Tariff item · Chapter 72 · Section XV, Base metals and articles of base metal
HS 7204 49 00Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel: other
Iron and steel
- Customs duty
- 0%
- Notified, 45/2025-Customs
- GST now
- 18%
- Import policy
- Free
- Export policy
- Free
- Unit
- kg
- Duty in China
- 0%
- On Indian goods
Importing into India
What customs charges, what trade agreements take off, and the rules the goods must meet.
Customs duty
| Duty | Rate | Charged on |
|---|---|---|
| Basic customs duty (BCD), rate notified under 45/2025-Customs | 0% | Assessable value |
| Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC) | Nil | Assessable value11/2021-Customs, S.No. 17 |
| Social Welfare Surcharge (SWS) | 10% of BCD, AIDC and Health Cess | BCD + AIDC |
| Integrated GST (IGST) | 18% | Assessable value + BCD + AIDC + SWS |
BCD is the rate notified under 45/2025-Customs (S.No. 205); the tariff's statutory rate is 2.5%.
Lower duty under trade agreements
No trade agreement gives a lower rate than the duty above on this line.
Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty
None in force on this code as on 19 Oct 2026.
Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS))
- Free.
Notes on these rates
- The statutory rates come from a one-time snapshot of the Indian Trade Portal (CBIC's tariff of 30.06.2025). Changes the Finance Act 2026 made to the tariff from 1 May 2026 are not in it.
- BCD is the standard rate notified under 45/2025-Customs (Table I, S.No. 205), Nil, not the statutory 2.5%: an exemption notification lets customs charge the lower. (As amended by 02/2026-Customs.)
- Table I of 45/2025-Customs also has 4 entries that cover this code for named goods or on a condition (for example S.No. 106: Nil | Nil | Nil, condition 3 3 3). They lower the duty only if the importer meets the condition, so they are not in the totals.
- 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 18%.
- Until 21 September 2025 18%.
- Change: Unchanged.
The rules that set it now
| Notification | Goods | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 263 | Ferrous waste and scrap; remelt ing scrap ingots of iron or steel | 18% |
History
| Period | Rate | Notification |
|---|---|---|
| Until 21 Sep 2025 | 18% | 1/2017-Central Tax (Rate) |
| From 22 Sep 2025 | 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)
| Drawback item | Goods | Rate | Cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7204 | Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel | Nil | — |
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): Not listed: this item earns nothing under it.
- RoDTEP, Appendix 4RE (exports under Advance Authorisation, EOU or SEZ): Not listed: this item earns nothing under it.
Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2)
- Free.
What buyers pay abroad: import duty in the US, UK, EU and Australia for 7204 49, and China's below.
China: the same goods (7204 49)
China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 3 in force and 2 expired under 7204 49. Exporters see what China charges Indian goods; importers see the rebate and licences their Chinese supplier deals with.
| China code | Goods | Duty on Indian goods | MFN | Import VAT | Export rebate | Licences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7204.49.00.30 | Unlisted recycled steel raw materials meeting GB/T 39733-2020 standard符合GB/T 39733-2020标准要求的未列名再生钢铁原料 | 0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 0% | 13% | 0% | 4AxM |
| 7204.49.00.40 | Waste pressed parts of motor vehicles, waste hardware and electrical appliances mainly for steel recovery废汽车压件、以回收钢铁为主的废五金电器 | 0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 0% | 13% | 0% | 49x |
| 7204.49.00.90 | Other iron and steel waste and scrap, n.e.s.其他未列名钢铁废碎料 | 0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 0% | 13% | 0% | 49AxM |
- 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
7204.49.00Iron and steel waste and scrap, n.e.s.
