Harmonized System Codes (HS Code)

01-05 Animal & Animal Products

06-15 Vegetable Products
16-24 Foodstuffs
25-27 Mineral Products
28-38 Chemicals & Allied Industries
39-40 Plastics / Rubbers
41-43 Raw Hides, Skins, Leather, & Furs
44-49 Wood & Wood Products
50-63 Textiles
64-67 Footwear / Headgear
68-71 Stone / Glass
72-83 Metals
84-85 Machinery / Electrical
86-89 Transportation
90-97 Miscellaneous
98-99 Service

(Chapter 1 - 5 ) - Section I-Live Animals; Animal Products

Chapter 1: Live Animals

Chapter 2: Meat and Edible Meat Offal

Chapter 3: Fish and Crustaceans, Molluscs and other Aquatic Invertebrates

Chapter 4: Birds'' Eggs; Natural Honey; Edible Products of Animal Origin, not elsewhere spec
or included

Chapter 5: Products of Animal Origin, not elsewhere specified or included

(Chapter 6-14 ) - Section II-Vegetable Products

Chapter 6: Live trees and other Plants; Bulb, Roots and the like; Cut flowers and Ornamenta
Foliage

Chapter 7: Edible Vegetables and Certain Roots and Tubers

Chapter 8: Edible Fruit and Nuts; Peel of Citrus Fruit or Melons

Chapter 9: Coffee, Tea, Mate and Spices

Chapter 10: Cereals

Chapter 11: Products of the Milling Industry; Malt; Starches; Inulin; Wheat Gluten

Chapter 12: Oil Seeds and Oleaginous Fruits; Miscellaneous Grains, Seeds and Fruit; Industr

Medicinal Plants; Straw and Fodder

Chapter 13:Lac; Gums, Resins and other Vegetable Saps and Extracts

Chapter 14: Vegetable Plaiting Materials; Vegetable Products not elsewhere specified or incl

(Chapter 15 ) - Section III-Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils and their cleavage Products;
Prepared Edible fats; animal or Vegetable waxes

Chapter 15: Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils and their Cleavage Products; Prepared Edible
Animal or Vegetable Waxes

(Chapter 16 -24 ) - Section IV-Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits and Vinegar; Tobacco and
Manufactured Tabacco substitutes

Chapter 16: Preparations of Meat, of Fish or of Crustaceans, Molluscs or Other Aquatic

Invertebrates

Chapter 17: Sugars and Sugar Confectionery

Chapter 18: Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations

Chapter 19: Preparations of Cereals, Flour, Starch or Milk; Pastry Cooks'' Products

Chapter 20: Preparations of Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts or Other Parts of Plants

Chapter 21: Miscellaneous Edible Preparations

Chapter 22: Beverages, Spirits and Vinegar

Chapter 23: Residues and Waste from the Food Industries; Prepared Animal Fodder

Chapter 24: Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes

(Chapter 25 -27 ) - Section V-Mineral Products

Chapter 25: Salt; Sulphur; Earths & Stone; Plastering Materials; Lime & Cement

Chapter 26: Ores, Slag and Ash

Chapter 27: Mineral Fuels, Mineral Oils and Products of their Distillation; Bituminous Substan
Mineral Waxes

(Chapter 28 -38 ) - Section VI-Products of the Chemicals or Allied Industries

Chapter 28: Inorganic Chemicals; Organic or Inorganic Compounds of Precious Metals, of Ra

Earth Metals, of Radioactive Elements or of Isotopes

Chapter 29: Organic Chemicals

Chapter 30: Pharmaceutical Products

Chapter 31: Fertilisers

Chapter 32: Tanning or Dyeing Extracts; Tannins and their Derivatives; Dyes, Pigments and
Colouring Matter; Paints and Varnishes; Putty and other Mastics; Inks

Chapter 33: Essential Oils and Resinoids; Perfumery Cosmetics or Toilet Preparations

Chapter 34:Soap,Organic Surface-Active Agents,Washing Preparations,LubricatingPreparatio

Artificial Waxes,Prepared WaxesPolishing or Scouring Preparations, Candles and similar Articles,
modelling Pastes, "Dental Waxes" and Dental Preparations with Basis of Plaster

Chapter 35: Albuminoidal substances; Modified Starches; Glues; Enzymes

Chapter 36: Explosives; Pyrotechnic products; Matches; Pyrophoric Alloys; certain combusti
preparations

