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Tariff item · Chapter 38 · Section VI, Products of the chemical or allied industries

HS 3808 99 10Pesticides, not else where specified or included

Miscellaneous chemical products › Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers)

Customs duty
10%
Tariff rate
GST now
5% or 18%
depending on the goods
Unit
kg
Duty in China
9%
On Indian goods
Landed costSearch codesDuty abroadRates as on 19 Oct 2026

Importing into India

What customs charges, what trade agreements take off, and the rules the goods must meet.

Customs duty

Customs duty on imports into India
DutyRateCharged on
Basic customs duty (BCD), MFN rate10%Assessable value
Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC)NilAssessable value11/2021-Customs, S.No. 17
Social Welfare Surcharge (SWS)10% of BCD, AIDC and Health CessBCD + AIDC
Integrated GST (IGST)5% or 18%Assessable value + BCD + AIDC + SWS

Lower duty under trade agreements

Lower customs duty under India's trade agreements
AgreementCustoms dutyGoods from
ASEAN–India FTA0%Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Duty-free tariff preference for LDCs0%Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Cambodia, Comoros, Laos, Liberia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Chad, Togo, Timor-Leste, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia
India–Australia ECTA0%Australia
India–Japan CEPA0%Japan
India–Korea CEPA0%South Korea
India–Malaysia CECA0%Malaysia
India–Sri Lanka FTA0%Sri Lanka
SAFTA0%Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal
India–UAE CEPA2%United Arab Emirates
SAFTA5%Sri Lanka

Goods from Pakistan pay 200%.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

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

Clearance by other agencies

CBIC's Compliance Information Portal lists no other agency's clearance for imports of this item.

From Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Compliance Information Portal.

Notes on these rates
  • BCD is the statutory tariff rate from a one-time snapshot of the Indian Trade Portal. Exemption notifications (such as 45/2025-Customs) and tariff changes made after the snapshot, including the Finance Act 2026 changes from 1 May 2026, are not applied.
  • IGST comes from our archived GST table, which still has the 12% and 28% slabs, so it may pre-date the GST rate changes of 22 September 2025. Check the current rate.
  • AIDC, Health Cess and the SWS exemptions are read from notifications 11/2021-Customs, 08/2020-Customs and 11/2018-Customs as amended (to 16/2026-Customs), and the notifications that lower AIDC for a while. SWS is 10% of BCD, AIDC and Health Cess together (Finance Act 2018, s.110), never of anti-dumping, countervailing or safeguard duty or IGST.
  • AIDC is Nil (S.No. 17 of 11/2021-Customs, which exempts all goods it does not name).
  • Not included: GST compensation cess, anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duties, and exemptions or concessions such as end-use, EOU/SEZ or project imports.
  • This does not check whether the import is allowed (DGFT import policy, licences, quality-control orders). The HS code explorer shows the import policy.
  • This is an estimate, not an assessment. Confirm the duty with your customs broker or ICEGATE's duty calculator before you price a deal.

GST

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

  • Now 5% or 18%, depending on the goods.
  • Until 21 September 2025 12% or 18%, depending on the goods.
  • Change: Changed.

The rules that set it now

GST rate rules in force
NotificationGoodsRate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 260The following Bio-pesticides, namely - 1 Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis 2 Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki 3 Bacillus thuringiensis var. galleriae 4 Bacillus sphaericus 5 Trichoderma viride 6 Trichoderma harzianum 7 Pseudomonas fluoresens 8 Beauveriabassiana 9 NPV of Helicoverpaarmigera 10 NPV of Spodopteralitura 11 Neem based pesticides 12 Cymbopogan5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 95Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products [other than bio-pesticides mentioned against S. No. 260 of Schedule -I]18%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 221Micronutrients, which are covered under serial number 1(g) of Schedule 1, Part (A) of the Fertilizer Control Order, 1985 and are manufactured by the manufacturers which are registered under the Fertilizer Control Order, 19855%

History

GST rate history
PeriodRateNotification
Until 21 Sep 202512% or 18%1/2017-Central Tax (Rate)
From 22 Sep 20255% or 18%9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)

Exporting from India

Export duty

Nil. The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act does not list these goods, so no export duty is charged.

Duty drawback (All Industry Rates)

All Industry Rates of duty drawback under this heading
Drawback itemGoodsRateCap
3808Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfec-tants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands,wicks and candles,and fly- papers)——
3808012,4-Dichloro Phenoxy Acetic Acid3.5%Rs. 12.9 per Kg
380802Esters of 2,4-Dichloro Phenoxy Acetic Acid2.5%Rs. 7.7 per Kg
380899Others1.2%—

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 incentives (RoDTEP and RoSCTL)

  • RoDTEP, Appendix 4R (exports from the domestic tariff area): Omitted from 01.05.2025 by 10/2025-26.
  • RoDTEP, Appendix 4RE (exports under Advance Authorisation, EOU or SEZ): Omitted from 01.06.2025 by 10/2025-26.

