Chap 1 98
Chap 1 98
Chap 1 98
CUSTOMS
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2022
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SECTION-I CHAPTER-1
NOTE :
This Chapter does not cover :
(a) products of the kinds described in headings 0201 to 0208 or 0210, unfit or unsuitable for
human consumption;
(b) edible, non-living insects (heading 0410);
(c) guts, bladders or stomachs of animals (heading 0504) or animal blood
(heading 0511 or 3002); or
(d) animal fat, other than products of heading 0209 (Chapter 15).
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE :
In this Chapter, ―wild animal‖ means wild animal as defined in the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
(53 of 1972).
CHAPTER 3
Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) mammals of heading 0106;
(b) meat of mammals of heading 0106 ( heading 0208 or 0210);
(c) fish (including livers, roes and milt thereof) or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates,
dead and unfit or unsuitable for human consumption by reason of either their species or their condition
(Chapter 5); flours, meals or pellets of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates,
unfit for human consumption (heading 2301); or
(d) caviar or caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs (heading 1604).
2. In this Chapter, the term ―pellets‖ means products which have been agglomerated either directly by
compression or by the addition of a small quantity of binder.
3. Headings 0305 to 0308 do not cover flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption
(heading 0309).
0305 10 00 - OMITTED
0305 20 00 - Livers, roes and milt of fish, dried, smoked, kg. 30% -
salted or in brine
- Fish fillets, dried, salted or in brine,
but not smoked:
0305 31 00 -- Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius kg. 30% -
spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.),
carp (Cyprinus spp.,Carassius spp., Cteno-
SECTION-I CHAPTER-3
- Frozen :
0306 11 00 -- Rock lobster and other sea craw fish kg. 30% -
(Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.)
0306 12 -- Lobsters (Homarus spp.) :
0306 12 10 --- Whole, cooked kg. 30% -
0306 12 90 --- Other kg. 30% -
0306 14 00 -- Crabs kg. 30% -
0306 15 00 -- Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) kg. 30% -
0306 16 -- Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp.,
Crangon crangon):
0306 16 10 --- Accelerated Freeze Dried (AFD) kg. 30% -
0306 16 90 --- Other kg. 30% -
0306 17 -- Other shrimps and prawns:
--- Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.):
0306 17 11 ---- Accelerated Freeze Dried (AFD) kg. 30% -
0306 17 19 ---- Other kg. 30% -
0306 17 20 --- Vannamei shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) kg. 30% -
0306 17 30 --- Indian white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus indicus) kg. 30% -
0306 17 40 --- Black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) kg. 30% -
0306 17 50 --- Flower shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus) kg. 30% -
0306 17 90 --- Other kg. 30% -
0306 19 00 - - Other kg. 30% -
- Live, fresh or chilled:
0306 31 00 - - Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus kg. 30% -
spp., Jasus spp.)
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0306 32 00 - -
Lobsters (Homarus spp.) kg. 30% -
0306 33 00 - -
Crabs kg. 30% -
0306 34 00 - -
Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) kg. 30% -
0306 35 00 - -
Cold water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., kg. 30% -
Crangon crangon)
0306 36 00 - - Other shrimps and prawns kg. 30% -
0306 39 00 - - Other kg. 30% -
- Other:
0306 91 00 -- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus kg. 30% -
spp., Jasus spp.)
0306 92 00 - - Lobsters ( Homarus spp.) kg. 30% -
0306 93 00 - - Crabs kg. 30% -
0306 94 00 - - Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) kg. 30% -
0306 95 00 - - Shrimps and prawns kg. 30% -
0306 99 00 - - Other kg. 30% -
0307 MOLLUSCS, WHETHER IN SHELL OR NOT, LIVE, FRESH,
CHILLED, FROZEN, DRIED, SALTED OR IN BRINE;
SMOKED MOLLUSCS, WHETHER IN SHELL OR NOT,
WHETHER OR NOT COOKED BEFORE OR DURING THE
SMOKING PROCESS
0309 10 - Of fish:
0309 10 10 --- Fresh or chilled kg. 30% -
0309 10 20 --- Frozen kg. 30% -
0309 10 30 --- Salted, in brine, dried or smoked kg. 30% -
0309 10 90 --- Other kg. 30% -
0309 90 - Other
--- Of crustaceans, fresh or chilled:
0309 90 11 ---- Vannamei shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) kg. 30% -
0309 90 12 ---- Indian white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus indicus) kg. 30% -
0309 90 13 ---- Black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) kg. 30% -
0309 90 14 ---- Flower shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus) kg. 30% -
0309 90 19 ---- Other kg. 30% -
--- Of crustaceans, frozen:
0309 90 21 ---- Vannamei shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) kg. 30% -
0309 90 22 ---- Indian white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus indicus) kg. 30% -
0309 90 23 ---- Black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) kg. 30% -
0309 90 24 ---- Flower shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus) kg. 30% -
0309 90 29 ---- Other kg. 30% -
--- Of crustaceans, salted, in brine, dried or smoked:
0309 90 31 ---- Vannamei shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) kg. 30% -
0309 90 32 ---- Indian white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus indicus) kg. 30% -
0309 90 33 ---- Black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) kg. 30% -
0309 90 34 ---- Flower shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus) kg. 30% -
0309 90 39 ---- Other kg. 30% -
0309 90 40 --- Of crustaceans, other kg. 30% -
0309 90 50 --- Of molluscs, fresh or chilled kg. 30% -
0309 90 60 --- Of molluscs, frozen kg. 30% -
0309 90 70 --- Of molluscs, salted, in brine, dried or smoked kg. 30% -
0309 90 80 --- Of molluscs, other kg. 30% -
0309 90 90 --- Other kg. 30% -
SECTION-I CHAPTER-4
CHAPTER 4
Dairy produce; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products
of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
NOTES :
1. The expression ―milk‖ means full cream milk or partially or completely skimmed milk.
2. For the purposes of heading 0403, yogurt may be concentrated or flavoured and may contain added
sugar or other sweetening matter, fruit, nuts, cocoa, chocolate, spices, coffee or coffee extracts, plants, parts of
plants, cereals or bakers‘ wares, provided that any added substance is not used for the purpose of replacing, in
whole or in part, any milk constituent, and the product retains the essential character of yogurt.
(b) the expression ―dairy spreads‖ means a spreadable emulsion of the water-in-oil type, containing
milkfat as the only fat in the product, with a milkfat content of 39% or more but less than 80% by weight.
4. Products obtained by the concentration of whey and with the addition of milk or milkfat are to be classified
as cheese in heading 0406 provided that they have the three following characteristics :
(c) products obtained from milk by replacing one or more of its natural constituents (for example, butyric
fats) by another substance (for example, oleic fats) (heading 1901 or 2106); or
(d) Albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 80%
whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter) (heading 3502) or globulins (heading 3504).
6. For the purposes of heading 0410, the term ―insects‖ means edible non-living insects, whole or in parts, fresh,
chilled, frozen, dried, smoked, salted or in brine, as well as flours and meals of insects, fit for human
consumption. However, it does not cover edible non-living insects otherwise prepared or preserved (generally
Section IV).
SUB-HEADING NOTES :
1. For the purposes of sub-heading 0404 10, the expression ―modified whey‖ means products consisting of
whey constituents, that is, whey from which all or part of the lactose, proteins or minerals have been removed,
whey to which natural whey constituents have been added, and products obtained by mixing natural whey
constituents.
2. For the purposes of sub-heading 0405 10, the term ―butter‖ does not include dehydrated butter or ghee
(sub-heading 0405 90).
SECTION-I CHAPTER-4
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE :
In this Chapter, ―wild animal‖ means wild animal as defined in the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53
of 1972).
Standard Prefer-
ential
Areas
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
CHAPTER 5
Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) edible products (other than guts, bladders and stomachs of animals, whole and pieces thereof,
and animal blood, liquid or dried);
(b) hides or skins (including furskins) other than goods of heading 0505 and parings and similar
waste of raw hides or skins of heading 0511 (Chapter 41 or 43);
(c) animal textile materials, other than horsehair and horsehair waste (Section XI); or
(d) prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 9603).
2. For the purposes of heading 0501, the sorting of hair by length (provided the root ends and tip ends
respectively are not arranged together) shall be deemed not to constitute working.
3. Throughout this Schedule, elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal and wild boar tusks, rhinoceros
horns and the teeth of all animals are regarded as ―ivory‖.
