Chapter · Chapter 28 · Section VI, Products of the chemical or allied industries
HS 28Inorganic chemicals, organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
- Customs duty
- 0% to 27.5%
- 332 tariff items
- Import policy
- Mostly Free
- Restricted: 31 items
- Export policy
- Free
- Unit
- kg
Search codesRates as on 19 Oct 2026
Codes under this chapter
50 codes. Duty and GST are set on the 8-digit tariff items; open the one that describes your goods.
| Code | Description | Customs duty | GST now | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2801 | Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine | 2.5% to 5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2802 | Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur | 5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2803 | Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included) | 5% to 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2804 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals | 5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2805 | Alkali or alkaline-earth metals; rare-earth metals,scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed; mercury | 5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2806 | Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2807 | Sulphuric acid; oleum | 7.5% | 5% | kg |
| 2808 | Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids | 7.5% | 5% | kg |
| 2809 | Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid; polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined | 7.5% to 20% | 5% | kg |
| 2810 | Oxides of boron; boric acids | 7.5% to 27.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2811 | Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2812 | Halides and halide oxides of non-metals | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2813 | Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosphorus trisulphide | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2814 | Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution | 5% | 5% | kg |
| 2815 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2816 | Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2817 | Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2818 | Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide | 5% to 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2819 | Chromium oxides and hydroxides | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2820 | Manganese oxides | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2821 | Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70% or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as fe 2o3 | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2822 | Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2823 | Titanium oxides | 7.5% to 10% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2824 | Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2825 | Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides | 0% to 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2826 | Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2827 | Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2828 | Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorites; chlorites; hypobromites | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2829 | Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2830 | Sulphides; polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2831 | Dithionites and sulphoxylates | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2832 | Sulphites; thiosulphates | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2833 | Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates) | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2834 | Nitrites; nitrates | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2835 | Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined | 7.5% | 0% | kg |
| 2836 | Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2837 | Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides | 7.5% to 10% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2839 | Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2840 | Borates; peroxoborates (perborates) | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2841 | Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2842 | Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids, (including aluminosilicates, whether or not chemically defined), other than azides | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2843 | Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals | 10% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2844 | Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products | 0% to 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2845 | Isotopes other than those of heading 2844; compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined | 7.5% | 5% | kg |
| 2846 | Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2847 | Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea | 7.5% | 5% | kg |
| 2849 | Carbides, whether or not chemically defined | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2850 | Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other than compounds which are also carbides of heading 2849 | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2852 | Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury, whether or not chemically defined, excluding amalgams | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 2853 | Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined,excluding ferrophosphorus; other inorganic compounds (including distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity); liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air; amalgams, other than amalgams of precious metals | 7.5% | 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 332 tariff items: 0% to 27.5%. The rules below cover this whole code.
Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty in force
- Anti-dumping duty on goods from China, European Union, Japan and South Korea: USD 13–554 per tonne, by origin and producer (until 26 Jun 2029). Sodium Cyanide. 10/2024-ADD
- Anti-dumping duty on goods from China: USD 163.90–207.72 per tonne, by origin and producer (until 20 Nov 2028). Synthetic Grade Zeolite 4A (Detergent Grade). 12/2023-ADD
- Anti-dumping duty on goods from China: USD 460–681 per tonne, by origin and producer (until 9 May 2030). Titanium dioxide. 12/2025-ADD
- Anti-dumping duty on goods from China and Japan: USD 259–358 per tonne, by origin and producer (until 5 Jun 2030). Insoluble Sulphur. 13/2025-ADD
- Anti-dumping duty on goods from Iran and Thailand: USD 54.09–179.96 per tonne, by origin and producer (until 10 Dec 2028). Synthetic Grade Zeolite 4A. 14/2023-ADD
- Anti-dumping duty on goods from China and South Korea: Nil to USD 1,296 per tonne, by origin and producer (until 10 Feb 2027). Untreated Fumed Silica. 66/2021-ADD
- Anti-dumping duty on goods from China and South Korea: USD 300–440 per tonne, by origin and producer (until 16 Dec 2026). Sodium Hydrosulphite. 71/2021-ADD
Charged on top of the duty above, only on goods from the countries named.
Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS)) of its tariff items
- Free: 304 tariff items
- Restricted: 31 tariff items
Exporting from India
Export duty
It depends on the goods: the entries below name only some goods under this code, or rate them differently.
| Entry | Goods | Export duty |
|---|---|---|
| The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, S.No. 25Named goods or on a condition | Manganese dioxide | 20% |
| Notification 27/2011-Customs, S.No. 25Named goods or on a condition | Manganese dioxide | Nil |
Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items
- Free: 335 tariff items
Nearby codes
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
- 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
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.