.83 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
6811.89.90 --- Other kg 6811.89.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 35%
Fabricated asbestos fibres; mixtures with a basis of asbestos or with a basis of asbestos
and magnesium carbonate; articles of such mixtures or of asbestos (for example, thread,
68.12
woven fabric, clothing, headgear, footwear, gaskets), whether or not reinforced, other
than goods of heading 68.11 or 68.13.
- Other :
6812.91 -- Clothing, clothing accessories, footwear and headgear kg 6812.91 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
6812.92 -- Paper, millboard and felt kg 6812.92 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
6812.93 -- Compressed asbestos fibre jointing, in sheets or rolls kg 6812.93 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Friction material and articles thereof (for example, sheets, rolls, strips, segments, discs,
washers, pads), not mounted, for brakes, for clutches or the like, with a basis of
68.13
asbestos, of other mineral substances or of cellulose, whether or not combined with
textile or other materials.
6813.20 - Containing asbestos kg 6813.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
6815.10 - Non-electrical articles of graphite or other carbon kg 6815.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
6815.20 - Articles of peat kg 6815.20 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
- Other articles :
6815.91 -- Containing magnesite, dolomite or chromite kg 6815.91 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
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Chapter 69
Ceramic products
Notes.
1.- This Chapter applies only to ceramic products which have been fired after shaping. Headings 69.04 to 69.14 apply only to such (e) Articles of Chapter 82;
products other than those classifiable in headings 69.01 to 69.03. (f) Electrical insulators (heading 85.46) or fittings of insulating material of heading 85.47;
(g) Artificial teeth (heading 90.21);
2.- This Chapter does not cover : (h) Articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases);
(a) Products of heading 28.44; (ij) Articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings);
(b) Articles of heading 68.04; (k) Articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games and sports requisites);
(c) Articles of Chapter 71 (for example, imitation jewellery); (l) Articles of heading 96.06 (for example, buttons) or of heading 96.14 (for example, smoking pipes); or
(d) Cermets of heading 81.13; (m) Articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art).
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Bricks, blocks, tiles and other ceramic goods of siliceous fossil meals (for example,
69.01 6901.00 6901.00
kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite) or of similar siliceous earths.
6901.00.10 --- Magnesite and magnesite chrome bricks kg 6901.00.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
6901.00.90 --- Other kg 6901.00.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 30%
Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory ceramic constructional goods,
69.02
other than those of siliceous fossil meals or similar siliceous earths (+).
Containing by weight, singly or together, more than 50% of the elements Mg, Ca or Cr,
6902.10 - 6902.10
or expressed as MgO, CaO or Cr2O3 :
6902.10.10 --- Magnesite and magnesite chrome bricks kg 6902.10.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Other refractory ceramic goods (for example, retorts, crucibles, muffles, nozzles, plugs,
69.03 supports, cupels, tubes, pipes, sheaths and rods), other than those of siliceous fossil
meals or of similar siliceous earths.
Containing by weight more than 50% of graphite or other carbon or of a mixture of these
6903.10 - 6903.10
products :
6903.10.10 --- Crucibles kg 6903.10.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
6903.10.90 --- Other kg 6903.10.90 11.25% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Containing by weight more than 50% of alumina (Al2O3) or of a mixture or compound of
6903.20 - 6903.20
alumina and of silica (SiO2) :
6903.20.10 --- Crucibles kg 6903.20.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
6903.20.90 --- Other kg 6903.20.90 11.25% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
6903.90 - Other : 6903.90
6903.90.10 --- Crucibles kg 6903.90.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
6903.90.90 --- Other kg 6903.90.90 11.25% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
69.04 Ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support or filler tiles and the like.
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HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
100
6904.10 - Building bricks 0u
6904.10 30% 12% 5% 2%
Roofing tiles, chimney-pots, cowls, chimney liners, architectural ornaments and other
69.05
ceramic constructional goods.
69.06 6906.00 Ceramic pipes, conduits, guttering and pipe fittings. kg 6906.00 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 25%
Unglazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; unglazed ceramic mosaic cubes
69.07
and the like, whether or not on a backing.
Tiles, cubes and similar articles, whether or not rectangular, the largest surface area of
6907.10 - 6907.10
which is capable of being enclosed in a square the side of which is less than 7 cm :
30% or
6907.10.10 --- Wall tiles m2 6907.10.10 Rs.200/= 12% 5% 2% 35%
per m2
30% or
6907.10.90 --- Other m2 6907.10.90 Rs.200/= 12% 5% 2% 35%
per m2
6907.90 - Other : 6907.90
30% or
6907.90.10 --- Wall tiles m2 6907.90.10 Rs.200/= 12% 5% 2% 35%
per m2
30% or
6907.90.90 --- Other m2 6907.90.90 Rs.200/= 12% 5% 2% 35%
per m2
Glazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; glazed ceramic mosaic cubes and
69.08
the like, whether or not on a backing.
Tiles, cubes and similar articles, whether or not rectangular, the largest surface area of
6908.10 - 6908.10
which is capable of being enclosed in a square the side of which is less than 7 cm :
30% or
6908.10.10 --- Wall tiles m2 6908.10.10 Rs.200/= 12% 5% 2% 35%
per m2
30% or
6908.10.90 --- Other m2 6908.10.90 Rs.200/= 12% 5% 2% 35%
per m2
6908.90 - Other : 6908.90
30% or
6908.90.10 --- Wall tiles m2 6908.90.10 Rs.200/= 12% 5% 2% 35%
per m2
30% or
6908.90.90 --- Other m2 6908.90.90 Rs.200/= 12% 5% 2% 35%
per m2
Ceramic wares for laboratory, chemical or other technical uses; ceramic troughs, tubs
69.09 and similar receptacles of a kind used in agriculture; ceramic pots, jars and similar
articles of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods (+).
6909.12 -- Articles having a hardness equivalent to 9 or more on the Mohs scale kg 6909.12 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Ceramic sinks, wash basins, wash basin pedestals, baths, bidets, water closet pans,
69.10
flushing cisterns, urinals and similar sanitary fixtures.
30% or
Rs.100/=
6911.10 - Tableware and kitchenware kg 6911.10 Rs.20/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
per kg
30% or
Rs.100/=
6911.90 - Other kg 6911.90 Rs.20/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
per kg
Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, other than
69.12 6912.00 6912.00
of porcelain or china :
30% or
Rs.100/=
6912.00.10 --- Tableware kg 6912.00.10 Rs.15/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
per kg
30% or
Rs.100/=
6912.00.90 --- Other kg 6912.00.90 Rs.15/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
per kg
Rs.100/=
6913.10 - Of porcelain or china kg 6913.10 Free 12% 5% 2%
per kg
6913.90 - Other : 6913.90
Rs.100/=
6913.90.10 --- Ornaments kg 6913.90.10 Free 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.100/=
6913.90.90 --- Other kg 6913.90.90 Free 12% 5% 2%
per kg
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Chapter 70
Glass and glassware
Notes.
1.- This Chapter does not cover : 3.- The products referred to in heading 70.06 remain classified in that heading whether or not they have the character of articles.
(a) Goods of heading 32.07 (for example, vitrifiable enamels and glazes, glass frit, other glass in the form of powder, 4.- For the purposes of heading 70.19, the expression "glass wool" means :
granules or flakes); (a) Mineral wools with a silica (SiO2) content not less than 60% by weight;
(b) Articles of Chapter 71 (for example, imitation jewellery); (b) Mineral wools with a silica (SiO2) content less than 60 % but with an alkaline oxide (K2O or Na2O) content exceeding 5%
(c) Optical fibre cables of heading 85.44, electrical insulators (heading 85.46) or fittings of insulating material of heading by weight or a boric oxide (B2O3) content exceeding 2% by weight.
85.47; Mineral wools which do not comply with the above specifications fall in heading 68.06.
(d) Optical fibres, optically worked optical elements, hypodermic syringes, artificial eyes, thermometers, barometers,
hydrometers or other articles of Chapter 90; 5.- Throughout the Nomenclature, the expression "glass" includes fused quartz and other fused silica.
(e) Lamps or lighting fittings, illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates or the like, having a permanently fixed light source, Subheading Note.
or parts thereof of heading 94.05;
(f) Toys, games, sports requisites, Christmas tree ornaments or other articles of Chapter 95 (excluding glass eyes without 1.- For the purposes of subheadings 7013.22, 7013.33, 7013.41and 7013.91, the expression “lead crystal” means only glass having
mechanisms for dolls or for other articles of Chapter 95); or a minimum lead monoxide (PbO) content by weight of 24%.
(g) Buttons, fitted vacuum flasks, scent or similar sprays or other articles of Chapter 96.
2.- For the purposes of headings 70.03, 70.04 and 70.05 :
(a) glass is not regarded as "worked" by reason of any process it has undergone before annealing;
(b) cutting to shape does not affect the classification of glass in sheets;
(c) the expression "absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer" means a microscopically thin coating of metal or of a
chemical compound (for example, metal oxide) which absorbs, for example, infra-red light or improves the reflecting
qualities of the glass while still allowing it to retain a degree of transparency or translucency; or which prevents light from
being reflected on the surface of the glass.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
70.01 7001.00 Cullet and other waste and scrap of glass; glass in the mass. 7001.00
7001.00.10 --- Waste and scrap containing lithium-tantalum and lithium-niobium L kg 7001.00.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7001.00.90 --- Other L kg 7001.00.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
70.02 Glass in balls (other than microspheres of heading 70.18), rods or tubes, unworked.
- Tubes :
7002.31 -- Of fused quartz or other fused silica kg 7002.31 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Of other glass having a linear coeffcient of expansion not exceeding 5x10-6 per
7002.32 -- kg 7002.32 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Kelvin within a temperature range of 0 0C to 300 0C
7002.39 -- Other kg 7002.39 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Cast glass and rolled glass, in sheets or profiles, whether or not having an
70.03
absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked.
- Non-wired sheets :
Coloured throughout the mass (body tinted), opacified, flashed or having an
7003.12 -- m2 7003.12 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer
7003.19 -- Other m2 7003.19 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7003.20 - Wired sheets m2 7003.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Drawn glass and blown glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent,
70.04
reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked.
Float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, whether or not having
70.05
an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked.
7005.10 - Non-wired glass, having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer m2 7005.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 15%
70.08 7008.00 Multiple-walled insulating units of glass. kg 7008.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Rs.75/=
7009.10 - Rear-view mirrors for vehicles kg 7009.10 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Other :
Rs.75/=
7009.91 -- Unframed kg 7009.91 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.75/=
7009.92 -- Framed kg 7009.92 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules and other containers, of glass,
70.10 of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods; preserving jars of glass;
stoppers, lids and other closures, of glass.
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Glass envelopes (including bulbs and tubes), open, and glass parts thereof, without
70.11
fittings, for electric lamps, cathode-ray tubes or the like.
7011.10 - For electric lighting kg 7011.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7011.20 - For cathode-ray tubes kg 7011.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
[70.12]
Glassware of a kind used for table, kitchen, toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar
70.13
purposes (other than that of heading 70.10 or 70.18).
Rs.40/=
7013.10 - Of glass-ceramics kg 7013.10 4.5% Free Free 4.0% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Stemware drinking glasses other than of glass-ceramics :
Rs.40/=
7013.22 -- Of lead crystal kg 7013.22 Free Free 4.0% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.40/=
7013.28 -- Other kg 7013.28 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Other drinking glasses other than of glass-ceramics :
Rs.40/=
7013.33 -- Of lead crystal kg 7013.33 Free Free 4.0% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.40/=
7013.37 -- Other kg 7013.37 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Glassware of a kind used for table (other than drinking glasses) or kitchen purposes
-
other than of glass-ceramics :
Rs.40/=
7013.41 -- Of lead crystal kg 7013.41 Free Free 4.0% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Of glass having a linear coeffcient of expansion not exceeding 5x10-6 per Kelvin Rs.40/=
7013.42 -- kg 7013.42 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
within a temperature range of 0 0C to 300 0C per kg
Rs.40/=
7013.49 -- Other kg 7013.49 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Other glassware :
Rs.40/=
7013.91 -- Of lead crystal kg 7013.91 Free Free 4.0% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
7013.99 -- Other : 7013.99
7013.99.10 --- Infants' feeding bottles kg 7013.99.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Rs.40/=
7013.99.90 --- Other kg 7013.99.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Signalling glassware and optical elements of glass (other than those of heading
70.14 7014.00 7014.00
70.15), not optically worked.
7014.00.10 --- Optical elements kg 7014.00.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7014.00.90 --- Other kg 7014.00.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Clock or watch glasses and similar glasses, glasses for non-corrective or corrective
70.15 spectacles, curved, bent, hollowed or the like, not optically worked; hollow glass
spheres and their segments, for the manufacture of such glasses.
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Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Paving blocks, slabs, bricks, squares, tiles and other articles of pressed or moulded
glass, whether or not wired, of a kind used for building or construction purposes;
70.16 glass cubes and other glass smallwares, whether or not on a backing, for mosaics or
similar decorative purposes; leaded lights and the like; multicellular or foam glass in
blocks, panels, plates, shells or similar forms.
Glass cubes and other glass smallwares, whether or not on a backing, for mosaics or Rs.60/=
7016.10 - kg 7016.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
similar decorative purposes per kg
Rs.60/=
7016.90 - Other kg 7016.90 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation precious or semi-precious stones and similar
glass smallwares, and articles thereof other than imitation jewellery; glass eyes
70.18
other than prosthetic articles; statuettes and other ornaments of lamp-worked glass,
other than imitation jewellery; glass microspheres not exceeding 1 mm in diameter.
Glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation precious or semi-precious stones and similar
7018.10 - kg 7018.10 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
glass smallwares
7018.20 - Glass microspheres not exceeding 1 mm in diameter kg 7018.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Glass fibres (including glass wool) and articles thereof (for examples, yarn, woven
70.19
fabrics) (+).
7019.32 -- Thin sheets (voiles) kg 7019.32 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7019.90.20 --- For the manufacture of fibre glass fishing boats kg 7019.90.20 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7020.00.10 --- Floats for fishing lines and nets kg 7020.00.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7020.00.20 --- Identifiable parts for industrial machines or equipment kg 7020.00.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7020.00.30 --- Rods for operating 33 kV and 11 kV overhead line switches kg 7020.00.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7020.00.40 --- Screen filters for computer monitors kg 7020.00.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7020.00.50 --- Glass inners for vacuum flasks or for other vacuum vessels kg 7020.00.50 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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(a) An alloy containing 2 % or more, by weight, of platinum is to be treated as an alloy of platinum;
Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, (b) An alloy containing 2 % or more, by weight, of gold but no platinum, or less than 2 %, by weight, of platinum, is to be
precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, y articles
treated as an alloy of gold;
thereof; imitation jewellery; coin
(c) Other alloys containing 2 % or more, by weight, of silver are to be treated as alloys of silver.
Notes.
6.- Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in the Nomenclature to precious metal or to any particular precious
1.- Subject to Note 1 (a) to Section VI and except as provided below, all articles consisting wholly or partly :
metal includes a reference to alloys treated as alloys of precious metal or of the particular metal in accordance with the rules in
(a) Of natural or cultured pearls or of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed), or Note 5 above, but not to metal clad with precious metal or to base metal or non-metals plated with precious metal.
(b) Of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, are to be classified in this Chapter.
7.- Throughout the Nomenclature the expression "metal clad with precious metal" means material made with a base of metal upon
2.- (A) Headings 71.13, 71.14 and 71.15 do not cover articles in which precious metal or metal one or more surfaces of which there is affixed by soldering, brazing, welding, hot-rolling or similar mechanical means a covering
clad with precious metal is present as minor constituents only, such as minor fittings or minor ornamentation (for example, of precious metal. Except where the context otherwise requires, the expression also covers base metal inlaid with precious
monograms, ferrules and rims), and paragraph (b) of the foregoing Note does not apply to such articles (*). metal.
(B) Heading 71.16 does not cover articles containing precious metal or metal clad with precious metal (other than as minor
8.- Subject to Note 1 (a) to Section VI, goods answering to a description in heading 71.12 are to be classified in that heading and in
constituents).
no other heading of the Nomenclature.
3.- This Chapter does not cover : 9.- For the purposes of heading 71.13, the expression "articles of jewellery" means :
(a) Amalgams of precious metal, or colloidal precious metal (heading 28.43); (a) Any small objects of personal adornment (for example, rings, bracelets, necklaces, brooches, ear-rings, watch-chains,
(b) Sterile surgical suture materials, dental fillings or other goods of Chapter 30;
fobs, pendants, tie-pins, cuff- links, dress-studs, religious or other medals and insignia); and
(c) Goods of Chapter 32 (for example, lustres);
(b) Articles of personal use of a kind normally carried in the pocket, in the handbag or on the person (for example, cigar or
(d) Supported catalysts (heading 38.15);
cigarette cases, snuff boxes, cachou or pill boxes, powder boxes, chain purses or prayer beads).
(e) Articles of heading 42.02 or 42.03 referred to in Note 2 (B) to Chapter 42;
(f) Articles of heading 43.03 or 43.04; These articles may be combined or set, for example, with natural or cultured pearls, precious or semiprecious semi-precious
(g) Goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles); stones, synthetic or reconstructed precious or semiprecious semi-precious stones, tortoise shell, mother-of-pearl, ivory, natural
(h) Footwear, headgear or other articles of Chapter 64 or 65; or reconstituted amber, jet or coral.
(ij) Umbrellas, walking-sticks or other articles of Chapter 66;
(k) Abrasive goods of heading 68.04 or 68.05 or Chapter 82, containing dust or powder of precious or semi-precious stones
(natural or synthetic); articles of Chapter 82 with a working part of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or 10.- For the purposes of heading 71.14, the expression "articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares" includes such articles as
reconstructed); machinery, mechanical appliances or electrical goods, or parts thereof, of Section XVI. However, articles ornaments, tableware, toilet-ware, smokers' requisites and other articles of household, office or religious use.
and parts thereof, wholly of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) remain classified in this 11.- For the purposes of heading 71.17, the expression "imitation jewellery" means articles of jewellery within the meaning of
Chapter, except unmounted worked sapphires and diamonds for styli (heading 85.22); paragraph (a) of Note 9 above (but not including buttons or other articles of heading 96.06, or dress-combs, hair-slides or the
(l) Articles of Chapter 90, 91 or 92 (scientific instruments, clocks and watches, musical instruments); like, or hairpins, of heading 96.15), not incorporating natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural,
(m) Arms or parts thereof (Chapter 93); synthetic or reconstructed) nor (except as plating or as minor constituents) precious metal or metal clad with precious metal.
(n) Articles covered by Note 2 to Chapter 95;
(o) Articles classified in Chapter 96 by virtue of Note 4 to that Chapter; or (*) The underlined portion of this Note constitutes an optional text.
(p) Original sculptures or statuary (heading 97.03), collectors' pieces (heading 97.05) or antiques of an age exceeding one Subheading Notes.
hundred years (heading 97.06), other than natural or cultured pearls or precious or semi-precious stones.
1.- For the purposes of subheadings 7106.10, 7108.11, 7110.11, 7110.21, 7110.31 and 7110.41, the expressions "powder" and "in
4.- (A) The expression "precious metal" means silver, gold and platinum. powder form" mean products of which 90 % or more by weight passes through a sieve having a mesh aperture of 0.5 mm.
(B) The expression "platinum" means platinum, iridium, osmium, palladium, rhodium and ruthenium.
(C) The expression "precious or semi-precious stones" does not include any of the substances specified in Note 2 (b) to 2.- Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter Note 4 (B), for the purposes of subheadings 7110.11 and 7110.19, the expression
Chapter 96. "platinum" does not include iridium, osmium, palladium, rhodium or ruthenium.
5.- For the purposes of this Chapter, any alloy (including a sintered mixture and an inter-metallic compound) containing precious metal 3.- For the classification of alloys in the subheadings of heading 71.10, each alloy is to be classified with that metal, platinum,
is to be treated as an alloy of precious metal if any one precious metal constitutes as much as 2 %, by weight, of the alloy. Alloys palladium, rhodium, iridium, osmium or ruthenium which predominates by weight over each other of these metals.
of precious metal are to be classified according to the following rules :
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Pearls, natural or cultured, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or
71.01
set; pearls, natural or cultured, temporarily strung for convenience of transport.
- Cultured pearls :
7101.21 -- Unworked kg 7101.21 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex 2%
7101.22 -- Worked kg 7101.22 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex 2%
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71.02 Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set (+).
- Industrial :
7102.21 -- Unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted carat 7102.21 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
- Non-industrial :
7102.31 -- Unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted carat 7102.31 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
Precious stones (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, whether or not
worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; ungraded precious stones (other
71.03
than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of
transport (+).
7103.10 - Unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped kg 7103.10 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
- Otherwise worked :
7103.91 -- Rubies, sapphires and emeralds carat 7103.91 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
7104.20 - Other, unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped kg 7104.20 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex 2%
- Other :
7106.91 -- Unwrought kg 7106.91 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex 2%
71.07 7107.00 Base metals clad with silver, not further worked than semi-manufactured. 7107.00 Free Free Free Free Free Ex Ex 2%
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- Non-monetary :
7108.11 -- Powder kg 7108.11 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
71.09 7109.00 Base metals or silver, clad with gold, not further worked than semi-manufactured. 7109.00 Free Free Free Free Free Ex Ex 2%
- Platinum :
7110.11 -- Unwrought or in powder form kg 7110.11 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex 2%
- Palladium :
7110.21 -- Unwrought or in powder form kg 7110.21 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex 2%
- Rhodium :
7110.31 -- Unwrought or in powder form kg 7110.31 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex 2%
Base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum, not further worked than semi-
71.11 7111.00 kg 7111.00 Free Free Free Free Ex Ex 2%
manufactured.
Waste and scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal; other waste
71.12 and scrap containing precious metal or precious metal compounds, of a kind used
principally for the recovery of precious metal.
- Other :
Of gold, including metal clad with gold but excluding sweepings containing other
7112.91 -- kg 7112.91 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
precious metals
Of platinum, including metal clad with platinum but excluding sweepings containing
7112.92 -- L kg 7112.92 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
other precious metals
7112.99 -- Other L kg 7112.99 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious
71.13
metal.
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7113.19 -- Of other precious metal, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal : 7113.19
7113.19.10 --- Articles kg 7113.19.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
71.15 Other articles of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal.
7115.10 - Catalysts in the form of wire cloth or grill, platinum kg 7115.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
7116.10 - Of natural or cultured pearls kg 7116.10 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
7116.20 - Of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) kg 7116.20 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
7118.10 - Coin (other than gold coin), not being legal tender L kg 7118.10 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 72 (g) Remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel
Products roughly cast in the form of ingots without feeder-heads or hot tops, or of pigs, having obvious surface faults
Iron and steel
and not complying with the chemical composition of pig iron, spiegeleisen or ferro-alloys.
Notes. (h) Granules
Products of which less than 90 % by weight passes through a sieve with a mesh aperture of 1 mm and of which 90 % or
1.- In this Chapter and, in the case of Notes (d), (e) and (f) throughout the Nomenclature, the following expressions have the meanings
more by weight passes through a sieve with a mesh aperture of 5 mm.
hereby assigned to them :
(ij) Semi-finished products
(a) Pig iron
Continuous cast products of solid section, whether or not subjected to primary hot-rolling; and
Iron-carbon alloys not usefully malleable, containing more than 2 % by weight of carbon and which may contain by weight
one or more other elements within the following limits : Other products of solid section, which have not been further worked than subjected to primary hot-rolling or roughly
shaped by forging, including blanks for angles, shapes or sections.
- not more than 10 % of chromium
- not more than 6 % of manganese These products are not presented in coils.
- not more than 3 % of phosphorus
(k) Flat-rolled products
- not more than 8 % of silicon
Rolled products of solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section, which do not conform to the definition at (ij)
- a total of not more than 10 % of other elements.
above in the form of :
(b) Spiegeleisen
- coils of successively superimposed layers, or
Iron-carbon alloys containing by weight more than 6 % but not more than 30 % of manganese and otherwise conforming to
- straight lengths, which if of a thickness less than 4.75 mm are of a width measuring at least ten times the
the specification at (a) above.
thickness or if of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more are of a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at least
(c) Ferro-alloys twice the thickness.
Alloys in pigs, blocks, lumps or similar primary forms, in forms obtained by continuous casting and also in granular or
Flat-rolled products include those with patterns in relief derived directly from rolling (for example, grooves, ribs,
powder forms, whether or not agglomerated, commonly used as an additive in the manufacture of other alloys or as de-
chequers, tears, buttons, lozenges) and those which have been perforated, corrugated or polished, provided that they
oxidants, de-sulphurising agents or for similar uses in ferrous metallurgy and generally not usefully malleable, containing
do not thereby assume the character of articles or products of other headings.
by weight 4 % or more of the element iron and one or more of the following :
Flat-rolled products of a shape other than rectangular or square, of any size, are to be classified as products of a width
- more than 10 % of chromium
of 600 mm or more, provided that they do not assume the character of articles or products of other headings.
- more than 30 % of manganese
- more than 3 % of phosphorus (l) Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils
- more than 8 % of silicon Hot-rolled products in irregularly wound coils, which have a solid cross-section in the shape of circles, segments of
- a total of more than 10 % of other elements, excluding carbon, subject to a maximum content of 10 % in the case of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), triangles or other convex polygons (including "flattened circles" and
copper. "modified rectangles", of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length
and parallel). These products may have indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling
(d) Steel
process (reinforcing bars and rods).
Ferrous materials other than those of heading 72.03 which (with the exception of certain types produced in the form of
castings) are usefully malleable and which contain by weight 2 % or less of carbon. However, chromium steels may (m) Other bars and rods
contain higher proportions of carbon. Products which do not conform to any of the definitions at (ij), (k) or (l) above or to the definition of wire, which have a
uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, segments of circles, ovals, rectangles
(e) Stainless steel
(including squares), triangles or other convex polygons (including "flattened circles" and "modified rectangles", of which
Alloy steels containing, by weight, 1.2 % or less of carbon and 10.5 % or more of chromium, with or without other elements.
two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). These products
(f) Other alloy steel may :
Steels not complying with the definition of stainless steel and containing by weight one or more of the following elements in
- have indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process (reinforcing bars and
the proportion shown :
rods);
- 0.3 % or more of aluminium
- be twisted after rolling.
- 0.0008 % or more of boron
- 0.3 % or more of chromium (n) Angles, shapes and sections
- 0.3 % or more of cobalt Products having a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length which do not conform to any of the definitions at
- 0.4 % or more of copper (ij), (k), (l) or (m) above or to the definition of wire.
- 0.4 % or more of lead
Chapter 72 does not include products of heading 73.01 or 73.02.
- 1.65 % or more of manganese
- 0.08 % or more of molybdenum (o) Wire
- 0.3 % or more of nickel Cold-formed products in coils, of any uniform solid cross-section along their whole length, which do not conform to the
- 0.06 % or more of niobium definition of flat-rolled products.