4. Throughout the Schedule, the expression "horsehair" means hair of the manes or tails of equine or
bovine animals. Heading 0511 covers, inter alia, horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a
layer with or without supporting material.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE :
In this Chapter, the expressions ―wild animal‖ and ―wild life‖ have the meanings respectively assigned
to them in clauses (36) and (37) of section 2 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972); and the
expression "wild bird" means any bird specified in Schedules to that Act.
0503 OMITTED
0509 OMITTED
SECTION II
VEGETABLE PRODUCTS
NOTE :
In this Section, the term ―pellets‖ means products which have been agglomerated either directly by
compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 (percent) by weight.
CHAPTER 6
Live trees and other plants ; bulbs, roots and the like ; cut flowers and
ornamental foliage
NOTES :
1. Subject to the second part of heading 0601, this Chapter covers only live trees and goods (including
seedling vegetables) of a kind commonly supplied by nursery gardeners or florists for planting or for
ornamental use; nevertheless it does not include potatoes, onions, shallots, garlic or other products of Chapter
7.
2. Any reference in heading 0603 or 0604 to goods of any kind shall be construed as including a
reference to bouquets, floral baskets, wreaths and similar articles made wholly or partly of goods of that
kind, account not being taken of accessories of other materials. However, these headings do not include
collages or similar decorative plaques of heading 9701.
CHAPTER 7
Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover forage products of heading 1214.
2. In headings 0709, 0710, 0711 and 0712, the word ―vegetables‖ includes edible mushrooms, truffles,
olives, capers, marrows, pumpkins, aubergines, sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata), fruits of the genus
Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, fennel, parsley, chervil, tarragon, cress and sweet marjoram (Majorana
hortensis or Origanum majorana).
3. Heading 0712 covers all dried vegetables of the kinds falling in headings 0701 to 0711, other than :
(a) dried leguminous vegetables, shelled (heading 0713);
(b) sweet corn in the forms specified in headings 1102 to 1104;
(c) flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes (heading 1105);
(d) flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713 (heading 1106).
4. However, dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta are
excluded from this Chapter (heading 0904).
5. Heading 0711 applies to vegetables which have been treated solely to ensure their provisional
preservation during transport or storage prior to use (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in
sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), provided they remain unsuitable for immediate
consumption in that state.
CHAPTER 8
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover inedible nuts or fruits.
2. Chilled fruits and nuts are to be classified in the same headings as the correspon-ding fresh fruits
and nuts.
3. Dried fruit or dried nuts of this Chapter may be partially rehydrated, or treated for the following
purposes:
(a) for additional preservation or stabilisation (for example, by moderate heat treatment, sulphuring,
the addition of sorbic acid or potassium sorbate);
(b) to improve or maintain their appearance (for example, by the addition of vegetable oil or
small quantities of glucose syrup), provided that they retain the character of dried fruit or dried nuts.
4. Heading 0812 applies to fruit and nuts which have been treated solely to ensure their
provisional preservation during transport or storage prior to use (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in
brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), provided they remain unsuitable for immediate
consumption in that state.
CHAPTER 9
Coffee, tea, mate and spices
NOTES :
1. Mixtures of the products of headings 0904 to 0910 are to be classified as follows:
(a) mixtures of two or more of the products of the same heading are to be classified in that
heading;
(b) mixtures of two or more of the products of different headings are to be classified in heading
0910.
The addition of other substances to the products of headings 0904 to 0910 [or to the mixtures
referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) above] shall not affect their classification provided the resulting
mixtures retain the essential character of the goods of those heading. Otherwise such mixtures are not
classified in this Chapter; those constituting mixed condiments or mixed seasonings are classified in
heading 2103.
2. This Chapter does not cover Cubeb pepper (Piper cubeba) or other products of heading 1211.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES :
(1) Heading 0901 includes coffee in powder form.
(2) ―Spice‖ means a group of vegetable products (including seeds, etc.), rich in essential oils
and aromatic principles, and which, because of their characteristic taste, are mainly used as condiments.
These products may be whole or in crushed or powdered form.
(3) The addition of other substances to spices shall not affect their inclusion in spices provided
the resulting mixtures retain the essential character of spices and spices also include products commonly
known as ―masalas‖.
0905 VANILLA
0905 10 00 - Neither crushed nor ground kg. 30% -
0905 20 00 - Crushed or ground kg. 30% -
CHAPTER 10
Cereals
NOTES :
1. (a) The products specified in the headings of this Chapter are to be classified in those headings only if
grains are present, whether or not in the ear or on the stalk.
(b) This Chapter does not cover grains which have been hulled or otherwise worked. However,
rice, husked, milled, polished, glazed, parboiled or broken remains classified in heading 1006. Similarly,
quinoa from which the pericarp has been wholly or partly removed in order to separate thesaponin, but
which has not undergone any other processes, remains classified in heading 1008.
2. Heading 1005 does not cover sweet corn (Chapter 7).
SUB-HEADING NOTE :
The term ―Durum wheat‖ means wheat of the Triticum durum species and the hybrids derived from
the inter-specific crossing of Triticum durum which have the same number (28) of chromosomes as that
species.
1002 RYE
1002 10 00 - Seed kg. Free -
1002 90 00 - Other kg. Free -
1003 BARLEY
1003 10 00 - Seed kg. Free -
1003 90 00 - Other kg. Free -
1004 OATS
1004 10 00 - Seed kg. Free -
1004 90 00 - Other kg. Free -
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1006 RICE
1006 10 - Rice in the husk (paddy or rough):
1006 10 10 --- Of seed quality kg. 80% -
1006 10 90 --- Other kg. 80% -
1006 20 00 - Husked (brown) rice kg. 80% -
1006 30 - Semi-milled or wholly-milled rice, whether
or not polished or glazed :
1006 30 10 --- Rice, parboiled kg. 70% -
1006 30 20 --- Basmati rice kg. 70% -
1006 30 90 --- Other kg. 70% -
1006 40 00 - Broken rice kg. 80% -
1008 10 - Buckwheat :
1008 10 10 --- Of seed quality kg. Free -
1008 10 90 --- Other kg. Free -
- Millet
1008 21 -- Seed:
1008 21 10 --- Jawar kg. 70%
1008 21 20 --- Bajra kg. 70%
1008 21 30 --- Ragi kg. 70% -
1008 29 -- Other:
1008 29 10 --- Jawar kg. 70% -
1008 29 20 --- Bajra kg. 70% -
1008 29 30 --- Ragi kg. 70% -
1008 30 - Canary seeds:
1008 30 10 --- of seed quality Kg. Free -
1008 30 90 --- other Kg. Free -
1008 40 00 - Fonio (Digitaria spp.) kg. Free -
SECTION-II CHAPTER-10
CHAPTER 11
Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten
Notes:
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) roasted malt put up as coffee substitutes (heading 0901 or 2101);
(b) prepared flours, groats, meals or starches of heading 1901;
(c) corn flakes or other products of heading 1904;
(d) vegetables, prepared or preserved, of heading 2001, 2004 or 2005;
(e) pharmaceutical products (Chapter 30); or
(f) starches having the character of perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (Chapter
33).
2. (A) Products from the milling of the cereals listed in the table below fall in this Chapter if they have,
by weight on the dry product :
(a) a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method) exceeding that indicated
in column (2); and
(b) an ash content (after deduction of any added minerals) not exceeding that indicated in column
(3).
Otherwise, they fall in heading 2302. However, germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, is always
classified in heading 1104.
(B) Products falling in this Chapter under the above provisions shall be classified in heading 1101
or 1102 if the percentage passing through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with the aperture indicated in
column (4) or (5) is not less, by weight, than that shown against the cereal concerned.
Otherwise, they fall in heading 1103 or 1104.
Cereal Starch Ash Rate of passage through a sieve with an
content content aperture of
315 500
micrometres micrometres
(microns) (microns)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
CHAPTER 12
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains,
seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
NOTES :
1. Heading 1207 applies, inter alia, to palm nuts and kernels, cotton seeds, castor oil seeds, sesamum
seeds, mustard seeds, safflower seeds, poppy seeds and shea nuts (karite nuts). It does not apply to products
of heading 0801 or 0802 or to olives (Chapter 7 or Chapter 20).
