Tariff item · Chapter 84 · Section XVI, Machinery and mechanical appliances

HS 8483 40 00Gears and gearing, other than toothed wheels, chain spro ckets and other transmission elements presented separately, ball or roller screws, gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters

Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof › Transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank shafts) and cranks; bearing housings and plain shaft bearings; gears and gearing; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters; flywheels and pulleys, including pulley blocks; clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints) › Gears and gearing, other than toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately, ball or roller screws, gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters

Customs duty: 7.5%; Tariff rate
GST now: 18%
Import policy: Free; With a condition
Export policy: Free
Unit: units
Duty in China: 1% to 5.2%; 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), MFN rate	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

Lower duty under trade agreements

Lower customs duty under India's trade agreements
Agreement	Customs duty	Goods from
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–EFTA TEPA52/2025-Customs	0%	Norway
India–Sri Lanka FTA	0%	Sri Lanka
SAFTA	0%	Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal
India–UAE CEPA	0.5%	United Arab Emirates
India–Singapore CECA	3.75%	Singapore
SAFTA	5%	Sri Lanka
India–EFTA TEPA51/2025-Customs	5.36%	Switzerland, Liechtenstein
India–EFTA TEPA53/2025-Customs	6%	Iceland
India–UK CETA29/2026-Customs	6%	United Kingdom

Goods from Pakistan pay 200%.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

None in force on this code as on 19 Oct 2026. 3 earlier measures have ended.

Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS))

Free under DGFT 40/2025-26 of 10 Oct 2025.
Condition: Subject to Policy conditions 01 of chapter

Notes on these rates

BCD is the statutory tariff rate from a one-time snapshot of the Indian Trade Portal. Exemption notifications (such as 45/2025-Customs) and tariff changes made after the snapshot, including the Finance Act 2026 changes from 1 May 2026, are not applied.
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. 468	Transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank shafts) and cranks; bearing housings and plain shaft bearings; gears and gearing; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters; flywheels and pulleys, including pulley blocks; clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints)	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
8483	Transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank shafts) and cranks; bearing housings and plain shaft bearings; gears and gearing; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters; flywheels and pulleys, including pulley blocks; clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints)	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): 0.9% of the FOB value, until 31 Dec 2026.
RoDTEP, Appendix 4RE (exports under Advance Authorisation, EOU or SEZ): 0.5% of the FOB value, until 31 Dec 2026.

Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2)

Free.

What buyers pay abroad: import duty in the US, UK, EU and Australia for 8483 40, and China's below.

China: the same goods (8483 40)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 5 in force and 4 expired under 8483 40. 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
8483.40.10.10	Aircraft horizontal stabiliser screw jacks飞机水平尾翼螺旋杆	1%China's provisional rate, lower than MFN	8%	13%	13%	None
8483.40.10.90	Other roller screw mechanisms其他滚子螺杆传动装置	5.2%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin	8%	13%	13%	None
8483.40.20.00	Planetary gear reducers行星齿轮减速器	5.2%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin	8%	13%	13%	None
8483.40.90.10	Gear transmission systems for aircraft engines飞机发动机用齿轮传动装置	1%China's provisional rate, lower than MFN	8%	13%	13%	None
8483.40.90.90	Other transmission apparatus and speed changers其他传动装置及变速装置	5.2%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin	8%	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.

Every Chinese code in full

8483.40.10Roller screw mechanisms

8483.40.10.10Aircraft horizontal stabiliser screw jacks飞机水平尾翼螺旋杆

Unit: piece / kg
MFN import duty: 8%
Provisional import duty: 1%
General import duty: 30%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 13%
Updated by China: 23 Aug 2026

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.Principle原理
3.Use用途
4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
5.Model型号
6.GTIN
7.CAS
8.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: 3.2%
Ecuador: 0%
Serbia: 6.4%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA): 5.2%

RCEP rates

Australia: 4%
Brunei: 4%
Cambodia: 4%
South Korea: 4%
Laos: 4%
Malaysia: 4%
New Zealand: 4.8%
Singapore: 4%
Thailand: 4%
Vietnam: 4%
Japan: 4.4%
Indonesia: 4%
Philippines: 4%
Myanmar: 4%

CIQ codes

8483401010999Aircraft horizontal stabiliser screw jacks飞机水平尾翼螺旋杆

8483.40.10.90Other roller screw mechanisms其他滚子螺杆传动装置

Unit: piece / kg
MFN import duty: 8%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 30%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 13%
Updated by China: 2 Apr 2026

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.Principle原理
3.Use用途
4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
5.Model型号
6.GTIN
7.CAS
8.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: 3.2%
Ecuador: 0%
Serbia: 6.4%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA): 5.2%

RCEP rates

Australia: 4%
Brunei: 4%
Cambodia: 4%
South Korea: 4%
Laos: 4%
Malaysia: 4%
New Zealand: 4.8%
Singapore: 4%
Thailand: 4%
Vietnam: 4%
Japan: 4.4%
Indonesia: 4%
Philippines: 4%
Myanmar: 4%

CIQ codes

8483401090999Other roller screw mechanisms其他滚子螺杆传动装置

8483.40.10.00Roller screw mechanisms滚子螺杆传动装置Expired

Unit: piece / kg
MFN import duty: 8%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 30%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: None
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 13%
Updated by China: 4 Jan 2021

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.Principle原理
3.Use用途
4.Brand品牌
5.Model型号
6.GTIN
7.CAS

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 5.2%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 3%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 1.6%
Iceland: 0%
Australia: 0%
South Korea: 0%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%

