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

HS 7228 30 24Tool and die steel

Iron and steel › Other bars and rods of other alloy steel; angles, shapes and sections, of other alloy steel; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel › Other bars and rods, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded

Customs duty: 7.5%; Notified, 45/2025-Customs
GST now: 18%
Import policy: Free
Export policy: Free
Unit: kg
Duty in China: 3%; On Indian goods

Landed cost Search codes Duty 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
Duty	Rate	Charged on
Basic customs duty (BCD), rate notified under 45/2025-Customs	7.5%	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. 214); the tariff's statutory rate is 15%.

Lower duty under trade agreements

Lower customs duty under India's trade agreements
Agreement	Customs duty	Goods from
ASEAN–India FTA	0%	Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Duty-free tariff preference for LDCs	0%	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 ECTA	0%	Australia
India–Japan CEPA	0%	Japan
India–Korea CEPA	0%	South Korea
India–Malaysia CECA	0%	Malaysia
India–Sri Lanka FTA	0%	Sri Lanka
SAFTA	0%	Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal
India–EFTA TEPA53/2025-Customs	4.5%	Iceland, Norway
India–UAE CEPA	4.5%	United Arab Emirates
SAFTA	5%	Sri Lanka
India–EFTA TEPA51/2025-Customs	6%	Switzerland, Liechtenstein
India–Oman CEPA20/2026-Customs	6.75%	Oman
India–UK CETA29/2026-Customs	6.8%	United Kingdom

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

None in force on this code as on 19 Oct 2026. 1 earlier measure has ended.

BIS certification

Bright steel bars – v Specification (IS 9550): In force from 30 Aug 2024. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
Tool and die steels – Specification (IS 3748:1990): Not operative from 20 Nov 2025. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
Steels for Pneumatic Tools (IS 5651:1987): Not operative from 20 Nov 2025. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
Steels For Die Blocks For Drop Forging (IS 5518:1996): Not operative from 22 Jun 2026. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
Tool Steel Forgings For Metal Forming (IS 13387:1992): Not operative from 20 Nov 2025. Steel & Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024
Flame And Induction Hardening Steels (IS 3930:1994): 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.

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
Notification	Goods	Rate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 277	All bars and rods of other allo y steel.	18%

History

GST rate 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)

All Industry Rates of duty drawback under this heading
Drawback item	Goods	Rate	Cap
7228	Other bars and rods of other alloy steel; angles, shapes and sections, of other alloy steel; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel	—	—
722801	Hollow drill bars and rods, of non-alloy steel	1.5%	—
722802	Of alloy steel, containing at least 28% nickel and 16% cobalt	2.1%	Rs. 35 per Kg
722803	Of alloy steel, containing at least 17% nickel, 4% molybdenum and 7% cobalt	2.3%	Rs. 70 per Kg
722899	Others	1.5%	—

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 7228 30, and China's below.

China: the same goods (7228 30)

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 7228 30. 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 code	Goods	Duty on Indian goods	MFN	Import VAT	Export rebate	Licences
7228.30.10.00	Bars and rods, of alloy steel containing boron, hot-worked含硼合金钢热加工条、杆	3%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)	3%	13%	0%	4x
7228.30.91.00	Other bars and rods of alloy steel, hot-worked, of circular cross-section其他合金钢热加工条、杆,截面为圆形的	3%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)	3%	13%	0%	4x
7228.30.99.00	Other hot-worked bars, rods of alloy steel, excluding those of circular cross-section其他合金钢热加工条、杆,截面为圆形的除外	3%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)	3%	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

7228.30.00

7228.30.00.00Other hot-worked bars and rods of alloy steel (not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded)其他合金钢热加工条、杆(除热轧,热拉拔或热挤压外未经进一步加工的 )Expired

Unit: None
MFN import duty: None
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: None
Import VAT: None
Consumption tax: None
Export duty: None
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 0%
Updated by China: 4 Aug 2021

Licences and certificates

None.

Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state

Not listed.

7228.30.10Other bars and rods of alloy steel containing boron, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded

7228.30.10.00Bars and rods, of alloy steel containing boron, hot-worked含硼合金钢热加工条、杆

Not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded除热轧,热拉拔或热挤压外未经进一步加工的

Unit: kg
MFN import duty: 3%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 20%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 0%
Updated by China: 7 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.Application (applicable place or downstream product)用途(适用场所或下游产品)
3.Shape (bars, rods, angles, shapes, sections)形状(条、杆、角材、型材、异型材)
4.Material (high speed steel, silico-manganese steel, etc.)材质(高速钢、硅锰钢等)
5.Processing method (hot-rolled, hot-drawn, hot-extruded, cold-formed, cold-worked)加工方法(热轧、热拉拔、热挤压、冷成形、冷加工)
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.Length长度
8.Steel grades钢号
9.GTIN
10.CAS
11.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: 2.3%
Brunei: 2.3%
Cambodia: 2.3%
Laos: 2.3%
Malaysia: 2.3%
New Zealand: 2.4%
Singapore: 2.3%
Thailand: 2.3%
Vietnam: 2.3%
Indonesia: 2.3%
Philippines: 2.3%
Myanmar: 2.3%

CIQ codes

7228301000999Bars and rods of alloy steel containing boron, hot-worked (not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded)含硼合金钢热加工条、杆(除热轧,热拉拔或热挤压外未经进一步加工的)

7228.30.90Other

7228.30.90.00Other bars and rods, of other alloy steel, hot-worked其他合金钢热加工条、杆Expired

Unit: kg
MFN import duty: 3%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 20%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: None
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 0%
Updated by China: 4 Jan 2023

Licences and certificates

None.