2. Heading 1208 applies not only to non-defatted flours and meals but also to flours and meals which
have been partially defatted or defatted and wholly or partially refatted with their original oils. It does not,
however, apply to residues of headings 2304 to 2306.
3. For the purposes of heading 1209, beet seeds, grass and other herbage seeds, seeds of ornamental
flowers, vegetable seeds, seeds of forest trees, seeds of fruit trees, seeds of vetches (other than those of the
species Vicia faba) or of lupines are to be regarded as ―seeds of a kind used for sowing‖.
Heading 1209 does not, however, apply to the following even if for sowing :
(a) leguminous vegetables or sweet corn (Chapter 7);
(b) spices or other products of Chapter 9;
(c) cereals (Chapter 10); or
(d) products of headings 1201 to 1207 or 1211.
4. Heading 1211 applies, inter alia, to the following plants or parts thereof: basil, borage, ginseng,
hyssop, liquorice, all species of mint, rosemary, rue, sage and wormwood.
Heading 1211 does not, however, apply to :
(a) medicaments of Chapter 30;
(b) perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations of Chapter 33; or
(c) insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants or similar products of heading 3808.
5. For the purposes of heading 1212, the term ―seaweeds and other algae‖ does not include :
(a) dead single-cell micro-organisms of heading 2102;
(b) cultures of micro-organisms of heading 3002; or
(c) fertilizers of heading 3101 or 3105.
SUB-HEADING NOTE :
For the purposes of sub-heading 1205 10, the expression ―low erucic acid rape or colza seeds‖ means
rape or colza seeds yielding a fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of less than 2% by weight and
yielding a solid component which contains less than 30 micromoles of glucosinolates per gram.
SECTION-II CHAPTER-12
1202 30 - Seed:
1202 30 10 --- H. P. S. kg. 30% 20%
1202 30 90 --- Other kg. 30% 20%
- Other:
1202 41 -- In shell:
1202 41 10 --- H.P.S. kg. 30% 20%
1202 41 90 --- Other kg. 30% 20%
1202 42 -- Shelled, whether or not broken:
1202 42 10 --- Kernels, H.P.S. kg. 30% 20%
1202 42 20 --- Kernels,other kg. 30% 20%
1202 42 90 --- Other kg. 30% 20%
CHAPTER 13
Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
NOTE :
Heading 1302 applies, inter alia, to liquorice extract and extract of pyrethrum, extract of hops, extract
of aloes and opium.
The heading does not apply to:
(a) liquorice extract containing more than 10% by weight of sucrose or put up as confectionery
(heading 1704);
(b) malt extract (heading 1901);
(c) extracts of coffee, tea or mate (heading 2101);
(d) vegetable saps or extracts constituting alcoholic beverages (Chapter 22);
(e) camphor, glycyrrhizin or other products of heading 2914 or 2938;
(f) concentrates of poppy straw containing not less than 50% by weight of alkaloids (heading
2939);
(g) medicaments of heading 3003 or 3004 or blood - grouping reagents (heading 3006);
(h) tanning or dyeing extracts (heading 3201 or 3203);
(i) essential oils, concretes, absolutes, resinoids, extracted oleoresins, aqueous distillates or aqueous
solutions of essential oils or preparations based on odoriferous substances of a kind used for the
manufacture of beverages (Chapter 33); or
(j) natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle or similar natural gums (heading 4001).
CHAPTER 14
Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover the following products which are to be classified in Section XI : vegetable
materials or fibres of vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in the manufacture of textiles, however
prepared, or other vegetable materials which have undergone treatment so as to render them suitable for use
only as textile materials.
2. Heading 1401 applies, inter alia, to bamboos (whether or not split, sawn lengthwise, cut to length,
rounded at the ends, bleached, rendered non-inflammable, polished or dyed), split osier, reeds and the like,
to rattan cores and to drawn or split rattans. The heading does not apply to chipwood (heading 4404).
3. Heading 1404 does not apply to wood wool (heading 4405) and prepared knots or tufts for broom or
brush making (heading 9603).
1402 00 00 OMITTED
1403 OMITTED
SECTION III
ANIMAL, VEGETABLE OR MICROBIAL FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE
PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES
CHAPTER 15
Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats;
animal or vegetable waxes
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover :
3. Heading 1518 does not cover fats or oils or their fractions, merely denatured, which are to be
classified in the heading appropriate to the corresponding undenatured fats and oils and their fractions.
4. Soap-stocks, oil foots and dregs, stearin pitch, glycerol pitch and wool grease residues fall in heading
1522.
SUB-HEADING NOTES :
1. For the purposes of sub-heading 1509 30, virgin olive oil has a free acidity expressed as oleic acid
not exceeding 2.0 g/ 100 g and can be distinguished from the other virgin olive oil categories according to
the characteristics indicated in the Codex Alimentarius Standard 33-1981.
2. For the purposes of sub-headings 1514 11 and 1514 19, the expression "low erucic acid rape or
colza oil" means the fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of less than 2% by weight.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES :
1. In this Chapter, ―edible grade‖, in respect of a goods (i.e. edible oil) specified in Appendix B to the
Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955, means the standard of quality specified for such goods in that
Appendix.
2. In this Chapter, ―fixed vegetable oil‖ means oils which cannot easily be distilled without decomposition,
which are not volatile and which cannot be carried off by superheated steam (which decomposes and saponifies
them).
SECTION-III CHAPTER-15
1502 10 - Tallow:
1502 10 10 --- Mutton tallow kg. 15% -
1502 10 90 --- Other kg. 15% -
1502 90 - Other:
1502 90 10 --- Unrendered fats kg. 15% -
1502 90 20 --- Rendered fats or solvent extraction fats kg. 15% -
1502 90 90 --- Other kg. 15% -
SECTION IV
PREPARED FOODSTUFFS; BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR; TOBACCO
AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES; PRODUCTS, WHETHER OR
NOT CONTAINING NICOTINE, INTENDED FOR INHALATION WITHOUT
COMBUSTION; OTHER NICOTINE CONTAINING PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR
THE INTAKE OF NICOTINE INTO THE HUMAN BODY
NOTE :
In this Section the term ―pellets‖ means products which have been agglomerated either directly
bycompression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 % by weight.
CHAPTER 16
Preparations of meat, of fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates or of
insects
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic
invertebrates, as well as insects, prepared or preserved by the processes specified in Chapter 2 or 3, Note 6
to Chapter 4 or in heading 0504.
2. Food preparations fall in this Chapter provided that they contain more than 20% by weight of
sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insect, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any
combinationthereof. In cases where the preparation contains two or more of the products mentioned above, it
is classified in the heading of Chapter 16 corresponding to the component or components which
predominate by weight. These provisions do not apply to the stuffed products of heading 1902 or to the
preparations of heading 2103or 2104.
SUB-HEADING NOTES :
1. For the purposes of sub-heading 1602 10, the expression ―homogenised preparations‖ means
preparations of meat, meat offal, blood or insects, finely homogenised, put up for retail sale as food suitable
for infants or young children or for dietetic purposes, in containers of net weight content not exceeding 250
g. For theapplication of this definition no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which
may have been added to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations
may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of meat or meat offal or insects. This sub-heading takes
precedence over all other sub-headings of heading 1602.
2. The fish, crustaceans molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates specified in the sub-headings of
heading 1604 or 1605 under their common names only, are of the same species as those mentioned in
Chapter 3 under the same name.
CHAPTER 17
Sugars and sugar confectionery
NOTE :
This Chapter does not cover:
(a) sugar confectionery containing cocoa (heading 1806);
(b) chemically pure sugars (other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose) or other
products of heading 2940; or
(c) medicaments or other products of Chapter 30.
SUB-HEADING NOTES :
1. For the purposes of sub-headings 1701 12, 1701 13 and 1701 14 ―raw sugar‖ means sugar whose
content of sucrose by weight, in the dry state, corresponds to a polarimeter reading of less than 99.5 degree.
2. Sub-heading 1701 13 covers only cane sugar obtained without centrifugation, whose content of
sucrose by weight, in the dry state, corresponds to a polarimeter reading of 69 degree or more but less than
93 degree. The product contains only natural anhedral microcrystals, of irregular shape, not visible to the
naked eye, which are surrounded by residues of molasses and other constituents of sugar cane.
CHAPTER 18
Cocoa and cocoa preparations
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) food preparations containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood,
insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof
(Chapter 16);
(b) preparations of headings 0403, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, 2105, 2202, 2208, 3003 or 3004.‖;.