CIQ codes

8483401000999Roller screw mechanisms滚子螺杆传动装置

8483.40.20Planetary gear reducers

8483.40.20.00Planetary gear reducers行星齿轮减速器

Unit: piece / kg
MFN import duty: 8%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 30%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 13%
Updated by China: 23 Aug 2026

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.Principle原理
3.Use用途
4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
5.Model型号
6.GTIN
7.CAS
8.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: 5.2%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%
Maldives: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
Nicaragua: 3.2%
Ecuador: 5.6%
Serbia: 0%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA): 5.2%

RCEP rates

Australia: 5%
Brunei: 5%
Cambodia: 5%
Laos: 5%
Malaysia: 5%
New Zealand: 5%
Singapore: 5%
Thailand: 5%
Vietnam: 5%
Indonesia: 5%
Philippines: 5%
Myanmar: 5%

CIQ codes

8483402000999Planetary gear reducers行星齿轮减速器

8483.40.20.01Planetary gear reducer for coal mill (composed of two-stage vertical reduction mechanism of spiral bevel gear and planetary gear, turntable outer diameter 1300mm-2400mm)磨煤机用行星齿轮减速器(由螺旋伞齿轮加行星齿轮二级立式减速机构组成,转盘外圆直径为1300mm-2400mm )Expired

Composed of spiral bevel gear plus planetary gear two-stage vertical reduction mechanism, turntable outer diameter 1300mm-2400mm由螺旋伞齿轮加行星齿轮二级立式减速机构组成,转盘外圆直径为1300mm-2400mm

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: None
Updated by China: 30 Dec 2018

Licences and certificates

None.

Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state

Not listed.

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 5.2%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 3%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 1.6%
Iceland: 0%
Australia: 0%
South Korea: 5.2%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%

8483.40.20.90Other planetary gear reducers其他行星齿轮减速器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: None
Updated by China: 30 Dec 2018

Licences and certificates

None.

Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state

Not listed.

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 5.2%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 3%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 1.6%
Iceland: 0%
Australia: 0%
South Korea: 5.2%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%

8483.40.90Gears and gearing, other speed changers and other transmission elements; ball screw transmission shafts

8483.40.90.10Gear transmission systems for aircraft engines飞机发动机用齿轮传动装置

Unit: piece / kg
MFN import duty: 8%
Provisional import duty: 1%
General import duty: 30%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 13%
Updated by China: 23 Aug 2026

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.Principle原理
3.Use用途
4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
5.Model型号
6.GTIN
7.CAS
8.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: 1.6%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%
Maldives: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
Nicaragua: 3.2%
Ecuador: 0%
Serbia: 3.2%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA): 5.2%

RCEP rates

Australia: 4%
Brunei: 4%
Cambodia: 4%
South Korea: 4%
Laos: 4%
Malaysia: 4%
New Zealand: 4.8%
Singapore: 4%
Thailand: 4%
Vietnam: 4%
Japan: 5.5%
Indonesia: 4%
Philippines: 4%
Myanmar: 4%

CIQ codes

8483409010999Gear transmission devices (gearboxes) for aircraft engines飞机发动机用齿轮传动装置(齿轮箱)

8483.40.90.90Other transmission apparatus and speed changers其他传动装置及变速装置

Refers to gears and gearing, gear boxes and torque converters指齿轮及齿轮传动装置, 齿轮箱和扭矩变换器

Unit: piece / kg
MFN import duty: 8%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 30%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 13%
Updated by China: 2 Apr 2026

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.Principle原理
3.Use用途
4.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
5.Model型号
6.GTIN
7.CAS
8.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: 1.6%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%
Maldives: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
Nicaragua: 3.2%
Ecuador: 0%
Serbia: 3.2%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA): 5.2%

RCEP rates

Australia: 4%
Brunei: 4%
Cambodia: 4%
South Korea: 4%
Laos: 4%
Malaysia: 4%
New Zealand: 4.8%
Singapore: 4%
Thailand: 4%
Vietnam: 4%
Japan: 5.5%
Indonesia: 4%
Philippines: 4%
Myanmar: 4%

CIQ codes

8483409090999Other transmission apparatus and speed changers (i.e., gears and gearing, gear boxes and torque converters)其他传动装置及变速装置(指齿轮及齿轮传动装置,齿轮箱和扭矩变换器)

8483.40.90.00Other transmission apparatus and speed changers其他传动装置及变速装置Expired

Refers to gears and gearing, gear boxes and torque converters指齿轮及齿轮传动装置, 齿轮箱和扭矩变换器

Unit: piece / kg
MFN import duty: 8%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 30%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: None
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 13%
Updated by China: 4 Jan 2021

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.Principle原理
3.Use用途
4.Brand品牌
5.Model型号
6.GTIN
7.CAS

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 5.2%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 3%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 1.6%
Iceland: 0%
Australia: 0%
South Korea: 4.2%
Georgia: 1.6%
Mauritius: 0%

CIQ codes

8483409000999Other transmission apparatus and speed changers (i.e., gears and gearing, gear boxes and torque converters)其他传动装置及变速装置(指齿轮及齿轮传动装置,齿轮箱和扭矩变换器)

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

Previous8483 30 00Bearing housings, not incorporating ball or roller bearings; plain shaft bearings One level up8483Transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank shafts) and cranks; bearing housings and plain shaft bearings; gears and gearing; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters; flywheels and pulleys, including pulley blocks; clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints)Next8483 50 10Pulleys, power transmission

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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