Clearance by other agencies

CBIC's Compliance Information Portal lists no other agency's clearance for exports of this item.

From Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Compliance Information Portal.

What buyers pay abroad: import duty in the US, UK, EU and Australia for 3808 99, and China's below.

China: the same goods (3808 99)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 2 in force under 3808 99. 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 codeGoodsDuty on Indian goodsMFNImport VATExport rebateLicences
3808.99.10.00Agricultural acaricides, nematicides, rodenticides and other pesticides, in retail packings零售包装的农业杀螨剂、杀线虫剂、杀鼠剂及其他农药9%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)9%9%9%S
3808.99.90.00Agricultural acaricides, nematicides, rodenticides and other pesticides, not in retail packings非零售包装的农业杀螨剂、杀线虫剂、杀鼠剂及其他农药9%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)9%9%9%S
  • 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

3808.99.10Other goods of this heading and similar products, put up for retail sale

3808.99.10.00Agricultural acaricides, nematicides, rodenticides and other pesticides, in retail packings零售包装的农业杀螨剂、杀线虫剂、杀鼠剂及其他农药

Including similar products包括类似品

Unit
kg
MFN import duty
9%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
35%
Import VAT
9%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
9%
Updated by China
10 Oct 2026
Licences and certificates
  • SPesticide import/export registration certificate进出口农药登记证明
Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Use用途
  • 3.Ingredient content成分含量
  • 4.Packing specifications包装规格
  • 5.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 6.Model型号
  • 7.GTIN
  • 8.CAS
  • 9.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
6.3%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
3.6%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
0%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
4.9%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 3808991000999Rodenticides and other pesticides (including similar products), put up in retail packings零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)

3808.99.90Other goods of this heading and similar products, not in retail packings

3808.99.90.00Agricultural acaricides, nematicides, rodenticides and other pesticides, not in retail packings非零售包装的农业杀螨剂、杀线虫剂、杀鼠剂及其他农药