2. Heading 1806 includes sugar confectionery containing cocoa and, subject to Note 1 to this Chapter,
other food preparations containing cocoa.
CHAPTER 19
Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks’ products
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) except in the case of stuffed products of heading 1902, food preparations containing more
than 20% by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insect, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other
aquaticinvertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16);
(b) biscuits or other articles made from flour or from starch, specially prepared for use in animal
feeding (heading 2309); or
(c) medicaments or other products of Chapter 30.
2. For the purposes of heading 1901:
(a) the term ―groats‖ means cereal groats of Chapter 11;
(b) the terms ―flour‖ and ―meal‖ means :
(1) cereal flour and meal of Chapter 11, and
(2) flour, meal and powder of vegetable origin of any Chapter, other than flour, meal or
powder of dried vegetables (heading 0712), of potatoes (heading 1105) or of dried leguminous
vegetables (heading 1106).
3. Heading 1904 does not cover preparations containing more than 6% by weight of cocoa calculated
on a totally defatted basis or completely coated with chocolate or other food preparations containing cocoa
of heading 1806 (heading 1806).
4. For the purposes of heading 1904, the expression ―otherwise prepared‖ means prepared or processed
to an extent beyond that provided for in the headings of, or Notes to, Chapter 10 or 11.
CHAPTER 20
Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) vegetables, fruit or nuts, prepared or preserved by the processes specified in Chapter 7, 8 or
11;
(b) vegetable fats and oils (Chapter 15);
(c) food preparations containing more than 20% by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood,
insect, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination
thereof (Chapter 16);
(d) bakers' wares and other products of heading 1905; or
(e) homogenised composite food preparations of heading 2104.
2. Headings 2007 and 2008 do not apply to fruit jellies, fruit pastes, sugar-coated almonds or the like
in the form of sugar confectionery (heading 1704) or chocolate confectionery (heading 1806).
3. Headings 2001, 2004 and 2005 cover, as the case may be, only those products of Chapter 7 or of
heading 1105 or 1106 (other than flour, meal and powder of the products of Chapter 8) which have been
prepared or preserved by processes other than those referred to in Note 1(a).
4. Tomato juice, the dry weight content of which is 7% or more is to be classified in heading 2002.
5. For the purposes of heading 2007, the expression ―obtained by cooking‖ means obtained by heat
treatment at atmospheric pressure or under reduced pressure to increase the viscosity of a product through
reduction of water content or other means.
6. For the purposes of heading 2009, the expression ―juices, unfermented and not containing added
spirit‖ means juices of an alcoholic strength by volume (see Note 2 to Chapter 22) not exceeding 0.5%
volume.
SUB-HEADING NOTES :
1. For the purposes of sub-heading 2005 10, the expression ―homogenised vegetables‖ means
preparations of vegetables, finely homogenised, put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or young
children or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For the application
of this definition no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may have been added
to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small
quantity of visible pieces of vegetables. Sub-heading 2005 10 takes precedence over all other sub-headings
of heading 2005.
2. For the purposes of sub-heading 2007 10, the expression ―homogenised preparations‖ means
preparations of fruit, finely homogenised, put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or young children or
for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For the application of this
definition no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may have been added to the
preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small quantity
of visible pieces of fruit. Sub-heading 2007 10 takes precedence over all other Sub-headings of heading
2007.
3. For the purposes of sub-headings 2009 12, 2009 21, 2009 31, 2009 41, 2009 61 and 2009 71, the
expression ―Brix value‖ means the direct reading of degrees Brix obtained from a Brix hydrometer or of
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refractive index expressed in terms of percentage sucrose content obtained from a refractometer, at a
temperature of 20°C or corrected for 20°C if the reading is made at a different temperature.
CHAPTER 21
Miscellaneous edible preparations
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) mixed vegetables of heading 0712;
(b) roasted coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion (heading 0901);
(c) flavoured tea (heading 0902);
(d) spices or other products of headings 0904 to 0910;
(e) food preparations, other than the products described in heading 2103 or 2104, containing more
than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic
invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16);
(f) products of heading 2404;
(g) yeast put up as a medicament or other products of heading 3003 or 3004; or
(h) prepared enzymes of heading 3507.
2. Extracts of the substitutes referred to in Note 1 (b) above are to be classified in heading 2101.
3. For the purposes of heading 2104, the expression ―homogenised composite food preparations‖
means preparations consisting of a finely homogenised mixture of two or more basic ingredients such as
meat, fish, vegetables, fruit or nuts, put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or young children or for
dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250g . For the application of this
definition, no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may be added to the mixture
for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. Such preparations may contain a small quantity of visible
pieces of ingredients.
SUPPLEMENTRY NOTES :
1. In this Chapter, ―Pan masala‖ means any preparation containing betel nuts and any one or more of
the following ingredients, namely: lime, katha (catechu) and tobacco whether or not containing any other
ingredient, such as cardamom, copra or menthol.
2. In this Chapter ―betel nut product known as Supari‖ means any preparation
containing betel nuts, but not containing any one or more of the following ingredients, namely: lime, katha
(catechu) and tobacco whether or not containing any other ingredients, such as cardamom, copra or menthol.
3. For the purposes of tariff item 2106 90 11, the expression ―Sharbat‖ means any non-alcoholic
sweetened beverage or syrup containing not less than 10% fruit juice or flavoured with non-fruit flavours,
such as rose, Khus, Kevara, but not including aerated preperations.
4. Tariff item 2106 90 50, inter alia, includes preparations for lemonades or other beverages, consisting,
for example, of flavoured or coloured syrup, syrup flavoured with an added concentrated extract, syrup
flavoured with fruit juice and intended for use in the manufacture of aerated water, such as in automatic
vending machines.
5. Heading 2106 (except tariff items 2106 90 20 and 2106 90 30), inter alia, includes:
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CHAPTER 22
Beverages, spirits and vinegar
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) products of this Chapter (other than those of heading 2209) prepared for culinary purposes
and thereby rendered unsuitable for consumption as beverages (generally heading 2103);
(b) sea water (heading 2501);
(c) distilled or conductivity water or water of similar purity (heading 2853);
(d) acetic acid of concentration exceeding 10 % by weight of acetic acid (heading 2915);
(e) medicaments of heading 3003 or 3004; or
(f) perfumery or toilet preparations (Chapter 33).
2. For the purposes of this Chapter and of Chapters 20 and 21, the ―alcoholic strength by volume‖ shall
be determined at a temperature of 20° C.
3. For the purposes of heading 2202, the term ―non-alcoholic beverages‖ means beverages of an
alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 0.5 % vol. Alcoholic beverages are classified in headings 2203
to 2206 or heading 2208 as appropriate.
SUB-HEADING NOTE :
For the purposes of sub-heading 2204 10, the expression ―sparkling wine‖ means wine which, when
kept at a temperature of 20°C in closed containers, has an excess pressure of not less than 3 bars.
CHAPTER 23
Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder
NOTE :
Heading 2309 includes products of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included,
obtained by processing vegetable or animal materials to such an extent that they have lost the essential
characteristics of the original material, other than vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products of
such processing.
SUB-HEADING NOTE :
For the purposes of sub-heading 2306 41, the expression ―low erucic acid rape or colza seeds‖ means
seeds as defined in sub-heading Note 1 to Chapter 12.
2309 10 00 - Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale kg. 30% -
2309 90 - Other :
2309 90 10 --- Compounded animal feed kg. 30% -
2309 90 20 --- Concentrates for compound animal feed kg. 30% -
--- Feeds for fish (prawn, etc.) :
2309 90 31 ---- Prawn and shrimps feed kg. 30% -
2309 90 32 ---- Fish meal in powdered form kg. 30% -
2309 90 39 ---- Other kg. 30% -
2309 90 90 --- Other kg. 30% -
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CHAPTER 24
Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; products, whether or not containing
nicotine, intended for inhalation without combustion; other nicotine containing
products intended for the intake of nicotine into the human body
NOTE :
(1) This Chapter does not cover medicinal cigarettes (Chapter 30).
(2) Any products classifiable in heading 2404 and any other heading of the Chapter are to be classified in
heading 2404.
(3) For the purposes of heading 2404, the expression ―inhalation without combustion‖ means inhalation
through heated delivery or other means, without combustion.