Chapter 37: Photographic or Cinematographic Goods

Chapter 38: Miscellaneous Chemical Products

(Chapter 39 - 40 ) - Section VII-Plastics and Articles thereof; Rubber and Articles Thereof

Chapter 39: Plastics and articles thereof

Chapter 40: Rubber and Articles thereof

(Chapter 41 - 43 ) - Section VIII-Raw Hides and Skins, Leather, Furskins and Articles thereof;
saddlery and Harness; travel goods, Handbags and similar Containers; Articles of animal gut
(other than silk-worm Gut)

Chapter 41: Raw Hides and Skins (other than furskins) and leather

Chapter 42: Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar
containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)

Chapter 43: Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof

(Chapter 44 -46 ) - Section IX-Wood and Articles of Wood; Wood Charcoal; cork and articles or
cork; Manufactures of Straw, of Esparto or of other Plaiting Materials; Basketware and
Wickerwork

Chapter 44: Wood and Articles of Wood; Wood Charcoal

Chapter 45: Cork and Articles of Cork

Chapter 46: Manufactures of Straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware an

wickerwork

(Chapter 47 -49 ) - Section X-Pulp of wood or of other Fibrous Cellulosic Material; Recovered
(Waste and Scrap) Paper or Paperboard; Paper and Paperboard and articles thereof

Chapter 47: Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap
paper or paperboard

Chapter 48: Paper and paperboard; articles of Paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard

Chapter 49: Printed books, Newspapers, Pictures and other products of the printing industry
Manuscripts, Typescripts and Plans

(Chapter 50 -63 ) - Section XI-Textile and Textile Articles

Chapter 50: Silk

Chapter 51: Wool, fine or coarse animal hair, horse hair yarn and woven fabric

Chapter 52:Cotton

Chapter 53: Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn

Chapter 54: Man-made Filaments

Chapter 55: Man-made staple fibres

Chapter 56: Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables a
articles thereof

Chapter 57: Carpets and other textile floor coverings

Chapter 58: Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embro

Chapter 59: Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; Textile articles of a k
suitable for industrial use

Chapter 60: Knitted or crocheted fabrics

Chapter 61: Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted

Chapter 62: Articles of apparel and clothing accessories not knitted or crocheted

Chapter 63: Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rag

(Chapter 64 -67 ) - Section XII-Footwear, Headgear, Umbrellas, Sun Umbrellas, Walking-sticks,

seat-sticks, whips, Riding-crops and Parts thereof; Prepared Feathers and articles Made

therewith; artificial Flowers; Articles of Human Hair

Chapter 64: Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles

Chapter 65: Headgear and parts thereof

Chapter 66: Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops, and p
thereof

Chapter 67: Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial
flowers; articles of human hair

(Chapter 68 -70 ) - Section XIII-Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or similar
Materials; Ceramic Products; Glass and Glassware

Chapter 68: Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials

Chapter 69: Ceramic Products

Chapter 70: Glass and Glassware

(Chapter 71 ) - Section XIV-Natural or Cultured Pearls, Precious or Semi-Precious Stones,

Precious Metals, Metals clad with Precious Metal, and articles thereof; Imitation Jewellery; Coin

Chapter 71: Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, m
clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin

(Chapter 72 -83 ) - Section XV-Base Metals and Articles of Base Metal

Chapter 72: Iron and Steel

Chapter 73: Articles of Iron or Steel

Chapter 74: Copper and articles thereof

Chapter 75: Nickel and Articles thereof

Chapter 76: Aluminium and Articles thereof

Chapter 77: Reserved for Possible Future Use

Chapter 78: Lead and Articles thereof

Chapter 79: Zinc and Articles thereof

Chapter 80: Tin and Articles thereof

Chapter 81: Other Base metals; Cermets articles thereof

Chapter 82: Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of ba
metal

Chapter 83: Miscellaneous articles of base metal

(Chapter 84 - 85 ) - Section XVI-Machinery and Mechanical Appliances; Electrical Equipment;

Parts thereof; sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders and
reproducers, Television Image and sound Recorders and Reproducers, and Parts and Accessories
of such article

Chapter 84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliance; parts thereof

Chapter 85: Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and
reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers and parts and accessories of s
articles

(Chapter 86 - 89 ) - Section XVII-Vehicles, Aircraft, Vessels and Associated Transport

Equipment

Chapter 86: Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; rail-way or tra
track fixtures and fittingsand parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical)traffic signa
equipment of all kinds

