Subheading · Chapter 81 · Section XV, Base metals and articles of base metal
HS 8112 31Unwrought, waste and scrap, powders
Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof › Beryllium, chromium, hafnium, rhenium, thallium, cadmium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, indium and niobium (columbium and) and articles of these metals, including waste and scrap
- Customs duty
- 10%
- 3 tariff items
- GST now
- 18%
- Import policy
- Restricted
- Export policy
- Free
- Unit
- kg
- Duty in China
- 2.7%
- On Indian goods
Codes under this subheading
3 codes. Duty and GST are set on the 8-digit tariff items; open the one that describes your goods.
| Code | Description | Customs duty | GST now | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8112 31 10 | Unwrought | 10% | 18% | kg |
| 8112 31 20 | Waste and scrap | 10% | 18% | kg |
| 8112 31 30 | Powders | 10% | 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 3 tariff items: 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.
Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS)) of its tariff items
- Restricted: 3 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
| Notification | Goods | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 360 | Other base metals, namely, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Tantalum, Magnesium, Cobalt mattes, and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, Bismuth, Cadmium, Titanium, Zirconium, Antimony, Manganese, Beryllium, chromium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, hafnium, indium, niobium (columbium), rhenium and thallium, and articles thereof, including waste and scrap | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8112 | Beryllium, chromium, hafnium, rhenium, thallium, cadmium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, indium and niobium (columbium), articles of these metals, including waste and scrap | 1.2% | — |
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: 3 tariff items
What buyers pay abroad: import duty in the US, UK, EU and Australia for 8112 31, and China's below.
China: the same goods (8112 31)
China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 4 in force and 2 expired under 8112 31. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8112.31.00.11 | Waste and scrap of hafnium, containing by weight > 60% of hafnium铪废碎料,按重量计铪含量超过60% | 2.7%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 3% | 13% | 0% | 39 |
| 8112.31.00.19 | Other waste and scrap of hafnium其他铪废碎料 | 2.7%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 3% | 13% | 0% | 9 |
| 8112.31.00.91 | Unwrought hafnium or powders, containing by weight more than 60% of hafnium未锻轧的铪或粉末,按重量计铪含量超过60% | 2.7%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 3% | 13% | 0% | 3AM |
| 8112.31.00.99 | Other unwrought hafnium or powder其他未锻轧的铪或粉末 | 2.7%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 3% | 13% | 0% | AM |
- 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
8112.31.00Unwrought hafnium; hafnium waste and scrap; hafnium powders
8112.31.00.11Waste and scrap of hafnium, containing by weight > 60% of hafnium铪废碎料,按重量计铪含量超过60%
- 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
- 3Dual-use items and technologies export licence两用物项和技术出口许可证
- 9Import prohibited禁止进口商品
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.Form (powder, bars, rods, angles, shapes, sections, plates, sheets, strip, foil)形状(粉末、条、杆、型材、异型材、板、片、带、箔)
- 3.Material (base metals such as beryllium, chromium and their alloys)材质(铍、铬等贱金属及其合金)
- 4.Processing method (unwrought, etc.)加工方法(未锻轧等)
- 5.Condition (waste, scrap, not waste or scrap, etc.)状态(废、碎、非废碎等)
- 6.Ingredient content成分含量
- 7.Powder, indicate grain size粉末请注明粒度
- 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%
- Georgia
- 0%
- Mauritius
- 0%
- Maldives
- 0%
- Cambodia
- 0%
- Nicaragua
- 0%
- Ecuador
- 0%
- Serbia
- 0%
- Hong Kong
- 0%
- Macao
- 0%
- Asia-Pacific (APTA)
- 2.7%
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
- 8112310011999Waste and scrap of hafnium, containing by weight > 60% of hafnium铪废碎料,按重量计铪含量超过60%
8112.31.00.19Other waste and scrap of hafnium其他铪废碎料
- 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
- 9Import prohibited禁止进口商品
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.Form (powder, bars, rods, angles, shapes, sections, plates, sheets, strip, foil)形状(粉末、条、杆、型材、异型材、板、片、带、箔)
- 3.Material (base metals such as beryllium, chromium and their alloys)材质(铍、铬等贱金属及其合金)
- 4.Processing method (unwrought, etc.)加工方法(未锻轧等)
- 5.Condition (waste, scrap, not waste or scrap, etc.)状态(废、碎、非废碎等)
- 6.Ingredient content成分含量
- 7.Powder, indicate grain size粉末请注明粒度
- 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%
- Georgia
- 0%
- Mauritius
- 0%
- Maldives
- 0%
- Cambodia
- 0%
- Nicaragua
- 0%
- Ecuador
- 0%
- Serbia
- 0%