- 0.6 % or more of silicon
(p) Hollow drill bars and rods
- 0.05 % or more of titanium
Hollow bars and rods of any cross-section, suitable for drills, of which the greatest external dimension of the cross-
- 0.3 % or more of tungsten (wolfram)
section exceeds 15 mm but does not exceed 52 mm, and of which the greatest internal dimension does not exceed one
- 0.1 % or more of vanadium
half of the greatest external dimension. Hollow bars and rods of iron or steel not conforming to this definition are to be
- 0.05 % or more of zirconium
classified in heading 73.04.
- 0.1 % or more of other elements (except sulphur, phosphorus, carbon and nitrogen), taken separately.
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2.- Ferrous metals clad with another ferrous metal are to be classified as products of the ferrous metal predominating by weight. (c) Silicon-electrical steel
3.- Iron or steel products obtained by electrolytic deposition, by pressure casting or by sintering are to be classified, according to their Alloy steels containing by weight at least 0.6 % but not more than 6 % of silicon and not more than 0.08 % of carbon.
form, their composition and their appearance, in the headings of this Chapter appropriate to similar hot-rolled products. They may also contain by weight not more than 1 % of aluminium but no other element in a proportion that would give
the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel.
Subheading Notes.
(d) High speed steel
1.- In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them :
Alloy steels containing, with or without other elements, at least two of the three elements molybdenum, tungsten and
(a) Alloy pig iron vanadium with a combined content by weight of 7 % or more, 0.6 % or more of carbon and 3 to 6 % of chromium.
Pig iron containing, by weight, one or more of the following elements in the specified proportions :
(e) Silico-manganese steel
- more than 0.2 % of chromium Alloy steels containing by weight :
- more than 0.3 % of copper
- not more than 0.7 % of carbon,
- more than 0.3 % of nickel
- 0.5 % or more but not more than 1.9 % of manganese, and
- more than 0.1 % of any of the following elements : aluminium, molybdenum, titanium, tungsten (wolfram), vanadium.
- 0.6 % or more but not more than 2.3 % of silicon, but no other element in a proportion that would give the steel
(b) Non-alloy free-cutting steel the characteristics of another alloy steel.
Non-alloy steel containing, by weight, one or more of the following elements in the specified proportions :
2.- For the classification of ferro-alloys in the subheadings of heading 72.02 the following rule should be observed :
- 0.08 % or more of sulphur
A ferro-alloy is considered as binary and classified under the relevant subheading (if it exists) if only one of the alloy elements
- 0.1 % or more of lead
exceeds the minimum percentage laid down in Chapter Note 1 (c); by analogy, it is considered respectively as ternary or
- more than 0.05 % of selenium
quaternary if two or three alloy elements exceed the minimum percentage.
- more than 0.01 % of tellurium
- more than 0.05 % of bismuth. For the application of this rule the unspecified "other elements" referred to in Chapter Note 1 (c) must each exceed 10 % by weight.
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72.01 Pig iron and, Spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms.
7201.10 - Non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus kg 7201.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7201.20 - Non-alloy pig iron containing by weight more than 0.5% of phosphorus kg 7201.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7201.50 - Alloy pig iron; spiegeleisen kg 7201.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
72.02 Ferro-alloys.
- Ferro-manganese :
7202.11 -- Containing by weight more than 2% of carbon kg 7202.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Ferro-silicon :
7202.21 -- Containing by weight more than 55% of silicon kg 7202.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Ferro-chromium :
7202.41 -- Containing by weight more than 4% of carbon kg 7202.41 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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7202.80 - Ferro-tungsten and ferro-silico-tungsten kg 7202.80 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
7202.91 -- Ferro-titanium and ferro-silico-titanium kg 7202.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7202.92 -- Ferro-vanadium kg 7202.92 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous
72.03 products, in lumps, pellets or similar forms; iron having a minimum purity by weight of
99.94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms.
7203.10 - Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore kg 7203.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
72.04 Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel.
7204.10 - Waste and scrap of cast iron L kg 7204.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 10%
7204.29 -- Other L kg 7204.29 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 10%
7204.30 - Waste and scrap of tinned iron or steel L kg 7204.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 10%
- Powders :
7205.21 -- Of alloy steel kg 7205.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading
72.06
72.03).
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the thickness
7207.11.10 --- Billets kg 7207.11.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7207.11.90 --- Other kg 7207.11.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7207.12 -- Other, of rectangular (other than square) cross-section 7207.12
7207.12.10 --- Billets kg 7207.12.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7207.12.90 --- Other kg 7207.12.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7207.20.90 --- Other kg 7207.20.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7208.10 - In coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, with patterns in relief kg 7208.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7208.26 -- Of a thickness of 3 mm or more but less than 4.75 mm kg 7208.26 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7208.27 -- Of a thickness of less than 3 mm kg 7208.27 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7208.37 -- Of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more but not exceeding 10 mm kg 7208.37 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7208.38 -- Of a thickness of 3 mm or more but less than 4.75 mm kg 7208.38 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7208.39 -- Of a thickness of less than 3 mm kg 7208.39 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7208.40 - Not in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, with patterns in relief kg 7208.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7208.52 -- Of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more but not exceeding 10 mm kg 7208.52 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7208.53 -- Of a thickness of 3 mm or more but less than 4.75 mm kg 7208.53 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7208.54 -- Of a thickness of less than 3 mm kg 7208.54 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7209.16 -- Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm but less than 3 mm kg 7209.16 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7209.17 -- Of a thickness of 0.5 mm or more but not exceeding 1 mm kg 7209.17 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7209.18 -- Of a thickness of less than 0.5 mm kg 7209.18 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7209.26 -- Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm but less than 3 mm kg 7209.26 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7209.27 -- Of a thickness of 0.5 mm or more but not exceeding 1 mm kg 7209.27 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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7209.28 -- Of a thickness of less than 0.5 mm kg 7209.28 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7210.12.20 --- Electrolytic tin plates for the manufacture of metal fittings for tea chests kg 7210.12.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7210.12.90 --- Other kg 7210.12.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7210.20 - Plated or coated with lead, including terne-plate kg 7210.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7210.30 - Electrolytically plated or coated with zinc kg 7210.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7210.49.20 --- Flat sheets, galvanized and annealed (galvanealed), of a thickness exceeding 0.17mm kg 7210.49.20 15% 12% 5% 2%
7210.70 - Painted, varnished or coated with plastics kg 7210.70 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7210.90 - Other kg 7210.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, not clad,
72.11
plated or coated (+).
Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, clad,
72.12
plated or coated (+).
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Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
7212.10.90 --- Other kg 7212.10.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7212.50.90 --- other kg 7212.50.90 Free Free 6.75% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
72.13 Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of iron or non-alloy steel.
Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than forged, hot-
72.14
rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling.
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Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Rs.15/
7214.91.20 --- Other, containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, other than flat bars kg 7214.91.20 30% 12% 5% 2% = per
kg
Rs.15/
7214.91.90 --- Other kg 7214.91.90 Free 12% 5% 2% = per
kg
Rs.15/
7214.99 -- Other kg 7214.99 15% 12% 5% 2% = per
kg
7215.10 - Of free-cutting steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished kg 7215.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7215.50 - Other, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished kg 7215.50 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Rs.15/
U, I or H sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height
7216.10 - kg 7216.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% = per
of less than 80 mm kg
L or T sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height of
-
less than 80 mm :
Rs.15/
7216.21 -- L sections kg 7216.21 30% 12% 5% 2% = per
kg
Rs.15/
7216.22 -- T sections kg 7216.22 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% = per
kg
U, I or H sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of a height
-
of 80 mm or more :
7216.31 -- U sections kg 7216.31 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
7216.91 -- Cold-formed or cold-finished from flat-rolled products kg 7216.91 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7217.10 - Not plated or coated, whether or not polished kg 7217.10 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Rs.15/
7217.20.90 --- Other kg 7217.20.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% = per
kg
7217.30 - Plated or coated with other base metals kg 7217.30 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7218.10 - Ingots and other primary forms kg 7218.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
7218.91 -- Of rectangular (other than square) cross-section kg 7218.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7219.12 -- Of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more but not exceeding 10 mm kg 7219.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7219.13 -- Of a thickness of 3 mm or more but less than 4.75 mm kg 7219.13 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7219.14 -- Of a thickness of less than 3 mm kg 7219.14 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7219.22 -- Of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more but not exceeding 10 mm kg 7219.22 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7219.23 -- Of a thickness of 3 mm or more but less than 4.75 mm kg 7219.23 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7219.24 -- Of a thickness of less than 3 mm kg 7219.24 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7219.32 -- Of a thickness of 3 mm or more but less than 4.75 mm kg 7219.32 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7219.33 -- Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm but less than 3 mm kg 7219.33 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7219.34 -- Of a thickness of 0.5 mm or more but not exceeding 1 mm kg 7219.34 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7219.35 -- Of a thickness of less than 0.5 mm kg 7219.35 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
72.20 Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of less than 600 mm (+).
7220.12 -- Of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm kg 7220.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7220.20 - Not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced) kg 7220.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
72.21 7221.00 Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of stainless steel. kg 7221.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Other bars and rods of stainless steel; angles, shapes and sections of
72.22
stainless steel (+).
- Bars and rods, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded :
7222.11 -- Of circular cross-section kg 7222.11 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7222.20 - Bars and rods, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished kg 7222.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7222.30 - Other bars and rods kg 7222.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7222.40 - Angles, shapes and sections kg 7222.40 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
72.23 7223.00 Wire of stainless steel kg 7223.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Other alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms; semi-finished products of other
72.24
alloy steel.
7224.10 - Ingots and other primary forms kg 7224.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
72.25 Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more (+).
- Of silicon-electrical steel :
7225.11 -- Grain-oriented kg 7225.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7225.40 - Other, not further worked than hot-rolled, not in coils kg 7225.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7225.50 - Other, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced) kg 7225.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
7225.91 -- Electrolytically plated or coated with zinc kg 7225.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7225.92 -- Otherwise plated or coated with zinc kg 7225.92 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
72.26 Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm (+).
- Of silicon-electrical steel :
7226.11 -- Grain-oriented kg 7226.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7226.20 - Of high speed steel kg 7226.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
7226.91 -- Not further worked than hot-rolled kg 7226.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7226.92 -- Not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced) kg 7226.92 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Gen.
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72.27 Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of other alloy steel.
7227.10 - Of high speed steel kg 7227.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7227.20 - Of silico-manganese steel kg 7227.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Other bars and rods of other alloy steel; angles, shapes and sections, of other alloy
72.28
steel; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel (+).
7228.10 - Bars and rods, of high speed steel kg 7228.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7228.20 - Bars and rods, of silico-manganese steel kg 7228.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7228.30 - Other bars and rods, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded kg 7228.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7228.40 - Other bars and rods, not further worked than forged kg 7228.40 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7228.50 - Other bars and rods, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished kg 7228.50 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7228.60 - Other bars and rods kg 7228.60 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7228.70 - Angles, shapes and sections kg 7228.70 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7228.80 - Hollow drill bars and rods kg 7228.80 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7229.20 - Of silico-manganese steel kg 7229.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 73
Articles of iron or steel
Notes.
1.- In this Chapter the expression "cast iron" applies to products obtained by casting in which iron predominates by weight over each
of the other elements and which do not comply with the chemical composition of steel as defined in Note 1 (d) to Chapter 72.
2.- In this Chapter the word "wire" means hot or cold-formed products of any cross-sectional shape, of which no cross-sectional
dimension exceeds 16 mm.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Sheet piling of iron or steel, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled
73.01
elements; welded angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel.
7301.10 - Sheet piling kg 7301.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7301.20 - Angles, shapes and sections kg 7301.20 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails,
check-rails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other
73.02 crossing pieces, sleepers (cross-ties), fish-plates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates
(base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or
fixing rails.
7302.40 - Fish-plates and sole plates kg 7302.40 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7302.90 - Other kg 7302.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
73.03 7303.00 Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of cast iron. kg 7303.00 Free Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
73.04 Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel (+).
- Casing, tubing and drill pipe, of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas :
7304.22 -- Drill pipe of stainless steel kg 7304.22 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7304.23 -- Other drill pipe kg 7304.23 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7304.24.90 --- Other kg 7304.24.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7304.29.90 --- Other kg 7304.29.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
7304.31.90 --- Other kg 7304.31.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7304.39.90 --- Other kg 7304.39.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7304.41.90 --- Other kg 7304.41.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7304.49.90 --- Other kg 7304.49.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7304.51.90 --- Other kg 7304.51.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7304.90.90 --- Other kg 7304.90.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Other tubes and pipes (for example, welded, riveted or similarly closed), having
73.05 circular cross-sections, the external diameter of which exceeds 406.4 mm, of iron or
steel (+).
7305.12.90 --- Other kg 7305.12.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7305.19.90 --- Other kg 7305.19.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7305.20 - Casing of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas : 7305.20
7305.20.10 --- Over 20 cm diameter kg 7305.20.10 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7305.20.90 --- Other kg 7305.20.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Other, welded :
7305.31 -- Longitudinally welded : 7305.31
7305.31.10 --- High-pressure hydro-electric conduits of steel whether or not reinforced kg 7305.31.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7305.31.20 --- Other over 20 cm diameter kg 7305.31.20 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7305.31.90 --- Other kg 7305.31.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7305.39.20 --- Other over 20 cm diameter kg 7305.39.20 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7305.39.90 --- Other kg 7305.39.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7305.90.20 --- Other over 20 cm diameter kg 7305.90.20 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7305.90.90 --- Other kg 7305.90.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Other tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (for example, open seam or welded, riveted or
73.06
similarly closed), of iron or steel (+).
7306.11.90 --- Other kg 7306.11.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7306.19 -- Other : 7306.19
7306.19.10 --- Over 20 cm diameter kg 7306.19.10 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7306.19.90 --- Other kg 7306.19.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7306.21.90 --- Other kg 7306.21.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7306.29 -- Other : 7306.29
7306.29.10 --- Over 20 cm diameter kg 7306.29.10 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7306.29.90 --- Other kg 7306.29.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7306.30 - Other, welded, of circular cross-section, of iron or non-alloy steel kg 7306.30 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 20%
7306.40 - Other, welded, of circular cross-section, of stainless steel : 7306.40
7306.40.10 --- Over 20 cm diameter kg 7306.40.10 7.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
7306.40.90 --- Other kg 7306.40.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
7306.50.90 --- Other kg 7306.50.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7306.61.90 --- Other kg 7306.61.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 15%
7306.69.90 --- Other kg 7306.69.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 10%
7306.90 - Other : 7306.90
7306.90.10 --- Over 20 cm diameter kg 7306.90.10 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7306.90.90 --- Other kg 7306.90.90 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 10%
73.07 Tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves), of iron or steel.
- Cast fittings :
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Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
7307.11 -- Of non-malleable cast iron kg 7307.11 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7307.22 -- Threaded elbows, bends and sleeves kg 7307.22 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7307.23 -- Butt welding fittings kg 7307.23 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7307.29 -- Other kg 7307.29 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
7307.91 -- Flanges kg 7307.91 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7307.92 -- Threaded elbows, bends and sleeves kg 7307.92 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7307.93 -- Butt welding fittings kg 7307.93 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7308.30 - Doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors kg 7308.30 15% 30% 12% 5% 2%
7308.40 - Equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or pit-propping kg 7308.40 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers for any material (other than
73.09 7309.00 compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel, of a capacity exceeding 300 l, whether 7309.00
or not lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment.
Tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, for any material (other than
compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel, of a capacity not exceeding 300 l,
73.10
whether or not lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal
equipment.
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Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
73.11 7311.00 Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel. kg 7311.00 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, not
73.12
electrically insulated.
7312.10 - Stranded wire, ropes, cables kg 7312.10 4.5% Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Barbed wire of iron or steel; twisted hoop or single flat wire, barbed or not, and
73.13 7313.00 kg 7313.00 Free Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
loosely twisted double wire, of a kind used for fencing, of iron or steel
Cloth (including endless bands), grill, netting and fencing, of iron or steel wire;
73.14
expanded metal of iron or steel (+).
- Woven cloth :
7314.12 -- Endless bands for machinery, of stainless steel kg 7314.12 30% 12% 5% 2%
- Other chain :
7315.81 -- Stud-link kg 7315.81 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7315.82 -- Other, welded link kg 7315.82 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
73.16 7316.00 Anchors, grapnels and parts thereof, of iron or steel. kg 7316.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples (other than those of heading 30% or
73.17 7317.00 83.05) and similar articles, of iron or steel, whether or not with heads of other material, kg 7317.00 Rs.20/= 12% 5% 2%
but excluding such articles with heads of copper. per kg
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Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers
73.18
(including spring washers) and similar articles, of iron or steel (+).
- Threaded articles :
10.83% 15% or
4.5% or
or
7318.11 -- Coach screws kg 7318.11 Rs.11/=
Rs 4.50 Rs.15/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg per kg
per kg
30% or
7318.12 -- Other wood screws kg 7318.12 Rs.25/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
15% or
7318.13 -- Screw hooks and screw rings kg 7318.13 Rs.15/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
15% or
7318.14 -- Self-tapping screws kg 7318.14 Rs.15/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
15% or
7318.15 -- Other screws and bolts, whether or not with their nuts or washers kg 7318.15 Rs.15/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
15% or
7318.16 -- Nuts kg 7318.16 Rs.15/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
15% or
7318.19 -- Other kg 7318.19 Rs.15/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Non-threaded articles :
15% or
7318.21 -- Spring washers and other lock washers kg 7318.21 Rs.15/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
15% or
7318.22 -- Other washers kg 7318.22 Rs.15/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
15% or
7318.23 -- Rivets kg 7318.23 Rs.15/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
15% or
7318.24 -- Cotters and cotter-pins kg 7318.24 Rs.15/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
15% or
7318.29 -- Other kg 7318.29 Rs.15/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Sewing needles, knitting needles, bodkins, crochet hooks, embroidery stilettos and
73.19 similar articles, for use in the hand, or iron or steel; safety pins and other pins of iron
or steel, not elsewhere specified or included.
17.5% or 5% or 30% or
@@@ 7319.20 - Safety pins kg 7319.20 Free Free Rs.16/= Rs.4.50 Rs.25/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg per kg per kg
17.5% or 5% or 30% or
@@@ 7319.30 - Other pins kg 7319.30 Free Free Rs.16/= Rs.4.50 Rs.25/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg per kg per kg
17.5% or 5% or 30% or
7319.40 - Safety pins and other pins kg 7319.40 Free Free Rs.16/= Rs.4.50 Rs.25/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg per kg per kg
7319.90 - Other : 7319.90
7319.90.10 --- Sewing, darning or embroidery needles kg 7319.90.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
10.83% 4.5%
15% or
or or Rs
7319.90.90 --- Other kg 7319.90.90 Rs.11/= 4.50
Rs.15/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
per kg per kg
30% or
7320.10 - Leaf-springs and leaves therefor kg 7320.10 Rs.30/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
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Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
10.83%
4.5% or 15% or
or
7320.20 - Helical springs kg 7320.20 Free Free
Rs.11/=
Rs 4.50 Rs.15/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg per kg
per kg
10.83%
4.5% or 15% or
or
7320.90 - Other kg 7320.90 Free Free
Rs.11/=
Rs 4.50 Rs.15/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg per kg
per kg
Stoves, ranges, grates, cookers (including those with subsidiary boilers for central
73.21 heating), barbecues, braziers, gas-rings, plate warmers and similar non-electric
domestic appliances, and parts thereof, of iron or steel.
7321.12 -- For liquid fuel u 7321.12 28.5% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
7321.19 -- Other, including appliances for solid fuel u 7321.19 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
- Other appliances :
7321.81 -- For gas fuel or both gas and other fuels u 7321.81 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
7321.82 -- For liquid fuel u 7321.82 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
7321.89 -- Other, including appliances for solid fuel u 7321.89 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
Radiators for central heating, not electrically heated, and parts thereof, of iron or
steel; air heaters and hot air distributors (including distributors which can also
73.22
distribute fresh or conditioned air), not electrically heated, incorporating a motor-
driven fan or blower, and parts thereof, of iron or steel.
Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, of iron or steel; iron or
73.23 steel wool; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of iron or
steel.
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HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
7324.10.90 --- Other kg 7324.10.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Baths :
7324.21 -- Of cast iron, whether or not enamelled kg 7324.21 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
7324.29 -- Other kg 7324.29 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
7324.90 - Other, including parts kg 7324.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
7325.10 - Of non-malleable cast iron kg 7325.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
7325.91 -- Grinding balls and similar articles for mills kg 7325.91 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7325.99 -- Other kg 7325.99 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7326.20.90 --- Other kg 7326.20.90 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7326.90.20 --- Bundle conductor supports and connectors kg 7326.90.20 4.5% Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
7326.90.90 --- Other kg 7326.90.90 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 74
(e) Profiles
Copper and articles thereof Rolled, extruded, drawn, forged or formed products, coiled or not, of a uniform cross-section along their whole
length, which do not conform to any of the definitions of bars, rods, wire, plates, sheets, strip, foil, tubes or pipes. The
Note. expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms, which have been subsequently worked after
production (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the
1.- In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them : character of articles or products of other headings.
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74.01 7401.00 Copper mattes; cement copper (precipitated copper). kg 7401.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
74.02 7402.00 Unrefined copper; copper anodes for electropytic refining. kg 7402.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Refined copper :
7403.11 -- Cathodes and sections of cathodes kg 7403.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7403.12 -- Wire-bars kg 7403.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Copper alloys :
7403.21 -- Copper-zinc base alloys (brass) kg 7403.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7403.22 -- Copper-tin base alloys (bronze) kg 7403.22 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7403.29 -- Other copper alloys (other than master alloys of heading 74.05) kg 7403.29 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
74.04 7404.00 Copper waste and scrap. L kg 7404.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 30%
74.05 7405.00 Master alloys of copper. kg 7405.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7406.10 - Powders of non-lamellar structure kg 7406.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7406.20 - Powders of non-lamellar structure; flakes kg 7406.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7407.10 - Of refined copper kg 7407.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Of copper alloys :
7407.21 -- Of copper-zinc base alloys (brass) kg 7407.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Of refined copper :
7408.11 -- Of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6 mm kg 7408.11 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Of copper alloys :
7408.21 -- Of copper-zinc base alloys (brass) kg 7408.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Of copper-nickel base alloys (cupro-nickel) or copper-nickel-zinc base alloys
7408.22 -- kg 7408.22 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
(nickel silver)
7408.29 -- Other kg 7408.29 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
74.09 Copper plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0.15 mm.
- Of refined copper :
7409.11 -- In coils kg 7409.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7409.19 -- Other kg 7409.19 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Copper foil (whether or not printed or backed with paper, paperboard, plastics or
74.10 similar backing materials) of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0.15
mm.
- Not backed :
7410.11 -- Of refined copper kg 7410.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7410.12 -- Of copper alloys kg 7410.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Backed :
7410.21 -- Of refined copper kg 7410.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7410.22 -- Of copper alloys kg 7410.22 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7411.10 - Of refined copper kg 7411.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Of copper alloys :
7411.21 -- Of copper-zinc base alloys (brass) kg 7411.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Of copper-nickel base alloys (cupro-nickel) or copper-nickel-zinc base alloys
7411.22 -- kg 7411.22 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
(nickel silver)
7411.29 -- Other kg 7411.29 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
74.12 Copper tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves).
7412.10 - Of refined copper kg 7412.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7412.20 - Of copper alloys kg 7412.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, of copper, not electrically
74.13 7413.00 kg 7413.00 30% 12% 5% 2%
insulated.
[74.14]
Nails, tacks, drawing pins, staples (other than those of heading 83.05) and similar
articles, of copper or of iron or steel with heads of copper; screws, bolts, nuts,
74.15
screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers (including spring washers) and
similar articles, of copper (+).
30% or
7415.10 - Nails and tacks, drawing pins, staples and similar articles kg 7415.10 Rs.250/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
- Other articles, not threaded :
15% or
7415.21 -- Washers (including spring washers) kg 7415.21 Rs.140/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
15% or
7415.29 -- Other kg 7415.29 Rs.140/= 12% 5% 2%
per kg
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[74.16]
[74.17]
Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, of copper; pot scourers
74.18 and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of copper; sanitary ware and
parts thereof, of copper.
Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof; pot scourers and
@@@ -
scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like :
@@@ 7418.11 -- Pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like kg 7418.11 30% 12% 5% 2% 15%
- Other :
7419.91 -- Cast, moulded, stamped or forged, but not further worked kg 7419.91 15% 12% 5% 2%
7419.99 -- Other : 7419.99
7419.99.10 --- Electroplating anodes kg 7419.99.10 Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7419.99.20 --- Endless bands for machinery kg 7419.99.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Cloth (excluding endless bands for machinery), grill and netting, of copper wire;
7419.99.30 --- kg 7419.99.30 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
expanded metal of copper
7419.99.40 --- Copper springs kg 7419.99.40 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7419.99.90 --- Other kg 7419.99.90 Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 15%
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Chapter 75
Nickel and articles thereof (e) Tubes and pipes
Note. Hollow products, coiled or not, which have a uniform cross-section with only one enclosed void along their whole length in
the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons, and which
1.- In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them : have a uniform wall thickness. Products with a rectangular (including square), equilateral triangular, or regular convex
(a) Bars and rods polygonal cross-section, which may have corners rounded along their whole length, are also to be considered as tubes
and pipes provided the inner and outer cross-sections are concentric and have the same form and orientation. Tubes and
Rolled, extruded, drawn or forged products, not in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length pipes of the foregoing cross-sections may be polished, coated, bent, threaded, drilled, waisted, expanded, cone-shaped or
in the shape of circles, ovals; rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including fitted with flanges, collars or rings.
"flattened circles" and "modified rectangles", of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being
straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section Subheading Notes.
may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including 1.- In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them :
"modified rectangular") cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width. The expression also covers cast or sintered
products, of the same forms and dimensions, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by (a) Nickel, not alloyed
simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other Metal containing by weight at least 99 % of nickel plus cobalt, provided that :
headings.
(i) the cobalt content by weight does not exceed 1.5 %, and
(b) Profiles
(ii) the content by weight of any other element does not exceed the limit specified in the following table :
Rolled, extruded, drawn, forged or formed products, coiled or not, of a uniform cross-section along their whole length,
which do not conform to any of the definitions of bars, rods, wire, plates, sheets, strip, foil, tubes or pipes. The expression
also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms, which have been subsequently worked after production TABLE - Other elements
(otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles
Element Limiting content % by weight
or products of other headings.
(c) Wire Fe Iron 0.5
Rolled, extruded or drawn products, in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the O Oxygen 0.4
shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including Other elements, each 0.3
"flattened circles" and "modified rectangles", of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being
straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section (b) Nickel alloys
may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including Metallic substances in which nickel predominates by weight over each of the other elements provided that :
"modified rectangular") cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width.