SUB-HEADING Note:
For the purposes of sub-heading 2403 11, the expression ―water pipe tobacco‖ means tobacco intended for
smoking in a water pipe and which consists of a mixture of tobacco and glycerol, whether or not contain- ing aromatic
oils and extracts, molasses or sugar, and whether or not flavoured with fruit. However, tobacco-free products intended
for smoking in a water pipe are excluded from this sub-heading.
SUPPLEMENTRY NOTES :
For the purposes of this Chapter:
(1) ―tobacco‖ means any form of tobacco, whether cured or uncured and whether manufactured or not, and
includes the leaf, stalks and stems of the tobacco plant, but does not include any part of a tobacco plant while still
attached to the earth.
(2) ―cut-tobacco‖ means the prepared or processed cut-to-size tobacco which is generally blended or
moisturised to a desired extent for use in the manufacture of machine - rolled cigarettes.
(3) ―smoking mixtures for pipes and cigarettes‖ of sub-heading 2403 10 does not cover ― Gudaku‖.
SECTION V
MINERAL PRODUCTS
CHAPTER 25
Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
NOTES:
1. Except where their context or Note 4 to this Chapter otherwise requires, the headings of this
Chapter cover only products which are in the crude state or which have been washed (even with chemical
substances eliminating the impurities without changing the structure of the product), crushed, ground, powdered,
levigated, sifted, screened, concentrated by flotation, magnetic separation or other mechanical or physical
processes (except crystallization), but not products that have been roasted, calcined, obtained by mixing or
subjected to processing beyond that mentioned in each heading.
The products of this Chapter may contain an added anti-dusting agent, provided that such addition
does not render the product particularly suitable for specific use rather than for general use.
2. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur (heading 2802);
(b) earth colours containing 70% or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3 (heading
2821);
(c) medicaments and other products of Chapter 30;
(d) perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (Chapter 33);
(e) dolomite ramming mix (heading 3816);
(f) setts, curbstones and flagstones (heading 6801); mosaic cubes or the like (heading 6802);
roofing, facing or damp course slates (heading 6803);
(g) precious or semi-precious stones (heading 7102 or 7103);
(h) cultured crystals (other than optical elements) weighing not less than 2.5g each, of sodium
chloride or of magnesium oxide, of heading 3824; optical elements of sodium chloride or of magnesium
oxide (heading 9001);
(ij) billiard chalks (heading 9504); or
(k) writing or drawing chalks and tailors‘ chalks (heading 9609).
3. Any products classifiable in heading 2517 and any other heading of this Chapter are to be classified
in heading 2517.
4. Heading 2530 applies, inter alia, to : vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpanded; earth colours,
whether or not calcined or mixed together; natural micaceous iron oxides; meerschaum (whether or not in
polished pieces); amber; agglomerated meerschaum and agglomerated amber, in plates, rods, sticks or similar
forms, not worked after moulding; jet; strontianite (whether or not calcined), other than strontium oxide;
broken pieces of pottery, brick or concrete.
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SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE :
In heading 2523, ―sagol‖ means cement obtained by heating limestone and burnt coal in a kiln; and
―ashmoh‖ means cement obtained by fine grinding of paddy husk, ash and hydrated lime with an additive.
coloured
2523 29 -- Other :
2523 29 10 --- Ordinary portland cement, dry kg. 10% -
2523 29 20 --- Ordinary portland cement, coloured kg. 10% -
2523 29 30 --- Portland pozzolana Cement kg. 10% -
2523 29 40 --- Portland slag cement kg. 10% -
2523 29 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
2523 30 00 - Aluminous cement kg. 10% -
2523 90 - Other hydraulic cements:
2523 90 10 --- Sagol; ashmoh kg. 10% -
2523 90 20 --- High alumina refractory cement kg. 10% -
2523 90 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
2524 A SBESTOS
2524 10 10 - Crocidolite kg. 10% -
2524 90 - Other
--- In rock form:
2524 90 11 ---- Chrysotile kg. 10% -
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CHAPTER 26
NOTES:
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(b) natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite), whether or not calcined (heading 2519 ) ;
(c) sludges from the storage tanks of petroleum oils, consisting mainly of such oils (2710 ) ;
(e) slag wool, rock wool or similar mineral wools (heading 6806);
(f) waste or scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal; other waste or scrap
containing precious metal or precious metal compounds, of a kind used principally for the recovery of
precious metal (heading 7112); or
(g) copper, nickel or cobalt mattes produced by any process of smelting (Section XV).
2. For the purposes of headings 2601 to 2617, the term ―ores‖ means minerals of mineralogical species
actually used in the metallurgical industry for the extraction of mercury, of the metals of heading 2844 or of
the metals of Section XIV or XV, even if they are intended for non-metallurgical purposes. Headings 2601
to 2617 do not, however, include minerals which have been submitted to processes not normal to the
metallurgical industry.
(a) slag, ash and residues of a kind used in industry either for the extraction of metals or as a
basis for the manucture of chemical compounds of metals, excluding ash and residues from the incineration
of municipal waste (heading 2621); and
(b) slag, ash and residues containing arsenic, whether or not containing metals, of a kind used
either for the extraction of arsenic or metals or for the manufacture of their chemical compounds.
SUB-HEADING NOTES :
1. For the purposes of sub-heading 2620 21, ―leaded gasoline sludges and leaded anti- knock compound
sludges‖ mean sludges obtained from storage tanks of leaded gasoline and leaded anti-knock compounds
(for example, tetraethyl lead), and consisting essentially of lead, lead compounds and iron oxide.
2. Slag, ash and residues containing arsenic, mercury, thallium or their mixtures, of a kind used for the
extraction of arsenic or those metals or for the manufacture of their chemical compounds, are to be classified
in sub-heading 2620 60.
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CHAPTER 27
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances;
mineral waxes
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) separate chemically defined organic compounds other than pure methane and propane which are to
be classified in heading 2711;
(b) medicaments of heading 3003 or 3004; or
(c) mixed unsaturated hydrocarbons of heading 3301, 3302 or 3805.
2. References in heading 2710 to ―petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals‖ include not
only petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals but also similar oils, as well as those consisting
mainly of mixed unsaturated hydrocarbons, obtained by any process, provided that the weight of the non-aromatic
constituents exceeds that of the aromatic constituents.
However, the references do not include liquid synthetic polyolefins of which less than 60% by volume
distils at 3000C, after conversion to 1,013 millibars when a reduced-pressure distillation method is used (Chapter
39).
3. For the purposes of heading 2710, ―waste oils‖ means waste containing mainly petroleum oils and oils
obtained from bituminous minerals (as described in Note 2 to this Chapter), whether or not mixed with water.
These include:
(a) such oils no longer fit for use as primary products (for example, used lubricating oils, used hydraulic
oils and used transformer oils);
(b) sludge oils from the storage tanks of petroleum oils, mainly containing such oils and high concentration
of additives (for example, chemicals) used in the manufacture of the primary products ; and
(c) such oils in the form of emulsions in water or mixtures with water, such as those resulting from oil
spills, storage tank washings, or from the use of cutting oils for machining operations.
SUB-HEADING NOTES :
1. For the purposes of sub-heading 2701 11 ―anthracite‖ means coal having a volatile matter limit (on a dry,
mineral-matter-free basis) not exceeding 14%.
2. For the purposes of sub-heading 2701 12, ―bituminous coal‖ means coal having a volatile matter limit (on
a dry, mineral-matter-free basis) exceeding 14% and a calorific value limit (on a moist, mineral-matter-free basis)
equal to or greater than 5,833 kcal/kg.
3. For the purposes of tariff items 2707 10 00, 2707 20 00, 2707 30 00 and 2707 40 00, the terms ―benzol‖,
―(benzene)‖, ―toluol‖ (toluene)", ―xylol‖ (xylenes)" and ―naphthalene‖ apply to products which contain more than
50% by weight of benzene, toluene, xylenes or naphthalene, respectively.
4. For the purposes of sub-heading 2710 12, "light oils and preparations"are those of which 90 % or
more by volume (including losses) distil at 210 °C according to the ISO 3405 method (equivalent to the ASTM
D 86 method).
5. For the purposes of the sub-headings of heading 2710, the term ―biodiesel‖ means mono-alkyl esters
of fatty acids of a kind used as a fuel, derived from animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils whether or
not used.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE :
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In this Chapter, reference to any standard of the Bureau of Indian Standards refers to the last published
version of that standard.
