HSN code list by chapter
HSN Code List Chapter 28: Inorganic chemicals
Most inorganic chemicals are taxed at 18%. A few items used as fertiliser inputs, such as sulphuric acid and ammonia, are taxed at 5%.
HSN headings in this chapter
2801
Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine
2802
Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated
2803
Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon)
2804
Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals
2805
Alkali or alkaline-earth metals
2806
Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid)
2807
Sulphuric acid
2808
Nitric acid
2809
Diphosphorus pentaoxide
2810
Oxides of boron
2811
Other inorganic acids and other in-organic oxygen compounds
2812
Halides and halide oxides of non-metals
2813
Sulphides of non-metals
2814
Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution
2815
Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda)
2816
Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium
2817
Zinc oxide
2818
Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined
2819
Chromium oxides and hydroxides
2820
Manganese oxides
2821
Iron oxides and hydroxides
2822
Cobalt oxides and hydroxides
2823
Titanium oxides
2824
Lead oxides
2825
Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts
2826
Fluorides
2827
Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides
2828
Hypochlorites
2829
Chlorates and perchlorates
2830
Sulphides
2831
Dithionites and sulphoxylates
2832
Sulphites
2833
Sulphates
2834
Nitrites
2835
Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites)
2836
Carbonates
2837
Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides
2838
Fulminates, cyanates and thiocyanates
2839
Silicates
2840
Borates
2841
Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids
2842
Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids
2843
Colloidal precious metals
2844
Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes
2845
Isotopes other than those of heading 2844
2846
Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals
2847
Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals
2848
Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined
2849
Silicates
2850
Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides
2851
Other inorganic compounds, including distilled water
2852
Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury
2853
Other inorganic compounds
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