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


How to read an HSN code


An HSN code is read from left to right. The first 2 digits are the chapter, the first 4 digits are the heading, 6 digits are the subheading and the full 8 digits are the tariff item used in India for customs and GST. Open a heading to see every 8-digit code under it.


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