7204.49.00.30Unlisted recycled steel raw materials meeting GB/T 39733-2020 standard符合GB/T 39733-2020标准要求的未列名再生钢铁原料
- Unit
- kg
- MFN import duty
- 0%
- Provisional import duty
- None
- General import duty
- 8%
- Import VAT
- 13%
- Consumption tax
- 0%
- Export duty
- 40%
- Provisional export duty
- None
- Export VAT rebate
- 0%
- Updated by China
- 7 Sep 2026
Licences and certificates
- 4Export licence出口许可证
- AInbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)入境货物通关单
- xExport licence (processing trade)出口许可证(加工贸易)
Inspection and quarantine
- MImport commodity inspection进口商品检验
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 (for remelting into steel)用途(供再熔炼钢用)
- 3.Form (waste and scrap, cut, compressed into bales or plates, bars, etc.)形状(废碎、切割、压缩成包或板、条状等)
- 4.Material (non-alloy steel)材质(非合金钢)
- 5.Source (produced by machining, or by crushing what kind of iron or steel products)来源(机械加工产生、由破碎何种钢铁制品而得)
- 6.Composition (total metal content and names and content of each metal)成分含量(所含金属总含量和各种金属名称及含量)
- 7.Steel grades钢号
- 8.Grade牌号
- 9.Specification (length, width, thickness or bulk density, etc.)规格(长宽厚或堆密度等)
- 10.Valuation date计价日期
- 11.Weight percentage of rare earth elements, expressed as [A]稀土元素的重量百分比,以[A]表示
- 12.GTIN
- 13.CAS
- 14.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
- 0%
- Ecuador
- 0%
- Serbia
- 0%
- 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
- 0%
- Indonesia
- 0%
- Philippines
- 0%
- Myanmar
- 0%
CIQ codes
- 7204490030999Recycled ferrous scrap, not elsewhere specified or included, conforming to GB/T 39733-2020符合GB/T39733-2020标准要求的未列名再生钢铁原料
7204.49.00.40Waste pressed parts of motor vehicles, waste hardware and electrical appliances mainly for steel recovery废汽车压件、以回收钢铁为主的废五金电器
- Unit
- kg
- MFN import duty
- 0%
- Provisional import duty
- None
- General import duty
- 8%
- Import VAT
- 13%
- Consumption tax
- 0%
- Export duty
- 40%
- Provisional export duty
- None
- Export VAT rebate
- 0%
- Updated by China
- 7 Sep 2026
Licences and certificates
- 4Export licence出口许可证
- 9Import prohibited禁止进口商品
- xExport licence (processing trade)出口许可证(加工贸易)
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 (for remelting into steel)用途(供再熔炼钢用)
- 3.Form (waste and scrap, cut, compressed into bales or plates, bars, etc.)形状(废碎、切割、压缩成包或板、条状等)
- 4.Material (non-alloy steel)材质(非合金钢)
- 5.Source (produced by machining, or by crushing what kind of iron or steel products)来源(机械加工产生、由破碎何种钢铁制品而得)
- 6.Composition (total metal content and names and content of each metal)成分含量(所含金属总含量和各种金属名称及含量)
- 7.Steel grades钢号
- 8.Grade牌号
- 9.Specification (length, width, thickness or bulk density, etc.)规格(长宽厚或堆密度等)
- 10.Valuation date计价日期
- 11.Weight percentage of rare earth elements, expressed as [A]稀土元素的重量百分比,以[A]表示
- 12.GTIN
- 13.CAS
- 14.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
- 0%
- Ecuador
- 0%
- Serbia
- 0%
- 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
- 0%
- Indonesia
- 0%
- Philippines
- 0%
- Myanmar
- 0%
CIQ codes
- 7204490040301Waste pressed parts of motor vehicles, waste hardware and electrical appliances mainly for steel recovery (waste pressed parts of motor vehicles)废汽车压件、以回收钢铁为主的废五金电器(废汽车压件)
- 7204490040302Waste pressed parts of automobiles, waste electrical and electronic equipment predominantly of recovered iron or steel (waste electrical and electronic equipment predominantly of recovered iron or steel)废汽车压件、以回收钢铁为主的废五金电器(以回收钢铁为主的废五金电器)
7204.49.00.90Other iron and steel waste and scrap, n.e.s.其他未列名钢铁废碎料
- Unit
- kg
- MFN import duty
- 0%
- Provisional import duty
- None
- General import duty
- 8%
- Import VAT
- 13%
- Consumption tax
- 0%
- Export duty
- 40%
- Provisional export duty
- None
- Export VAT rebate
- 0%
- Updated by China
- 7 Sep 2026
Licences and certificates
- 4Export licence出口许可证
- 9Import prohibited禁止进口商品
- AInbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)入境货物通关单
- xExport licence (processing trade)出口许可证(加工贸易)
Inspection and quarantine
- MImport commodity inspection进口商品检验
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 (for remelting into steel)用途(供再熔炼钢用)
- 3.Form (waste and scrap, cut, compressed into bales or plates, bars, etc.)形状(废碎、切割、压缩成包或板、条状等)
- 4.Material (non-alloy steel)材质(非合金钢)
- 5.Source (produced by machining, or by crushing what kind of iron or steel products)来源(机械加工产生、由破碎何种钢铁制品而得)
