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HS 7015Clock or watch glasses and similar glasses, glasses for non-corrective or corrective spectacles, curved, bent, hollowed or the like; not optically worked; hollow glass spheres and their segments, for the manufacture of such glasses

Glass and glassware

Customs duty
5% to 10%
6 tariff items
GST now
18%
Import policy
Free
Export policy
Free
Unit
kg
Duty in China
10.5% to 15%
On Indian goods
Search codesRates as on 19 Oct 2026

Codes under this heading

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

Codes under this code
CodeDescriptionCustoms dutyGST nowUnit
7015 10Glasses for corrective spectacles5% to 10%5%kg
7015 90Other10%18%kg

Importing into India

Duty is set on each 8-digit tariff item: open one of the codes above. Basic customs duty across its 6 tariff items: 5% to 10%. The rules below cover this whole code.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

None in force on this code as on 19 Oct 2026. 3 earlier measures have ended.

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

  • Free: 6 tariff items

GST

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

  • Now 18%.
  • Until 21 September 2025 18%.
  • Change: Unchanged.

The rules that set it now

GST rate rules in force
NotificationGoodsRate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 254Clock or watch glasses and similar glasses, glasses for non- corrective spectacles, curved, bent, hollowed or the like, not optically worked; hollow glass spheres and their segments, for the manufacture of such glasses18%

History

GST rate history
PeriodRateNotification
Until 21 Sep 202518%1/2017-Central Tax (Rate)
From 22 Sep 202518%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
7015Clock or watch glasses and similar glasses, for non-corrective or corrective spectacles, curved, bent, hollowed or the like; not optically worked; hollow glass spheres and their segments, for the manufacture of such glasses1.2%—

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

  • Free: 6 tariff items

China: the same goods (7015)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 5 in force under 7015. 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
7015.10.10.00Blanks for photochromatic corrective spectacle lenses视力矫正眼镜用变色镜片坯件15%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)15%13%0%None
7015.10.90.00Other blanks for corrective spectacle lenses其他视力矫正眼镜用镜片坯件15%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)15%13%0%None
7015.90.10.00Watch glass钟表玻璃15%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)15%13%0%None
7015.90.20.00Plano photochromic lens blanks平光变色镜片坯件10.5%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin15%13%0%None
7015.90.90.00Other non-optically worked glass of heading 7015品目7015的其他未经光学加工玻璃10.8%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin12%13%0%None
  • 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.

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

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Sources

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.

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