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Tariff item · Chapter 72 · Section XV, Base metals and articles of base metal

HS 7208 25 10Plates

Iron and steel › Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated › Of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more

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
5%
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–EFTA TEPA51/2025-Customs0%Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway
India–Japan CEPA0%Japan
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–Australia ECTA3.2%Australia
India–EFTA TEPA53/2025-Customs4.5%Iceland
India–Korea CEPA5%South Korea
SAFTA5%Sri Lanka
India–UK CETA29/2026-Customs6.8%United Kingdom

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty in force

  • Safeguard duty on goods from All countries: 11.5% ad valorem until 20 Apr 2027 (until 20 Apr 2028). Non-Alloy and Alloy Steel Flat Products. 02/2025-SG
  • Anti-dumping duty on goods from Vietnam: Nil to USD 121.55 per tonne, by origin and producer (until 11 Nov 2030). Hot rolled flat products of alloy or non-alloy steel. 32/2025-ADD

Charged on top of the duty above, only on goods from the countries named.

BIS certification

  • Hot rolled medium and high tensile structural steel (IS 2062:2011): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Hot Rolled Carbon Steel Sheet, Plate and Strip — Specification. (IS 1079:2017): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Hot Rolled Steel Sheet, Plate and Strip for Forming and Flanging Purposes — Specification. (IS 5986:2017): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Hot Rolled Steel Plate (up to 6 mm) Sheet and Strip for the Manufacture of Low Pressure Liquefiable Gas Cylinders (IS 6240:2008): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Structural Weather resistant steel. (IS 11587:1986): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Fire resistant Steel- Specification (IS 15103:2002): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • High Tensile Strength Flat Rolled Steel Plate (Up to 6 mm), Sheet and Strip for the Manufacture of Welded Gas Cylinder. (IS 15914:2011): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Galvanized Structural Steel – Specification (IS 16732:2019): In force from 8 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Plates For Galvanizing Pots (IS 8917:1978): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Hot Rolled Steel Plates Sheets And Strips For Manufacture of Agricultural Discs (IS 9442:1980): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Structural Steel (Ordinary Quality) (IS 15911:2010): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Hot-Rolled Steel Strip, Sheet and Plates for Welded Steel Pipe for Pipeline Transportation Systems (IS 18384:2023): In force from 28 Feb 2025. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
  • Mild steel wire for cotter pins (IS 10794:1984): Not operative from 20 Nov 2025. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024

Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS))

  • Free.
  • Condition: Â Hot rolled medium and high tensile structural steel (excluding bars and rods of diameter or thickness less than 6mm and structural below 50mmX50mmX6mm) must conform to IS 2062
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. 267All flat-rolled 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. 54 (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
7208Flat-rolled products of iron or non- alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated1.5%—

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 7208 25, and China's below.

China: the same goods (7208 25)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 1 in force under 7208 25. 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
7208.25.00.00Other hot-rolled coils, pickled, of thickness ≥ 4.75mm厚≥4.75mm其他经酸洗的热轧卷材5%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)5%13%0%4x
  • 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

7208.25.00Other hot-rolled, pickled flat products of ordinary steel, in coils, thickness ≥ 4.75mm

7208.25.00.00Other hot-rolled coils, pickled, of thickness ≥ 4.75mm厚≥4.75mm其他经酸洗的热轧卷材

Not further worked than hot-rolled, width >= 600mm, not clad, plated or coated除热轧外未进一步加工,宽≥600mm,未包、镀、涂层

Unit
kg
MFN import duty
5%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
14%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
0%
Updated by China
27 Sep 2026
Licences and certificates
  • 4Export licence出口许可证
  • 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.Shape (flat plate, coiled plate)形状(平板、卷板)
  • 3.Material (iron, non-alloy steel)材质(铁、非合金钢)
  • 4.Processing method (hot-rolled, etc.)加工方法(热轧等)
  • 5.Degree of processing (whether pickled, whether rolled with patterns, whether clad, plated or coated)加工程度(是否酸洗,是否轧有花纹,是否包覆及镀层、涂
  • 6.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)
  • 7.Specification (thickness, width of plates)规格(板材的厚度、宽度)
  • 8.Yield strength屈服强度
  • 9.Steel grades钢号
  • 10.GTIN
  • 11.CAS
  • 12.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%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
2%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
0%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
3.8%
Brunei
3.8%
Cambodia
3.8%
Laos
3.8%
Malaysia
3.8%
New Zealand
4%
Singapore
3.8%
Thailand
3.8%
Vietnam
3.8%
Indonesia
3.8%
Philippines
3.8%
Myanmar
3.8%
CIQ codes
  • 7208250000999Other hot-rolled coils, pickled, of thickness >=4.75mm (not further worked than hot-rolled, width >=600mm, not clad, plated or coated)厚≥4.75mm其他经酸洗的热轧卷材(除热轧外未进一步加工,宽≥600mm,未包、镀、涂层)

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

Previous7208 10 00In coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, with patterns in reliefOne level up7208 25Of a thickness of 4.75 mm or moreNext7208 25 20Universal plates

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.