(i) the content by weight of cobalt exceeds 1.5 %,
(d) Plates, sheets, strip and foil
(ii) the content by weight of at least one of the other elements is greater than the limit specified in the foregoing
Flat-surfaced products (other than the unwrought products of heading 75.02), coiled or not, of solid rectangular (other table, or
than square) cross-section with or without rounded corners (including "modified rectangles" of which two opposite sides
are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel) of a uniform thickness, which are : (iii) the total content by weight of elements other than nickel plus cobalt exceeds 1 %.
- of rectangular (including square) shape with a thickness not exceeding one-tenth of the width, 2.- Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter Note 1 (c), for the purposes of subheading 7508.10 the term "wire" applies only to
- of a shape other than rectangular or square, of any size, provided that they do not assume the character of articles products, whether or not in coils, of any cross-sectional shape, of which no cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6 mm.
or products of other headings.
Heading 75.06 applies, inter alia, to plates, sheets, strip and foil with patterns (for example, grooves, ribs, chequers,
tears, buttons, lozenges) and to such products which have been perforated, corrugated, polished or coated, provided
that they do not thereby assume the character of articles or products of other headings.
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VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
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Nickel mattes, nickel oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel
75.01
metallurgy.
7501.20 - Nickel oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy kg 7501.20 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
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75.03 7503.00 Nickel waste and scrap. L kg 7503.00 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2% 30%
75.04 7504.00 Nickel powders and flakes. kg 7504.00 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
- Wire :
7505.21 -- Of nickel, not alloyed kg 7505.21 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
7505.22 -- Of nickel alloys kg 7505.22 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% Con 5% 2%
7506.10 - Of nickel, not alloyed kg 7506.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
75.07 Nickel tubes, pipes and tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves).
7508.10 - Cloth, grill and netting, of nickel wire kg 7508.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 76 Headings 76.06 and 76.07 apply, inter alia, to plates, sheets, strip and foil with patterns (for example, grooves, ribs,
chequers, tears, buttons, lozenges) and to such products which have been perforated, corrugated, polished or coated,
Aluminium and articles thereof
provided that they do not thereby assume the character of articles or products of other headings.
Note.
(e) Tubes and pipes
1.- In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them :
Hollow products, coiled or not, which have a uniform cross-section with only one enclosed void along their whole length in
(a) Bars and rods the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons, and which
have a uniform wall thickness. Products with a rectangular (including square), equilateral triangular or regular convex
Rolled, extruded, drawn or forged products, not in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length
polygonal cross-section, which may have corners rounded along their whole length, are also to be considered as tubes
in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including
and pipes provided the inner and outer cross-sections are concentric and have the same form and orientation. Tubes and
"flattened circles" and "modified rectangles", of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being
pipes of the foregoing cross-sections may be polished, coated, bent, threaded, drilled, waisted, expanded, cone-shaped or
straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section
fitted with flanges, collars or rings.
may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including
"modified rectangular") cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width. The expression also covers cast or sintered Subheading Notes.
products, of the same forms and dimensions, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by
1.- In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them :
simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other
headings. (a) Aluminium, not alloyed
(b) Profiles Metal containing by weight at least 99% of aluminium, provided that the content by weight of any other element does not
exceed the limit specified in the following table :
Rolled, extruded, drawn, forged or formed products, coiled or not, of a uniform cross-section along their whole length,
which do not conform to any of the definitions of bars, rods, wire, plates, sheets, strip, foil, tubes or pipes. The expression TABLE - Other elements
also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms, which have been subsequently worked after production
(otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles Element Limiting content % by weight
or products of other headings. Fe + Si (iron plus silicon) 1
Other elements (1), each 0.1 (2)
(c) Wire (1) Other elements are, for example Cr, Cu, Mg, Mn, Ni, Zn.
Rolled, extruded or drawn products, in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the (2) Copper is permitted in a proportion greater than 0.1 % but not more than 0.2%, provided that neither the
shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including chromium nor manganese content exceeds 0.05%.
"flattened circles" and "modified rectangles", of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being
straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section (b) Aluminium alloys
may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including
Metallic substances in which aluminium predominates by weight over each of the other elements, provided that :
"modified rectangular") cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width.
(i) the content by weight of at least one of the other elements or of iron plus silicon taken together is greater than the
(d) Plates, sheets, strip and foil
limit specified in the foregoing table; or
Flat-surfaced products (other than the unwrought products of heading 76.01), coiled or not, of solid rectangular (other (ii) the total content by weight of such other elements exceeds 1%.
than square) cross-section with or without rounded corners (including "modified rectangles" of which two opposite sides
2.- Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter Note 1 (c), for the purposes of subheading 7616.91 the term "wire" applies only to
are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel) of a uniform thickness, which are :
products, whether or not in coils, of any cross-sectional shape, of which no cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6 mm.
- of rectangular (including square) shape with a thickness not exceeding one-tenth of the width,
- of a shape other than rectangular or square, of any size, provided that they do not assume the character of articles
or products of other headings.
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7601.10 - Aluminium, not alloyed kg 7601.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7601.20 - Aluminium alloys kg 7601.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
76.02 7602.00 Aluminium waste and scrap. L kg 7602.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 30%
7603.10 - Powders of non-lamellar structure kg 7603.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7603.20 - Powders of lamellar structure; flakes kg 7603.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Of aluminium alloys :
7604.21 -- Hollow profiles kg 7604.21 30% 12% 5% 2%
- Of aluminium alloys :
7605.21 -- Of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 7 mm kg 7605.21 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7606.12 -- Of aluminium alloys kg 7606.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
7606.91 -- Of aluminium, not alloyed kg 7606.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7606.92 -- Of aluminium alloys kg 7606.92 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Aluminium foil (whether or not printed or backed with paper, paperboard, plastics or
76.07 similar backing materials) of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0.2
mm (+).
- Not backed :
7607.11 -- Rolled but not further worked : 7607.11
7607.11.10 --- Aluminium foil in rolls or reels of a width exceeding 75 cm kg 7607.11.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7607.11.90 --- Other kg 7607.11.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
7608.20 - Of aluminium alloys kg 7608.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
76.09 7609.00 Aluminium tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves). kg 7609.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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7610.10 - Doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors kg 7610.10 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
Aluminium reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, for any material (other than
76.11 7611.00 compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity exceeding 300 l, whether or not lined or kg 7611.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment.
Aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers (including rigid or
collapsible tubular containers), for any material (other than compressed or liquefied
76.12
gas), of a capacity not exceeding 300 l, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, but not
fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment.
76.13 7613.00 Aluminium containers for compressed or liquefied gas. kg 7613.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, of aluminium not electrically
76.14
insulated.
Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts therof, of aluminium; pot
76.15 scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of aluminium; sanitary
ware and parts thereof, of aluminium.
Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof; pot scourers and
@@@ -
scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like :
@@@ 7615.11 -- Pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like kg 7615.11 Free Free 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
7615.10.20 --- Pressure cookers and parts thereof kg 7615.10.20 30% 12% 5% 2% 10%
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Nails, tacks, staples (other than those of heading 83.05), screws, bolts, nuts, screw
7616.10 - kg 7616.10 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers and similar articles
- Other :
7616.91 -- Cloth, grill, netting and fencing, of aluminium wire : 7616.91
7616.91.10 --- Gauze cloth, grill and netting, reinforcing fabric of aluminium wire kg 7616.91.10 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
7616.91.90 --- Other kg 7616.91.90 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
7616.99 -- Other : 7616.99
7616.99.10 --- Callots kg 7616.99.10 Free 12% 5% 2% 5%
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7801.10 - Refined lead kg 7801.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
7801.91 -- Containing by weight antimony as the principal other element kg 7801.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
78.02 7802.00 Lead waste and scrap. L kg 7802.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 30%
[78.03]
78.04 Lead plates, sheets, strip and foil; lead powders and flakes.
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7804.20 - Powders and flakes kg 7804.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
[78.05]
78.06 7806.00 Other articles of lead. kg 7806.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 79
square) cross-section with or without rounded corners (including "modified rectangles" of which two opposite sides are
Zinc and articles thereof convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel) of a uniform thickness, which are :
- of rectangular (including square) shape with a thickness not exceeding one-tenth of the width,
Note.
- of a shape other than rectangular or square, of any size, provided that they do not assume the character of articles
or products of other headings.
1.- In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them :
(a) Bars and rods Heading 79.05 applies, inter alia, to plates, sheets, strip and foil with patterns (for example, grooves, ribs, chequers, tears,
Rolled, extruded, drawn or forged products, not in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in buttons, lozenges) and to such products which have been perforated, corrugated, polished or coated, provided that they
the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including do not thereby assume the character of articles or products of other headings.
"flattened circles" and "modified rectangles", of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, (e) Tubes and pipes
of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have
Hollow products, coiled or not, which have a uniform cross-section with only one enclosed void along their whole length in
corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including "modified the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons, and which
rectangular") cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the
have a uniform wall thickness. Products with a rectangular (including square), equilateral triangular or regular convex
same forms and dimensions, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or
polygonal cross-section, which may have corners rounded along their whole length, are also to be considered as tubes
de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings.
and pipes provided the inner and outer cross-sections are concentric and have the same form and orientation. Tubes and
(b) Profiles pipes of the foregoing cross-sections may be polished, coated, bent, threaded, drilled, waisted, expanded, cone-shaped
Rolled, extruded, drawn, forged or formed products, coiled or not, of a uniform cross-section along their whole length, which or fitted with flanges, collars or rings.
do not conform to any of the definitions of bars, rods, wire, plates, sheets, strip, foil, tubes or pipes. The expression also
Subheading Note.
covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than
by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other 1.- In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them :
headings.
(a) Zinc, not alloyed
(c) Wire Metal containing by weight at least 97.5% of zinc.
Rolled, extruded or drawn products, in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape
(b) Zinc alloys
of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including "flattened circles"
Metallic substances, in which zinc predominates by weight over each of the other elements, provided that the total content
and "modified rectangles", of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length
by weight of such other elements exceeds 2.5%.
and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded
along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including "modified rectangular") cross- (c) Zinc dust
section exceeds one-tenth of the width. Dust obtained by condensation of zinc vapour, consisting of spherical particles which are finer than zinc powders. At least
80% by weight of the particles pass through a sieve with 63 micrometres (microns) mesh. It must contain at least 85% by
(d) Plates, sheets, strip and foil
weight of metallic zinc.
Flat-surfaced products (other than the unwrought products of heading 79.01), coiled or not, of solid rectangular (other than
Customs Duty
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7901.12 -- Containing by weight less than 99.99% of zinc kg 7901.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7901.20 - Zinc alloys kg 7901.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
79.02 7902.00 Zinc waste and scrap. L kg 7902.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 30%
7903.10 - Zinc dust kg 7903.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
79.04 7904.00 Zinc bars, rods, profiles and wire. kg 7904.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
79.05 7905.00 Zinc plates, sheets, strip and foil. kg 7905.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
[79.06]
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7907.00.10 --- Callots kg 7907.00.10 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
7907.00.90 --- Other kg 7907.00.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 80 square) cross-section with or without rounded corners (including "modified rectangles" of which two opposite sides are
convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel) of a uniform thickness, which are :
Tin and articles thereof
- of rectangular (including square) shape with a thickness not exceeding one-tenth of the width,
- of a shape other than rectangular or square, of any size, provided that they do not assume the character of articles
Note.
or products of other headings.
1.- In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them :
(e) Tubes and pipes
(a) Bars and rods
Hollow products, coiled or not, which have a uniform cross-section with only one enclosed void along their whole length in
Rolled, extruded, drawn or forged products, not in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons, and which
the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including have a uniform wall thickness. Products with a rectangular (including square), equilateral triangular or regular convex
"flattened circles" and "modified rectangles", of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, polygonal cross-section, which may have corners rounded along their whole length, are also to be considered as tubes
of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have and pipes provided the inner and outer cross-sections are concentric and have the same form and orientation. Tubes and
corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including "modified pipes of the foregoing cross-sections may be polished, coated, bent, threaded, drilled, waisted, expanded, cone-shaped
rectangular") cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same or fitted with flanges, collars or rings.
forms and dimensions, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-
scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings.
Subheading Note.
(b) Profiles
1.- In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them :
Rolled, extruded, drawn, forged or formed products, coiled or not, of a uniform cross-section along their whole length, which
(a) Tin, not alloyed
do not conform to any of the definitions of bars, rods, wire, plates, sheets, strip, foil, tubes or pipes. The expression also
covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than Metal containing by weight at least 99 % of tin, provided that the content by weight of any bismuth or copper is less than
by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other the limit specified in the following table :
headings.
TABLE - Other elements
(c) Wire
Element Limiting content % by weight
Rolled, extruded or drawn products, in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of Bi Bismuth 0.1
circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including "flattened circles"
Cu Copper 0.4
and "modified rectangles", of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length
and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded (b) Tin alloys
along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including "modified rectangular") cross-
section exceeds one-tenth of the width. Metallic substances in which tin predominates by weight over each of the other elements, provided that :
(d) Plates, sheets, strip and foil (i) the total content by weight of such other elements exceeds 1 %; or
(ii) the content by weight of either bismuth or copper is equal to or greater than the limit specified in the foregoing table.
Flat-surfaced products (other than the unwrought products of heading 80.01), coiled or not, of solid rectangular (other than
Customs Duty
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HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
8001.10 - Tin, not alloyed kg 8001.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8001.20 - Tin alloys kg 8001.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
80.02 8002.00 Tin waste and scrap. L kg 8002.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 30%
80.03 8003.00 Tin bars, rods, profiles and wire. kg 8003.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
[80.04]
[80.05]
[80.06]
80.07 8007.00 Other articles of tin. kg 8007.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof
Subheading Note.
1.- Note 1 to Chapter 74, defining "bars and rods", "profiles", "wire" and "plates, sheets, strip and foil" applies, mutatis mutandis, to this
Chapter.
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HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
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VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
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81.01 Tungsten (wolfram) and articles thereof, including waste and scrap.
- Other :
8101.94 -- Unwrought tungsten, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering kg 8101.94 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8101.96 -- Wire kg 8101.96 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8101.97 -- Waste and scrap L kg 8101.97 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
8102.94 -- Unwrought molybdenum, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering kg 8102.94 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Bars and rods, other than those obtained simply by sintering, profiles, plates, sheets,
8102.95 -- kg 8102.95 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
strip and foil
8102.96 -- Wire kg 8102.96 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8102.97 -- Waste and scrap L kg 8102.97 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8103.20 - Unwrought tantalum, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering; powders kg 8103.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8103.30 - Waste and scrap L kg 8103.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8103.90 - Other kg 8103.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
81.04 Magnesium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap (+).
- Unwrought magnesium :
8104.11 -- Containing at least 99.8% by weight of magnesium kg 8104.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8104.20 - Waste and scrap L kg 8104.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8104.30 - Raspings, turnings and granules, graded according to size; powders kg 8104.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy; cobalt and articles
81.05
thereof, including waste and scrap.
Cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy; unwrought cobalt;
8105.20 - kg 8105.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
powders
8105.30 - Waste and scrap L kg 8105.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8105.90 - Other kg 8105.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
81.06 8106.00 Bismuth and articles thereof, including waste and scrap : 8106.00
8106.00.10 --- Waste and scrap L kg 8106.00.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8106.00.90 --- Other kg 8106.00.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8107.20 - Unwrought cadmium; powders kg 8107.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8107.30 - Waste and scrap L kg 8107.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8107.90 - Other kg 8107.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8108.20 - Unwrought titanium; powders kg 8108.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8108.30 - Waste and scrap L kg 8108.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8109.20 - Unwrought zirconium; powders kg 8109.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8109.30 - Waste and scrap L kg 8109.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8109.90 - Other kg 8109.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8110.10 - Unwrought antimony; powders kg 8110.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8110.20 - Waste and scrap L kg 8110.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
81.11 8111.00 Manganese and articles thereof, including waste and scrap. 8111.00
8111.00.10 --- Waste and scrap L kg 8111.00.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8111.00.90 --- Other kg 8111.00.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Beryllium :
8112.12 -- Unwrought; powders kg 8112.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8112.13 -- Waste and scrap L kg 8112.13 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Chromium :
8112.21 -- Unwrought; powders kg 8112.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8112.22 -- Waste and scrap kg 8112.22 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Thallium :
8112.51 -- Unwrought; powders kg 8112.51 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8112.52 -- Waste and scrap L kg 8112.52 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
8112.92 -- Unwrought; waste and scrap; powders : 8112.92
Waste and scrap of germanium, vanadium, hafnium, indium, niobium, rhenium and
8112.92.10 --- L kg 8112.92.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
gallium
8112.92.90 --- Other kg 8112.92.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8112.99 -- Other kg 8112.99 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
81.13 8113.00 Cermets and articles thereof, including waste and scrap. 8113.00
8113.00.10 --- Waste and scrap L kg 8113.00.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8113.00.90 --- Other kg 8113.00.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
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Hand tools, the following: spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks and rakes;
axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools; secateurs and pruners of any kind; scythes,
82.01
sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools of a kind used in
agriculture, horticulture or forestry.
8201.50 - Secateurs and similar one-handed pruners and shears (including poultry shears) kg 8201.50 5% 12% 5% 2%
8201.60 - Hedge shears, two-handed pruning shears and similar two-handed shears kg 8201.60 5% 12% 5% 2%
8201.90 - Other hand tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry kg 8201.90
8201.90.10 --- Forks 8201.90.10 5% Ex 5% 2%
8201.90.90 --- Other 8201.90.90 5% 12% 5% 2%
Hand saws; blades for saws of all kinds (including slitting, slotting or toothless saw
82.02
blades).
Files, rasps, pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers, metal cutting shears,
82.03
pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar hand tools.
8203.10 - Files, rasps and similar tools kg 8203.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8203.20 - Pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers and similar tools kg 8203.20 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
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8203.30 - Metal cutting shears and similar tools kg 8203.30 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8203.40 - Pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar tools kg 8203.40 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not
82.04
including tap wrenches); interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles.
Hand tools (including glaziers' diamonds), not elsewhere specified or included; blow
82.05 lamps; vices, clamps and the like, other than accessories for and parts of, machine
tools; anvils; portable forges; hand or pedal-operated grinding wheels with frameworks.
8205.10 - Drilling, threading or tapping tools kg 8205.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8205.20 - Hammers and sledge hammers kg 8205.20 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8205.30 - Planes, chisels, gouges and similar cutting tools for working wood kg 8205.30 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8205.40 - Screwdrivers kg 8205.40 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 8205.80 - Anvils; portable forges; hand or pedal-operated grinding wheels with frameworks kg 8205.80 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 8205.90 - Sets of articles of two or more of the foregoing subheadings kg 8205.90 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8205.90 - Other, including sets of articles of two or more of subheadings of this heading kg 8205.90 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
82.06 8206.00 Tools of two or more of the headings 82.02 to 82.05, put up in sets for retail sale. kg 8206.00 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine-
tools (for example, for pressing, stamping, punching, tapping, threading, drilling, boring,
82.07
broaching, milling, turning or screw driving), including dies for drawing or extruding
metal, and rock drilling or earth boring tools.
8207.20 - Dies for drawing or extruding metal kg 8207.20 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8207.30 - Tools for pressing, stamping or punching kg 8207.30 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8207.40 - Tools for tapping or threading kg 8207.40 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8207.50 - Tools for drilling, other than for rock drilling kg 8207.50 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8207.60 - Tools for boring or broaching kg 8207.60 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
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AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
82.08 Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances.
8208.30 - For kitchen appliances or for machines used by the food industry kg 8208.30 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8208.40 - For agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines kg 8208.40 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
82.09 8209.00 Plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, un-mounted, of cermets. kg 8209.00 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives
82.11
of heading 82.08, and blades therefor (+).
8211.10 - Sets of assorted articles u 8211.10 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
8211.91 -- Table knives having fixed blades u 8211.91 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
8211.93 -- Knives having other than fixed blades u 8211.93 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
82.12 Razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips).
8212.20 - Safety razor blades, including razor blade blanks in strips : 8212.20
8212.20.10 --- Razor blade blanks u 8212.20.10 Free 12% 5% 2%
82.13 8213.00 Scissors, tailors' shears and similar shears, and blades therefor. kg 8213.00 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Other articles of cutlery (for example, hair clippers, butchers' or kitchen cleavers,
82.14 choppers and mincing knives, paper knives); manicure or pedicure sets and instruments
(including nail files).
Rs.50/=
8214.10 - Paper knives, letter openers, erasing knives, pencil sharpeners and blades therefor kg 8214.10 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.50/=
8214.20 - Manicure or pedicure sets and instruments (including nail files) kg 8214.20 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
Rs.50/=
8214.90 - Other kg 8214.90 30% 12% 5% 2% per kg
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HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
8215.10 - Sets of assorted articles containing at least one article plated with precious metal kg 8215.10 Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8215.20 - Other sets of assorted articles kg 8215.20 Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
8215.91 -- Plated with precious metal kg 8215.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 83 2.- For the purposes of heading 83.02, the word "castors" means those having a diameter (including, where appropriate, tyres) not
exceeding 75 mm, or those having a diameter (including, where appropriate, tyres) exceeding 75 mm provided that the width of the
Miscellaneous articles of base metal
wheel or tyre fitted thereto is less than 30 mm.
Notes.
1.- For the purposes of this Chapter, parts of base metal are to be classified with their parent articles. However, articles of iron or steel of
heading 73.12, 73.15, 73.17, 73.18 or 73.20, or similar articles of other base metal (Chapters 74 to 76 and 78 to 81) are not to be
taken as parts of articles of this Chapter.
Customs Duty
HS
Hdg.
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Padlocks and locks (key, combination or electrically operated), of base metal; clasps
83.01 and frames with clasps, incorporating locks, of base metal; keys for any of the foregoing
articles, of base metal (+).
Rs.30/=
8301.10 - Padlocks kg 8301.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.30/=
8301.20 - Locks of a kind used for motor vehicles kg 8301.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.30/=
8301.30 - Locks of a kind used for furniture kg 8301.30 14.25% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.30/=
8301.40 - Other locks kg 8301.40 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.30/=
8301.50 - Clasps and frames with clasps, incorporating locks kg 8301.50 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.30/=
8301.60 - Parts kg 8301.60 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.30/=
8301.70 - Keys presented separately kg 8301.70 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for furniture, doors,
staircases, windows, blinds, coachwork, saddlery, trunks, chests, caskets or the like;
83.02
base metal hat-racks, hat-pegs, brackets and similar fixtures; castors with mountings of
base metal; automatic door closers of base metal.
Armoured or reinforced safes, strong-boxes and doors and safe deposit lockers for Rs.30/=
83.03 8303.00 kg 8303.00 30% 12% 5% 2%
strong-rooms, cash or deed boxes and the like, of base metal. per kg
Filing cabinets, card-index cabinets, paper trays, paper rests, pen trays, office-stamp
Rs.30/=
83.04 8304.00 stands and similar office or desk equipment, of base metal, other than office furniture of kg 8304.00 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
heading 94.03.
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Hdg.
HS Code Description ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Fittings for loose-leaf binders or files, letter clips, letter corners, paper clips, indexing
83.05 tags and similar office articles, of base metal; staples in strips (for example, for offices,
upholstery, packaging), of base metal.
Rs.30/=
8305.10 - Fittings for loose-leaf binders or files kg 8305.10 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.30/=
8305.20 - Staples in strips kg 8305.20 28.5% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.30/=
8305.90 - Other, including parts kg 8305.90 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Bells, gongs and the like, non-electric, of base metal; statuettes and other ornaments, of
83.06
base metal; photograph, picture or similar frames, of base metal; mirrors of base metal.
8307.90 - Of other base metal kg 8307.90 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2% 10%
Clasps, frames with clasps, buckles, buckle-clasps, hooks, eyes, eyelets and the like, of
base metal, of a kind used for clothing, footwear, awnings, hand bags, travel goods or
83.08
other made up articles; tubular or bifurcated rivets, of base metal; beads and spangles,
of base metal.
Stoppers, caps and lids (including crown corks, screw caps and pouring stoppers),
83.09 capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packing accessories,
of base metal.
Rs.30/=
8309.10 - Crown corks kg 8309.10 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
8309.90 - Other : 8309.90
Rs.30/=
8309.90.10 --- Roll-over capsules kg 8309.90.10 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Rs.30/=
8309.90.20 --- Fastening of iron or steel for sealing bags kg 8309.90.20 30% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
8309.90.30 --- End cap with easy open ends for metal cans kg 8309.90.30 Free
Rs.30/=
8309.90.90 --- Other kg 8309.90.90 15% 12% 5% 2%
per kg
Sign-plates, name-plates, address-plates and similar plates, numbers, letters and other Rs.50/=
83.10 8310.00 kg 8310.00 30% 12% 5% 2%
symbols, of base metal, excluding those of heading 94.05. per kg
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Hdg.
HS Code Description ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Wire, rods, tubes, plates, electrodes and similar products, of base metal or of metal
carbides, coated or cored with flux material, of a kind used of soldering, brazing, welding
83.11
or deposition of metal or of metal carbides; wire and rods, of agglomerated base metal
powder, used for metal spraying.
8311.10 - Coated electrodes of base metal, for electric arc-welding kg 8311.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8311.20 - Cored wire of base metal, for electric arc-welding kg 8311.20 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8311.30 - Coated rods and cored wire, of base metal, for soldering, brazing or welding by flame kg 8311.30 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8311.90 - Other kg 8311.90 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 84 Separately presented units of an automatic data processing machine are to be classified in heading 84.71.
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery However, keyboards, X-Y co-ordinate input devices and disk storage units which satisfy the conditions of
and mechanical appliances; parts thereof paragraphs (C) (ii) and (C) (iii) above, are in all cases to be classified as units of heading 84.71.
Notes.
(D) Heading 84.71 does not cover the following when presented separately, even if they meet all of the conditions
1.- This Chapter does not cover : set forth in Note 5 (C) above:
(i) Printers, copying machines, facsimile machines, whether or not combined;
(a) Millstones, grindstones or other articles of Chapter 68;
(ii) Apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for
(b) Machinery or appliances (for example, pumps) of ceramic material and ceramic parts of machinery or appliances of any
communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network);
material (Chapter 69);
(iii) Loudspeakers and microphones;
(c) Laboratory glassware (heading 70.17); machinery, appliances or other articles for technical uses or parts thereof, of glass
(iv) Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders;
(heading 70.19 or 70.20);
(v) Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus.
(d) Articles of heading 73.21 or 73.22 or similar articles of other base metals (Chapters 74 to 76 or 78 to 81);
(e) Vacuum cleaners of heading 85.08; (E) Machines incorporating or working in conjunction with an automatic data processing machine and performing a
(f) Electro-mechanical domestic appliances of heading 85.09; digital cameras of heading 85.25; or specific function other than data processing are to be classified in the headings appropriate to their respective
(g) Hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorized (heading 96.03). functions or, failing that, in residual headings.