Chapter 87: Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories
thereof

Chapter 88: Aircraft, Spacecraft and parts thereof

Chapter 89: Ships, Boats and Floating Structures

(Chapter 90 - 92 ) - Section XVIII-Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, measuring,

checking, precision, medical or surgical Instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical
instruments; part and accessories thereof

Chapter 90: Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medic

surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof

Chapter 91: Clocks and watches and parts thereof

Chapter 92: Musical instruments; parts and accessories or such articles

(Chapter 93 ) - Section XIX-Arms and Ammunition; Parts and Accessories thereof

Chapter 93: Arms and Ammunition; Parts and Accessories thereof

(Chapter 94 - 96 ) - Section XX-Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles

Chapter 94: Furniture; Bedding, Mattresses, Mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed
furnishings; Lamps and Lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs,
illuminate name-plates and the like; Prefabricated Building

Chapter 95: Toys, Games and Sports Requisites; Parts and Accessories thereof

Chapter 96: Miscellaneous manufactured articles

(Chapter 97 - 98 ) - Section XXI-Works of art, Collectors' Pieces and Antiques

Chapter 97: Works of Art, Collectors'' Pieces & Antiques

Chapter 98: Project Imports; Laboratory Chemica

HS Codes Sub-Heading
Sub Heading Code

Sub Heading Description

8501

Harmonised Codes of Electric motors and generators

(excluding generating sets)

8502

Harmonised Codes of Electric generating sets and rotary

converters
Harmonised Codes of Generating sets with compressionignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi
diesel

8503

Harmonised Codes of Parts suitable for use solely or

principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502

8504

Harmonised Codes of Electrical transformers, static converters

(for example, rectifiers) and inductors

8505

Harmonised Codes of Electro/magnets; permanent magnets

and articles intended to become permanent magnets after
magnetisa
Harmonised Codes of Permanent magnets and articles
intended to become permanent magnets after magnetisation:

8506

Harmonised Codes of Primary cells and primary batteries

8507

Harmonised Codes of Electric accumulators, including

separators therefore, whether or not rectangular (including
square)

8508

Harmonised Codes of Vaccum cleaners

8509

Harmonised Codes of Electro-mechanical domestic appliances,

with self-contained electric motor, other than vacuum cleane

8510

Harmonised Codes of Shavers, hair clippers and hair-removing

appliances, with self-contained electric motor

8511

Harmonised Codes of Electrical ignition or starting equipment

of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition

8512

Harmonised Codes of Electrical lighting or signalling

equipment (excluding articles of heading 8539), windscreen
wipers,

8513

Harmonised Codes of Portable electric lamps designed to

function by their own source of energy (for example, dry
batteri

8514

Harmonised Codes of Industrial or laboratory electric(including

induction or dielectric) furnaces and ovens ( including

8515

Harmonised Codes of Electric (including electrically heated

gas), laser or other light or photo beam, ultrasonic, electr
Harmonised Codes of Brazing or soldering machines and
apparatus:

8516

Harmonised Codes of Electric instantaneous or storage water

heaters and immersion heaters; electric space heating appara

8517

Harmonised Codes of Telephone sets, including telephones for

cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other app
Harmonised Codes of Telephone sets; videophones:

8518

Harmonised Codes of Microphones and stands therefor;

loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures;
headphone

8519

Harmonised Codes of Sound recording or reproducing

apparatus.

8520

Harmonised Codes of Omitted

8521

Harmonised Codes of Video recording or reproducing

apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner

8522

Harmonised Codes of Parts and accessories suitable for use

solely or principally with the apparatus of headings 8519 to

8523

Harmonised Codes of Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile

storage devices, smart cards" and other media for the record
Harmonised Codes of Magnetic tapes:

8524

Harmonised Codes of Omitted

8525

Harmonised Codes of Transmission apparatus for radiobroadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating
reception

8526

Harmonised Codes of Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid

apparatus and radio remote control apparatus

8527

Harmonised Codes of Reception apparatus for radiobroadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing,
with sound
Harmonised Codes of Radio-broadcast receivers capable of
operating without an external source of power, including
appara

8528

Harmonised Codes of Monitors and projectors, not

incorporating television reception apparatus; reception
apparatus for t
Harmonised Codes of Reception apparatus for television,
whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast reveicers or
sound