Including similar products包括类似品

Unit
kg
MFN import duty
9%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
14%
Import VAT
9%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
9%
Updated by China
10 Oct 2026
Licences and certificates
  • SPesticide import/export registration certificate进出口农药登记证明
Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Use用途
  • 3.Ingredient content成分含量
  • 4.Packing specifications包装规格
  • 5.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 6.Model型号
  • 7.GTIN
  • 8.CAS
  • 9.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
6.3%
Ecuador
3.6%
Serbia
3.6%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
0%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
4.9%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 3808999000101Rodenticides & other pesticides (incl. similar products), not put up for retail sale (carbofuran)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(壤虫威)
  • 3808999000102Rodenticides and other pesticides (incl. similar products), not in retail packings (triazine liquid pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(三嗪液态农药)
  • 3808999000103Rodenticides and other pesticides, not for retail sale (incl. similar products) (clofop-isobutyl)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(氯氟草除)
  • 3808999000104Rodenticides and other pesticides, incl. similar products, not put up for retail sale (rotenone (content > 30%))非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(鱼尼汀(含量>30%))
  • 3808999000105Rodenticides and other agrochemical products (incl. similar products), put up in non-retail packings (Pyrethrum powder)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(除虫菊粉剂)
  • 3808999000106Rodenticides & other pesticides (incl. similar products), not put up for retail sale (cyanophos)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(氰脱灵)
  • 3808999000107Rodenticides & other pesticides (incl. similar products), not put up for retail sale (daminozide)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(矮健素)
  • 3808999000108Rodenticides and other agrochemical products (incl. similar products), put up in non-retail packings (Cyanthoate emulsion)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(氰脱灵乳剂)
  • 3808999000109Rodenticides and other pesticides, incl. similar products, not put up for retail sale (metam-sodium (content > 20%))非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(敌菌腙(含量>20%))
  • 3808999000110Rodenticides and other agrochemical products (incl. similar products), put up in non-retail packings (Paclobutrazol aqueous solution)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(矮健素水剂)
  • 3808999000111Rodenticides and other pesticides, not put up for retail sale (other secondary liquid rodenticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他二级灭鼠液态药剂)
  • 3808999000112Rodenticides and other pesticides, not put up for retail sale (other secondary solid rodenticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他二级灭鼠固态药剂)
  • 3808999000113Rodenticides & other pesticides, not put up for retail sale (other amide, liquid)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他酰胺类液态农药)
  • 3808999000114Rodenticides & other pesticides, not put up for retail sale (other amide, solid)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他酰胺类固态农药)
  • 3808999000115Rodenticides & other pesticides, not put up for retail sale (other bipyridyl, liquid)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他双吡啶液态农药)
  • 3808999000116Rodenticides & other pesticides, not put up for retail sale (other bipyridyl, solid)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他双吡啶固态农药)
  • 3808999000117Rodenticides & other pesticides, not put up for retail sale (other heterocyclic, liquid)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他杂环类液态农药)
  • 3808999000118Rodenticides & other pesticides, not put up for retail sale (other heterocyclic, solid)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他杂环类固态农药)
  • 3808999000119Rodenticides and other pesticides, not put up for retail sale (other nitrophenol liquid pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他硝基苯酚液态农药)
  • 3808999000120Rodenticides and other pesticides, not put up for retail sale (other nitrophenol solid pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他硝基苯酚固态农药)
  • 3808999000121Rodenticides & other pesticides, not put up for retail sale (other phenoxy, liquid)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他苯氧基液态农药)
  • 3808999000122Rodenticides & other pesticides, not put up for retail sale (other phenoxy, solid)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他苯氧基固态农药)
  • 3808999000123Rodenticides and other pesticides (incl. similar products), not in retail packs (other secondary carbamate pesticides, liquid)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他二级氨基甲酸酯液态农药)
  • 3808999000124Rodenticides and other pesticides (incl. similar products), not in retail packs (other secondary carbamate pesticides, solid)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他二级氨基甲酸酯固态农药)
  • 3808999000125Rodenticides and other pesticides, not in retail packs (including similar products) (secondary copper-containing liquid pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(二级含铜液态农药)
  • 3808999000126Rodenticides and other pesticides, not in retail packs (including similar products) (secondary copper-containing solid pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(二级含铜固态农药)
  • 3808999000127Rodenticides and other pesticides, incl. similar products, not put up for retail sale (other solid secondary organotin pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他二级有机锡固态农药)
  • 3808999000128Rodenticides and other pesticides, not put up for retail sale (other secondary mercury-containing solid pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他二级含汞固态农药)
  • 3808999000129Rodenticides and other pesticides, incl. similar products, not put up for retail sale (other liquid secondary organosulfur pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他二级有机硫液态农药)
  • 3808999000130Rodenticides and other pesticides, incl. similar products, not put up for retail sale (other solid secondary organosulfur pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他二级有机硫固态农药)
  • 3808999000131Rodenticides and other pesticides, not put up for retail sale (other secondary arsenic-containing liquid pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他二级含砷液态农药)
  • 3808999000132Rodenticides and other pesticides, not in retail packs (including similar products) (secondary arsenic-containing solid pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(二级含砷固态农药)
  • 3808999000133Rodenticides and other pesticides, incl. similar products, not put up for retail sale (other liquid secondary organochlorine pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他二级有机氯液态农药)
  • 3808999000134Rodenticides and other pesticides, incl. similar products, not put up for retail sale (other solid secondary organochlorine pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他二级有机氯固态农药)
  • 3808999000135Rodenticides and other pesticides, incl. similar products, not put up for retail sale (other liquid secondary organophosphorus pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他二级有机磷液态农药)
  • 3808999000136Rodenticides and other pesticides, incl. similar products, not put up for retail sale (other solid secondary organophosphorus pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他二级有机磷固态农药)
  • 3808999000137Rodenticides and other pesticides, not put up for retail sale (other secondary other inorganic pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他二级其他无机农药)
  • 3808999000138Rodenticides and other pesticides, not put up for retail sale (other secondary sulfur-containing inorganic pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他二级含硫无机农药)
  • 3808999000139Rodenticides and other pesticides, not put up for retail sale (other primary other solid pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他一级其他固态农药)
  • 3808999000140Rodenticides and other pesticides, not put up for retail sale (other primary liquid rodenticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他一级灭鼠液态农药)
  • 3808999000141Rodenticides and other pesticides (incl. similar products), not in retail packs (other primary carbamate pesticides, liquid)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他一级氨基甲酸酯液态农药)
  • 3808999000142Rodenticides and other pesticides (incl. similar products), not in retail packs (other primary carbamate pesticides, solid)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他一级氨基甲酸酯固态农药)
  • 3808999000143Rodenticides and other pesticides, incl. similar products, not put up for retail sale (other liquid primary organophosphorus pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(其他一级有机磷液态农药)
  • 3808999000144Rodenticides and other pesticides, not in retail packings (including similar products) (secondary organotin liquid pesticides)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(二级有机锡液态农药)
  • 3808999000301Rodenticides and other pesticides, not put up for retail sale (toxic and infectious substances)非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)(毒性物质和感染性物质)
  • 3808999000999Rodenticides and other pesticides (incl. similar products), not in retail packs非零售包装的杀鼠剂及其他农药(包括类似品)

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.

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