2.- Subject to the operation of Note 3 to Section XVI and subject to Note 9 to this Chapter, a machine or appliance which answers to a 6.- Heading 84.82 applies, inter alia, to polished steel balls, the maximum and minimum diameters of which do not differ from
description in one or more of the headings 84.01 to 84.24 or heading 84.86 and at the same time to a description in one or other of the nominal diameter by more than 1 % or by more than 0.05 mm, whichever is less. Other steel balls are to be classified
the headings 84.25 to 84.80 is to be classified under the appropriate heading of the former group or under heading 84.86, as the case in heading 73.26.
may be, and not the latter group.
7.- A machine which is used for more than one purpose is, for the purposes of classification, to be treated as if its principal
Heading 84.19 does not, however, cover : purpose were its sole purpose.
(a) Germination plant, incubators or brooders (heading 84.36); Subject to Note 2 to this Chapter and Note 3 to Section XVI, a machine the principal purpose of which is not described in
(b) Grain dampening machines (heading 84.37); any heading or for which no one purpose is the principal purpose is, unless the context otherwise requires, to be classified
(c) Diffusing apparatus for sugar juice extraction (heading 84.38); in heading 84.79.
(d) Machinery for the heat-treatment of textile yarns, fabrics or made up textile articles (heading 84.51); or
(e) Machinery or plant, designed for a mechanical operation, in which a change of temperature, even if necessary, is subsidiary. Heading 84.79 also covers machines for making rope or cable (for example, stranding, twisting or cabling machines) from
metal wire, textile yarn or any other material or from a combination of such materials.
Heading 84.22 does not cover :
8.- For the purposes of heading 84.70, the term "pocket-size" applies only to machines the dimensions of which do not
(a) Sewing machines for closing bags or similar containers (heading 84.52); or
exceed 170 mm x 100 mm x 45 mm.
(b) Office machinery of heading 84.72.
9.- (A) Notes 8 (a) and 8 (b) to Chapter 85 also apply with respect to the expressions “semiconductor devices” and
Heading 84.24 does not cover :
“electronic integrated circuits”, respectively, as used in this Note and in heading 84.86. However, for the
purposes of this Note and of heading 84.86, the expression “semiconductor devices” also covers photosensitive
Ink-jet printing machines (heading 84.43).
semiconductor devices and light emitting diodes.
(a) Ink-jet printing machines (heading 84.43); or
(B) For the purposes of this Note and of heading 84.86, the expression “manufacture of flat panel displays” covers
(b) Water-jet cutting machines (heading 84.56).
the fabrication of substrates into a flat panel. It does not cover the manufacture of glass or the assembly of
printed circuit boards or other electronic components onto the flat panel. The expression “flat panel display”
3.- A machine-tool for working any material which answers to a description in heading 84.56 and at the same time to a description in does not cover cathode-ray tube technology.
heading 84.57, 84.58, 84.59, 84.60, 84.61, 84.64 or 84.65 is to be classified in heading 84.56.
(C) Heading 84.86 also includes machines and apparatus solely or principally of a kind used for:
4.- Heading 84.57 applies only to machine-tools for working metal, other than lathes (including turning centres), which can carry out
different types of machining operations either : (i) the manufacture or repair of masks and reticles;
(ii) assembling semiconductor devices or electronic integrated circuits; and
(a) by automatic tool change from a magazine or the like in conformity with a machining programme (machining centres), (iii) lifting, handling, loading or unloading of boules, wafers, semiconductor devices, electronic integrated
(b) by the automatic use, simultaneously or sequentially, of different unit heads working on a fixed position work piece (unit circuits and flat panel displays.
construction machines, single station), or
(D) Subject to Note 1 to section XVI and Note 1 to chapter 84, machines and apparatus answering to the description
(c) by the automatic transfer of the work piece to different unit heads (multi-station transfer machines).
in heading 84.86 are to be classified in that heading and in no other heading of the Nomenclature.
5.- (A) For the purposes of heading 84.71, the expression "automatic data processing machines"
means machines capable of: Subheading Notes.
(i) Storing the processing program or programs and at least the data immediately necessary for the execution of the 1.- For the purposes of subheading 8471.49, the term “systems” means automatic data processing machines whose units
program; satisfy the conditions laid down in Note 5(B) Note 5(C) to Chapter 84 and which comprise at least a central processing
(ii) Being freely programmed in accordance with the requirements of the user; unit, one input unit (for example, a keyboard or a scanner), and one output unit (for example, a visual display unit or a
(iii) Performing arithmetical computations specified by the user; and printer).
(iv) Executing, without human intervention, a processing program which requires them to modify their execution, by logical
decision during the processing run.
2.- Subheading 8482.40 applies only to bearings with cylindrical rollers of a uniform diameter not exceeding 5 mm and having
(B) Automatic data processing machines may be in the form of systems consisting of a variable number of separate units. a length which is at least three times the diameter. The ends of the rollers may be rounded.
(C) Subject to paragraphs (D) and (E) below, a unit is to be regarded as being part of an automatic data processing system if it
meets all of the following conditions:
(i) It is of a kind solely or principally used in an automatic data processing system;
(ii) It is connectable to the central processing unit either directly or through one or more other units; and
(iii) It is able to accept or deliver data in a form (codes or signals) which can be used by the system.
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8401.10 - Nuclear reactors L kg 8401.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8401.20 - Machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation, and parts thereof kg 8401.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8401.30 - Fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated kg 8401.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8401.40 - Parts of nuclear reactors L kg 8401.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Steam or other vapour generating boilers (other than central heating hot water boilers
84.02
capable also of producing low pressure steam); super-heated water boilers.
8402.12 -- Watertube boilers with a steam production not exceeding 45 t per hour kg 8402.12 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8402.19 -- Other vapour generating boilers, including hybrid boilers kg 8402.19 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of heading 84.02 or 84.03 (for example, economisers,
84.04 super-heaters, soot removers, gas recoverers); condensers for steam or other vapour
power units.
8404.10 - Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of heading 84.02 or 84.03 kg 8404.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8404.20 - Condensers for steam or other vapour power units kg 8404.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Producer gas or water gas generators, with or without their purifiers; acetylene gas
84.05
generators and similar water process gas generators, with or without their purifiers.
Producer gas or water gas generators, with or without their purifiers; acetylene gas
8405.10 - kg 8405.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
generators and similar water process gas generators, with or without their purifiers
8405.90 - Parts kg 8405.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8406.10 - Turbines for marine propulsion u 8406.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other turbines :
8406.81 -- Of an output exceeding 40 MW u 8406.81 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8406.82 -- Of an output not exceeding 40 MW u 8406.82 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8406.90 - Parts kg 8406.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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8407.10 - Aircraft engines u 8407.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Reciprocating piston engines of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of Chapter 87 :
8407.31 -- Of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cc : 8407.31
Two-stroke petrol engins of a kind used for the propulsion of auto-trishaws (three-
8407.31.10 --- L u 8407.31.10 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
wheelers)
8407.31.20 --- Other, used u 8407.31.20 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8407.31.90 --- Other u 8407.31.90 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8407.32 -- Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 50 cc but not exceeding 250 cc : 8407.32
Two-stroke petrol engins of a kind used for the propulsion of auto-trishaws (three-
8407.32.10 --- L u 8407.32.10 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
wheelers)
8407.32.20 --- Other, used u 8407.32.20 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15%
8407.32.90 --- Other u 8407.32.90 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8407.33 -- Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 250 cc but not exceeding 1,000 cc : 8407.33
Two-stroke petrol engins of a kind used for the propulsion of auto-trishaws (three-
8407.33.10 --- L u 8407.33.10 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
wheelers)
8407.33.20 --- Other, used u 8407.33.20 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8407.33.90 --- Other u 8407.33.90 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8407.34.90 --- Other u 8407.34.90 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8407.90.90 --- Other u 8407.90.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8408.20 - Engines of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of Chapter 87 : 8408.20
--- Used 8408.20.10
8408.20.11 ---- For pedestrian controlled tractors u 8408.20.11 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8408.20.12 ---- Other, two stroke engines, of less than 1000cc engine capacity L u 8408.20.12 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8408.20.19 ---- Other u 8408.20.19 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8408.20.92 ---- Other, two stroke engines, of less than 1000cc engine capacity L u 8408.20.92 13.5% Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8408.20.99 ---- Other u 8408.20.99 13.5% Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8408.90.19 ---- Other u 8408.90.19 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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8408.90.91 ---- Two stroke engines, of less than 1000cc engine capacity L u 8408.90.91 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8408.90.99 ---- Other u 8408.90.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
84.09 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading 84.07 or 84.08
8409.10 - For aircraft engines kg 8409.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
8409.91 -- Suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines kg 8409.91
Engine blocks, and cylinder heads for two-stroke petrol engins of a kind used for the
8409.91.10 --- L kg 8409.91.10 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
propulsion of auto-trishaws (three-wheelers)
8409.91.90 --- Other kg 8409.91.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8409.99 -- Other kg 8409.99 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8410.12 -- Of a power exceeding 1,000 kW but not exceeding 10,000 kW u 8410.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8410.13 -- Of a power exceeding 10,000 kW u 8410.13 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8410.90 - Parts, including regulators kg 8410.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Turbo-jets :
8411.11 -- Of a thrust not exceeding 25 kN u 8411.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8411.12 -- Of a thrust exceeding 25 kN u 8411.12 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Turbo-propellers :
8411.21 -- Of a power not exceeding 1,100 kW u 8411.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8411.22 -- Of a power exceeding 1,100 kW u 8411.22 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Parts :
8411.91 -- Of turbo-jets or turbo-propellers kg 8411.91 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8412.10 - Reaction engines other than turbo-jets u 8412.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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84.13 Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with a measuring device; liquid elevators (+).
8413.20 - Hand pumps, other than those of subheading 8413.11 or 8413.19 u 8413.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8413.30 - Fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps for internal combustion piston engines u 8413.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8413.50 - Other reciprocating positive displacement pumps u 8413.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
--- Other u
8413.70.91 ---- Used u 841370.91 Free 12% 5% 2%
8413.82 -- Liquid elevators u 8413.82 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Parts :
8413.91 -- Of pumps : 8413.91
8413.91.10 --- Housings kg 8413.91.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
8413.91.90 --- Other kg 8413.91.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling
84.14
hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters.
8414.10 - Vacuum pumps u 8414.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8414.20 - Hand or foot-operated air pump u 8414.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8414.30 - Compressors of a kind used in refrigerating equipment u 8414.30 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8414.40 - Air compressors mounted on a wheeled chassis for towing u 8414.40 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Fans :
Table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an
8414.51 -- u 8414.51 Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
output not exceeding 125 W
8414.59 -- Other u 8414.59 Free 12% 5% 2%
8414.60 - Hoods having a maximum horizontal side not exceeding 120 cm u 8414.60 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8414.80 - Other u 8414.80 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8414.90 - Parts: 8414.90
8414.90.10 --- Parts of subheading 8414.51 and national subdivision 8414.59 kg 8414.90.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
8414.90.90 --- Other kg 8414.90.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Air conditioning machines, comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the
84.15 temperature and humidity, including those machines in which the humidity cannot be
separately regulated (+).
per u
8415.10.21 ---- Of a capacity not exceeding 9,000 BTU u 8415.10.21 Free 12% 5% 2%
30% or
per u
8415.10.22 ---- Of a capacity exceeding 9,000 BTU and not exceeding 12,000 BTU u 8415.10.22 Free 12% 5% 2%
30% or
per u
8415.10.23 ---- Of a capacity exceeding 12,000 BTU and not exceeding 18,000 BTU u 8415.10.23 Free 12% 5% 2%
30% or
per u
8415.10.24 ---- Of a capacity exceeding 18,000 BTU and not exceeding 24,000 BTU u 8415.10.24 Free 12% 5% 2%
30% or
per u
8415.10.25 ---- Of a capacity exceeding 24,000 BTU and not exceeding 30,000 BTU u 8415.10.25 Free 12% 5% 2%
--- Self-contained :
30% or
8415.10.31 ---- Of a capacity not exceeding 9,000 BTU u 8415.10.31 12% 5% 2%
30% or
8415.10.32 ---- Of a capacity exceeding 9,000 BTU and not exceeding 12,000 BTU u 8415.10.32 12% 5% 2%
30% or
8415.10.33 ---- Of a capacity exceeding 12,000 BTU and not exceeding 18,000 BTU u 8415.10.33 12% 5% 2%
30% or
8415.10.34 ---- Of a capacity exceeding 18,000 BTU and not exceeding 24,000 BTU u 8415.10.34 12% 5% 2%
30% or
8415.10.35 ---- Of a capacity exceeding 24,000 BTU and not exceeding 30,000 BTU u 8415.10.35 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
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Incorporating a refrigerating unit and a valve for reversal of the cooling/heat cycle
8415.81 -- 8415.81
(reversible heat pumps) :
8415.81.10 --- Used / reconditioned L u 8415.81.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8415.81.90 --- Other u 8415.81.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8415.82.90 --- Other u 8415.82.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
30% or
5% or
8415.90.11 ---- Used / reconditioned L kg 8415.90.11 Free Free 12% 5% 2%
30% or
5% or
8415.90.19 ---- Other L kg 8415.90.19 Free Free 12% 5% 2%
30% or
5% or
8415.90.21 ---- Used / reconditioned L kg 8415.90.21 Free Free 12% 5% 2%
30% or
5% or
8415.90.29 ---- Other L kg 8415.90.29 Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8415.90.90 --- Other kg 8415.90.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Furnace burners for liquid fuel, for pulverized solid fuel or for gas; mechanical stokers,
84.16
including their mechanical grates, mechanical ash dischargers and similar appliances.
8416.10 - Furnace burners for liquid fuel kg 8416.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8416.20 - Other furnace burners, including combination burners kg 8416.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Mechanical stokers, including their mechanical grates, mechanical ash dischargers and
8416.30 - kg 8416.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
similar appliances
8416.90 - Parts kg 8416.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Furnaces and ovens for the roasting, melting or other heat-treatment of ores, pyrites or
8417.10 - u 8417.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
of metals
8417.20 - Bakery ovens, including biscuit ovens u 8417.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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8418.21.20 --- Single door type : u 8418.21.20 12.6% Free Free 15% 12% 5% 2% 15% 17%
8418.21.30 --- Double door type : u 8418.21.30 12.6% Free Free 15% 12% 5% 2% 15% 17%
8418.29 -- Other : 8418.29
8418.29.10 --- Used / reconditioned absorption-type, electrical L u 8418.29.10 12.6% Free Free 9.0% 2.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 15% 17%
8418.29.20 --- Other absorption-type, electrical u 8418.29.20 12.6% Free Free 9.0% 2.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 15% 17%
8418.29.30 --- Other used / reconditioned L u 8418.29.30 12.6% 15% 12% 5% 2% 15% 17%
8418.29.90 --- Other u 8418.29.90 12.6% 15% 12% 5% 2% 15% 17%
8418.30 - Freezers of the chest type, not exceeding 800 l capacity : 8418.30
8418.30.10 --- Not exceeding 566 l used / reconditioned L u 8418.30.10 25% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 17%
8418.30.20 --- Other, not exceeding 566 l u 8418.30.20 25% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 17%
8418.30.30 --- Other, used / reconditioned L u 8418.30.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8418.30.90 --- Other u 8418.30.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8418.40 - Freezers of the upright type, not exceeding 900 l capacity : 8418.40
8418.40.10 --- Not exceeding 566 l used / reconditioned L u 8418.40.10 25% 30% 12% 5% 2% 17%
8418.40.20 --- Other, not exceeding 566 l u 8418.40.20 25% 30% 12% 5% 2% 17%
8418.50.90 --- Other u 8418.50.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8418.61.20 --- Other, cabinet and chest type refrigerators exceeding 566 l and below 850 l u 8418.61.20 Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8418.61.30 --- Blast-freezers for preserving poultry meat used/ reconditioned L u 8418.61.30 Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8418.61.40 --- Other, blast-freezers for preserving poultry meat u 8418.61.40 Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8418.61.50 --- Milk chilling tanks used/ reconditioned L u 8418.61.50 Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8418.61.60 --- Other, milk chilling tanks u 8418.61.60 Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8418.61.70 --- Other, used / reconditioned L u 8418.61.70 Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8418.61.90 --- Other u 8418.61.90 Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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8418.69.20 --- Other, cabinet and chest type refrigerators exceeding 566 l and below 850 l kg 8418.69.20 11.25% Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
8418.69.30 --- Blast-freezers for preserving poultry meat used/ reconditioned L kg 8418.69.30 Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8418.69.40 --- Other, blast-freezers for preserving poultry meat kg 8418.69.40 Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8418.69.50 --- Milk chilling tanks used/ reconditioned L kg 8418.69.50 Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8418.69.60 --- Other, milk chilling tanks kg 8418.69.60 Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8418.69.70 --- Other, used/ re-conditioned L kg 8418.69.70 Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8418.69.90 --- Other: kg 8418.69.90 Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Parts :
8418.91 -- Furniture designed to receive refrigerating or freezing equipment : 8418.91
8418.91.10 --- Cabinets for refrigerators kg 8418.91.10 5% 12% 5% 2% 20%
8418.99 -- Other kg 8418.99 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8419.20 - Medical, surgical or laboratory sterilisers u 8419.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Dryers :
8419.31 -- For agricultural products u 8419.31 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8419.32 -- For wood, paper pulp, paper or paperboard u 8419.32 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8419.39 -- Other u 8419.39 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8419.40 - Distilling or rectifying plant u 8419.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8419.50 - Heat exchange units u 8419.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8419.60 - Machinery for liquefying air or other gases u 8419.60 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8419.89.90 --- Other u 8419.89.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Calendering or other rolling machines, other than for metals or glass, and cylinders
84.20
therefor.
8420.10 - Calendering or other rolling machines u 8420.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
- Parts :
8420.91 -- Cylinders kg 8420.91 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
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8421.22 -- For filtering or purifying beverages other than water u 8421.22 15% 12% 5% 2%
8421.23 -- Oil or petrol-filters for internal combustion engines: 8421.23
8421.23.10 --- Energy serving ceramic filters for motor vehicles u 8421.23.10 5% 12% 5% 2%
8421.39 -- Other u 8421.39 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Parts :
8421.91 -- Of centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers kg 8421.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8421.99.20 --- Replacement air filter cartridges (elements) for internal combustion engines kg 8421.99.20 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
8421.99.90 --- Other kg 8421.99.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Dish washing machines; machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers;
machinery for filling, closing, sealing or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other
84.22 containers; machinery for capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar containers; other
packing or wrapping machinery (including heat-shrink wrapping machinery); machinery
for aerating beverages (+).
8422.20 - Machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers u 8422.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Machinery for filling, closing, sealing, or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other
8422.30 - containers; machinery for capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar containers; machinery 8422.30
for aerating beverages :
8422.30.10 --- Machinery for packing of milk u 8422.30.10 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Tea bag packaging machines producing tea bags made of filter paper to accommodate
8422.30.20 --- u 8422.30.20 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
up to 4 g of tea
8422.30.30 --- For canning fruit / vegetables u 8422.30.30 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8422.30.90 --- Other u 8422.30.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8422.40 - Other packing or wrapping machinery (including heat-shrink wrapping machinery) u 8422.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8422.90 - Parts kg 8422.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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8423.10 - Personal weighing machines, including baby scales; household scales : 8423.10
8423.10.10 --- Personal weighing machines, including baby scales u 8423.10.10 5% 12% 5% 2%
8423.20 - Scales for continuous weighing of goods on conveyors u 8423.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Constant weight scales and scales for discharging a predetermined weight of material
8423.30 - u 8423.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
into a bag or container, including hopper scales
- Other weighing machinery :
8423.81 -- Having a maximum weighing capacity not exceeding 30 kg u 8423.81 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
8423.82 -- Having a maximum weighing capacity exceeding 30 kg but not exceeding 5,000 kg u 8423.82 28.5% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
8423.90.90 --- Parts kg 8423.90.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8424.10 - Fire extinguishers, whether or not charged u 8424.10 11.25% Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
8424.20 - Spray guns and similar appliances u 8424.20 Free Free Free Free Free Con 5% 2%
8424.30 - Steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines u 8424.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other appliances :
8424.81 -- Agricultural or horticultural u 8424.81 Free 12% 5% 2%
84.25 Pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists; winches and capstans; jacks.
Pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists or hoists of a kind used for raising vehicles
-
:
8425.11 -- Powered by electric motor u 8425.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8425.19 -- Other u 8425.19 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Winches; capstans :
8425.31 -- Powered by electric motor u 8425.31 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8425.42 -- Other jacks and hoists, hydraulic u 8425.42 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8425.49 -- Other u 8425.49 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Ships' derricks; cranes, including cable cranes; mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers
84.26
and works trucks fitted with a crane.
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Overhead traveling cranes, transporter cranes, gantry cranes, bridge cranes, mobile
-
lifting frames and straddle carriers :
8426.11 -- Overhead travelling cranes on fixed support u 8426.11 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8426.12 -- Mobile lifting frames on tyres and straddle carriers u 8426.12 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8426.30 - Portal or pedestal jib cranes u 8426.30 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
- Other machinery :
8426.91 -- Designed for mounting on road vehicles u 8426.91 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
84.27 Fork-lift trucks; other work trucks fitted with lifting or handling equipment.
8427.10 - Self-propelled trucks powered by an electric motor u 8427.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8427.20 - Other self-propelled trucks u 8427.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8427.90 - Other trucks u 8427.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, lifts, escalators,
84.28
conveyors, teleferics).
8428.10 - Lifts and skip hoists u 8428.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8428.20 - Pneumatic elevators and conveyors u 8428.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8428.32 -- Other, bucket type u 8428.32 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8428.33 -- Other, belt type u 8428.33 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8428.60 - Teleferics, chair-lifts, ski-draglines; traction mechanisms for funiculars u 8428.60 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Gen.
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8430.50 - Other machinery, self-propelled u 8430.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
84.31 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of headings 84.25 to 84.30.
8431.10 - Of machinery of heading 84.25 kg 8431.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8431.20 - Of machinery of heading 84.27 kg 8431.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8431.42 -- Bulldozer or angle dozerblades kg 8431.42 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8431.43 -- Parts for boring or sinking machinery of subheading 8430.41 or 8430.49 kg 8431.43 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Gen.
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8433.20 - Other mowers, including cutter bars for tractor mounting u 8433.20 4% 4% 1.5% 5% Ex 5% 2%
Presses, crushers and similar machinery used in the manufacture of wine, cider, fruit
84.35
juices or similar beverages.
8436.10 - Machinery for preparing animal feeding stuffs u 8436.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
- Parts :
8436.91 -- Of poultry-keeping machinery or poultry incubators and brooders kg 8436.91 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
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Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading seed, grain or dried leguminous vegetables;
84.37 machinery used in the milling industry or for the working of cereals or dried leguminous
vegetables, other than farm-type machinery.
8437.10 - Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading seed, grain or dried leguminous vegetables u 8437.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8437.80 - Other machinery u 8437.80 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Machinery, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, for the industrial
84.38 preparation or manufacture of food or drink, other than machinery for the extraction or
preparation of animal or fixed vegetable fats or oils.
Bakery machinery and machinery for the manufacture of macaroni, spaghetti or similar
8438.10 - u 8438.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
products
8438.20 - Machinery for the manufacture of confectionery, cocoa or chocolate u 8438.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8438.30 - Machinery for sugar manufacture u 8438.30 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8438.40 - Brewery machinery u 8438.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8438.50 - Machinery for the preparation of meat or poultry u 8438.50 Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8438.60 - Machinery for the preparation of fruits, nuts or vegetables u 8438.60 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8438.80.20 --- Colour separators for the tea industry u 8438.80.20 Free Ex 5% 2%
8438.80.30 --- Vertical type, electrostatic, stalk and fibre extractor u 8438.80.30 30% Ex 5% 2%
8438.80.40 --- Other tea machinery u 8438.80.40 Free Ex Ex 2%
Machinery for making pulp of fibrous cellulosic material or for making or finishing paper
84.39
or paperboard.
8439.10 - Machinery for making pulp of fibrous cellulosic material u 8439.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8439.20 - Machinery for making paper or paperboard u 8439.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8439.30 - Machinery for finishing paper or paperboard u 8439.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Parts :
8439.91 -- Of machinery for making pulp of fibrous cellulosic material kg 8439.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Other machinery for making up paper pulp, paper or paperboard, including cutting
84.41
machines of all kinds.
8441.10 - Cutting machines u 8441.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8441.20 - Machines for making bags, sacks or envelopes u 8441.20 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Machines for making cartons, boxes, cases, tubes, drums or similar containers, other
8441.30 - u 8441.30 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
than by moulding
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Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
8441.40 - Machines for moulding articles in paper pulp, paper or paperboard u 8441.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8441.80 - Other machinery u 8441.80 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Machinery, apparatus and equipment (other than the machine-tools of headings 84.56 to
84.65) for preparing or making plates, cylinders or other printing components; plates,
84.42
cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones,
prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished).
8442.30 - Machinery, apparatus and equipment u 8442.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8442.40 - Parts of the foregoing machinery, apparatus or equipment kg 8442.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones,
8442.50 - kg 8442.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished)
Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing
84.43 components of heading 84.42; other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines,
whether or not combined; parts and accessories thereof (+).
Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing
-
components of heading 84.42 :
8443.11 -- Offset printing machinery, reel-fed u 8443.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Offset printing machinery, sheet-fed, office type (using sheets with one side not
8443.12 -- u 8443.12 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
exceeding 22cm and the other side not exceeding 36 cm in the unfolded state)
8443.13 -- Other offset printing machinery u 8443.13 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8443.14 -- Letterpress printing machinery, reelfed, excluding flexographic printing u 8443.14 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8443.15 -- Letterpress printing machinery, other than reelfed, excluding flexographic printing u 8443.15 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8443.16 -- Flexographic printing machinery u 8443.16 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8443.17 -- Gravure printing machinery u 8443.17 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8443.19 -- Other : 8443.19
8443.19.10 --- For textile fabrics u 8443.19.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8443.19.90 --- Other u 8443.19.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined :
Machines which perform two or more of the functions of printing, copying or facsimile
8443.31 -- transmission, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a 8443.31
network :
8443.31.10 --- Combined with multi-colour copying machines L u 8443.31.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8443.31.90 --- Other u 8443.31.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8443.32 -- Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network : 8443.32
8443.32.10 --- Multi-colour copying machines L u 8443.32.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8443.32.30 --- Printers for textile fabrics u 8443.32.30 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8443.32.40 --- Other printers u 8443.32.40 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8443.32.90 --- Other u 8443.32.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8443.39.90 --- Other u 8443.39.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Parts and accessories of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates,
8443.91 -- kg 8443.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
cylinders and other printing components of heading 84.42
8443.99 -- Other : 8443.99
8443.99.10 --- Parts and accessories of copying machines kg 8443.99.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8443.99.20 --- Parts and accessories of facsimile machines or teleprinters kg 8443.99.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8443.99.30 --- Parts and accessories of printers of national subdivision 8443.32.40 kg 8443.99.30 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8443.99.90 --- Other kg 8443.99.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
84.44 8444.00 Machines for extruding, drawing, texturing or cutting man-made textile materials. u 8444.00 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 2% 2%
Machines for preparing textile fibers; spinning, doubling or twisting machines and other
machinery for producing textile yarns; textile reeling or winding (including weft-winding)
84.45
machines and machines for preparing textile yarns for use on the machines of heading
84.46 or 84.47.