8529

Harmonised Codes of Parts suitable for use solely or

principally with the apparatus of headings 8525 to 8528

8530

Harmonised Codes of Electrical signaling, safety or traffic

control equipment of railways, tramways, roads, inland water

8531

Harmonised Codes of Electric-sound or visual signalling

apparatus (for example, bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar

8532

Harmonised Codes of Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or

adjustable (pre-set)

8533

Harmonised Codes of Electrical resistors (including rheostats

and potentiometers), other than heating resistors

8534

Harmonised Codes of Printed circuits

8535

Harmonised Codes of Electrical apparatus for switching or

protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to o

8536

Harmonised Codes of Electrical apparatus for switching or

protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to o

8537

Harmonised Codes of Boards, panels, consoles desks, caninets

and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of hea

8538

Harmonised Codes of Parts suitable for use solely or

principally with the apparatus of headings 8535, 8536 or 8237

8539

Harmonised Codes of Electric filament or discharge lamps,

including sealed beam lamp units and ultra-violet or infra-red

8540

Harmonised Codes of Thermionic, cold cathode or

photocathode valves and tubes (for example, vacuum or
vapour or gas fill
Harmonised Codes of Cathode-ray television picture tubes,
including video monitor cathode-ray tubes:

8541

Harmonised Codes of Diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices; photosensitive semi-conductor devices,
inclu

8542

Harmonised Codes of Electronic integrated circuits and

microassemblies

8543

Harmonised Codes of Electrical machianes and apparatua

having individual functions, not specified or included
elsewhere
Harmonised Codes of Particle accelerators:

8544

Harmonised Codes of Insulated (including enamelled or

anodised) wire, cable (including co-axial cable) and other
insulat
Harmonised Codes of Winding wire:

8545

Harmonised Codes of Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes,

lamp carbons, battery carbons and other articles of graphite
or o
Harmonised Codes of Electrodes:

8546

Harmonised Codes of Electrical insulators of any material

8547

Harmonised Codes of Insulating fittings for electrical

machines, appliances or equipment, being fittings wholly of
insul

8548

Harmonised Codes of Waste and scrap of primary cells,

primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary
cells,

Total: 59 HS Codes Sub-Heading

HS Code Item Description w.e.f. Policy Policy Conditions Notes (Chapter 84 85 ) - Section XVI-Machinery and Mechanical Appliances; Electrical Equipment; Parts
thereof; sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders
and reproducers, Television Image and sound Recorders and Reproducers, and Parts
and Accessories of such article
Section Introduction
Section Notes
85 Chapter 85: Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound
recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers
and parts and accessories of such articles
Import Licensing Notes
Supplimentry Notes
Sub-Heading Notes
Chapter Notes (ITC-HS import)
8535 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for
making connections to o 853510 Fuses:
85351010 For switches having rating upto 15 amps rewireable
31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85351020 For switches having rating above 15 amps high rupturing

capacity/rewireable
31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85351030 Other rewireable fuses

31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85351040 Other high rupturing capacity fuses

31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85351050 Fuses gear

31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85351090 Other
31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85351090 Automatic circuit breakers:

07-Apr-2006

853521 For a voltage of less than 72.5 kv

853521 Sf6 circuit breakers
85352111 For a voltage of 11 kv
31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85352112 For a voltage of 33 kv

31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85352113 For a voltage of 66 kv

31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85352119 Other
31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85352121 For a voltage of 11 kv

31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85352122 For a voltage of 33 kv

31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85352123 For a voltage of 66 kv

31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85352129 Other
31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85352190 Other
31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

853529 Other
853529 Sf6 circuits breakers :

85352911 For a voltage of 132 kv

31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85352912 For a voltage of 220 kv

31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85352913 For a voltage of 400 kv

31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85352919 Other
31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85352919 Vaccum circuit breaker:

07-Apr-2006

85352921 For a voltage of 132 kv

31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85352922 For a voltage of 220 kv

31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85352923 For a voltage of 400 kv

31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85352929 Other
31-Jul-2009

07-Apr-2006

85352990 Other
31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

853530 Isolating switches and make and break switches

85353010 Of plastic
31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85353090 Other
31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

853540 Lighting arresters, voltage limiters and surge suppressors

85354010 Lighting arresters
31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85354020 Voltage limiters

31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85354030 Surge suppressors

31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

853590 Other:
85359010 Motor starters for ac motors
31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85359020 Control gear and starters for dc motors

31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85359030 Other control & switch gear

31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85359040 Junction boxes

31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free

85359090 Other
31-Jul-2009 Free

07-Apr-2006 Free