- 6.Composition (total metal content and names and content of each metal)成分含量(所含金属总含量和各种金属名称及含量)
- 7.Steel grades钢号
- 8.Grade牌号
- 9.Specification (length, width, thickness or bulk density, etc.)规格(长宽厚或堆密度等)
- 10.Valuation date计价日期
- 11.Weight percentage of rare earth elements, expressed as [A]稀土元素的重量百分比,以[A]表示
- 12.GTIN
- 13.CAS
- 14.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
- 0%
- Ecuador
- 0%
- Serbia
- 0%
- 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
- 0%
- Indonesia
- 0%
- Philippines
- 0%
- Myanmar
- 0%
CIQ codes
- 7204490090999Unlisted iron or steel waste and scrap未列名钢铁废碎料
7204.49.00.10Pressed waste of motor vehicles废汽车压件Expired
- Unit
- kg
- MFN import duty
- 0%
- Provisional import duty
- None
- General import duty
- 8%
- Import VAT
- 13%
- Consumption tax
- None
- Export duty
- 40%
- Provisional export duty
- None
- Export VAT rebate
- 0%
- Updated by China
- 7 Sep 2026
Licences and certificates
- 9Import prohibited禁止进口商品
Inspection and quarantine
- MImport commodity inspection进口商品检验
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 (for remelting into steel)用途(供再熔炼钢用)
- 3.Form (waste and scrap, cut, compressed into bales or plates, bars, etc.)形状(废碎、切割、压缩成包或板、条状等)
- 4.Material (non-alloy steel)材质(非合金钢)
- 5.Source (produced by machining, or by crushing what kind of iron or steel products)来源(机械加工产生、由破碎何种钢铁制品而得)
- 6.Composition (total metal content and names and content of each metal)成分含量(所含金属总含量和各种金属名称及含量)
- 7.Steel grades钢号
- 8.Grade牌号
- 9.Specification (length, width, thickness or bulk density, etc.)规格(长宽厚或堆密度等)
- 10.Valuation date计价日期
- 11.Weight percentage of rare earth elements, expressed as [A]稀土元素的重量百分比,以[A]表示
- 12.GTIN
- 13.CAS
- 14.Other其他
China's agreement rates
- 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%
RCEP rates
- Australia
- 0%
- Brunei
- 0%
- Cambodia
- 0%
- Laos
- 0%
- Malaysia
- 0%
- New Zealand
- 0%
- Singapore
- 0%
- Thailand
- 0%
- Vietnam
- 0%
- Japan
- 0%
CIQ codes
- 7204490010999Pressed waste of motor vehicles废汽车压件
7204.49.00.20Waste electrical and electronic equipment, mainly of recycled iron and steel以回收钢铁为主的废五金电器Expired
- Unit
- kg
- MFN import duty
- 0%
- Provisional import duty
- None
- General import duty
- 8%
- Import VAT
- 13%
- Consumption tax
- None
- Export duty
- 40%
- Provisional export duty
- None
- Export VAT rebate
- 0%
- Updated by China
- 7 Sep 2026
Licences and certificates
- 9Import prohibited禁止进口商品
Inspection and quarantine
- MImport commodity inspection进口商品检验
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 (for remelting into steel)用途(供再熔炼钢用)
- 3.Form (waste and scrap, cut, compressed into bales or plates, bars, etc.)形状(废碎、切割、压缩成包或板、条状等)
- 4.Material (non-alloy steel)材质(非合金钢)
- 5.Source (produced by machining, or by crushing what kind of iron or steel products)来源(机械加工产生、由破碎何种钢铁制品而得)
- 6.Composition (total metal content and names and content of each metal)成分含量(所含金属总含量和各种金属名称及含量)
- 7.Steel grades钢号
- 8.Grade牌号
- 9.Specification (length, width, thickness or bulk density, etc.)规格(长宽厚或堆密度等)
- 10.Valuation date计价日期
- 11.Weight percentage of rare earth elements, expressed as [A]稀土元素的重量百分比,以[A]表示
- 12.GTIN
- 13.CAS
- 14.Other其他
China's agreement rates
- 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%
RCEP rates
- Australia
- 0%
- Brunei
- 0%
- Cambodia
- 0%
- Laos
- 0%
- Malaysia
- 0%
- New Zealand
- 0%
- Singapore
- 0%
- Thailand
- 0%
- Vietnam
- 0%
- Japan
- 0%
CIQ codes
- 7204490020999Waste electrical and electronic equipment, mainly of recycled iron and steel以回收钢铁为主的废五金电器
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
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 import tariff by origin (Indian Trade Portal snapshot)Checked 29 Sep 2026
- GST schedule headings and 8-digit IGST (archived)Checked 29 Sep 2026
- HS code descriptions (archived file)Checked 29 Sep 2026
- India's effective basic customs duty (notification 45/2025-Customs, Table I)Checked 19 Oct 2026
- India's AIDC, Health Cess and Social Welfare Surcharge exemptions (11/2021, 08/2020, 11/2018-Customs)Checked 18 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
- RoDTEP export incentive rates (DGFT Appendix 4R and 4RE)Checked 18 Oct 2026
- RoSCTL rebate for apparel and made-ups (Ministry of Textiles): periods and ratesChecked 19 Oct 2026
- China customs tariff (HS编码网)Checked 19 Oct 2026
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