Subheading · Chapter 09 · Section II, Vegetable products

HS 0904 11Neither crushed nor ground

Coffee, tea, mate and spices › Pepper of the genus piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta

Customs duty: 30% to 70%; 9 tariff items
GST now: 5%
Import policy: Mostly Prohibited; Free: 1 item
Export policy: Free
Unit: kg
Duty in China: 20%; On Indian goods

Search codes Duty abroadRates as on 19 Oct 2026

Codes under this subheading

9 codes. Duty and GST are set on the 8-digit tariff items; open the one that describes your goods.

Codes under this code
Code	Description	Customs duty	GST now	Unit
0904 11 10	Pepper, long	30%	5%	kg
0904 11 20	Light black pepper	70%	5%	kg
0904 11 30	Black pepper, garbled	70%	5%	kg
0904 11 40	Black pepper ungarbled	70%	5%	kg
0904 11 50	Green pepper, dehydrated	70%	5%	kg
0904 11 60	Pepper pinheads	70%	5%	kg
0904 11 70	Green pepper, frozen or dried	70%	5%	kg
0904 11 80	Pepper other than green, frozen	70%	5%	kg
0904 11 90	Other	70%	5%	kg

Importing into India

Duty is set on each 8-digit tariff item: open one of the codes above. Basic customs duty across its 9 tariff items: 30% to 70%. The rules below cover this whole code.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

None in force on this code as on 19 Oct 2026.

Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS)) of its tariff items

Prohibited: 8 tariff items
Free: 1 tariff item

GST

IGST on imports is the GST rate. Rates changed on 22 September 2025.

Now 5%.
Until 21 September 2025 5%.
Change: Unchanged.

The rules that set it now

GST rate rules in force
Notification	Goods	Rate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 36	Pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta	5%

History

GST rate history
Period	Rate	Notification
Until 21 Sep 2025	5%	1/2017-Central Tax (Rate)
From 22 Sep 2025	5%	9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)

Exporting from India

Export duty

It depends on the goods: the entries below name only some goods under this code, or rate them differently.

Export duty entries that meet this code
Entry	Goods	Export duty
The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, S.No. 3Named goods or on a condition	Black pepper	Rs. 5 per kilogram
Notification 27/2011-Customs, S.No. 3Named goods or on a condition	Black pepper	Nil

Duty drawback (All Industry Rates)

All Industry Rates of duty drawback under this heading
Drawback item	Goods	Rate	Cap
0904	Pepper of the genus piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta	0.15%	—

Drawback items follow the 4-digit heading, not the 8-digit code: claim the one that describes your goods. Rates of notification 77/2023-Customs (N.T.) as amended, in force on 19 Oct 2026.

Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items

Free: 9 tariff items

What buyers pay abroad: import duty in the US, UK, EU and Australia for 0904 11, and China's below.

China: the same goods (0904 11)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 2 in force under 0904 11. Exporters see what China charges Indian goods; importers see the rebate and licences their Chinese supplier deals with.

China's tariff for these goods
China code	Goods	Duty on Indian goods	MFN	Import VAT	Export rebate	Licences
0904.11.00.10	Long pepper毕拨	20%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)	20%	9%	9%	QABRSPQ
0904.11.00.90	Unground pepper未磨胡椒	20%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)	20%	9%	9%	ABRSPQ

India is a member of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA). With an APTA certificate of origin, Indian goods pay China's APTA rate where the line has one; China applies the lower of that and its provisional rate.
The export VAT rebate is what China refunds its own exporters. When China cuts it, Chinese export prices tend to rise.