- Hong Kong
- 0%
- Macao
- 0%
- Asia-Pacific (APTA)
- 2.7%
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
- 8112310019999Other waste and scrap of hafnium其他铪废碎料
8112.31.00.91Unwrought hafnium or powders, containing by weight more than 60% of hafnium未锻轧的铪或粉末,按重量计铪含量超过60%
- 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
- 3Dual-use items and technologies export licence两用物项和技术出口许可证
- AInbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)入境货物通关单
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.Form (powder, bars, rods, angles, shapes, sections, plates, sheets, strip, foil)形状(粉末、条、杆、型材、异型材、板、片、带、箔)
- 3.Material (base metals such as beryllium, chromium and their alloys)材质(铍、铬等贱金属及其合金)
- 4.Processing method (unwrought, etc.)加工方法(未锻轧等)
- 5.Condition (waste, scrap, not waste or scrap, etc.)状态(废、碎、非废碎等)
- 6.Ingredient content成分含量
- 7.Powder, indicate grain size粉末请注明粒度
- 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%
- Georgia
- 0%
- Mauritius
- 0%
- Maldives
- 0%
- Cambodia
- 0%
- Nicaragua
- 0%
- Ecuador
- 0%
- Serbia
- 0%
- Hong Kong
- 0%
- Macao
- 0%
- Asia-Pacific (APTA)
- 2.7%
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
- 8112310091301Unwrought hafnium or powder, containing by weight more than 60% hafnium未锻轧的铪或粉末,按重量计铪含量超过60%(危险化学品,易于自燃的物质)
- 8112310091302Unwrought hafnium or powder, hafnium content > 60% by weight (other)未锻轧的铪或粉末,按重量计铪含量超过60%(其他)
8112.31.00.99Other unwrought hafnium or powder其他未锻轧的铪或粉末
- 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
- AInbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)入境货物通关单
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.Form (powder, bars, rods, angles, shapes, sections, plates, sheets, strip, foil)形状(粉末、条、杆、型材、异型材、板、片、带、箔)
- 3.Material (base metals such as beryllium, chromium and their alloys)材质(铍、铬等贱金属及其合金)
- 4.Processing method (unwrought, etc.)加工方法(未锻轧等)
- 5.Condition (waste, scrap, not waste or scrap, etc.)状态(废、碎、非废碎等)
- 6.Ingredient content成分含量
- 7.Powder, indicate grain size粉末请注明粒度
- 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%
- Georgia
- 0%
- Mauritius
- 0%
- Maldives
- 0%
- Cambodia
- 0%
- Nicaragua
- 0%
- Ecuador
- 0%
- Serbia
- 0%
- Hong Kong
- 0%
- Macao
- 0%
- Asia-Pacific (APTA)
- 2.7%
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
- 8112310099301Other unwrought hafnium or powders (dangerous chemicals, pyrophoric substances)其他未锻轧的铪或粉末(危险化学品,易于自燃的物质)
- 8112310099302Other unwrought hafnium or powder (other)其他未锻轧的铪或粉末(其他)
8112.31.00.10Hafnium waste and scrap, unwrought未锻轧的铪废碎料Expired
- Unit
- kg
- MFN import duty
- 3%
- Provisional import duty
- None
- General import duty
- 20%
- Import VAT
- 13%
- Consumption tax
- None
- Export duty
- None
- Provisional export duty
- None
- Export VAT rebate
- 0%
- Updated by China
- 7 Sep 2026
Licences and certificates
- 3Dual-use items and technologies export licence两用物项和技术出口许可证
- 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.Form (powder, bars, rods, angles, shapes, sections, plates, sheets, strip, foil)形状(粉末、条、杆、型材、异型材、板、片、带、箔)
- 3.Material (base metals such as beryllium, chromium and their alloys)材质(铍、铬等贱金属及其合金)
- 4.Processing method (unwrought, etc.)加工方法(未锻轧等)
- 5.Form (waste, scrap, not waste or scrap)状态(废、碎、非废碎)
- 6.Ingredient content成分含量
- 7.Powder, indicate grain size粉末请注明粒度
- 8.GTIN
- 9.CAS
- 10.Other其他
8112.31.00.90Hafnium, unwrought; powders未锻轧的铪;粉末Expired
- Unit
- kg
- MFN import duty
- 3%
- Provisional import duty
- None
- General import duty
- 20%
- Import VAT
- 13%
- Consumption tax
- None
- Export duty
- None
- Provisional export duty
- None
- Export VAT rebate
- 0%
- Updated by China
- 7 Sep 2026
Licences and certificates
- 3Dual-use items and technologies export licence两用物项和技术出口许可证
- AInbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)入境货物通关单
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.Form (powder, bars, rods, angles, shapes, sections, plates, sheets, strip, foil)形状(粉末、条、杆、型材、异型材、板、片、带、箔)
- 3.Material (base metals such as beryllium, chromium and their alloys)材质(铍、铬等贱金属及其合金)
- 4.Processing method (unwrought, etc.)加工方法(未锻轧等)
- 5.Form (waste, scrap, not waste or scrap)状态(废、碎、非废碎)
- 6.Ingredient content成分含量
- 7.Powder, indicate grain size粉末请注明粒度
- 8.GTIN
- 9.CAS
- 10.Other其他
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
Previous8111 00Manganese and articles thereof, including waste and scrapOne level up8112Beryllium, chromium, hafnium, rhenium, thallium, cadmium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, indium and niobium (columbium and) and articles of these metals, including waste and scrapNext8112 41Unwrought; waste and scrap; powders
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'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
- China customs tariff (HS编码网)Checked 19 Oct 2026
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