Heading · Chapter 84 · Section XVI, Machinery and mechanical appliances
HS 8448Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for example, dobbies, jacquards, automatic stop motions, shuttle changing mechanisms), parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of this heading or of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for example, spindles and spindle flyers, card clothing, combs, extruding nipples, shuttles, healds and heald frames, hosiery needles)
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
- Customs duty
- 7.5%
- 32 tariff items
- GST now
- 18%
- or 5% for some goods
- Import policy
- Free
- Export policy
- Free
- Unit
- kg
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8448 11 | Dobbies and jacquards; card reducing, copying, punching or assembling machines for use therewith | 7.5% | 18% | kg |
| 8448 19 00 | Other | 7.5% | 18% | kg |
| 8448 20 00 | Parts and accessories of machines of heading 8444 or of their auxiliary machinery | 7.5% | 18% | kg |
| 8448 31 00 | Card clothing | 7.5% | 18% | kg |
| 8448 32 | Of machines for preparing textile fibres, other than card clothing | 7.5% | 18% | kg |
| 8448 33 | Spindles, spindle flyers, spinning rings and ring travellers | 7.5% | 18% | kg |
| 8448 39 | Other | 7.5% | 18% | kg |
| 8448 42 | Reeds for looms, healds and heald-frames | 7.5% | 18% | kg |
| 8448 49 | Other | 7.5% | 18% | kg |
| 8448 51 | Sinkers, needles and other articles used in forming stitches | 7.5% | 18% | kg |
| 8448 59 00 | Other | 7.5% | 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 32 tariff items: 7.5%. 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: 32 tariff items
GST
IGST on imports is the GST rate. Rates changed on 22 September 2025.
- Now 18%, or 5% for some goods.
- Until 21 September 2025 18%, or 5% or 12% for some goods.
- Change: Unchanged.
The rules that set it now
| Notification | Goods | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 435 | Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for example, dobbies, Jacquards, automatic stop motions, shuttle changing mechanisms); parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of this heading or of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for example, spindles and spindles flyers, card clothing, combs, extruding nipples, shuttles, healds and heald frames, hosiery needles) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8448 | Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of headings 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for example, dobbies, jacquaards, automatic stop motions, shuttle changing mechanisms); parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of this heading or of headings 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for example, spindles and spindle flyers, card clothing, combs, extruding nipples, shuttles, healds and heald frames, hosiery needles) | 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: 32 tariff items
China: the same goods (8448)
China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 22 in force and 4 expired under 8448. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8448.11.00.01 | Dobby or jacquard machines多臂机或提花机 | 3%China's provisional rate, lower than MFN | 8% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.11.00.90 | Machines for reducing, copying, punching or assembling cards for dobby or jacquard machines多臂机或提花机所用卡片缩小、复制、穿孔或汇编机器 | 8%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 8% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.19.00.00 | Auxiliary machinery for machines of headings 84.44 to 84.47品目8444至8447的机器的辅助机器 | 8%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 8% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.20.20.00 | Spinnerets or dies喷丝头或喷丝板 | 6%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.20.90.00 | Other parts of fibre extruders and auxiliary machinery纤维挤压机及辅助机器的其他零件 | 6%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.31.00.00 | Metallic card clothing钢丝针布 | 6%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.32.00.00 | Parts and accessories of other machinery for preparing textile fibres其他纺织纤维预处理机器的零件、附件 | 6%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.33.10.00 | Bobbins络筒锭 | 4.8%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.33.90.00 | Other spindles, spindle flyers, spinning rings, travellers其他锭子、锭壳、纺丝环、钢丝圈 | 6%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.39.10.00 | Open-end spinning machines气流杯 | 4.2%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.39.20.00 | Electronic yarn clearers电子清纱器 | 3%China's provisional rate, lower than MFN | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.39.30.00 | Air splicers空气捻接器 | 3%China's provisional rate, lower than MFN | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.39.40.00 | Compact spinning devices for ring spinning frames环锭细纱机紧密纺装置 | 4.8%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.39.90.00 | Other parts and accessories of machines of heading 8445品目8445所机器的其他零、附件 | 3%China's provisional rate, lower than MFN | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.42.00.00 | Reeds, healds and heald-frames for looms织机用筘、综丝、综框 | 6%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.49.10.00 | Shuttle boxes接、投梭箱 | 4.2%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.49.20.00 | Weft insertion, warp feeding devices引纬、送经装置 | 3%China's provisional rate, lower than MFN | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.49.30.00 | Shuttles梭子 | 6%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.49.90.00 | Other parts and accessories for weaving machines and their auxiliary machinery织机及其辅助机器用其他零、附件 | 3%China's provisional rate, lower than MFN | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.51.20.00 | Spring-beard needles and latch needles, of a gauge less than 28, for knitting machines针织机用28号以下的弹簧针、钩针 | 6%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.51.90.00 | Sinkers, other needles and other loop-forming elements沉降片、其他织针及成圈机件 | 6%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8448.59.00.00 | Other parts and accessories for machines of heading 84.47品目8447机器用的其他零件、附件 | 3%China's provisional rate, lower than MFN | 6% | 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.
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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.