Illustration : IS 1459 refers to IS 1459: 2018 and not to IS 1459: 1974
(a) ―motor spirit‖ means any hydrocarbon oil (excluding crude mineral oil) which has its flash point
below 250C and which either by itself or in admixture with any other substance, is suitable for use as fuel in
spark ignition engines. ―Special boiling point spirits (tariff item Nos. 2710 12 11, 2710 12 12 and 2710 12
13)‖ means light oils, as defined in Sub-heading Note 4, not containing any anti-knock preparations , and
with a difference of not more than 600C between the temperatures at which 5% and 90% by volume (
including losses) distil;
(b) ―natural gasoline liquid (NGL)‖ is a low–boiling liquid petroleum product extracted from Natural
Gas;
(c) ―superior kerosine oil (SKO)‖ means any hydrocarbon oil conforming to the Indian Standards
Specification of Bureau of Indian Standards IS : 1459-1974 (Reaffirmed in the year 1996);
(d) ―aviation turbine fuel (ATF)‖ means any hydrocarbon oil conforming to the Indian Standards
Specification of Bureau of Indian Standards IS : 1571:1992:2000;
(e) ―high speed diesel (HSD)‖ means any hydrocarbon oil conforming to the Indian Standards
Specification of Bureau of Indian Standards IS: 1460:2005;
(f) ―light diesel oil (LDO)‖ means any hydrocarbon oil conforming to the Indian Standards Specification
of Bureau of Indian Standards IS: 15770:2008;
(g) ―fuel oil‖ means any hydrocarbon oil conforming to the Indian Standards Specification of Bureau of
Indian Standards IS:1593:1982 (Reaffirmed in the year 1997);
(h) ―lubricating oil‖ means any oil, which is ordinarily used, for lubrication, excluding any hydrocarbon
oil, which has its flash point below 93.30 Centigrade;
(i) ―jute batching oil‖ and ―textile oil‖ are hydrocarbon oils which have their flash point at or above
93.30C, and is ordinarily used for the batching of jute or other textile fibres;
(j) the expression ―petroleum jelly crude‖ (tariff item Nos. 2712 10 10) shall be taken to apply to
petroleum jelly of a natural colour higher than 4.5 by the ASTM D 1500 method;
(k) for the purposes of these additional notes, the tests prescribed have the meaning hereby assigned
to them:
(1) ―Flash Point‖ shall be determined in accordance with the test prescribed in this behalf in the
rules made under the Petroleum Act, 1934 (30 of 1934);
(2) ―Smoke Point‖ shall be determined in the apparatus known as the Smoke Point Lamp in the
manner indicated in the Indian Standards Institution specification IS:1448 (p. 31)-1967 as for the time
being in force;
(3) ―Final Boiling Point‖ shall be determined in the manner indicated in the Indian Standards
Institution specification IS:1448 (p.18)-1967 as for the time being in force;
(4) ―Carbon Residue‖ shall be determined in the apparatus known as Ramsbottom Carbon
Residue Apparatus in the manner indicated in the Indian Standards Institution specification IS:1448
(p.8)-1967 as for the time being in force;
(5) ―Colour Comparision Test‖ shall be done in the following manner, namely :
(i) first prepare a five per cent. weight by volume solution of Potassium Iodine (analytical
reagent quality) in distilled water;
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(ii) to this, add Iodine (analytical reagent quality) in requisite amount to prepare an
exactly 0.04 normal Iodine solution;
(iii) thereafter, compare the colour of the mineral oil under test with the Iodine solution
so prepared.
2705 00 00 COAL GAS, WATER GAS, PRODUCER GAS AND kg. 10% -
SIMILAR GASES, OTHER THAN PETROLEUM
GASES AND OTHER GASEOUS HYDROCARBONS
*w.e.f 01.04.2021
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- In gaseous state :
2711 21 00 -- Natural gas kg. 10% -
2711 29 00 -- Other kg. 10% -
SECTION VI
PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES
NOTES :
1. (A) Goods (other than radioactive ores) answering to a description in heading 2844 or 2845 are to be
classified in those headings and in no other heading of this Schedule.
(B) Subject to paragraph (A) above, goods answering to a description in heading 2843, 2846 or 2852
are to be classified in those headings and in no other heading of this Section.
2. Subject to Note 1 above, goods classifiable in heading 3004, 3005, 3006, 3212, 3303, 3304, 3305,
3306, 3307, 3506, 3707 or 3808 by reason of being put up in measured doses or for retail sale are to be
classified in those headings and in no other heading of this Schedule.
3. Goods put up in sets consisting of two or more separate constituents, some or all of which fall in this
Section and are intended to be mixed together to obtain a product of Section VI or VII, are to be classified
in the heading appropriate to that product, provided that the constituents are:
(a) having regard to the manner in which they are put up, clearly identifiable as being intended to
be used together without first being repacked;
(b) presented together; and
(c) identifiable, whether by their nature or by the relative proportions in which they are present,
as being complementary one to another.
4. Where a product answers to a description in one or more of the headings in Section VI by virtue
of being described by name or function and also to heading 3827, then it is classifiable in a heading that
references the product by name or function and not under heading 3827.
CHAPTER 28
Inorganic chemicals, organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals,
of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
NOTES :
1. Except where the context otherwise requires, the headings of this Chapter apply only to:
(a) separate chemical elements and separate chemically defined compounds, whether or not
containing impurities;
(b) the products mentioned in (a) above dissolved in water;
(c) the products mentioned in (a) above dissolved in other solvents provided that the solution
constitutes a normal and necessary method of putting up these products adopted solely for reasons of
safety or for transport and that the solvent does not render the product particularly suitable for specific
use rather than for general use;
(d) the products mentioned in (a), (b) or (c) above with an added stabiliser (including an anti-
caking agent) necessary for their preservation or transport;
(e) the products mentioned in (a), (b), (c) or (d) above with an added anti-dusting agent or a
colouring substance added to facilitate their identification or for safety reasons, provided that the
additions do not render the product particularly suitable for specific use rather than for general use.
2. In addition to dithionites and sulphoxylates, stabilised with organic substances (heading 2831),
carbonates and peroxocarbonates of inorganic bases (heading 2836), cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex
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cyanides of inorganic bases (heading 2837), fulminates, cyanates and thiocyanates, of inorganic bases (heading
2842), organic products included in headings 2843 to 2846 and 2852 carbides (heading 2849), only the
following compounds of carbon are to be classified in this Chapter:
(a) oxides of carbon, hydrogen cyanide and fulminic, isocyanic, thiocyanic and other simple or
complex cyanogen acids (heading 2811);
(b) halide oxides of carbon (heading 2812);
(c) carbon disulphide (heading 2813);
(d) thiocarbonates, selenocarbonates, tellurocarbonates, selenocyanates, tellurocyanates,
tetrathiocyanatodiamminochromates (reineckates) and other complex cyanates, of inorganic bases
(heading 2842);
(e) hydrogen peroxide, solidified with urea (heading 2847), carbon oxysulphide, thiocarbonyl
halides, cyanogen, cyanogen halides and cyanamide and its metal derivatives (heading 2853) other
than calcium cyanamide, whether or not pure (Chapter 31).
3. Subject to the provisions of Note 1 to Section VI, this Chapter does not cover:
(a) sodium chloride or magnesium oxide, whether or not pure, or other products of Section V;
(b) organo-inorganic compounds other than mentioned in Note 2 above;
(c) products mentioned in Note 2, 3 , 4 or 5 to Chapter 31;
(d) inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, of heading 3206; glass frit and other glass
in the form of powder, granules or flakes, of heading 3207;
(e) artificial graphite (heading 3801); products put up as charges for fire extinguishers or put up
in fire-extinguishing grenades, of heading 3813; ink removers put up in packings for retail sale, of
heading 3824; cultured crystals (other than optical elements) weighing not less than 2.5 g each, of the
halides of the alkali or alkaline-earth metals, of heading 3824;
(f) precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) or dust or powder of
such stones (headings 7102 to 7105), or precious metals or precious metal alloys of Chapter 71;
(g) the metals, whether or not pure, metal alloys or cermets, including sintered metal carbides
(metal carbides sintered with a metal), of Section XV; or
(h) optical elements, for example, of the halides of the alkali or alkaline-earth metals (heading
9001).
4. Chemically defined complex acids consisting of a non-metal acid of Sub-Chapter II and a metal acid
of Sub-Chapter IV are to be classified in heading 2811.
