Heading · Chapter 84 · Section XVI, Machinery and mechanical appliances
HS 8433Harvesting or threshing machinery, including straw or fodder balers, grass or hay mowers, machines for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other agricultural produce, other than machinery of heading 8436
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- Customs duty
- 7.5% to 10%
- 14 tariff items
- GST now
- 5% or 18%
- depending on the goods
- Import policy
- Free
- Export policy
- Free
- Unit
- kg or units
- Duty in China
- 3% to 8%
- On Indian goods
Search codesRates as on 19 Oct 2026
Codes under this heading
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8433 11 | Powered with the cutting device rotating in a horizontal plane | 7.5% to 10% | 5% or 18% | units |
| 8433 19 | Other | 7.5% to 10% | 5% or 18% | units |
| 8433 20 00 | Other mowers, including cutter bars for tractor mounting | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | units |
| 8433 30 00 | Other haymaking machinery | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | units |
| 8433 40 00 | Straw or fodder balers, including pick-up balers | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | units |
| 8433 51 00 | Combine harvester-threshers | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | units |
| 8433 52 00 | Other threshing machinery | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | units |
| 8433 53 00 | Root or tuber harvesting machines | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | units |
| 8433 59 00 | Other | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | units |
| 8433 60 | Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other agricultural produce | 7.5% | 5% or 18% | units |
| 8433 90 00 | Parts | 7.5% | 5% or 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 14 tariff items: 7.5% to 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. 1 earlier measure has ended.
Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS)) of its tariff items
- Free: 14 tariff items
GST
IGST on imports is the GST rate. Rates changed on 22 September 2025.
- Now 5% or 18%, depending on the goods.
- Until 21 September 2025 5%, 12% or 18%, depending on the goods.
- Change: Changed.
The rules that set it now
| Notification | Goods | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 433 | Harvesting or threshing machinery, including straw or fodder balers; grass or hay mowers; parts thereof | 5% |
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 421 | Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other agricultural produce, other than machinery of heading 8437; parts thereof [8433 90 00] | 18% |
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 437 | Following renewable energy devices and parts for their manufacture:- (a) Bio-gas plant; (b) Solar power-based devices; (c) Solar power generator; (d) Wind mills, Wind Operated Electricity Generator (WOEG); (e) Waste to energy plants / devices; (f) Solar lantern / solar lamp; (g) Ocean waves/tidal waves energy devices/plants; (h) Photo voltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels. Explanation:- If the goods specified in this entry are supplied, by a supplier, along with supplies of other goods and services, one of which being a taxable service specified in the entry at S. No. 38 of the Table mentioned in the notification No. 8/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate), dated 28th June, 2017 [G.S.R. 683(E)], the value of supply of goods for the purposes of this entry shall be deemed as seventy per cent. of the gross consideration charged for all such supplies, and the remaining thirty per cent. of the gross consideration charged shall be deemed as value of the said taxable service | 5% |
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 479 | Disposable sterilized dialyzer or micro barrier of artificial kidney | 5% |
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 386 | Parts suitable for use solely or principally with fixed Speed Diesel Engines of power not exceeding 15HP | 18% |
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 387 | Parts suitable for use solely or principally with power driven pumps primarily designed for handling water, namely, centrifugal pumps (horizontal and vertical), deep tube-well turbine pumps, submersible pumps, axial flow and mixed flow vertical pumps | 18% |
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 473 | E-waste Explanation.- For the purpose of this entry, E-waste means electrical and electronic equipment listed in Schedule I of the E- Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 (published in the Gazette of India vide G.S.R. 338 (E) dated the 23rd March, 2016), whole or in part if discarded as waste by the consumer or bulk consumer | 18% |
History
| Period | Rate | Notification |
|---|---|---|
| Until 21 Sep 2025 | 5%, 12% or 18% | 1/2017-Central Tax (Rate) |
| From 22 Sep 2025 | 5% or 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8433 | Harvesting or threshing machinery, including straw or fodder balers; grass or hay mowers; machines for clean-ing, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other agricultural produce, other than machinery of heading 8437 | 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 policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items
- Free: 14 tariff items
China: the same goods (8433)
China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 19 in force and 2 expired under 8433. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8433.11.00.00 | Motorised rotary lawn mowers机动旋转式割草机 | 6%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 6% | 13% | 9% | None |
| 8433.19.00.00 | Other lawn, park or garden mowers草坪、公园等用其他割草机 | 6%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8433.20.00.00 | Other mowers其他割草机 | 4%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 4% | 9% | 9% | None |
| 8433.30.00.00 | Other hay mowers, haymakers其他干草切割、翻晒机器 | 5%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 5% | 9% | 9% | None |
| 8433.40.00.00 | Hay balers草料打包机 | 5%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 5% | 9% | 9% | None |
| 8433.51.00.01 | Combine harvesters, of a power ≥160 HP功率≥160马力的联合收割机 | 5.2%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 8% | 9% | 9% | None |
| 8433.51.00.90 | Combine harvesters, of a power <160 HP功率<160马力的联合收割机 | 5.2%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 8% | 9% | 9% | None |
| 8433.52.00.00 | Other threshers其他脱粒机 | 8%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 8% | 9% | 9% | None |
| 8433.53.00.01 | Potato or beet harvesters of power ≥ 160 HP功率≥160马力的土豆、甜菜收获机 | 8%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 8% | 9% | 9% | None |
| 8433.53.00.90 | Other root or tuber harvesting machines其他根茎或块茎收获机 | 8%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 8% | 9% | 9% | None |
| 8433.59.10.01 | Sugarcane harvesters, of a power ≥160 HP功率≥160马力的甘蔗收割机 | 5.6%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 8% | 9% | 9% | None |
| 8433.59.10.90 | Other sugar cane harvesters其他甘蔗收获机 | 5.6%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 8% | 9% | 9% | None |
| 8433.59.20.00 | Cotton picking machines棉花采摘机 | 5.6%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 8% | 9% | 9% | AM |
| 8433.59.90.01 | Self-propelled silage harvesters自走式青储饲料收割机 | 6%China's provisional rate, lower than MFN | 8% | 9% | 9% | None |
| 8433.59.90.90 | Other harvesting and threshing machinery其他收割机及脱粒机 | 8%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 8% | 9% | 9% | None |
| 8433.60.10.00 | Machinery for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs蛋类清洁、分选、分级机器 | 5%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 5% | 9% | 9% | None |
| 8433.60.90.00 | Machinery for cleaning, sorting or grading fruit or other agricultural produce水果等其他农产品的清洁、分选、分级机器 | 5%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 5% | 9% | 9% | None |
| 8433.90.10.00 | Parts for combine harvesters联合收割机用零件 | 5%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 5% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8433.90.90.00 | Parts of other machinery of heading 8433品目8433所列其他机械零件 | 3%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 3% | 13% | 13% | None |
- 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.
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'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
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.