8445.13 -- Drawing or roving machines u 8445.13 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 2% 2%
8445.20 - Textile spinning machines u 8445.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 2% 2%
8445.30 - Textile doubling or twisting machines u 8445.30 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 2% 2%
8445.40 - Textile winding (including weft-winding) or reeling machines u 8445.40 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 2% 2%
8446.10 - For weaving fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm u 8446.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 2% 2%
8446.30 - For weaving fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, shuttleless type u 8446.30 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 2% 2%
Knitting machines, stitch-bonding machines and machines for making gimped yarn, tulle,
84.47
lace, embroidery, trimmings, braid or net and machines for tufting.
8447.12 -- With cylinder diameter exceeding 165 mm u 8447.12 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 2% 2%
8447.20 - Flat knitting machines; stitch-bonding machines u 8447.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 2% 2%
Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading 84.44, 84.45, 84.46 or 84.47 (for
example, dobbies, Jacquards, automatic stop motions, shuttle changing mechanisms);
parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of this
84.48
heading or of heading 84.44, 84.45, 84.46 or 84.47 (for example, spindles and spindle
flyers, card clothing, combs, extruding nipples, shuttles, healds and heald-frames, hosiery
needles).
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Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
8448.20 - Parts and accessories of machines of heading 84.44 or of their auxiliary machinery kg 8448.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8448.32 -- Of machines for preparing textile fibers, other than card clothing kg 8448.32 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8448.33 -- Spindles, spindle flyers, spinning rings and ring travellers kg 8448.33 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8448.39 -- Other kg 8448.39 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or nonwovens in the piece or in shapes,
84.49 8449.00 kg 8449.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
including machinery for making felt hats; blocks for making hats.
Household or laundry-type washing machines, including machines which both wash and
84.50
dry (+).
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--- Other :
30% or
8450.12.34 ---- Of a dry linen capacity exceeding 7.5 kg and not exceeding 9.5 kg u 8450.12.34 12% 5% 2% 25%
--- Other :
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Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Machinery (other than machines of heading 84.50) for washing, cleaning, wringing, drying,
ironing, pressing (including fusing presses), bleaching, dyeing, dressing, finishing,
coating or impregnating textile yarns, fabrics or made up textile articles and machines for
84.51
applying the paste to the base fabric or other support used in the manufacture of floor
coverings such as linoleum; machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking
textile fabrics.
8451.10 - Dry-cleaning machines u 8451.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Drying machines :
8451.21 -- Each of a dry linen capacity not exceeding 10 kg u 8451.21 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8451.50 - Machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking textile fabrics u 8451.50 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 2% 2%
8451.80 - Other machinery : 8451.80
8451.80.10 --- For finishing textile fabrics u 8451.80.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 2% 2%
8451.80.90 --- Other u 8451.80.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Sewing machines, other than book-sewing machines of heading 84.40; furniture, bases
84.52
and covers specially designed for sewing machines; sewing machine needles (+).
8452.29 -- Other u 8452.29 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 2% 2%
8452.30 - Sewing machine needles kg 8452.30 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 2.5% 2%
@@@ 8452.40 - Furniture, bases and covers for sewing machines and parts thereof kg 8452.40 30% 12% 5% 2%
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@@@ 8452.90 - Other parts of sewing machines kg 8452.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Furniture, bases and covers for sewing machines and parts thereof; other parts of sewing
8452.90 - 8452.90
machines
8452.90.10 - Furniture, bases and covers for sewing machines and parts thereof kg 8452.90.10 30% 12% 2.5% 2%
8452.90.90 - Other parts of sewing machines kg 8452.90.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 2.5% 2%
Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather or for making or
84.53
repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skins or leather, other than sewing machines.
8453.10 - Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather u 8453.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8453.20 - Machinery for making or repairing footwear u 8453.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8453.80 - Other machinery u 8453.80 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8453.90 - Parts kg 8453.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Converters, ladles, ingot moulds and casting machines, of a kind used in metallurgy or in
84.54
metal foundries.
8455.10 - Tube mills u 8455.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8455.30 - Rolls for rolling mills u 8455.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8455.90 - Other parts kg 8455.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Machine-tools for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or
84.56 photon beam, ultrasonic, electro-discharge, electro-chemical, electron beam, ionic-beam
or plasma arc processes; water-jet cutting machines.
8456.10 - Operated by laser or other light or photon beam processes u 8456.10 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8456.20 - Operated by ultrasonic processes u 8456.20 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8456.30 - Operated by electro-discharge processes u 8456.30 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8456.90 - Other u 8456.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Machining centres, unit construction machines (single station) and multi-station transfer
84.57
machines, for working metal.
8457.10 - Machining centres u 8457.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8457.20 - Unit construction machines (single station) u 8457.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8457.30 - Multi-station transfer machines u 8457.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Horizontal lathes :
8458.11 -- Numerically controlled u 8458.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other lathes :
8458.91 -- Numerically controlled u 8458.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8458.99 -- Other u 8458.99 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Machine-tools (including way-type unit head machines) for drilling, boring, milling,
84.59 threading or tapping by removing metal, other than lathes (including turning centres) of
heading 84.58 (+).
8459.10 - Way-type unit head machines u 8459.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Flat-surface grinding machines, in which the positioning in any one axis can be set up to
-
an accuracy of at least 0.01 mm :
8460.11 -- Numerically controlled u 8460.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8460.19 -- Other u 8460.19 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Other grinding machines, in which the positioning in any one axis can be set up to an
-
accuracy of at least 0.01 mm :
8460.21 -- Numerically controlled u 8460.21 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8460.29 -- Other u 8460.29 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8460.90 - Other u 8460.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Machine-tools for planning, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting, gear grinding or
84.61
gear finishing, sawing, cutting-off and other machine-tools working by removing metal or
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Gen.
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8461.20 - Shaping or slotting machines u 8461.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8461.30 - Broaching machines u 8461.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8461.40 - Gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing machines u 8461.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8461.50 - Sawing or cutting-off machines u 8461.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8462.10 - Forging or die-stamping machines (including presses) and hammers u 8462.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
8462.91 -- Hydraulic presses u 8462.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8462.99 -- Other u 8462.99 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
84.63 Other machine-tools for working metal or cermets, without removing material.
8463.10 - Draw-benches for bars, tubes, profiles, wire or the like u 8463.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8463.20 - Thread rolling machines u 8463.20 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8463.30 - Machines for working wire u 8463.30 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8463.90 - Other u 8463.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8464.10 - Sawing machines u 8464.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8464.20 - Grinding or polishing machines u 8464.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8464.90 - Other u 8464.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Machines which can carry out different types of machining operations without tool change
8465.10 - u 8465.10 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
between such operations
- Other :
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HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
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8465.91 -- Sawing machines u 8465.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8465.92 -- Planing, milling or moulding (by cutting) machines u 8465.92 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8465.93 -- Grinding, sanding or polishing machines u 8465.93 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8465.94 -- Bending or assembling machines u 8465.94 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8465.95 -- Drilling or morticing machines u 8465.95 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8465.96 -- Splitting, slicing or paring machines u 8465.96 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8465.99 -- Other u 8465.99 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of headings
84.56 to 84.65, including work or tool holders, self-opening dieheads, dividing heads and
84.66
other special attachments for machine-tools; tool holders for any type of tool for working
in the hand.
8466.10 - Tool holders and self-opening dieheads kg 8466.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8466.20 - Work holders kg 8466.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8466.30 - Dividing heads and other special attachments for machine-tools kg 8466.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
8466.91 -- For machines of heading 84.64 kg 8466.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8466.92 -- For machines of heading 84.65 kg 8466.92 Free Free Free Free Free Con 5% 2%
8466.93 -- For machines of headings 84.56 to 84.61 kg 8466.93 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8466.94 -- For machines of heading 84.62 or 84.63 kg 8466.94 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Tools for working in the hand, pneumatic, hydraulic or with self-contained electric or non-
84.67
electric motor.
- Pneumatic :
8467.11 -- Rotary type (including combined rotary-percussion) u 8467.11 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other tools :
8467.81 -- Chain saws u 8467.81 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Parts :
8467.91 -- Of chain saws kg 8467.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8467.92 -- Of pneumatic tools kg 8467.92 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8467.99 -- Other kg 8467.99 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Machinery and apparatus for soldering, brazing or welding, whether or not capable of
84.68 cutting, other than those of heading 85.15; gas-operated surface tempering machines and
appliances.
8468.10 - Hand-held blow pipes u 8468.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8468.20 - Other gas-operated machinery and apparatus u 8468.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8468.80 - Other machinery and apparatus u 8468.80 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Gen.
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84.69 8469.00 Typewriters other than printers of heading 84.43; word-processing machines . 8469.00
8469.00.10 --- Braille typewriters u 8469.00.10 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
8469.00.90 --- Other u 8469.00.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8470.30 - Other calculating machines u 8470.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8470.50 - Cash registers u 8470.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers,
84.71 machines for transcribing data on to data media in coded form and machines for
processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included (+).
Portable automatic data processing machines, weighing not more than 10 kg, consisting
8471.30 - 8471.30
of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display :
8471.30.10 --- Used / reconditioned L u 8471.30.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8471.60 - Input or output units, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing u 8471.60 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
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Gen.
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8472.10 - Duplicating machines u 8472.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Machines for sorting or folding mail or for inserting mail in envelopes or bands, machines
8472.30 - for opening, closing or sealing mail and machines for affixing or canceling postage u 8472.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
stamps
8472.90 - Other u 8472.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) suitable for use
84.73
solely or principally with machines of headings 84.69 to 84.72.
8473.10.90 --- Other kg 8473.10.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8473.40 - Parts and accessories of the machines of heading 84.72 kg 8473.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Parts and accessories equally suitable for use with machines of two or more of the
8473.50 - kg 8473.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
headings 84.69 to 84.72
8474.10 - Sorting, screening, separating or washing machines u 8474.10 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8474.32 -- Machines for mixing mineral substances with bitumen u 8474.32 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
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- Other machines :
8476.81 -- Incorporating heating or refrigerating devices u 8476.81 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8476.89 -- Other u 8476.89 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Machinery for working rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products from these
84.77
materials, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter.
-
8477.10 - Injection-moulding machines u 8477.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8477.30 - Blow moulding machines u 8477.30 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8477.40 - Vacuum moulding machines and other thermoforming machines u 8477.40 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Machinery for preparing or making up tobacco, not specified or included elsewhere in this
84.78
Chapter.
8479.10 - Machinery for public works, building or the like u 8479.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8479.20 - Machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable fats or oils : 8479.20
8479.20.10 --- Special grinders, crushers, or presses for oil seeds or oleaginous fruits u 8479.20.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
8479.20.90 --- Other u 8479.20.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Presses for the manufacture of particle board or fibre building board of wood or other
8479.30 - u 8479.30 Free Free Free Free Free Con 5% 2%
ligneous materials and other machinery for treating wood or cork
8479.40 - Rope or cable-making machines u 8479.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8479.50 - Industrial robots, not elsewhere specified or included u 8479.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8479.60 - Evaporative air coolers u 8479.60 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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8479.89.20 --- Liquid petroleum (LP) gas conversion kit for auto-trishaws u 8479.89.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8479.89.30 --- Silos equipped with relevant optional mechanical apparatus u 8479.89.30 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8479.89.40 --- Industrial racking systems equipped with relevant optional mechanical apparatus u 8479.89.40 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8479.89.90 --- Other u 8479.89.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free Con 5% 2%
8479.90 - Parts kg 8479.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free Con 5% 2%
Moulding boxes for metal foundry; mould bases; moulding patterns; moulds for metal
84.80
(other than ingot moulds), metal carbides, glass, mineral materials, rubber or plastics.
8480.10 - Moulding boxes for metal foundry kg 8480.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8480.20 - Mould bases kg 8480.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8480.50 - Moulds for glass kg 8480.50 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8480.60 - Moulds for mineral materials kg 8480.60 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like,
84.81
including pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves.
8481.10 - Pressure-reducing valves kg 8481.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8481.20 - Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions kg 8481.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8481.30 - Check (nonreturn) valves kg 8481.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8481.40 - Safety or relief valves kg 8481.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8481.80 - Other appliances kg 8481.80 Free Free Free Free Free Con 5% 2%
8481.90 - Parts kg 8481.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8482.10 - Ball bearings u 8482.10 Free Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8482.20 - Tapered roller bearings, including cone and tapered roller assemblies u 8482.20 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8482.30 - Spherical roller bearings u 8482.30 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8482.40 - Needle roller bearings u 8482.40 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8482.50 - Other cylindrical roller bearings u 8482.50 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8482.80 - Other, including combined ball/roller bearings u 8482.80 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Parts :
8482.91 -- Balls, needles and rollers kg 8482.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank shafts) and cranks; bearing
housings and plain shaft bearings; gears and gearing; ball or roller screws; gear boxes
84.83
and other speed changers, including torque converters; flywheels and pulleys, including
pulley blocks; clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints).
8483.10 - Transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank shafts) and cranks u 8483.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8483.20 - Bearing housings, incorporating ball or roller bearings u 8483.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8483.30 - Bearing housings, not incorporating ball or roller bearings; plain shaft bearings u 8483.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Gears and gearing, other than toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission
8483.40 - elements presented separately; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed u 8483.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
changers, including torque converters
8483.50 - Flywheels and pulleys, including pulley blocks u 8483.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8483.60 - Clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints) u 8483.60 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately;
8483.90 - u 8483.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
parts.
Gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other material or of two or
84.84 more layers of metal; sets or assortments of gaskets and similar joints, dissimilar in
composition, put up in pouches, envelopes or similar packings; mechanical seals.
Gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other material or of two or
8484.10 - kg 8484.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
more layers of metal
8484.20 - Mechanical seals kg 8484.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
[84.85]
Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of
semiconductor boules of wafers, semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits
84.86
or flat panel displays; machines and apparatus specified in Note 9 (C) to this Chapter;
parts and accessories.
8486.10 - Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of boules or wafers u 8486.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic
8486.20 - u 8486.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
integrated circuits
8486.30 - Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of flat panel displays u 8486.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8486.40 - Machines and apparatus specified in Note 9 (C) to this Chapter u 8486.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8486.90 - Parts and accessories kg 8486.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Machinery parts, not containing electrical connectors, insulators, coils, contacts or other
84.87
electrical features, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter.
8487.10 - Ships' or boats’ propellers and blades therefor kg 8487.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 85
The expression "printed circuits" does not cover circuits combined with elements other than those obtained during the printing
Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, process, nor does it cover individual, discrete resistors, capacitors or inductances. Printed circuits may, however, be fitted with
television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and
non-printed connecting elements.
parts and accessories of such articles
Thin- or thick-film circuits comprising passive and active elements obtained during the same technological process are to be
Notes. classified in heading 85.42.
1. This Chapter does not cover :
6.- For the purpose of heading 85.36, “connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables” means connectors that simply
(a) Electrically warmed blankets, bed pads, foot-muffs or the like; electrically warmed clothing, footwear or ear pads or other mechanically align optical fibres end to end in a digital line system. They perform no other function, such as the amplification,
electrically warmed articles worn on or about the person; regeneration or modification of a signal.
(b) Articles of glass of heading 70.11; 7.- Heading 85.37 does not include cordless infrared devices for the remote control of television receivers or other electrical
(c) Machines and apparatus of heading 84.86;
equipment (heading 85.43).
(d) Vacuum apparatus of a kind used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes (Chapter 90); sciences (heading 90.18);
or 8.- For the purpose of heading 85.41 and 85.42:
(e) Electrically heated furniture of Chapter 94.
(a) “Diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices” are semiconductor devices the operation of which depends on
2.- Headings 85.01 to 85.04 do not apply to goods described in heading 85.11, 85.12, 85.40, 85.41 or 85.42. variations in resistivity on the application of electric field; (b) “Electronic integrated circuits” are:
However, metal tank mercury arc rectifiers remain classified in heading 85.04. (i) Monolithic integrated circuits in which the circuit elements (diodes, transistors, resistors, capacitors, inductances,
etc.) are created in the mass (essentially) and on he surface of a semiconductor or compound semiconductor
3.- Heading 85.09 covers only the following electro-mechanical machines of the kind commonly used for domestic purposes:
material (for example, doped silicon, gallium arsenide, silicon germanium, indium phosphide) and are inseparably
(a) Floor polishers, food grinders and mixers, and fruit or vegetable juice extractors, of any weight; associated;
(b) Other machines provided the weight of such machines does not exceed 20 kg. (ii) Hybrid integrated circuits in which passive elements (resistors, capacitors, inductances, etc.), obtained by thin- or
thick-film technology, and active elements (diodes, transistors, monolithic integrated circuits, etc.), obtained by
The heading does not, however, apply to fans or ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters
semiconductor technology, are combined to all intents and purposes indivisibly, by interconnections or
(heading 84.14), centrifugal clothes- dryers (heading 84.21), dish washing machines (heading 84.22), household washing
interconnecting cables, on a single insulating substrate (glass, ceramic, etc.). These circuits may also include
machines (heading 84.50), roller or other ironing machines (heading 84.20 or 84.51), sewing machines (heading 84.52), electric
discrete components;
scissors (heading 84.67) or to electro-thermic appliances (heading 85.16).
(iii) Multichip integrated circuits consisting of two or more interconnected monolithic integrated circuits combined to all
4.- For the purposes of heading 85.23: intents and purposes indivisibly, whether or not on one or more insulating substrates, with or without leadframes,
but with no other active or passive circuit elements.
(a) “Solid-state non-volatile storage devices” (for example, “flash memory cards” or “flash electronic storage cards”) are storage
devices with a connecting socket, comprising in the same housing one or more flash memories (for example, “FLASH For the classification of the articles defined in this Note, headings 85.41 and 85.42 shall take precedence over any other
E2PROM”) in the form of integrated circuits mounted on a printed circuit board. They may include a controller in the form of heading in the Nomenclature, except in the case of heading 85.23, which might cover them by reference to, in particular, their
an integrated circuit and discrete passive components, such as capacitors and resisters; function.
(b) The term “smart cards” means cards which have embedded in them one or more electronic integrated circuits (a
9.- For the purposes of heading 85.48, "spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators" are those
microprocessor, random access memory (RAM) or read-only memory (ROM)) in the form of chips. These cards may
which are neither usable as such because of breakage, cutting-up, wear or other reasons, nor capable of being recharged.
contain contacts, a magnetic stripe or an embedded antenna but do not contain any other active or passive circuit
elements. Subheading Note.
5.- For the purposes of heading 85.34 "printed circuits" are circuits obtained by forming on an insulating base, by any printing process 1.- Subheading 8527.12 covers only cassette-players with built-in amplifier, without built-in loudspeaker, capable of operating
(for example, embossing, plating-up, etching) or by the "film circuit" technique, conductor elements, contacts or other printed without an external source of electric power and the dimensions of which do not exceed
components (for example, inductances, resistors, capacitors) alone or interconnected according to a pre-established pattern, other 170 mm x 100 mm x 45 mm
than elements which can produce, rectify, modulate or amplify an electrical signal (for example, semiconductor elements)
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8501.20 - Universal AC/DC motors of an output exceeding 37.5 W 8501.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8501.32 -- Of an output exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 75 kW u 8501.32 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8501.33 -- Of an output exceeding 75 kW but not exceeding 375 kW u 8501.33 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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8501.34 -- Of an output exceeding 375 kW u 8501.34 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
30% or
27% or
5% or
8501.40.20 --- Motors for fans of heading 8414.51 u 8501.40.20 Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8501.40.90 --- Other u 8501.40.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8501.53 -- Of an output exceeding 75 kW u 8501.53 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- AC generators (alternators) :
8501.61 -- Of an output not exceeding 75 kVA u 8501.61 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8501.62 -- Of an output exceeding 75 kVA but not exceeding 375 kVA u 8501.62 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8501.63 -- Of an output exceeding 375 kVA but not exceeding 750 kVA u 8501.63 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8501.64 -- Of an output exceeding 750 kVA u 8501.64 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8502.13 -- Of an output exceeding 375 kVA u 8502.13 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8502.20 - Generating sets with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines u 8502.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8502.40 - Electric rotary converters u 8502.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
85.03 8503.00 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 85.01 or 85.02 : 8503.00
8503.00.10 --- Wound stators for electric motors of single phase kg 8503.00.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
8503.00.20 --- Parts suitable for use solely or principally with electric generators kg 8503.00.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8503.00.90 --- Other kg 8503.00.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
85.04 Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors.
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8504.22.30 --- Other, contaminated with or containing Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) u 8504.22.30 Free Free 5% 12% 5% 2%
8504.22.90 --- Other u 8504.22.90 Free Free 5% 12% 5% 2%
8504.23 -- Having a power handling capacity exceeding 10,000 kVA : 8504.23
8504.23.10 --- Contaminated with or containing Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) u 8504.23.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8504.23.90 --- Other u 8504.23.90 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
- Other transformers :
8504.31 -- Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA : 8504.31
8504.31.10 --- Contaminated with or containing Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) u 8504.31.10 15% 12% 5% 2%
8504.32 -- Having a power handling capacity exceeding 1 kVA but not exceeding 16 kVA : 8504.32
8504.32.10 --- Contaminated with or containing Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) u 8504.32.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8504.32.90 --- Other u 8504.32.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8504.33 -- Having a power handling capacity exceeding 16 kVA but not exceeding 500 kVA : 8504.33
8504.33.10 --- Contaminated with or containing Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) u 8504.33.10 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8504.33.90 --- Other u 8504.33.90 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8504.34.90 --- Other u 8504.34.90 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8504.40.30 --- Other, contaminated with or containing Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) u 8504.40.30 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8504.40.90 --- Other u 8504.40.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
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8505.20 - Electro-magnetic couplings, clutches and brakes kg 8505.20 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8506.30 - Mercuric oxide u 8506.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8506.40 - Silver oxide u 8506.40 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8506.80 - Other primary cells and primary batteries u 8506.80 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8506.90 - Parts kg 8506.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8507.90 - Parts kg 8507.90 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8508.60 - Other vacuum cleaners u 8508.60 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8509.40 - Food grinders and mixers; fruit or vegetable juice extractors u 8509.40 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8509.80 - Other appliances : u 8509.80 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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8511.10 - Sparking plugs u 8511.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8511.20 - Ignition magnetos; magneto-dynamos; magnetic flywheels u 8511.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8511.30 - Distributors; ignition coils u 8511.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8511.40 - Starter motors and dual purpose starter-generators u 8511.40 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8511.50 - Other generators u 8511.50 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8511.80 - Other equipment u 8511.80 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8511.90 - Parts kg 8511.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8512.10 - Lighting or visual signalling equipment of a kind used on bicycles u 8512.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8512.20 - Other lighting or visual signalling equipment u 8512.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8512.30 - Sound signalling equipment u 8512.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8512.40 - Windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters u 8512.40 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Portable electric lamps designed to function by their own source of energy (for
85.13 example, dry batteries, accumulators, magnetos), other than lighting equipment of
heading 85.12.
8514.10 - Resistance heated furnaces and ovens u 8514.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8514.20 - Furnaces and ovens functioning by induction or dielectric loss u 8514.20 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
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8514.30 - Other furnaces and ovens u 8514.30 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8514.40 - Other equipment for the heat treatment of materials by induction or dielectric loss u 8514.40 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Electric (including electrically heated gas), laser or other light or photon beam,
ultrasonic, electron beam, magnetic pulse or plasma arc soldering, brazing or welding
85.15
machines and apparatus, whether or not capable of cutting; electric machines and
apparatus for hot spraying of metals or cermets.
- Machines and apparatus for arc (including plasma arc) welding of metals :
8515.31 -- Fully or partly automatic u 8515.31 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8515.39 -- Other u 8515.39 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8515.80 - Other machines and apparatus u 8515.80 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8515.90 - Parts kg 8515.90 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space
heating apparatus and soil heating apparatus; electro-thermic hair-dressing apparatus
85.16 (for example, hair dryers, hair curlers, curling tong heaters) and hand dryers; electric
smoothing irons; other electro-thermic appliances of a kind used for domestic
purposes; electric heating resistors, other than those of heading 85.45.
8516.10 - Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters u 8516.10 30% 12% 5% 2%
8516.32 -- Other hair-dressing apparatus u 8516.32 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8516.40 - Electric smoothing irons : u 8516.40 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8516.50 - Microwave ovens u 8516.50 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8516.60 - Other ovens; cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers and roasters : 8516.60
8516.60.10 --- Rice cookers : u 8516.60.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
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8516.80 - Electric heating resistors u 8516.80 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Telephone sets, including telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless
networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other
85.17 data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a
local or wide area network), other than transmission or reception apparatus of heading
84.43, 85.25, 85.27 or 85.28.
Telephone sets, including telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless
-
networks :
8517.11 -- Line telephone sets with cordless handsets u 8517.11 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8517.12 -- Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks : 8517.12
8517.12.10 --- Used / reconditioned cellular mobile telephones L u 8517.12.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8517.12.20 --- Other, cellular mobile telephones L u 8517.12.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8517.12.90 --- Other L u 8517.12.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8518.10 - Microphones and stands therefor u 8518.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8518.22 -- Multiple loudspeakers, mounted in the same enclosure u 8518.22 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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8519.30 - Turntables (record-decks) u 8519.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8519.50 - Telephone answering machines u 8519.50 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Other apparatus :
8519.81 -- Using magnetic, optical or semiconductor media : 8519.81
8519.81.10 --- Magnetic cine sound recorders for 35 mm sprocketed films u 8519.81.10 Free Free Free Free Free Con 5% 2%
8519.89.90 --- Other u 8519.89.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% Con 5% 2%
[85.20]
85.21 Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner.
Parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of
85.22
heading 85.19 to 85.21.
8522.10 - Pick-up cartridges kg 8522.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8522.90 - Other : u 8522.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Discs, tapes, solid–state non-volatile storage devices, “smart cards” and other media
85.23 for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded, including
matrices and masters for the production of discs, but excluding products of Chapter 37.
- Magnetic media :
8523.21 -- Cards incorporating a magnetic stripe u 8523.21 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 8523.40 - Optical media : u 8523.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Optical media :
8523.41 -- Unrecorded u 8523.41 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Semiconductor media :
8523.51 -- Solid-state non-volatile storage devices u 8523.51 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8523.52 -- "Smart cards" u 8523.52 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8523.59.90 --- Other u 8523.59.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
[85.24]
8525.50 - Transmission apparatus L u 8525.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8525.60 - Transmission apparatus incorporating reception apparatus L u 8525.60 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8525.80 - Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders : 8525.80
8525.80.10 --- Television cameras u 8525.80.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8525.80.90 --- Digital cameras and video camera recorders u 8525.80.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
85.26 Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus.