5. Headings 2826 to 2842 apply only to metal or ammonium salts or peroxysalts.
Except where the context otherwise requires, double or complex salts are to be classified in heading
2842.
6. Heading 2844 applies only to:
(a) technetium (atomic No. 43), promethium (atomic No. 61), Polonium (atomic No. 84) and all
elements with an atomic number greater than 84;
(b) natural or artificial radioactive isotopes (including those of the precious metals or of the base
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VI. — MISCELLANEOUS
CHAPTER 29
Organic chemicals
NOTES :
1. Except where the context otherwise requires, the headings of this Chapter apply only to :
(a) separate chemically defined organic compounds, whether or not containing impurities;
(b) mixtures of two or more isomers of the same organic compound (whether or not containing
impurities), except mixtures of acyclic hydrocarbon isomers (other than stereoisomers), whether or not
saturated (Chapter 27);
(c) the products of headings 2936 to 2939 or the sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar esters, and
their salts, of heading 2940, or the products of heading 2941, whether or not chemically defined;
(d) the products mentioned in (a), (b) or (c) above dissolved in water;
(e) the products mentioned in (a), (b) or (c) above dissolved in other solvents provided that the
solution constitutes a normal and necessary method of putting up these products adopted solely for
reasons of safety or for transport and that the solvent does not render the product particularly suitable
for specific use rather than for general use;
(f) the products mentioned in (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) above with an added stabiliser (including an
anti-caking agent) necessary for their preservation or transport;
(g) the products mentioned in (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) above with an added anti-dusting agent
or a colouring or odoriferous substance or an emetic added to facilitate their identification or for
safety reasons, provided that the additions do not render the product particularly suitable for specific
use rather than forgeneral use;
(h) the following products, diluted to standard strengths, for the production of azo dye: diazonium
salts, couplers used for these salts and diazotisable amines and their salts.
2. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) goods of heading 1504 or crude glycerol of heading 1520;
(b) ethyl alcohol (heading 2207 or 2208);
(c) methane or propane (heading 2711);
(d) the compounds of carbon mentioned in Note 2 to Chapter 28;
(e) Immunological products of heading 3002;
(f) urea (heading 3102 or 3105);
(g) colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (heading 3203), synthetic organic colouring
matter, synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores
(heading 3204) or dyes or other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale (heading
3212);
(h) enzymes (heading 3507);
(ij) metaldehyde, hexamethylenetetramine or similar substances, put up in forms (for example,
tablets, sticks or similar forms) for use as fuels or liquid or liquefied-gas fuels in containers of a kind
used for filling or refilling cigarette or similar lighters and of a capacity not exceeding 300 cm3 (heading
3606);
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These provisions apply only when the ring-position hetero-atoms are those resulting solely from the
cyclising function or functions here listed.
8. For the purpose of heading 2937 :
(a) the term ―hormones‖ includes hormone-releasing or hormone-stimulating factors, hormone
inhibitors and hormone antagonists (anti-hormones);
(b) the expression ―used primarily as hormones‖ applies not only to hormone derivatives and
structural analogues used primarily for their hormonal effect, but also to those derivatives and structural
analogues used primarily as intermediates in the synthesis of products of this heading.
SUB-HEADING NOTE :
1. Within any one heading of this Chapter, derivatives of a chemical compound (or group of chemical
compounds) are to be classified in the same sub-heading as that compound (or group of compounds) provided
that they are not more specially covered by any other sub-heading and that there is no residual sub-heading
named ―other‖ in the series of sub-headings concerned.
2. Note 3 to this Chapter shall not be applicable to the sub-heading of this Chapter.
--- Chlorofluoroethanes:
2903 77 21 ---- Chlorpentafluoroethane kg. 10% -
2903 77 22 ---- 1,2- Dichlorotetrafluoroethane kg. 10% -
2903 77 23 ---- Trichlorotrifluoroethane kg. 10% -
2903 77 24 ---- Tetrachlorodifluoroethane kg. 10% -
2903 77 25 ---- Pentachlorofluoroethane kg. 10% -
--- Chlorofluoropropanes:
2903 77 31 ---- Chloroheptafluoropropane kg. 10% -
2903 77 32 ---- Dichlorohexafluoropropane kg. 10% -
2903 77 33 ---- Trichloropentafluoropropane kg. 10% -
2903 77 34 ---- T etrachlorotetrafluoropropane kg. 10% -
2903 77 35 ---- Pentachlorotrifluoropropane kg. 10% -
2903 77 36 ---- Hexachlorodifluoropropane kg. 10% -
2903 77 37 ---- Heptachlorofluoropropane kg. 10% -
2903 77 90 --- Other derivatives, perhalogenated kg. 10% -
only with fluorine and chlorine
2903 78 00 -- Other kg. 10% -
2903 79 00 - Halogenated derivatives of cyclanic, cyclenic or
cycloterpenic hydrocarbons :
2903 81 00 -- 1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane [HCH (ISO)], kg. 10% -
including lindane (ISO, INN)
2903 82 00 -- Aldrin (ISO), chlordane (ISO) kg. 10% -
2903 83 00 -- Mirex (ISO) kg. 10% -
2903 89 00 - - Other kg. 10% -
- Halogenated derivatives of aromatic hydrocarbons:
2903 91 -- Chlorobenzene, o-dichlorobenzene and p-dichlo-
robenzene:
2903 91 10 --- Chlorobenzene (monochloro) kg. 10% -
2903 91 20 --- o - dichlorobenzene (Orthodichlorobenzene) kg. 10% -
2903 91 30 --- p - dichlorobenzene (Paradichlorobenzene) kg. 10% -
2903 92 -- Hexachlorobenzene (ISO) and DDT (ISO)
[clofenotane (INN), 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis (p-
chlorophenyl)ethane]:
2903 92 10 --- Hexachlorobenzene (ISO) kg. 10% -
--- DDT (ISO) [(clofenotane (INN),1,1,1-trichloro-
2,2-bis (p-chlorophenyl)ethane]:
2903 92 21 ---- DDT Technical 75 Wdp kg. 10% -
2903 92 29 ---- Other kg. 10% -
2903 93 00 -- Pentachlorobenzene (ISO) kg. 10% -
2903 94 00 -- Hexabromobiphenyls kg. 10% -
2903 99 -- Other:
2903 99 10 --- Chlorofluorobenzene kg. 10% -
2903 99 20 --- Benzalchloride (Benzyl dichloride) kg. 10% -
2903 99 30 --- Benzotrichloride kg. 10% -
2903 99 40 --- Benzylchloride kg. 10% -
2903 99 50 --- Parachlorotoluene (4-chloromethyl benzene) kg. 10% -
2903 99 60 --- Naphthalene, chlorinated kg. 10% -
2903 99 70 --- Chlorofluoro aniline kg. 10% -
2903 99 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
V. — ALDEHYDE-FUNCTION COMPOUNDS
IX.—NITROGEN-FUNCTION COMPOUNDS
2921 AMINE- FUNCTION COMPOUNDS
- Acyclic monoamines and their derivatives; salts
thereof :
2921 11 -- Methylamine, di- or trimethylamine and their
salts :
2921 11 10 --- Dimethyl formide kg. 10% -
2921 11 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
2921 12 00 -- 2-(N, N-Dimethylamino)ethylchloride hydrochloride kg. 10% -
2921 13 00 -- 2-(N, N-Diethylamino)ethylchloride hydrochloride kg. 10% -