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.Application (applicable place or downstream product)用途(适用场所或下游产品)
3.Shape (bars, rods, angles, shapes, sections)形状(条、杆、角材、型材、异型材)
4.Material (high speed steel, silico-manganese steel, etc.)材质(高速钢、硅锰钢等)
5.Processing method (hot-rolled, hot-drawn, hot-extruded, cold-formed, cold-worked)加工方法(热轧、热拉拔、热挤压、冷成形、冷加工)
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.Steel grades钢号
8.GTIN
9.CAS
10.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: 0.6%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%

RCEP rates

Australia: 2.9%
Brunei: 2.9%
Cambodia: 2.9%
Laos: 2.9%
Malaysia: 2.9%
New Zealand: 2.9%
Singapore: 2.9%
Thailand: 2.9%
Vietnam: 2.9%
Japan: 2.9%

CIQ codes

7228309000999Other bars and rods of alloy steel, hot-worked (not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded)其他合金钢热加工条、杆(除热轧,热拉拔或热挤压外未经进一步加工的)

7228.30.91Other bars and rods of alloy steel, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, of circular cross-section

7228.30.91.00Other bars and rods of alloy steel, hot-worked, of circular cross-section其他合金钢热加工条、杆,截面为圆形的

Unit: kg
MFN import duty: 3%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 20%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 0%
Updated by China: 7 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.Application (applicable place or downstream product)用途(适用场所或下游产品)
3.Shape (bars, rods, angles, shapes, sections)形状(条、杆、角材、型材、异型材)
4.Material (high speed steel, silico-manganese steel, etc.)材质(高速钢、硅锰钢等)
5.Processing method (hot-rolled, hot-drawn, hot-extruded, cold-formed, cold-worked)加工方法(热轧、热拉拔、热挤压、冷成形、冷加工)
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.Length长度
8.Steel grades钢号
9.GTIN
10.CAS
11.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: 2.3%
Brunei: 2.3%
Cambodia: 2.3%
South Korea: 2.3%
Laos: 2.3%
Malaysia: 2.3%
New Zealand: 2.4%
Singapore: 2.3%
Thailand: 2.3%
Vietnam: 2.3%
Japan: 2.3%
Indonesia: 2.3%
Philippines: 2.3%
Myanmar: 2.3%

CIQ codes

7228309100999Other hot-worked bars and rods of alloy steel, of circular cross-section (not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded)其他合金钢热加工条、杆,截面为圆形的(除热轧,热拉拔或热挤压外未经进一步加工的)

7228.30.99Other bars and rods of alloy steel, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, excluding those of circular cross-section

7228.30.99.00Other hot-worked bars, rods of alloy steel, excluding those of circular cross-section其他合金钢热加工条、杆,截面为圆形的除外

Not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded除热轧,热拉拔或热挤压外未经进一步加工的

Unit: kg
MFN import duty: 3%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 20%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 0%
Updated by China: 7 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.Application (applicable place or downstream product)用途(适用场所或下游产品)
3.Shape (bars, rods, angles, shapes, sections)形状(条、杆、角材、型材、异型材)
4.Material (high speed steel, silico-manganese steel, etc.)材质(高速钢、硅锰钢等)
5.Processing method (hot-rolled, hot-drawn, hot-extruded, cold-formed, cold-worked)加工方法(热轧、热拉拔、热挤压、冷成形、冷加工)
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.Length长度
8.Steel grades钢号
9.GTIN
10.CAS
11.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: 2.3%
Brunei: 2.3%
Cambodia: 2.3%
South Korea: 2.3%
Laos: 2.3%
Malaysia: 2.3%
New Zealand: 2.4%
Singapore: 2.3%
Thailand: 2.3%
Vietnam: 2.3%
Japan: 2.3%
Indonesia: 2.3%
Philippines: 2.3%
Myanmar: 2.3%

CIQ codes

7228309900999Other hot-worked bars and rods of alloy steel, excluding those of circular cross-section (not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded)其他合金钢热加工条、杆,截面为圆形的除外(除热轧,热拉拔或热挤压外未经进一步加工的)

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

Previous7228 30 23Sulphur bearing steel One level up7228 30Other bars and rods, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded Next7228 30 29Other

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 preferential tariff schedules (CBIC notifications)Checked 19 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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