8526.10 - Radar apparatus u 8526.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
8526.91 -- Radio navigational aid apparatus u 8526.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8526.92 -- Radio remote control apparatus u 8526.92 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8527.13 -- Other apparatus combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus u 8527.13 Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8527.19 -- Other : u 8527.19 27% Free 30% 12% 5% 2%
Radio-broadcast receivers not capable of operating without an external source of
-
power, of a kind used in motor vehicles :
8527.21 -- Combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus u 8527.21 Free Free Ex 5% 2%
- Other :
8527.91 -- Combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus u 8527.91 Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Not combined with sound recording or reproducing apparatus but combined with a
8527.92 -- u 8527.92 Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
clock
8527.99 -- Other u 8527.99 Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other monitors :
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8528.59.90 --- Other u 8528.59.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Projectors :
Of a kind solely or principally used in an automatic data processing system of heading
8528.61 -- u 8528.61 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
84.71
8528.69 -- Other u 8528.69 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast
-
receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus :
8528.71 -- Not designed to incorporate a video display or screen : 8528.71
8528.71.10 --- Used / reconditioned L u 8528.71.10 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
per u
8528.72.31 ---- Having a screen of less than 14 inches u 8528.72.31 Free 12% 5% 2%
15% or
8528.72.32 ---- Having a screen of 14 inches and not exceeding 15 inches u 8528.72.32 Free 12% 5% 2%
15% or
8528.72.33 ---- Having a screen of exceeding 15 inches and not exceeding 21 inches u 8528.72.33 Free 12% 5% 2%
15% or
8528.72.34 ---- Having a screen of exceeding 21 inches and not exceeding 25 inches u 8528.72.34 Free 12% 5% 2%
15% or
8528.72.35 ---- Having a screen of exceeding 25 inches and not exceeding 29 inches u 8528.72.35 Free 12% 5% 2%
15% or
8528.72.36 ---- Having a screen of exceeding 29 inches and not exceeding 34 inches u 8528.72.36 Free 12% 5% 2%
--- Other :
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8528.72.91 ---- Having a screen of not exceeding 32 inches u 8528.72.91 Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
@@@ 8528.73.20 --- Other, completely knocked-down with or without cathode ray tube u 8528.73.20 Free Free 12% 5% 2%
@@@ 8528.73.30 --- Other, used / reconditioned u 8528.73.30 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
8528.73.20 --- Other, completely knocked-down with or without cathode ray tube u 8528.73.20 Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of headings 85.25 to
85.29
85.28.
8529.10 - Aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds; parts suitable for use therewith : 8529.10
8529.10.10 --- Parabolic antennas and parabolic reflector dishes for satellite television reception kg 8529.10.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
Rs.46/= per u
17.5% or
30% or
5% or
8529.10.20 --- Other outdoor TV antennas / aerials kg 8529.10.20 Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8529.10.30 --- Other TV antennas / aerials kg 8529.10.30 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
8529.10.90 --- Other kg 8529.10.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8529.90 - Other kg 8529.90 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, tramways, roads,
85.30 inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields (other than those of
heading 86.08).
8530.10 - Equipment for railways or tramways u 8530.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8530.80 - Other equipment u 8530.80 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (for example, bells, sirens, indicator
85.31
panels, burglar or fire alarms), other than those of heading 85.12 or 85.30.
8531.10 - Burglar or fire alarms and similar apparatus u 8531.10 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Indicator panels incorporating liquid crystal devices (LCD) or light emitting diodes
8531.20 - u 8531.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
(LED)
8531.80 - Other apparatus : 8531.80
8531.80.10 --- Electric Call Bells u 8531.80.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8531.80.90 --- Other u 8531.80.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8531.90 - Parts kg 8531.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8532.10 - Fixed capacitors designed for use in 50/60 Hz circuits and having a reactive power 8532.10
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8532.10.90 --- Other kg 8532.10.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8532.22.90 --- Other kg 8532.22.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8532.23.90 --- Other kg 8532.23.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8532.24.90 --- Other kg 8532.24.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8532.25 -- Dielectric of paper or plastics : 8532.25
8532.25.10 --- Contaminated with or containing Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) kg 8532.25.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8532.25.90 --- Other kg 8532.25.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8532.29.90 --- Other kg 8532.29.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8532.30 - Variable or adjustable (pre-set) capacitors : 8532.30
8532.30.10 --- Contaminated with or containing Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) kg 8532.30.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8532.30.90 --- Other kg 8532.30.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8533.10 - Fixed carbon resistors, composition or film types kg 8533.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8533.40 - Other variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers kg 8533.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
85.34 8534.00 Printed circuits. kg 8534.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and other connectors, junction
boxes), for a voltage exceeding 1,000 volts.
8536.20 - Automatic circuit breakers kg 8536.20 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8536.30 - Other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits kg 8536.30 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Relays :
8536.41 -- For a voltage not exceeding 60 V kg 8536.41 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8536.49 -- Other kg 8536.49 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8536.50.90 --- Other kg 8536.50.90 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
8536.70 - Connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables kg 8536.70 13.5% Free Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more
apparatus of heading 85.35 or 85.36, for electric control or the distribution of electricity,
85.37
including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90, and numerical
control apparatus, other than switching apparatus of heading 85.17.
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Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 85.35, 85.36 or
85.38
85.37.
Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading
8538.10 - kg 8538.10 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
85.37, not equipped with their apparatus
8538.90 - Other : kg 8538.90 5% 12% 5% 2%
Electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultra-violet
85.39
or infra-red lamps; arc-lamps.
8539.10 - Sealed beam lamp units u 8539.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8539.31.90 --- Other u 8539.31.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8539.32 -- Mercury or sodium vapour lamps; metal halide lamps u 8539.32 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8539.90 - Parts kg 8539.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Thermionic, cold cathode or photo-cathode valves and tubes (for example, vacuum or
85.40 vapour or gas filled valves and tubes, mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes,
cathode-ray tubes, television camera tubes).
8540.20 - Television camera tubes; image converters and intensifiers; other photo-cathode tubes u 8540.20 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Data/graphic display tubes, colour, with a phosphor dot screen pitch smaller than 0.4
@@@ 8540.40 - u 8540.40 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
mm
@@@ 8540.50 - Data/graphic display tubes, black and white or other monochrome u 8540.50 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Data/graphic display tubes, monochrome; data/graphic display tubes, colour, with a
8540.40 - 8540.40 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
phosphor dot screen pitch smaller than 0.4 mm
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- Parts :
8540.91 -- Of cathode-ray tubes kg 8540.91 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8541.10 - Diodes, other than photosensitive or light emitting diodes u 8541.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8541.30 - Thyristors, diacs and triacs, other than photosensitive devices u 8541.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not
8541.40 - u 8541.40 Free Free Free Free Free Ex Free Ex
assembled in modules or made up into panels; light emitting diodes :
8541.50 - Other semiconductor devices u 8541.50 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8541.60 - Mounted piezo-electric crystals u 8541.60 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8541.90 - Parts kg 8541.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8543.10 - Particle accelerators u 8543.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8543.20 - Signal generators u 8543.20 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8543.30 - Machines and apparatus for electroplating, electrolysis or electrophoresis u 8543.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8543.70 - Other machines and apparatus : 8543.70
8543.70.10 --- Television boosters u 8543.70.10 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8543.70.20 --- Equipment for destroying or repelling pests u 8543.70.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8543.70.30 --- Light Emitting Diode ( LED ) lamps, other than those of heading 94.05 8543.70.30 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
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Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including co-axial cable) and
other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre
85.44
cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric
conductors or fitted with connectors.
- Winding wire :
8544.11 -- Of copper : 8544.11
Lacquered enameled or anodized wire exceeding 0.120 mm (SWG 15.5 or AWG 14)
8544.11.10 --- kg 8544.11.10 30% 12% 5% 2%
and not exceeding 1.60 mm (SWG 41 or AWG 38) cross section
8544.11.90 --- Other kg 8544.11.90 5% Ex 5% 2%
8544.30 - Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships kg 8544.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
8544.60 - Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding 1000 V kg 8544.60 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery carbons and other articles
85.45 of graphite or other carbon, with or without metal, of a kind used for electrical
purposes.
- Electrodes :
8545.11 -- Of a kind used for furnaces kg 8545.11 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8546.20 - Of ceramics kg 8546.20 11.25% 11.2 Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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5%
Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent
85.48 primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators; electrical parts
of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter.
Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent
8548.10 - 8548.10
primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators :
8548.10.10 --- Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators L kg 8548.10.10 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 1%
8548.10.20 --- Spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators L kg 8548.10.20 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% 1%
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Chapter 86 2.- Heading 86.07 applies, inter alia, to :
Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; (a) Axles, wheels, wheel sets (running gear), metal tyres, hoops and hubs and other parts of wheels;
railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; (b) Frames, underframes, bogies and bissel-bogies;
mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signaling equipment of all kinds (c) Axle boxes; brake gear;
(d) Buffers for rolling-stock; hooks and other coupling gear and corridor connections;
Notes.
(e) Coachwork.
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
3.- Subject to the provisions of Note 1 above, heading 86.08 applies, inter alia, to :
(a) Railway or tramway sleepers of wood or of concrete, or concrete guide-track sections for hover trains (heading 44.06 or
(a) Assembled track, turntables, platform buffers, loading gauges;
68.10);
(b) Semaphores, mechanical signal discs, level crossing control gear, signal and point controls, and other mechanical
(b) Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel of heading 73.02; or
(including electro-mechanical) signaling, safety or traffic control equipment, whether or not fitted for electric lighting, for
(c) Electrical signaling, safety or traffic control equipment of heading 85.30.
railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields.
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8601.10 - Powered from an external source of electricity u 8601.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8601.20 - Powered by electric accumulators u 8601.20 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Self-propelled railway or tramway coaches, vans and trucks, other than those of
86.03
heading 86.04.
8603.10 - Powered from an external source of electricity u 8603.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8603.90 - Other u 8603.90 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Railway or tramway passenger coaches, not self-propelled; luggage vans, post office
86.05 8605.00 coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches, not self-propelled u 8605.00 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
(excluding those of heading 86.04).
8606.10 - Tank wagons and the like u 8606.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8606.30 - Self-discharging vans and wagons, other than those of subheading 8606.10 u 8606.30 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
8606.91 -- Covered and closed : 8606.91
8606.91.10 --- Insulated or refrigerated vans and wagons, other than those of subheading 8606.10 u 8606.91.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8606.92 -- Open, with non-removable sides of a height exceeding 60 cm u 8606.92 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
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8607.12 -- Other bogies and bissel-bogies kg 8607.12 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8607.30 - Hooks and other coupling devices, buffers, and parts thereof kg 8607.30 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
8607.91 -- Of locomotives kg 8607.91 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Containers (including containers for the transport of fluids) specially designed and
86.09 8609.00 u 8609.00 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport.
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Chapter 87
Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock,
and parts and accessories thereof
Notes.
1.- This Chapter does not cover railway or tramway rolling-stock designed solely for running on rails.
2.- For the purposes of this Chapter, "tractors" means vehicles constructed essentially for hauling or pushing another vehicle, appliance or
load, whether or not they contain subsidiary provision for the transport, in connection with the main use of the tractor, of tools, seeds,
fertilizers or other goods.
Machines and working tools designed for fitting to tractors of heading 87.01 as interchangeable equipment remain classified in their
respective headings even if presented with the tractor, and whether or not mounted on it.
3.- Motor chassis fitted with cabs fall in headings 87.02 to 87.04, and not in heading 87.06.
4.- Heading 87.12 includes all children's bicycles. Other children's cycles fall in heading 95.03.
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8701.30.20 --- More than five years old L u 8701.30.20 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8701.90 - Other : 8701.90
8701.90.10 --- Agricultural tractors, not more than ten years old u 8701.90.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% Ex
8701.90.20 --- Agricultural tractors, more than ten years old L u 8701.90.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% Ex
8701.90.30 --- Other, not more than ten years old u 8701.90.30 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8701.90.40 --- Other, more than ten years old L u 8701.90.40 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
87.02 Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver.
8702.10 - With compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) : 8702.10
Motor vehicles for the transport of less than 13 persons (adults) including the driver,
---
not more than three and a half years old:
8702.10.11 ---- Hybrid electric vehicles u 8702.10.11 15% 12% 5% 2%
8702.10.12 ---- Modified Vehicles of heading 87.03, not more than two years old u 8702.10.12 30% 12% 5% 2% 173%
8702.10.13 ---- Modified Vehicles of heading 87.03, more than two years old L u 8702.10.13 30% 12% 5% 2% 173%
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8702.10.32 ---- Modified Vehicles of heading 87.03, not more than two years old u 8702.10.32 30% 12% 5% 2% 173%
8702.10.33 ---- Modified Vehicles of heading 87.03, more than two years old L u 8702.10.33 30% 12% 5% 2% 173%
8702.10.52 ---- Modified Vehicles of heading 87.03, not more than two years old u 8702.10.52 30% 12% 5% 2% 173%
8702.10.53 ---- Modified Vehicles of heading 87.03, more than two years old L u 8702.10.53 30% 12% 5% 2% 173%
8702.90 - Other :
Motor vehicles for the transport of less than 13 persons (adults) including the driver,
---
not more than three and a half years old
8702.90.11 ---- Hybrid electric vehicles u 8702.90.11 15% 12% 5% 2%
8702.90.12 ---- Modified Vehicles of heading 87.03, not more than two years old u 8702.90.12 30% 12% 5% 2% 143%
8702.90.13 ---- Modified Vehicles of heading 87.03, more than two years old L u 8702.90.13 30% 12% 5% 2% 143%
8702.90.32 ---- Modified Vehicles of heading 87.03, not more than two years old u 8702.90.32 30% 12% 5% 2% 143%
8702.90.33 ---- Modified Vehicles of heading 87.03, more than two years old L u 8702.90.33 30% 12% 12% 2% 143%
8702.90.53 ---- Modified Vehicles of heading 87.03, more than two years old L u 8702.90.53 30% 12% 5% 2% 143%
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Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons
87.03
(other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars.
8703.10 - Vehicles specially designed for travelling on snow; golf cars and similar vehicles : 8703.10
8703.10.10 --- Not more than two years old u 8703.10.10 30% 12% 5% 2% 40%
8703.10.20 --- More than two years old L u 8703.10.20 30% 12% 5% 2% 40%
8703.21.30 --- Hearses not more than two years old u 8703.21.30 30% 12% 5% 2% 85%
8703.21.40 --- Hearses more than two years old L u 8703.21.40 30% 12% 5% 2% 85%
--- Auto-trishaws :
8703.21.51 ---- With two-stroke petrol engine L u 8703.21.51 15% 12% 5% 2% 45%
8703.21.52 ---- Other, driven by liquefied petroleum (LP) gas ,not more than two years old u 8703.21.52 15% 12% 5% 2% 40%
8703.21.53 ---- Other, driven by liquefied petroleum (LP) gas ,more than two years old L u 8703.21.53 15% 12% 5% 2% 40%
8703.21.54 ---- Other, not more than two years old u 8703.21.54 15% 12% 5% 2% 45%
8703.21.55 ---- Other, more than two years old L u 8703.21.55 15% 12% 5% 2% 45%
--- Motor cars including station wagons and racing cars, not more than two years old
8703.21.61 ---- Hybrid electric vehicles u 8703.21.61 12% 15% 12% 5% 2% 14%
8703.21.62 ---- Gocart u 8703.21.62 24% 30% 12% 5% 2%
85% or
8703.21.69 ---- Other u 8703.21.69 24% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.750,000/=
per unit
--- Motor cars including station wagons and racing cars, more than two years old
8703.21.71 ---- Hybrid electric vehicles L u 8703.21.71 12% 15% 12% 5% 2% 14%
85% or
8703.21.79 ---- Other L u 8703.21.79 24% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.750,000/=
per unit
--- Other :
8703.21.91 ---- Hybrid electric vehicles, not more than two years old u 8703.21.91 12% 15% 12% 5% 2% 14%
85% or
8703.21.92 ---- Other, not more than two years old u 8703.21.92 24% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.750,000/=
per unit
85% or
8703.21.93 ---- More than two years old L u 8703.21.93 24% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.750,000/=
per unit
8703.22 -- Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,000 cc but not exceeding 1,500 cc: 8703.22
8703.22.10 --- Ambulances and prison vans not more than two years old u 8703.22.10 30% 12% 5% 2%
8703.22.20 --- Ambulances and prison vans more than two years old L u 8703.22.20 30% 12% 5% 2%
8703.22.30 --- Hearses not more than two years old u 8703.22.30 30% 12% 5% 2% 85%
8703.22.40 --- Hearses more than two years old L u 8703.22.40 30% 12% 5% 2% 85%
--- Motor cars including station wagons and racing cars, not more than two years old
8703.22.51 ---- Hybrid electric vehicles u 8703.22.51 15% 12% 5% 2% 14%
--- Motor cars including station wagons and racing cars, more than two years old
8703.22.61 ---- Hybrid electric vehicles L u 8703.22.61 15% 12% 5% 2% 14%
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8703.23 -- Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,500 cc but not exceeding 3,000 cc : 8703.23
8703.23.10 --- Ambulances and prison vans not more than two years old u 8703.23.10 30% 12% 5% 2%
8703.23.20 --- Ambulances and prison vans more than two years old L u 8703.23.20 30% 12% 5% 2%
8703.23.30 --- Hearses not more than two years old u 8703.23.30 30% 12% 5% 2% 85%
8703.23.40 --- Hearses more than two years old L u 8703.23.40 30% 12% 5% 2% 85%
Motor cars including station wagons and racing cars of a cylinder capacity not
---
exceeding 2,000 cc, not more than two years old :
8703.23.51 ---- Hybrid electric vehicles of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1,600 cc u 8703.23.51 9. 9% 15% 12% 5% 2% 14%
8703.23.52 ---- Other, of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1,600 cc u 8703.23.52 19.91% 30% 12% 5% 2% 85%
8703.23.53 ---- Other hybrid electric vehicles u 8703.23.53 9. 9% 15% 12% 5% 2% 14%
8703.23.59 ---- Other u 8703.23.59 19.91% 30% 12% 5% 2% 85%
Motor cars including station wagons and racing cars of a cylinder capacity not
---
exceeding 2,000 cc, more than two years old
8703.23.61 ---- Hybrid electric vehicles of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1600 cc, L u 8703.23.61 9. 9% 15% 12% 5% 2% 14%
8703.23.62 ---- Other, of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1,600 cc L u 8703.23.62 19.91% 30% 12% 5% 2% 85%
8703.23.63 ---- Other, hybrid electric vehicles L u 8703.23.63 9. 9% 15% 12% 5% 2% 14%
--- Other :
Hybrid electric vehicles of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 2,000 cc, not more than
8703.23.91 ---- u 8703.23.91 9.9% 15% 12% 5% 2% 14%
two years old
8703.23.92 ---- Other, of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 2,000 cc, not more than two years old u 8703.23.92 19.91% 30% 12% 5% 2% 85%
Hybrid electric vehicles of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 2,000 cc, more than two
8703.23.93 ---- L u 8703.23.93 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 14%
years old
8703.23.94 ---- Other, of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 2,000 cc, more than two years old L u 8703.23.94 27% 30% 12% 5% 2% 85%
Hybrid electric vehicles of a cylinder capacity exceeding 2,000 cc, not more than two
8703.23.95 ---- u 8703.23.95 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 40%
years old
8703.23.96 ---- Other, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 2,000 cc, not more than two years old u 8703.23.96 27% 30% 12% 5% 2% 114%
Hybrid electric vehicles of a cylinder capacity exceeding 2,000 cc, more than two
8703.23.97 ---- L 8703.23.97 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 40%
years old
8703.23.98 ---- Other, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 2,000 cc, more than two years old L 8703.23.98 27% 30% 12% 5% 2% 114%
8703.24.20 --- Ambulances and prison vans more than two years old L u 8703.24.20 30% 12% 5% 2%
8703.24.30 --- Hearses not more than two years old u 8703.24.30 30% 12% 5% 2% 129%
8703.24.40 --- Hearses more than two years old L u 8703.24.40 30% 12% 5% 2% 129%
--- Motor cars including station wagons and racing cars, not more than two years old
8703.24.51 ---- Hybrid electric vehicles u 8703.24.51 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 57%
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--- Motor cars including station wagons and racing cars, more than two years old
8703.24.61 ---- Hybrid electric vehicles L u 8703.24.61 13.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 57%
8703.31.40 --- Hearses more than two years old L u 8703.31.40 30% 12% 5% 2% 114%
8703.31.50 --- Auto-trishaws not more than two years old u 8703.31.50 15% 12% 5% 2% 45%
8703.31.60 --- Auto-trishaws more than two years old L u 8703.31.60 15% 12% 5% 2% 45%
8703.31.70 --- Motor cars including station wagons and racing cars, not more than two years old u 8703.31.70 24% 30% 12% 5% 2% 114%
8703.31.80 --- Motor cars including station wagons and racing cars, more than two years old L u 8703.31.80 24% 30% 12% 5% 2% 114%
--- Other :
8703.31.91 ---- Not more than two years old u 8703.31.91 24% 30% 12% 5% 2% 114%
8703.31.92 ---- More than two years old L u 8703.31.92 24% 30% 12% 5% 2% 114%
8703.32 -- Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,500 cc but not exceeding 2,500 cc : 8703.32
8703.32.10 --- Ambulances and prison vans not more than two years old u 8703.32.10 30% 12% 5% 2%
8703.32.20 --- Ambulances and prison vans more than two years old L u 8703.32.20 30% 12% 5% 2%
8703.32.30 --- Hearses not more than two years old u 8703.32.30 30% 12% 5% 2% 129%
8703.32.40 --- Hearses more than two years old L u 8703.32.40 30% 12% 5% 2% 129%
Motor cars including station wagons and racing cars of a cylinder capacity not
---
exceeding 2,000 cc, not more than two years old :
8703.32.51 ---- Of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1,600 cc u 8703.32.51 19.91% 30% 12% 5% 2% 114%
8703.32.92 ---- Of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 2,000 cc, more than two years old L u 8703.32.92 19.91% 30% 12% 5% 2% 129%
Motor - homes, specially equipped for habitation (with sleeping, cooking , toilet
8703.32.93 ---- u 8703.32.93 13.5% 15% Ex 5% 2%
facilities etc) of a cylinder capacity exceeding 2000cc , not more than two years old
8703.32.94 ---- Other, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 2,000 cc, not more than two years old u 8703.32.94 27% 30% 12% 5% 2% 143%
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8703.32.95 ---- Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 2000 cc., more than two years old L u 8703.32.95 27% 30% 12% 5% 2% 143%
8703.33.20 --- Ambulances and prison vans more than two years old L u 8703.33.20 30% 12% 5% 2%
8703.33.30 --- Hearses not more than two years old u 8703.33.30 30% 12% 5% 2% 173%
8703.33.40 --- Hearses more than two years old L u 8703.33.40 30% 12% 5% 2% 173%
8703.33.50 --- Motor cars including station wagons and racing cars, not more than two years old u 8703.33.50 27% 30% 12% 5% 2% 173%
8703.33.60 --- Motor cars including station wagons and racing cars, more than two years old L u 8703.33.60 27% 30% 12% 5% 2% 173%
8703.33.80 --- Other, more than two years old L u 8703.33.80 27% 30% 12% 5% 2% 173%
8703.90.30 --- Other, electric, not more than two years old u 8703.90.30 15% 12% 5% 2%
8703.90.40 --- Other, electric, more than two years old L u 8703.90.40 30% 12% 5% 2%
8703.90.50 --- Other, not more than two years old u 8703.90.50 15% 12% 5% 2%
8703.90.60 --- Other, more than two years old L u 8703.90.60 30% 12% 5% 2% 85%
8704.10 - Dumpers designed for off-highway use u 8704.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% Ex 5% 2%
Other, with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-
-
diesel) :
8704.21 -- g.v.w. not exceeding 5 tonnes : 8704.21
--- Tankers and bowsers with stainless steel tanks for transport of milk :
8704.21.11 ---- Not more than five years old u 8704.21.11 4.5% 5% Ex 5% 2%
8704.21.12 ---- More than five years old L u 8704.21.12 4.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Chassis fitted with engines and cabs for vehicles of national subdivision 8704.21.51,
8704.21.20 --- u 8704.21.20 5% Ex 5% 2%
not more than four years old
Chassis fitted with engines and cabs for vehicles of national subdivision 8704.21.52, Rs.109,000/=
8704.21.30 --- L u 8704.21.30 5% 12% 5% 2%
more than four years old per unit
--- Auto-trishaws :
8704.21.41 ---- Not more than four years old u 8704.21.41 5% 12% 5% 2%
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Rs.109,000/=
8704.21.62 ---- Cargo carrying capacity of less than 800 kg, more than four years old L u 8704.21.62 15% 12% 5% 2% per unit
8704.21.63 ---- Cargo carrying capacity of less than 800 kg or more, not more than four years old u 30% 12% 5% 2% 41%
8704.21.64 ---- Cargo carrying capacity of less than 800 kg or more, more than four years old u 30% 12% 5% 2% 41%
Other vehicles with separate bodies for cabin and cargo area, cabin been designed
for six persons (adults) or less including the driver, with no additional space in the
--- cabin that can be converted for other use, and a cargo carrying capacity of 800 kg or
more, but excluding those vehicles with an engine compartment totally protruding to
the front of the vehicle from the driving cab :
8704.21.71 ---- Not more than four years old u 8704.21.71 30% 12% 5% 2% 12%
12% or
8704.21.72 ---- More than four years old L u 8704.21.72 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.109,000/=
per unit
Other vehicles with separate bodies for cabin and for cargo area, the cabin been
designed for 3 persons (adults) or less, including the driver, with no additional space
---
in the cabin that can be converted for other uses, and cargo carrying capacity of less
than 1500 kg
8704.21.81 ---- Not more than four years old u 8704.21.81 30% 12% 5% 2% 41%
8704.21.82 ---- More than four years old L u 8704.21.82 30% 12% 5% 2% 41%
--- Other :
8704.21.91 ---- Vehicles with separate bodies for cabin and cargo area, not more than four years old u 8704.21.91 30% 12% 5% 2% 56%
8704.21.92 ---- Vehicles with separate bodies for cabin and cargo area, more than four years old L u 8704.21.92 30% 12% 5% 2% 56%
8704.21.93 ---- Other, not more than four years old 8704.21.93 30% 12% 5% 2% 70%
8704.21.99 ---- Other, more than four years old 8704.21.99 30% 12% 5% 2% 70%
8704.22.30 --- Other not more than five years old u 8704.22.30 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2% 35%
8704.22.40 --- Other more than five years old u 8704.22.40 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 35%
8704.23.30 --- Other, not more than five years old u 8704.23.30 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2% 20%
8704.23.40 --- Other, more than five years old L u 8704.23.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2% 20%
8704.31.12 ---- Other, not more than four years old u 8704.31.12 5% 12% 5% 2%
8704.31.13 ---- Other, more than four years old L u 8704.31.13 5% 12% 5% 2%
Chassis fitted with engines and cabs for vehicles of national subdivision 8704.31.41,
8704.31.20 --- u 8704.31.20 5% 12% 5% 2%
not more than four years old
Chassis fitted with engines and cabs for vehicles of national subdivision 8704.31.42, Rs.109,000/=
8704.31.30 --- L u 8704.31.30 5% 12% 5% 2%
more than four years old per unit
Vehicles with separate bodies for cabin and cargo area and designed for three
--- persons (adults) or less, including the driver with no additional space in the cabin that
can be converted for other uses and cargo carrying capacity of 1500 kg or more:
8704.31.41 ---- Not more than four years old u 8704.31.41 15% 12% 5% 2%
Rs.109,000/=
8704.31.42 ---- More than four years old L u 8704.31.42 15% 12% 5% 2% per unit
--- Vehicles with separate bodies for cabin and cargo area, cabin been designed for 3
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persons (adults) or less, including the driver, with no additional space in the cabin that
can be converted for other use, and a cargo carrying capacity of less than 1500 kg,
but excluding those vehicles with an engine compartment totally protruding to the
front of the vehicle from the driving cabin
8704.31.51 ---- Cargo carrying capacity of less than 800 kg, not more than four years old u 8704.31.51 15% 12% 5% 2%
Rs.109,000/=
8704.31.52 ---- Cargo carrying capacity of less than 800 kg, more than four years old L u 8704.31.52 15% 12% 5% 2% per unit
8704.31.53 ---- Cargo carrying capacity of less than 800 kg or more, Not more than four years old u 8704.31.53 30% 12% 5% 2% 41%
8704.31.53 ---- Cargo carrying capacity of less than 800 kg or more, more than four years old u 8704.31.53 30% 12% 5% 2% 41%
Other vehicles with separate bodies for cabin and cargo area, cabin been designed
for 6 persons (adults) or less, including the driver, with no additional space in the
--- cabin that can be converted for other use, and a cargo carrying capacity of 800 kg or
more, but excluding those vehicles with an engine compartment totally protruding to
the front of the vehicle from the driving cabin
8704.31.61 ---- Not more than four years old u 8704.31.61 30% 12% 5% 2% 27%
27% or
8704.31.62 ---- More than four years old L u 8704.31.62 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.150,000/=
per unit
Other vehicles with separate bodies for cabin and for cargo area, the cabin been
designed for 3 persons (adults) or less, including the driver, with no additional space
---
in the cabin that can be converted for other uses, and cargo carrying capacity of less
than 1500 kg
8704.31.71 ---- Not more than four years old u 8704.31.71 30% 12% 5% 2% 41%
8704.31.72 ---- More than four years old L u 8704.31.72 30% 12% 5% 2% 41%
--- Other :
8704.31.91 ---- Vehicles with separate bodies for cabin and cargo area, not more than four years old u 8704.31.91 30% 12% 5% 2% 56%
8704.31.92 ---- Vehicles with separate bodies for cabin and cargo area, more than four years old L u 8704.31.92 30% 12% 5% 2% 56%
8704.31.93 ---- Other, not more than four years old 8704.31.93 30% 12% 5% 2% 70%
8704.31.99 ---- Other, more than four years old 8704.31.99 30% 12% 5% 2% 70%
8704.32 -- g.v.w. exceeding 5 tonnes : 8704.32
Tankers and bowsers with stainless steel tanks for transport of milk, not more than
8704.32.10 --- u 8704.32.10 4.5% Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% Ex 5% 2%
five years old
Tankers and bowsers with stainless steel tanks for transport of milk, more than five Rs.109,000/=
8704.32.20 --- L u 8704.32.20 4.5% Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% Ex 5% 2%
years old per unit
8704.32.30 --- Other, not more than five years old u 8704.32.30 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2% 29%
8704.32.40 --- Other, more than five years old L u 8704.32.40 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2% 29%
8704.90.20 --- Electric auto-trishaws more than five years old L u 8704.90.20 15% 12% 5% 2%
8704.90.30 --- Other electric, not more than five old u 8704.90.30 30% 12% 5% 2% 12%
12% or
8704.90.40 --- Other electric, more than five years old L u 8704.90.40 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.109,000/=
per unit
8704.90.50 --- Other, not more than five years old u 8704.90.50 30% 12% 5% 2% 32%
32% or
8704.90.60 --- Other, more than five years old L u 8704.90.60 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.218,500/=
per unit
Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport
of persons or goods (for example, breakdown lorries, crane lorries, fire fighting
87.05
vehicles, concrete-mixer lorries, road sweeper lorries, spraying lorries, mobile
workshops, mobile radiological units) (+).