Every Chinese code in full

0904.11.00Unground pepper

0904.11.00.10Long pepper毕拨

Unit: kg
MFN import duty: 20%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 70%
Import VAT: 9%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 9%
Updated by China: 23 Aug 2026

Licences and certificates

QImported drugs clearance certificate进口药品通关单
AInbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)入境货物通关单
BOutbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)出境货物通关单

Inspection and quarantine

RImported food hygiene inspection进口食品卫生监督检验
SExported food hygiene inspection出口食品卫生监督检验
PInbound animal and plant (product) quarantine进境动植物、动植物产品检疫
QOutbound animal and plant (product) quarantine出境动植物、动植物产品检疫

What the customs declaration must state

0.Brand type品牌类型
1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
2.GTIN
3.CAS
4.Other其他

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 5%
Chile: 0%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 0%
Iceland: 0%
Australia: 0%
South Korea: 4%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%
Maldives: 0%
Cambodia: 10%
Nicaragua: 16%
Ecuador: 0%
Serbia: 14%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%

RCEP rates

Australia: 17.5%
Brunei: 15%
Cambodia: 15%
South Korea: 15%
Laos: 15%
Malaysia: 15%
New Zealand: 18%
Singapore: 15%
Thailand: 15%
Vietnam: 15%
Indonesia: 15%
Philippines: 15%
Myanmar: 15%

CIQ codes

0904110010101Long pepper (Piper longum) (medicinal)毕拨(药用荜茇)
0904110010102Long pepper (spice)毕拨(调味料)

0904.11.00.90Unground pepper未磨胡椒

Excluding Piper longum毕拨除外

Unit: kg
MFN import duty: 20%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 70%
Import VAT: 9%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 9%
Updated by China: 23 Aug 2026

Licences and certificates

AInbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)入境货物通关单
BOutbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)出境货物通关单

Inspection and quarantine

RImported food hygiene inspection进口食品卫生监督检验
SExported food hygiene inspection出口食品卫生监督检验
PInbound animal and plant (product) quarantine进境动植物、动植物产品检疫
QOutbound animal and plant (product) quarantine出境动植物、动植物产品检疫

What the customs declaration must state

0.Brand type品牌类型
1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
2.GTIN
3.CAS
4.Other其他

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 5%
Chile: 0%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 0%
Iceland: 0%
Australia: 0%
South Korea: 4%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%
Maldives: 0%
Cambodia: 10%
Nicaragua: 16%
Ecuador: 0%
Serbia: 14%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%

RCEP rates

Australia: 17.5%
Brunei: 15%
Cambodia: 15%
South Korea: 15%
Laos: 15%
Malaysia: 15%
New Zealand: 18%
Singapore: 15%
Thailand: 15%
Vietnam: 15%
Indonesia: 15%
Philippines: 15%
Myanmar: 15%

CIQ codes

0904110090101Pepper, unground (excl. cubeb pepper) (medicinal unground pepper)未磨胡椒(毕拨除外)(药用未磨胡椒)
0904110090102Pepper, neither crushed nor ground (excluding cubeb) (condiment)未磨胡椒(毕拨除外)(调味料)

China's tariff as compiled by HS编码网 from China Customs, the State Council Tariff Commission and the State Taxation Administration. The Chinese is the original.

Nearby codes

Previous0902 40Other black tea (fermented) and other partly fermented tea One level up0904Pepper of the genus piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta Next0904 21Dried, neiher crushed nor ground

Sources

GSTN HSN code masterChecked 13 Oct 2026
DGFT ITC(HS) import and export policyChecked 9 Oct 2026
GST rate per HSN (archived GSTZen extract)Checked 29 Sep 2026
Customs Tariff of India (First Schedule): sections, chapters, notes and statutory BCDChecked 19 Oct 2026
GST rates on goods, before and after 22 September 2025Checked 18 Oct 2026
BIS compulsory certification: products and Quality Control OrdersChecked 18 Oct 2026
Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duties in force (India)Checked 19 Oct 2026
India's export duty (Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act and notifications 27/2011, 55/2022, 22/2024)Checked 18 Oct 2026
India's All Industry Rates of duty drawback (notification 77/2023-Customs (N.T.))Checked 19 Oct 2026
China customs tariff (HS编码网)Checked 19 Oct 2026

For information, not a customs ruling. Only notifications published in the Gazette have legal force; confirm the duty with your customs broker or ICEGATE before you price a deal.