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HS 7207 20 90Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel: other

Iron and steel › Containing by weight 0.25% or more of carbon

Customs duty
7.5%
Notified, 45/2025-Customs
GST now
18%
Import policy
Free
With a condition
Export policy
Free
Unit
kg
Duty in China
0%
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), rate notified under 45/2025-Customs7.5%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)18%Assessable value + BCD + AIDC + SWS

BCD is the rate notified under 45/2025-Customs (S.No. 214); the tariff's statutory rate is 15%.

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–EFTA TEPA51/2025-Customs0%Switzerland, Liechtenstein
India–Japan CEPA0%Japan
India–Korea CEPA0%South Korea
India–Malaysia CECA0%Malaysia
India–Oman CEPA20/2026-Customs0%Oman
India–Sri Lanka FTA0%Sri Lanka
India–UAE CEPA0%United Arab Emirates
SAFTA0%Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal
India–EFTA TEPA52/2025-Customs4.5%Norway
SAFTA5%Sri Lanka
India–EFTA TEPA53/2025-Customs5.36%Iceland
India–UK CETA29/2026-Customs6.8%United Kingdom

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

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

BIS certification

  • Carbon steel billets, blooms, slabs and bars for forgings. (IS 1875:1992): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Carbon steel cast billet ingots, billets, blooms and slabs for re-rolling into structural steel (ordinary quality) – Specification (IS 2831:2012): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Specification for Steel For Electrically welded round Link Chains. (IS 6967:1973): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Steel ingots, blooms and billets for production of mild steel wire rods for general engineering purposes – Specification (IS 8952:1995): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Carbon Steel Cast Billet Ingots, Billets, Blooms and Slabs for Rerolling purposes- Specification (IS 14650:1999): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Steel Billets,Bars And Sections For Boilers (IS 2100:1970): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Carbon And Carbon- Manganese Free- Cutting Steels (IS 4431:1978): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Carbon And Low Alloy Billets, Blooms, Slabs And Bars For Manufacture Of Shell BodiesAnd Proof Shots Used In Defence Services (IS 14698:1999): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Steel ingots, billets and blooms for the production of springs, rivets and screws for general engineering applications – Specification. (IS 8052:2006): Not operative from 20 Nov 2025. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Mild Steel Rivet Bars For Ship Building (IS 3298:1981): Not operative from 20 Nov 2025. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Case Hardening Steels (IS 4432:1988): Not operative from 20 Nov 2025. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Stock for Forgings produced from Continuously Cast Blooms, Billets and Slabs (IS 13352:1992): Not operative from 20 Nov 2025. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024

Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS))

  • Free.
  • Condition: Carbon steel cast billet ingots, billets, blooms and slabs for re-rolling into low tensile structural steel must conform to IS 2831
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. 214), 7.5%, not the statutory 15%: an exemption notification lets customs charge the lower. (As amended by 02/2026-Customs.) (Not for seconds and defectives.)
  • 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

GST rate rules in force
NotificationGoodsRate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 266Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel18%

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 under notification 27/2011-Customs, S.No. 53 (CBIC Customs Tariff as on 30.06.2025, Second Schedule (27/2011-Customs as amended up to 24/2024-Customs)). The tariff rate is 20%.

Duty drawback (All Industry Rates)

All Industry Rates of duty drawback under this heading
Drawback itemGoodsRateCap
7207Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel1.4%—

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 7207 20, and China's below.

China: the same goods (7207 20)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 2 in force and 1 expired under 7207 20. 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
7207.20.00.10Continuously cast round billets for wheels车轮用连铸圆坯0%China's provisional rate, lower than MFN2%13%0%4BxN
7207.20.00.90Other semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel, containing by weight not less than 0.25% of carbon其他含碳量不小于0.25%的铁及非合金钢的半制成品0%China's provisional rate, lower than MFN2%13%0%4BxN
  • 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

7207.20.00Semi-finished products of ordinary steel, C ≥ 0.25%

7207.20.00.10Continuously cast round billets for wheels车轮用连铸圆坯
Unit
kg
MFN import duty
2%
Provisional import duty
0%
General import duty
11%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
0%
Export VAT rebate
0%
Updated by China
7 Sep 2026
Licences and certificates
  • 4Export licence出口许可证
  • BOutbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)出境货物通关单
  • xExport licence (processing trade)出口许可证(加工贸易)
Inspection and quarantine
  • NExport commodity inspection出口商品检验
What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Shape (e.g., large blooms, small billets)形状(大方坯、小方坯等)
  • 3.Material (iron, non-alloy steel)材质(铁、非合金钢)
  • 4.Method of working (e.g., hot-rolled, forged)加工方法(初轧、粗锻等)
  • 5.Composition (content of iron, carbon, alloying elements, non-alloying elements)成分含量(铁、碳、合金元素、非合金元素的含量)
  • 6.Cross-sectional shape (square, etc.)截面形状(正方形等)
  • 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
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
  • 7207200010999Continuously cast round billets for wheels (diameter 380MM and 450MM, tolerance ±1.2%, carbon content: 0.38%-0.85%, manganese content: 0.68%-1.2%, phosphorus content ≤0.012%, total oxide content ≤0.0012%)车轮用连铸圆坯(直径为380MM和450MM,公差±1.2%,含碳量:0.38%-0.85%,含锰量:0.68%-1.2%,含磷量≤0.012%,总氧化物含量≤0.0012%)
7207.20.00.90Other semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel, containing by weight not less than 0.25% of carbon其他含碳量不小于0.25%的铁及非合金钢的半制成品
Unit
kg
MFN import duty
2%
Provisional import duty
0%
General import duty
11%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
0%
Export VAT rebate
0%
Updated by China
7 Sep 2026
Licences and certificates
  • 4Export licence出口许可证
  • BOutbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)出境货物通关单
  • xExport licence (processing trade)出口许可证(加工贸易)
Inspection and quarantine
  • NExport commodity inspection出口商品检验
What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Shape (e.g., large blooms, small billets)形状(大方坯、小方坯等)
  • 3.Material (iron, non-alloy steel)材质(铁、非合金钢)
  • 4.Method of working (e.g., hot-rolled, forged)加工方法(初轧、粗锻等)
  • 5.Composition (content of iron, carbon, alloying elements, non-alloying elements)成分含量(铁、碳、合金元素、非合金元素的含量)
  • 6.Cross-sectional shape (square, etc.)截面形状(正方形等)
  • 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
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
  • 7207200090999Other semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel, containing by weight not less than 0.25% of carbon其他含碳量不小于0.25%的铁及非合金钢的半制成品
7207.20.00.00Billets of steel, containing by weight 0.25% or more of carbon含碳量不小于0.25%的钢坯Expired
Unit
kg
MFN import duty
2%
Provisional import duty
0%
General import duty
11%
Import VAT
17%
Consumption tax
None
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
0%
Updated by China
7 Sep 2026
Licences and certificates

None.

Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state

Not listed.

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%
CIQ codes
  • 7207200000999Billets of steel, containing by weight 0.25% or more of carbon含碳量不小于0.25%的钢坯

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

Previous7207 20 30Seamless steel tube qualityOne level up7207 20Containing by weight 0.25% or more of carbonNext7208 10 00In coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, with patterns in relief

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.