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8705.20.20 --- More than seven years old L u 8705.20.20 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
8705.30.20 --- More than seven years old L u 8705.30.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8705.90.20 --- Mobile workshops, more than seven years old L u 8705.90.20 Free Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
8705.90.30 --- Other, not more than seven years old u 8705.90.30 Free Free Free Free Free Con 5% Con
8705.90.40 --- Other, more than seven years old L u 8705.90.40 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
87.06 8706.00 Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles of heading 87.01 to 87.05. 8706.00
New chassis fitted with engines for motor vehicles of heading 87.02, for the transport
8706.00.10 --- u 8706.00.10 Free Free 12% 5% 2%
of twenty eight or more passengers including the driver
8706.00.20 --- New chassis fitted with engines for other motor vehicles of heading 87.02 u 8706.00.20 7.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
New chassis fitted with engines for motor vehicles of heading 8704.21, 8704.22,
8706.00.30 --- u 8706.00.30 Free 12% 5% 2%
8704.23, 8704.31 and 8704.32 with a g.v.w. of 3,000 kg or more
8706.00.40 --- Other new chassis fitted with engines for other motor vehicles u 8706.00.40 15% 12% 5% 2%
Rs. 218,000/=
Rs. 218,000/=
per unit
per unit
15% or
8706.00.50 --- Used chassis fitted with engines L u 8706.00.50 12% 5% 2% 10%
87.07 Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05.
Rs. 291,000/=
Rs.291,000/=
per unit
per unit
15% or
8707.10 - For the vehicles of heading 87.03 L u 8707.10 12% 5% 2% 10%
Rs. 291,000/=
Rs. 291,000/=
Bodies and cabs incorporating attachments left over in the process of separating
per unit
per unit
30% or
8707.90.10 --- same from the main vehicle by cutting, but not meriting classification elsewhere by L u 8707.90.10 12% 5% 2% 10%
virtue of those left over attachments
Other, for the motor vehicles of heading 87.02, for the transport of twenty eight or
8707.90.20 --- u 8707.90.20 Free 12% 5% 2%
more persons including the driver
Other, for the manufacture of lorries and trucks of heading 87.04, of a g.v.w.
8707.90.30 --- u 8707.90.30 Free 12% 5% 2%
exceeding 3,000kg
Rs. 291,000/=
per unit
15% or
8707.90.90 --- Other L u 8707.90.90 12% 5% 2%
87.08 Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05.
8708.10 - Bumpers and parts thereof kg 8708.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
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Rs.73,000/=
Rs.58,334/=
17.5% or
30% or
5% or
8708.29.10 --- "Cut-portions" of bodies and cabs L kg 8708.29.10 12% 5% 2% 10%
8708.30 - Brakes and servo-brakes; parts thereof kg 8708.30 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
8708.40 - Gear boxes and parts thereof kg 8708.40 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
Drive-axles with differential, whether or not provided with other transmission
8708.50 - kg 8708.50 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
components, and non-driving axles; parts thereof
8708.70 - Road wheels and parts and accessories thereof : 8708.70
8708.70.10 --- Rims fitted with tyres, showing signs of wear L kg 8708.70.10 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
8708.70.20 --- Other, rims fitted with tyres kg 8708.70.20 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
8708.80 - Suspension systems and parts thereof (including shock-absorbers) kg 8708.80 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
8708.92 -- Silencers (mufflers) and exhaust pipes; parts thereof kg 8708.92 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
8708.93 -- Clutches and parts thereof kg 8708.93 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
8708.94 -- Steering wheels, steering columns and steering boxes; parts thereof kg 8708.94 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
8708.95 -- Safety airbags with inflater system; parts thereof kg 8708.95 30% 12% 5% 2%
8708.99.30 --- Other used chassis not fitted with engines, but with or without fittings L kg 8708.99.30 30% 12% 5% 2%
Rs. 73,000/=
Rs.100,000/=
Rs.90,000/=
Rs.84,000/=
25.2% or
27% or
30% or
8708.99.40 --- "Cut-portions" of motor vehicles L kg 8708.99.40 12% 5% 2% 10%
Works trucks, self-propelled, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type
used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports, for short distance transport of
87.09
goods; tractors of the type used on railway station platforms; parts of the foregoing
vehicles.
- Vehicles :
8709.11 -- Electrical u 8709.11 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not fitted with
87.10 8710.00 u 8710.00 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
weapons, and parts of such vehicles.
Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or
87.11
without side-cars; side-cars.
8711.10.20 --- More than three years old L u 8711.10.20 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2% 51%
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8711.20.30 --- Other, not more than three years old u 8711.20.30 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2% 51%
8711.20.40 --- Other, more than three years old L u 8711.20.40 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2% 51%
With reciprocating internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding
8711.30 - 8711.30
250 cc but not exceeding 500 cc :
8711.30.10 --- Exceeding 250 cc but not exceeding 350 cc not more than three years old u 8711.30.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2% 51%
87.12 8712.00 Bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorised : 8712.00
Rs.1500/=
Rs 250/=
per unit
per unit
30% or
8712.00.90 --- Other u 8712.00.90 12% 5% 2%
8713.10 - Not mechanically propelled u 8713.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
8713.90 - Other u 8713.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
8714.20 - Of carriages for disabled persons kg 8714.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
8714.91 -- Frames and forks, and parts thereof : 8714.91
8714.91.10 --- Bicycle frames kg 8714.91.10 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
Rs.100/=
per kg
8714.92.10 --- Wheel rims kg 8714.92.10 14.25% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Gen.
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Hubs, other than coaster braking hubs and hub brakes, and free-wheel sprocket-
8714.93 -- kg 8714.93 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
wheels
8714.94 -- Brakes, including coaster braking hubs and hub brakes, and parts thereof kg 8714.94 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8714.95 -- Saddles u 8714.95 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
8714.96 -- Pedals and crank-gear, and parts thereof kg 8714.96 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8714.99 -- Other : 8714.99
8714.99.10 --- Mudguards kg 8714.99.10 Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
87.15 8715.00 Baby carriages and parts thereof. kg 8715.00 30% 12% 5% 2%
87.16 Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; parts thereof.
8716.10 - Trailers and semi-trailers of the caravan type, for housing or camping : 8716.10
8716.10.10 --- Not more than five years old u 8716.10.10 15% 12% 5% 2%
8716.10.20 --- More than five years old L u 8716.10.20 15% 12% 5% 2%
8716.20 - Self-loading or self-unloading trailers and semi-trailers for agricultural purposes : 8716.20
8716.20.10 --- Not more than five years old u 8716.20.10 15% 12% 5% 2%
8716.20.20 --- More than five years old L u 8716.20.20 15% 12% 5% 2%
8716.39.20 --- More than five years old L u 8716.39.20 15% 12% 5% 2%
8716.40.20 --- More than five years old L u 8716.40.20 15% 12% 5% 2%
8716.80 - Other vehicles : 8716.80
8716.80.10 --- Hand pallet trucks u 8716.80.10 5% 12% 5% 2%
8716.80.20 --- Other not more than five years old u 8716.80.20 15% 12% 5% 2%
8716.80.30 --- Other more than five years old L u 8716.80.30 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
Subheading Note.
1.- For the purposes of subheadings 8802.11 to 8802.40, the expression "unladen weight" means the weight of the machine in normal
flying order, excluding the weight of the crew and of fuel and equipment other than permanently fitted items of equipment.
Customs Duty
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HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential
Gen.
VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
88.01 8801.00 Balloons and dirigibles; gliders, hang gliders and other non-powered aircraft. L u 8801.00 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Other aircraft (for example, helicopters, aeroplanes); spacecraft (including satellites) and
88.02
suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles.
- Helicopters :
8802.11 -- Of an unladen weight not exceeding 2,000 kg L u 8802.11 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% Ex Ex Ex
8802.12 -- Of an unladen weight exceeding 2,000 kg L u 8802.12 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% Ex Ex Ex
8802.20 - Aeroplanes and other aircraft, of an unladen weight not exceeding 2,000 kg L u 8802.20 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% Ex 5% Ex
Aeroplanes and other aircraft, of an unladen weight exceeding 2,000 kg but not
8802.30 - L u 8802.30 4.5% Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% Ex 5% Ex
exceeding 15,000 kg
8802.40 - Aeroplanes and other aircraft, of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000 kg L u 8802.40 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% Ex 5% Ex
8802.60 - Spacecraft (including satellites) and suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles L u 8802.60 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8803.10 - Propellers and rotors and parts thereof L kg 8803.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8803.20 - Under-carriages and parts thereof L kg 8803.20 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
8803.30 - Other parts of aeroplanes or helicopters L kg 8803.30 4.5% Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% Ex Ex 2%
8803.90 - Other L kg 8803.90 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
Aircraft launching gear; deck-arrestor or similar gear; ground flying trainers; parts of the
88.05
foregoing articles.
8805.10 - Aircraft launching gear and parts thereof; deck-arrestor or similar gear and parts thereof L kg 8805.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 89
Ships, boats and floating structures
Note.
1.- A hull, an unfinished or incomplete vessel, assembled, unassembled or disassembled, or a complete vessel unassembled or
disassembled, is to be classified in heading 89.06 if it does not have the essential character of a vessel of a particular kind.
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Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels
89.01
for the transport of persons or goods.
Cruise ships, excursion boats and similar vessels principally designed for the
8901.10 - u 8901.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
transport of persons; ferry-boats of all kinds
8901.20 - Tankers u 8901.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
8901.30 - Refrigerated vessels, other than those of subheading 8901.20 u 8901.30 Free Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
Other vessels for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both
8901.90 - u 8901.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
persons and goods
Fishing vessels; factory ships and other vessels for processing or preserving
89.02 8902.00 u 8902.00 15% Ex Ex Ex
fishery products.
89.03 Yachts and other vessels for pleasure or sports; rowing boats and canoes (+).
- Other :
8903.91 -- Sailboats, with or without auxiliary motor u 8903.91 15% 12% 5% 2%
8904.00.10 --- Not exceeding a Dead Weight Tonnage of 500 MT u 8904.00.10 15% 12% 5% 2%
8905.20 - Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms u 8905.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
89.06 Other vessels, including warships and lifeboats other than rawing boats.
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Chapter 90
2.- Subject to Note 1 above, parts and accessories for machines, apparatus, instruments or articles of this Chapter are to be
Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, classified according to the following rules:
precision, medical or surgical instruments
and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (a) Parts and accessories which are goods included in any of the headings of this Chapter or of Chapter 84, 85 or 91 (other
Notes. than heading 84.87, 85.48 or 90.33) are in all cases to be classified in their respective headings;
(b) Other parts and accessories, if suitable for use solely or principally with a particular kind of machine, instrument or
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
apparatus, or with a number of machines, instruments or apparatus of the same heading (including a machine, instrument
(a) Articles of a kind used in machines, appliances or for other technical uses, of vulcanized rubber other than hard rubber or apparatus of heading 90.10, 90.13 or 90.31) are to be classified with the machines, instruments or apparatus of that kind;
(heading 40.16), of leather or of composition leather (heading 42.05) or of textile material (heading 59.11); (c) All other parts and accessories are to be classified in heading 90.33.
(b) Supporting belts or other support articles of textile material, whose intended effect on the organ to be supported or held
3.- The provisions of Notes 3 and 4 to Section XVI apply also to this Chapter.
derives solely from their elasticity (for example, maternity belts, thoracic support bandages, abdominal support bandages,
supports for joints or muscles) (Section XI); 4.- Heading 90.05 does not apply to telescopic sights for fitting to arms, periscopic telescopes for fitting to submarines or tanks, or to
(c) Refractory goods of heading 69.03; ceramic wares for laboratory, chemical or other technical uses, of heading 69.09; telescopes for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this Chapter or Section XVI; such telescopic sights and
(d) Glass mirrors, not optically worked, of heading 70.09, or mirrors of base metal or of precious metal, not being optical telescopes are to be classified in heading 90.13.
elements (heading 83.06 or Chapter 71);
5.- Measuring or checking optical instruments, appliances or machines which, but for this Note, could be classified both in heading
(e) Goods of heading 70.07, 70.08, 70.11, 70.14, 70.15 or 70.17; 90.13 and in heading 90.31 are to be classified in heading 90.31.
(f) Parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV) or similar goods of plastics (Chapter
39); 6.- For the purposes of heading 90.21, the expression "orthopedic appliances" means appliances for :
(g) Pumps incorporating measuring devices, of heading 84.13; weight-operated counting or checking machinery, or separately - Preventing or correcting bodily deformities; or
presented weights for balances (heading 84.23); lifting or handling machinery (headings 84.25 to 84.28); paper or - Supporting or holding parts of the body following an illness, operation or injury.
paperboard cutting machines of all kinds (heading 84.41); fittings for adjusting work or tools on machine-tools, of heading Orthopedic appliances include footwear and special insoles designed to correct orthopedic conditions, provided that they are either
84.66, including fittings with optical devices for reading the scale (for example, "optical" dividing heads) but not those which
(1) made to measure or (2) mass- produced, presented singly and not in pairs and designed to fit either foot equally.
are in themselves essentially optical instruments (for example, alignment telescopes); calculating machines (heading
84.70); valves or other appliances of heading 84.81; machines and apparatus (including apparatus for the projection or 7.- Heading 90.32 applies only to :
drawing of circuit patterns on sensitized semiconductor materials) of heading 84.86;
(a) Instruments and apparatus for automatically controlling the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases, or for
(h) Searchlights or spotlights of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles (heading 85.12); portable electric lamps of heading
automatically controlling temperature, whether or not their operation depends on an electrical phenomenon which varies
85.13; cinematographic sound recording, reproducing or re-recording apparatus (heading 85.19); sound-heads (heading
according to the factor to be automatically controlled, which are designed to bring this factor to, and maintain it at, a desired
85.22); television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders (heading 85.25); radar apparatus, radio
value, stabilized against disturbances, by constantly or periodically measuring its actual value; and
navigational aid apparatus or radio remote control apparatus (heading 85.26); connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre
(b) Automatic regulators of electrical quantities, and instruments or apparatus for automatically controlling non-electrical
bundles or cables (heading 85.36); numerical control apparatus of heading 85.37; sealed beam lamp units of heading
quantities the operation of which depends on an electrical phenomenon varying according to the factor to be controlled,
85.39; optical fibre cables of heading 85.44;
which are designed to bring this factor to, and maintain it at, a desired value, stabilized against disturbances, by constantly
(ij) Searchlights or spotlights of heading 94.05;
or periodically measuring its actual value.
(k) Articles of Chapter 95;
(l) Capacity measures, which are to be classified according to their constituent material; or
(m) Spools, reels or similar supports (which are to be classified according to their constituent material, for example, in heading
39.23 or Section XV).
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Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables other than those of
heading 85.44; sheets and plates of polarising material; lenses (including contact
90.01
lenses), prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, un-mounted, other
than such elements of glass not optically worked.
9001.10 - Optical fibres, optical fibre bundles and cables kg 9001.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9001.20 - Sheets and plates of polarising material kg 9001.20 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% Ex 5% 2%
Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, being
90.02 parts of or fittings for instruments or apparatus, other than such elements, of glass not
optically worked.
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- Objective lenses :
9002.11 -- For cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers of reducers kg 9002.11 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
90.03 Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof.
9005.90 - Parts and accessories (including mountings) kg 9005.90 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% Ex 5% 2%
9006.10 - Cameras of a kind used for preparing printing plates or cylinders u 9006.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Cameras specially designed for underwater use, for aerial survey or for medical or
9006.30 - surgical examination of internal organs; comparison cameras for forensic or u 9006.30 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
criminological purposes
9006.40 - Instant print cameras u 9006.40 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
- Other cameras :
With a through-the-lens viewfinder (single lens reflex (SLR)), for roll film of a width not
9006.51 -- u 9006.51 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
exceeding 35 mm
9006.52 -- Other, for roll film of a width less than 35 mm : 9006.52
Cameras of a kind used for recording documents on microfilm, microfiche or other
9006.52.10 --- u 9006.52.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
microforms
9006.52.90 --- Other u 9006.52.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
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@@@ - Cameras :
@@@ 9007.11 -- For film of less than 16 mm width or for double-8 mm film u 9007.11 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% Ex 5% 2%
@@@ 9008.10 - Slide projectors u 9008.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Microfilm, microfiche or other microform readers, whether or not capable of producing
@@@ 9008.20 - u 9008.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
copies
@@@ 9008.30 - Other image projectors u 9008.30 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
@@@ 9008.40 - Photographic (other than cinematographic) enlargers and reducers u 9008.40 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9008.50 - Projectors, enlargers and reducers u 9008.50 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9008.90 - Parts and accessories kg 9008.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
[90.09]
9010.50.10 --- Apparatus and equipment for cinematographic laboratories u 9010.50.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9010.90 - Parts and accessories kg 9010.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9011.90 - Parts and accessories kg 9011.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9012.10 - Microscopes other than optical microscopes; diffraction apparatus u 9012.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9012.90 - Parts and accessories kg 9012.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Liquid crystal devices not constituting articles provided for more specifically in other
90.13 headings; lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments,
not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter.
Telescopic sights for fittings to arms; periscopes; telescopes designed to form parts of
9013.10 - u 9013.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of this Chapter or Section XVI
9013.20 - Lasers, other than laser diodes u 9013.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9013.80 - Other devices, appliances and instruments u 9013.80 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9013.90 - Parts and accessories kg 9013.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9014.10 - Direction finding compasses u 9014.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation (other than
9014.20 - u 9014.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
compasses)
9014.80 - Other instruments and appliances u 9014.80 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9014.90 - Parts and accessories kg 9014.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9015.20 - Theodolites and tachymeters (tacheometers) u 9015.20 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9015.30 - Levels u 9015.30 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9015.40 - Photogrammetrical surveying instruments and appliances kg 9015.40 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9015.80 - Other instruments and appliances u 9015.80 Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
90.16 9016.00 Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights. kg 9016.00 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
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9017.10 - Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic u 9017.10 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% Ex 5% 2%
9017.20 - Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments 9017.20
9017.20.10 --- Protractors (radius 10 cm and below) u 9017.20.10 30% Ex 5% 2%
9017.20.20 --- Rulers 30 cm and below u 9017.20.20 30% Ex 5% 2%
9017.20.30 --- Triangular set squares shortest side 17.5 cm or below u 9017.20.30 30% Ex 5% 2%
9018.12 -- Ultrasonic scanning apparatus u 9018.12 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9018.13 -- Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus u 9018.13 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9018.20 - Ultra-violet or infra-red ray apparatus kg 9018.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9018.32 -- Tubular metal needles and needles for sutures kg 9018.32 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9018.39 -- Other u 9018.39 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9018.50 - Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances kg 9018.50 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9018.90 - Other instruments and appliances u 9018.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
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Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither
90.20 9020.00 kg 9020.00 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
mechanical parts nor replaceable filters.
Orthopaedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and
other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other
90.21
appliances which are worn or carried or implanted in the body, to compensate for a
defect or disability.
9021.10 - Orthopaedic or fracture appliances kg 9021.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
9021.50 - Pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles, excluding parts and accessories u 9021.50 Free Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
9021.90 - Other kg 9021.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex Ex Ex
Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta or gamma radiations, whether
or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or
90.22 radiotherapy apparatus, X-ray tubes and other X-ray generators, high tension
generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs
and the like (+).
Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or
-
veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus :
9022.12 -- Computed tomography apparatus u 9022.12 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9022.13 -- Other, for dental uses u 9022.13 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9022.14 -- Other, for medical, surgical, or veterinary uses u 9022.14 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9022.19 -- For other uses u 9022.19 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta or gamma radiations, whether or not for
- medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy
apparatus :
9022.21 -- For medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses u 9022.21 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9022.29 -- For other uses u 9022.29 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9022.90 - Other, including parts and accessories kg 9022.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity
90.24 or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper,
plastics).
9024.10 - Machines and appliances for testing metals u 9024.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9024.80 - Other machines and appliances u 9024.80 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
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9024.90 - Parts and accessories kg 9024.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other
90.26 variables of liquids or gases (for example, flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat
meters), excluding instruments and apparatus of heading 90.14, 90.15, 90.28 or 90.32.
9026.10 - For measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids u 9026.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9026.20 - For measuring or checking pressure u 9026.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9026.80 - Other instruments or apparatus u 9026.80 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9026.90 - Parts and accessories kg 9026.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9027.10 - Gas or smoke analysis apparatus u 9027.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9027.20 - Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments u 9027.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV,
9027.30 - u 9027.30 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
visible IR)
9027.50 - Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiation (UV, visible, IR) u 9027.50 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9027.80 - Other instruments and apparatus u 9027.80 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9027.90 - Microtomes; parts and accessories kg 9027.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9028.90 - Parts and accessories kg 9028.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9029.10 - Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and 9029.10
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the like
9029.10.10 --- Taximeters u 9029.10.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2% 5%
9029.20 - Speed indicators and tachometers; stroboscopes u 9029.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9029.90 - Parts and accessories kg 9029.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9030.10 - Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionising radiations u 9030.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9030.20 - Oscilloscopes and oscillographs u 9030.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current,
-
resistance or power :
9030.31 -- Multimeters without a recording device u 9030.31 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9030.32 -- Multimeters with a recording device u 9030.32 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9030.33 -- Other, without a recording device u 9030.33 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9030.39 -- Other, with a recording device u 9030.39 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Other instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (for
9030.40 - example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, u 9030.40 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
psophometers)
- Other instruments and apparatus :
9030.82 -- For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices u 9030.82 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9030.84 -- Other, with a recording device u 9030.84 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9030.89 -- Other u 9030.89 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9030.90 - Parts and accessories kg 9030.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9031.10 - Machines for balancing mechanical parts u 9031.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9031.20 - Test benches u 9031.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9031.80 - Other instruments, appliances and machines u 9031.80 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9031.90 - Parts and accessories kg 9031.90 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9032.90 - Parts and accessories kg 9032.90 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter) for
90.33 9033.00 kg 9033.00 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90.
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Chapter 91 (g) Articles of Chapter 85, not yet assembled together or with other components into watch or clock movements or into
articles suitable for use solely or principally as parts of such movements (Chapter 85).
Clocks and watches and parts thereof
2.- Heading 91.01 covers only watches with case wholly of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, or of the same
Notes. materials combined with natural or cultured pearls, or precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed)
of headings 71.01 to 71.04. Watches with case of base metal inlaid with precious metal fall in heading 91.02.
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
3.- For the purposes of this Chapter, the expression "watch movements" means devices regulated by a balance-wheel and
hairspring, quartz crystal or any other system capable of determining intervals of time, with a display or a system to which a
(a) Clock or watch glasses or weights (classified according to their constituent material);
mechanical display can be incorporated. Such watch movements shall not exceed 12 mm in thickness and 50 mm in width,
(b) Watch chains (heading 71.13 or 71.17, as the case may be);
length or diameter.
