Skip to main content

Subheading · Chapter 91 · Section XVIII, Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precisi…

HS 9102 91Electrically operated

Clocks and watches and parts thereof › Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other watches, including stop watches, other than those of heading

Customs duty
20%
3 tariff items
GST now
18%
Import policy
Free
Export policy
Free
Unit
units
Duty in China
10%
On Indian goods
Search codesDuty abroadRates as on 19 Oct 2026

Codes under this subheading

3 codes. Duty and GST are set on the 8-digit tariff items; open the one that describes your goods.

Codes under this code
CodeDescriptionCustoms dutyGST nowUnit
9102 91 10Pocket watches20%18%units
9102 91 20Stop watches20%18%units
9102 91 90Other20%18%units

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: 20%. 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

  • Free: 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

GST rate rules in force
NotificationGoodsRate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 584Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other watches, including stop watches, other than those of heading 910118%

History

GST rate history
PeriodRateNotification
Until 21 Sep 202518%1/2017-Central Tax (Rate)
From 22 Sep 202518%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 itemGoodsRateCap
9102Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other watches, including stop watches, other than those of heading 91011.2%—

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 9102 91, and China's below.

China: the same goods (9102 91)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 1 in force under 9102 91. 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 codeGoodsDuty on Indian goodsMFNImport VATExport rebateLicences
9102.91.00.00Electronic pocket-watches and other electronic watches, with electric power电力驱动的电子怀表及其他电子表10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)10%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

9102.91.00Other electrically operated pocket-watches and wrist-watches, including stop-watches

9102.91.00.00Electronic pocket-watches and other electronic watches, with electric power电力驱动的电子怀表及其他电子表

Excluding watches, and watches with cases of precious metal or clad with precious metal手表除外,也不包括表壳用贵金属或包贵金属制成的表

Unit
piece / kg
MFN import duty
10%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
100%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
10 Oct 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.Casing material (metal, etc.)外壳材质(金属制等)
  • 3.Driving method (electronic, mechanical, automatic, non-automatic)驱动方式(电子、机械、自动、非自动)
  • 4.Indication method (pointer, photoelectric)指示方式(指针、光电)
  • 5.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 6.Model型号
  • 7.GTIN
  • 8.CAS
  • 9.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
3.6%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
6%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
7%
Ecuador
8.2%
Serbia
4%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
7.5%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
8.2%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 9102910000999Electrically operated electronic pocket-watches and other electronic watches (excluding wrist-watches, and watches with cases of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal)电力驱动的电子怀表及其他电子表(手表除外,也不包括表壳用贵金属或包贵金属制成的表)

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

Previous9101 99OtherOne level up9102Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other watches, including stop watches, other than those of headingNext9102 99Other

Sources

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.