(c) Parts of general use defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39)
or of precious metal or metal clad with precious metal (generally heading 71.15); clock or watch springs are, however, to 4.- Except as provided in Note 1, movements and other parts suitable for use both in clocks or watches and in other articles (for
be classified as clock or watch parts (heading 91.14); example, precision instruments) are to be classified in this Chapter.
(d) Bearing balls (heading 73.26 or 84.82, as the case may be);
(e) Articles of heading 84.12 constructed to work without an escapement;
(f) Ball bearings (heading 84.82); or
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- Other :
9101.91 -- Electrically operated u 9101.91 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9102.12 -- With opto-electronic display only u 9102.12 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9102.19 -- Other u 9102.19 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
- Other :
9102.91 -- Electrically operated u 9102.91 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Instrument panel clocks and clocks of a similar type for vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft
91.04 9104.00 u 9104.00 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
or vessels.
- Alarm clocks :
9105.11 -- Electrically operated u 9105.11 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9105.19 -- Other u 9105.19 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
- Wall clocks :
9105.21 -- Electrically operated u 9105.21 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
- Other :
9105.91 -- Electrically operated u 9105.91 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9105.99 -- Other u 9105.99 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
91.07 9107.00 Time switches with clock or watch movement or with synchronous motor. u 9107.00 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
- Electrically operated :
With mechanical display only or with a device to which a mechanical display can be
9108.11 -- u 9108.11 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
incorporated
9108.12 -- With opto-electronic display only u 9108.12 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
9108.19 -- Other u 9108.19 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
9108.20 - With automatic winding u 9108.20 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
9108.90 - Other u 9108.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
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- Of watches :
9110.11 -- Complete movements, unassembled or partly assembled (movement sets) u 9110.11 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
9110.12 -- Incomplete movements, assembled kg 9110.12 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
9111.10 - Cases of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal u 9111.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
9111.20 - Cases of base metal, whether or not gold-or silver-plated u 9111.20 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
Clock cases and cases of a similar type for other goods of this Chapter, and parts
91.12
thereof.
91.13 Watch straps, watch bands and watch bracelets, and parts thereof.
9113.10 - Of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal kg 9113.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
9113.20 - Of base metal, whether or not gold-or silver-plated kg 9113.20 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
9114.10 - Springs, including hair-springs kg 9114.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
9114.40 - Plates and bridges kg 9114.40 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
9114.90 - Other kg 9114.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 92 (c) Toy instruments or apparatus (heading 95.03);
Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles (d) Brushes for cleaning musical instruments (heading 96.03); or
(e) Collectors' pieces or antiques (heading 97.05 or 97.06)
Notes.
1.- This Chapter does not cover : 2.- Bows and sticks and similar devices used in playing the musical instruments of heading 92.02 or 92.06 presented with such
instruments in numbers normal thereto and clearly intended for use therewith, are to be classified in the same heading as the
(a) Parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics(Chapter39);
relative instruments.
(b) Microphones, amplifiers, loud-speakers, head-phones, switches, stroboscopes or other accessory instruments, apparatus or
Cards, discs and rolls of heading 92.09 presented with an instrument are to be treated as separate articles and not as forming a
equipment of Chapter 85 or 90, for use with but not incorporated in or housed in the same cabinet as instruments of this
part of such instrument.
Chapter;
Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
9201.10 - Upright pianos u 9201.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 1%
9201.20 - Grand pianos u 9201.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 1%
92.02 Other string musical instruments (for example, guitars, violins, harps).
9202.10 - Played with a bow u 9202.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 1%
[92.03]
[92.04]
92.05
Other wind musical instruments (for example, clarinets, trumpets, bagpipes).
@@@
Wind musical instruments (for example, keyboard pipe organs, accordions, clarinets,
92.05
trumpets, bagpipes), other than fairground organs and mechanical street organs.
9205.10 - Brass-wind instruments u 9205.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 1%
9207.10 - Keyboard instruments, other than accordions u 9207.10 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2% 1%
9208.10 - Musical boxes u 9208.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 1%
9208.90 - Other u 9208.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 1%
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Parts (for example, mechanisms for musical boxes) and accessories (for example,
92.09 cards, discs and rolls for mechanical instruments) of musical instruments;
metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes of all kinds.
9209.30 - Musical instrument strings kg 9209.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
9209.91 -- Parts and accessories for pianos kg 9209.91 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
9209.92 -- Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 92.02 kg 9209.92 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
9209.94 -- Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 92.07 kg 9209.94 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 93
Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
(c) Armoured fighting vehicles (heading 87.10);
Notes. (d) Telescopic sights and other optical devices suitable for use with arms, unless mounted on a firearm or presented with the
1.- This Chapter does not cover : firearm on which they are designed to be mounted (Chapter 90);
(e) Bows, arrows, fencing foils or toys (Chapter 95); or
(a) Goods of Chapter 36 (for example, percussion caps, detonators, signaling flares); (f) Collectors' pieces or antiques (heading 97.05 or 97.06).
(b) Parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter
39); 2.- In heading 93.06, the reference to "parts thereof" does not include radio or radar apparatus of heading 85.26.
Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
93.01 Military weapons, other than revolvers, pistols and the arms of heading 93.07.
@@@ 9301.19 -- Other L u 9301.19 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
9301.10 - Artillery weapons (for example, guns, howitzers and mortars) L 9301.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Rocket launchers; flame-throwers; grenade launchers; torpedo tubes and similar
9301.20 - L u 9301.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
projectors
9301.90 - Other L u 9301.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
93.02 9302.00 Revolvers and pistols, other than those of heading 93.03 or 93.04. L u 9302.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for
example, sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms, Very pistols and other
93.03
devices designed to project only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for firing blank
ammunition, captive-bolt humane killers, line-throwing guns).
9303.10 - Muzzle-loading firearms L u 9303.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
9303.20 - Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting shotguns, including combination shotgun-rifles L u 9303.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
9303.30 - Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting rifles L u 9303.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Other arms (for example, spring, air or gas guns and pistols, truncheons), excluding
93.04 9304.00 L u 9304.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
those of heading 93.07.
9305.10 - Of revolvers or pistols L kg 9305.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
9305.20 - Of shotguns or rifles of heading 93.03 L kg 9305.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Other :
9305.91 -- Of military weapons of heading 93.01 L kg 9305.91 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war and parts
93.06 thereof; cartridges and other ammunition and projectiles and parts thereof, including shot
and cartridge wads.
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Customs Duty
HS Hdg. HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
9306.30 - Other cartridges and parts thereof L kg 9306.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
Swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and similar arms and parts thereof and scabbards
93.07 9307.00 L kg 9307.00 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
and sheaths thereof.
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Chapter 94 (ij) Dentists' chairs incorporating dental appliances of heading 90.18 or dentists' spittoons (heading 90.18);
(k) Articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases); or
Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar
(l) Toy furniture or toy lamps or lighting fittings (heading 95.03), billiard tables or other furniture specially constructed for
stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere
games (heading 95.04), furniture for conjuring tricks or decorations (other than electric garlands) such as Chinese
specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated
lanterns (heading 95.05).
name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
2.- The articles (other than parts) referred to in headings 94.01 to 94.03 are to be classified in those headings only if they are
designed for placing on the floor or ground.
Notes.
The following are, however, to be classified in the above-mentioned headings even if they are designed to be hung, to be fixed to
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
the wall or to stand one on the other :
(a) Pneumatic or water mattresses, pillows or cushions, of Chapter 39, 40 or 63;
(a) Cupboards, bookcases, other shelved furniture (including single shelves presented with supports for fixing them to the
(b) Mirrors designed for placing on the floor or ground (for example, cheval-glasses (swing-mirrors)) of heading 70.09;
wall) and unit furniture;
(c) Articles of Chapter 71;
(b) Seats and beds.
(d) Parts of general use as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39),
or safes of heading 83.03; 3.- (A) In headings 94.01 to 94.03 references to parts of goods do not include references to sheets or slabs (whether or not cut
(e) Furniture specially designed as parts of refrigerating or freezing equipment of heading 84.18; furniture specially designed for to shape but not combined with other parts) of glass (including mirrors), marble or other stone or of any other material
sewing machines (heading 84.52); referred to in Chapter 68 or 69.
(f) Lamps or lighting fittings of Chapter 85; (B) Goods described in heading 94.04, presented separately, are not to be classified in heading 94.01, 94.02 or 94.03 as
(g) Furniture specially designed as parts of apparatus of heading 85.18 (heading 85.18), of headings 85.19 to 85.21 heading parts of goods.
85.19 or 85.21 (heading 85.22) or of headings 85.25 to 85.28 (heading 85.29);
4.- For the purposes of heading 94.06, the expression "prefabricated buildings" means buildings which are finished in the factory or
(h) Articles of heading 87.14;
put up as elements, presented together, to be assembled on site, such as housing or worksite accommodation, offices, schools,
shops, sheds, garages or similar buildings.
Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Seats (other than those of heading 94.02), whether or not convertible into beds, and
94.01
parts thereof (+).
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
9402.10.90 --- Other kg 9402.10.90 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Mattress supports; articles of bedding and similar furnishing (for example, mattresses,
quilts, eiderdowns, cushions, pouffes and pillows) fitted with springs or stuffed or
94.04
internally fitted with any material or of cellular rubber or plastics, whether or not
covered.
- Mattresses :
9404.21 -- Of cellular rubber or plastics, whether or not covered 9404.21
9404.21.10 --- Used L u 9404.21.10 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
9404.21.90 --- Other u 9404.21.90 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
9404.29.20 --- Unused coir pads or mattress for bedding, above 60 mm in thickness u 9404.29.20 30% 12% 5% 2% 5%
Lamps and lighting fittings including searchlights and spotlights and parts thereof,
not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and
94.05
the like, having a permanently fixed light source, and parts thereof not elsewhere
specified or included.
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Chandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall lighting fittings, excluding those of a
9405.10 - 9405.10
kind used for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares:
9405.10.10 --- Mounted with LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) kg 9405.10.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% Ex 5% 2%
9405.10.20 --- 12v, DC solar lamps kg 9405.10.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex Free Ex
9405.10.90 --- Other kg 9405.10.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
9405.20.20 --- 12v, DC solar lamps kg 9405.20.20 Free Free Free Free Free Ex Free Ex
9405.20.90 --- Other kg 9405.20.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
9405.30 - Lighting sets of a kind used for Christmas trees kg 9405.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
9405.40.30 --- Mounted with LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) kg 9405.40.30 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% Ex 5% 2%
9405.40.40 --- 12v, DC solar lamps kg 9405.40.40 Free Free Free Free Free Free Ex Free Ex
9405.60 - Illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like kg 9405.60 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
- Parts :
9405.91 -- Of glass kg 9405.91 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
94.06 9406.00 Prefabricated buildings. kg 9406.00 4.50% Free Free 4.0% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2% 25%
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Chapter 95 (n) Sports vehicles (other than bobsleighs, toboggans and the like) of Section XVII;
(o) Children's bicycles (heading 87.12);
Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
(p) Sports craft such as canoes and skiffs (Chapter 89), or their means of propulsion (Chapter 44 for such articles made of
wood);
Notes.
(q) Spectacles, goggles or the like, for sports or outdoor games (heading 90.04);
1.- This Chapter does not cover: (r) Decoy calls or whistles (heading 92.08);
(s) Arms or other articles of Chapter 93;
(a) Candles (heading 34.06);
(t) Electric garlands of all kinds (heading 94.05);
(b) Fireworks or other pyrotechnic articles of heading 36.04; (u) Racket strings, tents or other camping goods, or gloves, mittens and mitts (classified according to their constituent
(c) Yarns, monofilament, cords or gut or the like for fishing, cut to length but not made up into fishing lines, of Chapter 39,
material); or
heading 42.06 or Section XI;
(v) Tableware, kitchenware, toilet articles, carpets and other textile floor coverings, apparel, bed linen, table linen, toilet linen,
(d) Sports bags or other containers of heading 42.02, 43.03 or 43.04; kitchen linen and similar articles having a utilitarian function (classified according to their constituent material).
(e) Sports clothing or fancy dress, of textiles, of Chapter 61 or 62;
(f) Textile flags or bunting, or sails for boats, sailboards or land craft, of Chapter 63; 2.- This Chapter includes articles in which natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or
(g) Sports footwear (other than skating boots with ice or roller skates attached) of Chapter 64, or sports headgear of Chapter reconstructed), precious metal or metal clad with precious metal constitute only minor constituents.
65; 3.- Subject to Note 1 above, parts and accessories which are suitable for use solely or principally with articles of this Chapter are to
(h) Walking-sticks, whips, riding-crops or the like (heading 66.02), or parts thereof (heading 66.03); be classified with those articles.
(ij) Unmounted glass eyes for dolls or other toys, of heading 70.18; 4.- Subject to the provisions of Note 1 above, heading 95.03 applies inter alia, to articles of this heading combined with one or more
(k) Parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter items, which cannot be considered as sets under the terms of General Interpretative Rule 3 (b), and which, if presented
39); separately, would be classified in other headings, provided the articles are put up together for retail sale and the combinations
(l) Bells, gongs or the like of heading 83.06; have the essential character of toys.
(m) Pumps for liquids (heading 84.13), filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for liquids or gases (heading 84.21), 5.- Heading 95.03 does not cover articles which, on account of their design, shape or constituent material, are identifiable as intended
electric motors (heading 85.01), electric transformers (heading 85.04), or radio remote control apparatus (heading exclusively for animals, for example, "pet toys" (classification in their own appropriate heading).
85.26); discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, "smart cards" and other media for the recording of sound Subheading Note.
or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded (heading 85.23), radio remote control apparatus (heading 85.26) or
cordless infrared remote control devices (heading 85.43);”. 1.- Subheading 9504.50 covers :
(a) Video game consoles from which the image is reproduced on a television receiver, a monitor or other external screen or
surface; or
(b) Video game machines having a self-contained video screen, whether or not portable.
This subheading does not cover video game consoles or machines operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or
by any other means of payment (subheading 9504.30).
Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
[95.01]
[95.02]
Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls’ carriages; dolls; other
95.03 9503.00 toys; reduced size (“scale”) models and similar recreational models, working or not; 9503.00
puzzles of all kinds.
9503.00.10 --- Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys; dolls' carriages kg 9503.00.10 30% 12% 5% 2%
9503.00.40 --- Remote controlled stuffed toys representing animals or non-human creatures L kg 9503.00.40 Free Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
9503.00.50 --- Other stuffed toys representing animals or non-human creatures kg 9503.00.50 Free Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
Remote controlled electric trains, including tracks, signals and other accessories
thereof; reduced-size ("scale") model assembly kits, whether or not working models;
9503.00.60 --- L kg 9503.00.60 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
construction sets and constructional toys; toy musical instruments and apparatus;
puzzles; toys, put up in sets or outfits; toys and models, incorporating a motor
Other electric trains, including tracks, signals and other accessories therefor;
reduced-size ("scale") model assembly kits, whether or not working models;
9503.00.70 --- kg 9503.00.70 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
construction sets and constructional toys; toy musical instruments and apparatus;
puzzles; toys, put up in sets or outfits; toys and models, incorporating a motor
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
9503.00.80 --- Other, remote controlled L kg 9503.00.80 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
9503.00.90 --- Other kg 9503.00.90 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Video game consoles and machines, articles for funfair, table or parlour games,
95.04 including pintables, billiards, special tables for casino games and automatic bowling
alley equipment (+).
@@@ 9504.10 - Video games of a kind used with a television receiver : 9504.10
@@@ 9504.10.10 --- Used / reconditioned kg 9504.10.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% Ex 5% 2%
@@@ 9504.10.90 --- Other kg 9504.10.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% Ex 5% 2%
9504.20 - Articles and accessories for billiards of all kinds kg 9504.20 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Other games, operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of
9504.30 - 9504.30
payment, other than bowling alley equipment :
9504.30.10 --- Used / reconditioned L u 9504.30.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
9504.30.90 --- Other L u 9504.30.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
u
9504.40 - Playing cards (pack 9504.40 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
)
9504.50 - Video game consoles and machines, other than those of subheading 9504.30 u 9504.50 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% Ex 5% 2%
9504.90 - Other u 9504.90
9504.90.10 --- Games of chance L 9504.90.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
9504.90.90 --- Other 9504.90.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Festive, carnival or other entertainment articles, including conjuring tricks and novelty
95.05
jokes.
9505.10 - Articles for Christmas festivities kg 9505.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
9505.90 - Other kg 9505.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics, athletics, other
95.06 sports (including table-tennis) or outdoor games, not specified or included elsewhere in
this Chapter; swimming pools and paddling pools.
9506.40 - Articles and equipment for table-tennis kg 9506.40 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9506.70 - Ice skates and roller skates, including skating boots with skates attached 2u 9506.70 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
- Other :
9506.91 -- Articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics or athletics kg 9506.91 Free Free Free Free Free Ex 5% 2%
9506.99 -- Other u 9506.99 Free Free Free Free Free Con 5% 2%
Fishing rods, fish-hooks and other line fishing tackle; fish landing nets, butterfly nets
95.07 and similar nets; decoy "birds" (other than those of heading 92.08 or 97.05) and similar
hunting or shooting requisites.
9507.10 - Fishing rods u 9507.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
9507.20 - Fish-hooks, whether or not snelled kg 9507.20 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
9507.30 - Fishing reels u 9507.30 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
9508.10 - Travelling circuses and travelling menageries kg 9508.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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Chapter 96
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Notes. 2.- In heading 96.02 the expression "vegetable or mineral carving material" means :
(a) Hard seeds, pips, hulls and nuts and similar vegetable materials of a kind used for carving (for example, corozo and
1.- This Chapter does not cover : dom);
(a) Pencils for cosmetic or toilet uses (Chapter 33); (b) Amber, meerschaum, agglomerated amber and agglomerated meerschaum, jet and mineral substitutes for jet.
(b) Articles of Chapter 66 (for example, parts of umbrellas or walking-sticks); 3.- In heading 96.03 the expression "prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making" applies only to unmounted knots and
(c) Imitation jewellery (heading 71.17); tufts of animal hair, vegetable fibre or other material, which are ready for incorporation without division in brooms or brushes, or
(d) Parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics which require only such further minor processes as trimming to shape at the top, to render them ready for such incorporation.
(Chapter 39);
(e) Cutlery or other articles of Chapter 82 with handles or other parts of carving or moulding materials; heading 96.01 or 4.- Articles of this Chapter, other than those of headings 96.01 to 96.06 or 96.15, remain classified in the Chapter whether or not
96.02 applies, however, to separately presented handles or other parts of such articles; composed wholly or partly of precious metal or metal clad with precious metal, of natural or cultured pearls, or precious or
(f) Articles of Chapter 90 (for example, spectacle frames (heading 90.03), mathematical drawing pens (heading 90.17), semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed). However, headings 96.01 to 96.06 and 96.15 include articles in
brushes of a kind specialized for use in dentistry or for medical, surgical or veterinary purposes (heading 90.18)); which natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed), precious metal or metal
(g) Articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clock or watch cases); clad with precious metal constitute only minor constituents
(h) Musical instruments or parts or accessories thereof (Chapter 92);
(ij) Articles of Chapter 93 (arms and parts thereof);
(k) Articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting fittings);
(l) Articles of Chapter 95 (toys, games, sports requisites); or
(m) Works of art, collectors' pieces or antiques (Chapter 97).
Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Worked ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other
96.01 animal carving material, and articles of these materials (including articles obtained
by moulding).
9601.10 - Worked ivory and articles of ivory kg 9601.10 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
9602.00.10 --- Capsules used in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products L kg 9602.00.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
9602.00.90 --- Other kg 9602.00.90 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
20% or
9603.10.40 --- Tawashi brushes made of coconut fibre mixed with other vegetable fibre u 9603.10.40 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per u
20% or
9603.10.50 --- Tawashi brushes made of coir fibre mixed with artificial fibre u 9603.10.50 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per u
20% or
9603.10.60 --- Other brushes made of coconut fibre u 9603.10.60 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per u
20% or
9603.10.70 --- Brushes made of other fibre u 9603.10.70 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per u
Tooth brushes, shaving brushes, hair brushes, nail brushes, eyelash brushes and
- other toilet brushes for use on the person, including such brushes constituting
parts of appliances:
20% or
9603.21 -- Tooth brushes, including dental-plate brushes u 9603.21 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per u
20% or
9603.29 -- Other u 9603.29 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per u
Artists' brushes, writing brushes and similar brushes for the application of
9603.30 - u 9603.30 15% 12% 5% 2%
cosmetics
20% or
Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes (other than brushes of subheading
9603.40 - u 9603.40 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
9603.30); paint pads and rollers per u
9603.50 - Other brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles u 9603.50 Free Free 4% 1.5% 5% 12% 5% 2%
20% or
9603.90 - Other u 9603.90 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.50/=
per u
96.04 9604.00 Hand sieves and hand riddles. u 9604.00 30% 12% 5% 2%
96.05 9605.00 Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning. u 9605.00 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
9606.10 - Press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs and parts therefor kg 9606.10 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Buttons :
9606.21 -- Of plastics, not covered with textile material kg 9606.21 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
9606.22 -- Of base metal, not covered with textile material kg 9606.22 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
9606.30 - Button moulds and other parts of buttons; button blanks kg 9606.30 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
- Slide fasteners :
9607.11 -- Fitted with chain scoops of base metal kg 9607.11 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
9607.19 -- Other kg 9607.19 14.25% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
9607.20 - Parts kg 9607.20 13.5% Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Ball point pens; felt tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers; fountain
pens, stylograph pens and other pens; duplicating stylos; propelling or sliding
96.08
pencils; pen-holders, pencil-holders and similar holders; parts (including caps and
clips) of the foregoing articles, other than those of heading 96.09.
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
9608.40 - Propelling or sliding pencils u 9608.40 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
10% or
9608.50 - Sets of articles from two or more of the foregoing subheadings u 9608.50 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.12/=
per u
9608.60 - Refills for ball point pens, comprising the ball point and ink-reservoir : 9608.60
10% or
9608.60.10 --- Plastic u 9608.60.10 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.3.50
per u
10% or
9608.60.90 --- Other u 9608.60.90 15% 12% 5% 2% Rs.3.50
per u
- Other :
9608.91 -- Pen nibs and nib points u 9608.91 Free Free 15% 12% 5% 2%
9608.99 -- Other : 9608.99
9608.99.10 --- Barrels for ball point pens, plastic kg 9608.99.10 30% 12% 5% 2%
9608.99.20 --- Other parts of artificial materials other than barrels and ball points kg 9608.99.20 30% 12% 5% 2%
9608.99.30 --- Refills for ball point pens, plastic kg 9608.99.30 30% 12% 5% 2%
9608.99.40 --- Tips for ball point pens kg 9608.99.40 Free 12% 5% 2%
9608.99.50 --- Tips for felt pens kg 9608.99.50 Free 12% 5% 2%
Pencils (other than pencils of heading 96.08), crayons, pencil leads, pastels,
96.09
drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks.
9609.10 - Pencils and crayons, with leads encased in a rigid sheath : 9609.10
9609.10.10 --- Black lead pencils kg 9609.10.10 30% 12% 5% 2%
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Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
96.10 9610.00 Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framed. kg 9610.00 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
Date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like (including devices for printing or
96.11 9611.00 embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand; hand-operated composing kg 9611.00 30% 12% 5% 2%
sticks and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks.
Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and
96.13
parts thereof other than flints and wicks.
25% or
9613.10 - Pocket lighters, gas fuelled, non-refillable u 9613.10 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per u
25% or
9613.20 - Pocket lighters, gas fuelled, refillable u 9613.20 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2% Rs.60/=
per u
9613.80 - Other lighters u 9613.80 27% Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
9613.90 - Parts kg 9613.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders, and parts
96.14 9614.00 kg 9614.00 Free Free 17.5% 5% 30% 12% 5% 2%
thereof.
Combs, hair-slides and the like; hairpins, curling pins, curling grips, hair-curlers
96.15
and the like, other than those of heading 85.16, and parts thereof.
Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays, and mounts and heads therefor; powder-
96.16
puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations.
9616.10 - Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays, and mounts and heads therefor : 9616.10
9616.10.10 --- Mounts and heads u 9616.10.10 15% 12% 5% 2%
9616.10.90 --- Other kg 9616.10.90 30% 12% 5% 2%
9616.20 - Powder-puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations kg 9616.20 30% 12% 5% 2%
Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases; parts thereof other
96.17 9617.00 9617.00
than glass inners.
9617.00.10 --- Vacuum flasks for transport of semen in liquid nitrogen kg 9617.00.10 Free Free Free Free Free 12% 5% 2%
9617.00.90 --- Other kg 9617.00.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
Tailors' dummies and other lay figures; automata and other animated displays used
96.18 9618.00 kg 9618.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
for shop window dressing.
Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and
96.19 9619.00 9619.00 30% 12% 5% 2%
similar articles, of any material.
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Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques 3.- Heading 97.03 does not apply to mass-produced reproductions or works of conventional craftsmanship of a commercial
character, even if these articles are designed or created by artists.
Notes.
4.- (a) Subject to Notes 1 to 3 above, articles of this Chapter are to be classified in this Chapter and not in any other
1.- This Chapter does not cover : Chapter of the Nomenclature.
(a) Unused postage or revenue stamps, postal stationery (stamped paper) or the like, of heading 49.07; (b) Heading 97.06 does not apply to articles of the preceding headings of this Chapter.
(b) Theatrical scenery, studio back-cloths or the like, of painted canvas (heading 59.07) except if they may be classified 5.- Frames around paintings, drawings, pastels, collages or similar decorative plaques, engravings, prints or lithographs are to
in heading 97.06; or be classified with those articles, provided they are of a kind and of a value normal to those articles. Frames which are not of
(c) Pearls, natural or cultured, or precious or semi-precious stones (headings 71.01 to 71.03). a kind or of a value normal to the articles referred to in this Note are to be classified separately.
2.- For the purposes of heading 97.02, the expression "original engravings, prints and lithographs" means impressions produced
directly, in black and white or in colour, of one or of several plates wholly executed by hand by the artist, irrespective of the
process or of the material employed by him, but not including any mechanical or photomechanical process.
Customs Duty
HS
HS Code Description Ref ICL Unit HS Code Preferential VAT PAL NBT Cess Excise SCL
Hdg. Gen.
AP AD BN GT IN PK SA SF SD
Paintings, drawings and pastels, executed entirely by hand, other than drawings
97.01 of heading 49.06 and other than hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured
articles; collages and similar decorative plaques.
9701.10 - Paintings, drawings and pastels u 9701.10 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
9701.90 - Other kg 9701.90 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2% 5%
97.02 9702.00 Original engravings, prints and lithographs. u 9702.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
97.03 9703.00 Original sculptures and statuary, in any material. u 9703.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
97.06 9706.00 Antiques of an age exceeding one hundred years. kg 9706.00 Free Free 10.83% 4.5% 15% 12% 5% 2%
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