2921 14 00 -- 2-(N, N-Diisopropylamino)ethylchloride hydrochloride kg. 10% -
2921 19 -- Other:
2921 19 10 --- 2-Chloro N, N-Diisopropyl ethylamine kg. 10% -
2921 19 20 --- 2-Chloro N, N-Dimethyl ethanamine kg. 10% -
2921 19 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
- Acyclic polyamines and their derivatives; salts
thereof :
2921 21 00 -- Ethylenediamine and its salts kg. 10% -
2921 22 00 -- Hexamethylenediamine and its salts kg. 10% -
2921 29 -- Other :
2921 29 10 --- Hexamethylene tetramine (hexamine) not put kg. 10% -
up as fuel or medicament
2921 29 20 --- Trimethylene triniframine kg. 10% -
2921 29 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
2921 30 - Cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic mono or
polyamines, and their derivatives; salts thereof :
2921 30 10 --- Cyclohexylamine kg. 10% -
2921 30 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
- Aromatic monoamines and their derivatives;
salts thereof :
2921 41 -- Aniline and its salts :
2921 41 10 --- Aniline kg. 10% -
2921 41 20 --- Aniline hydrochloride kg. 10% -
2921 41 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
2921 42 -- Aniline derivatives and their salts :
--- Para chloroaniline, ortho chloro paranitroaniline,
dichloroaniline, 2, 6-dichloro paranitroaniline,
2-4-5-trichloroaniline :
2921 42 11 ---- Para chloroaniline kg. 10% -
2921 42 12 ---- Ortho chloro paranitroaniline kg. 10% -
2921 42 13 ---- Dichloroaniline kg. 10% -
2921 42 14 ---- 2, 6-dichloro paranitroaniline kg. 10% -
2921 42 15 ---- 2 - 4 - 5 trichloroaniline kg. 10% -
--- N-benzyl-N-ethylaniline, N,N-diethylaniline, N,N-
dimethylaniline, meta nitroaniline, para nitroaniline:
2921 42 21 ---- N-benzyl-N-ethylaniline kg. 10% -
2921 42 22 ---- N,N-diethylaniline kg. 10% -
2921 42 23 ---- N,N-dimethylaniline kg. 10% -
2921 42 24 ---- N-ethyl aniline kg. 10% -
2921 42 25 ---- Meta nitroaniline kg. 10% -
2921 42 26 ---- Para nitroaniline kg. 10% -
--- 2-amino 3, 5 xylne sulphonic acid, Benzyl ethyl
aniline sulphuric acid, metanillic acid (meta
amino benzene sulphonic acid), Sulphanillic
acid (para aminobenzene sulphonic acid para
aniline sulphonic acid), Ethyl hydroxy
ethylaniline, Methyl dopa (1-alpha methyl-3,
4-dihydroxyphenylaniline) :
2921 42 31 ---- 2-amino 3, 5 xylne sulphonic acid kg. 10% -
2921 42 32 ---- Benzyl ethyl aniline sulphonic acid kg. 10% -
2921 42 33 ---- Metanillic acid (meta amino benzene sulphonic acid) kg. 10% -
2921 42 34 ---- Sulphanillic acid (para aminobenzene sulphonic kg. 10% -
acid para aniline sulphonic acid)
2921 42 35 ---- Ethyl hydroxy ethylaniline kg. 10% -
2921 42 36 ---- Methyl dopa (1-alpha methyl-3, 4- kg. 10% -
dihydroxyphenylaniline)
2921 42 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
-- Toluidines and their derivatives; salts thereof :
2921 43 10 --- N,N-diethyl toluidine kg. 10% -
2921 43 20 - -- N,N-dimethyl toluidine kg. 10% -
2921 43 30 --- Ortho toluidine kg. 10% -
2921 43 40 --- Meta toluidine kg. 10% -
2921 43 50 --- Para toluidine kg. 10% -
2921 43 60 --- 2-Chloro-5-toluidine-4-sulphonic acid kg. 10% -
2921 43 70 --- 2-Chloro-4-toluidine-5-sulphonic acid (sodium salt) kg. 10% -
2921 43 80 --- 4-Toluidine-3-sulphonic acid kg. 10% -
2921 43 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
2921 44 -- Diphenylamine and its derivatives; salts thereof :
2921 44 10 --- Diphenylamine kg. 10% -
2921 44 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
2921 45 -- 1-Naphthylamine (alpha-naphthylamine), 2-
Naphthylamine (betanaph thylamine) and their
derivatives; salts thereof :
--- Alpha naphthylamine, Phenyl alpha
naphthylamine, Phenyl beta naphthylamine,
Amino F-acid, Aminolineli-R-acid, Sodium
naphthionate :
2921 45 11 ---- Alpha naphthylamine kg. 10% -
2921 45 12 ---- Phenyl alpha naphthylamine kg. 10% -
2921 45 13 ---- Phenyl beta naphthylamine kg. 10% -
2921 45 14 ---- Amino F-acid kg. 10% -
2921 45 15 ---- Aminolineli-R-acid kg. 10% -
2921 45 16 ---- Sodium naphthionate kg. 10% -
--- Bronner’s acid (2-naphthylamine-6-sulphonic
acid), cleve’s acid (1-naphthylamine-6-
sulphonic acid), epsilon acid (1- naphthylamine-
3,8-disulphonic acid), koch’s acid (1-
naphthylamine-3,6,8-trisulphonic acid),Laurent’s
acid (1-naphthylamine-5-sulphonic acid), tobias
acid (2-naphthylamine-1- sulphonic acid) :
2921 45 21 ---- Bronner‘s acid (2-naphthylamine-6-sulphonic acid)
kg. 10% -
2921 45 22 ---- Cleve‘s acid (1-naphthylamine-6-sulphonic acid) kg. 10% -
2921 45 23 ---- Epsilon acid (1-naphthylamine-3,8-disulphonic acid) kg. 10% -
2921 45 24 ---- Koch‘s acid (1-naphthylamine-3,6,8-trisulphonic kg. 10% -
acid)
2921 45 25 ---- Laurent‘s acid (1-naphthylamine-5-sulphonic acid) kg. 10% -
2921 45 26 ---- Tobias acid (2-naphthylamine-1-sulphonic acid) kg. 10% -
--- Naphthionic acid (1-naphthylamine-4-
sulphonic acid), Para tolyl peri acid (para
tolyl-1-naphthylamine 8-sulphonic acid),
phenyl peri acid (phenyl- 1-naphthylamine-8-
sulphonic acid) :
2921 45 31 ---- Naphthionic acid (1-naphthylamine-4-sulphonic acid) kg. 10% -
2921 45 32 ---- Para tolyl peri acid (para tolyl-1-naphthylamine-
8-sulphonic acid) kg. 10% -
2921 45 33 ---- Phenyl peri acid (phenyl-1-naphthylamine-
8-sulphonic acid) kg. 10% -
2921 45 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
2921 46 00 -- Amfetamine (INN), benzfetamine (INN)
dexamfetamine (INN), etilamfetamine (INN) kg. 10% -
fencamfamin(INN),lefetamine (INN),
levamfetamine (INN), mefenorex (INN) and
phentermine (INN); salts thereof
2921 49 -- Other :
2921 49 10 --- Xylidines kg. 10% -
2921 49 20 --- Para cumidine kg. 10% -
2921 49 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
- Aromatic polyamines and their derivatives;
salts thereof :
2921 51 -- o-, m-, p-Phenylenediamine, diaminotoluenes,
and their derivatives; salts thereof :
2921 51 10 --- O-phenylenediamine kg. 10% -
2921 51 20 --- M-phenylenediamine (m-di aminobenzene) kg. 10% -
2921 51 30 --- P-phenylenediamine kg. 10% -
2921 51 40 --- O-diaminotoluene kg. 10% -
2921 51 50 --- M-diaminotoluene kg. 10% -
2921 51 60 --- P-diaminotoluene kg. 10% -
2921 51 70 --- Para-amino acetanilide kg. 10% -
2921 51 80 --- Meta toluylene diamine kg. 10% -
2921 51 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
2921 59 -- Other :
2921 59 10 --- Benzidine kg. 10% -
2921 59 20 --- Benzidine dihydrochloride kg. 10% -
2921 59 30 --- 3, 3 dichlorobenzidine dihydrochloride sulphate kg. 10% -
2921 59 40 --- Diaminostilbene 2,2-disulphonic acid (Dasda) kg. 10% -
2921 59 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
X. — ORGANO-INORGANIC COMPOUNDS,
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, NUCLEIC
ACIDS AND THEIR SALTS, AND SULPHONAMIDES
2935 SULPHONAMIDES
2935 10 00 - N-Methylperfluorooctane sulphonamide kg. 10% -
2935 20 00 - N-Ethylperfluorooctane sulphonamide kg. 10% -
2935 30 00 - N-Ethyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl) perfluorooctane kg. 10% -
sulphonamide
2935 40 00 - N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)-N-methylperfluorooctane kg. 10% -
sulphonamide
2935 50 00 - Other perfluorooctane sulphonamides kg. 10% -
2935 90 - Other:
--- Sulphamethoxazole, sulphafurazole, sulphadiazine,
sulphadimidine, sulphacetamide:
2935 90 11 ---- Sulphamethoxazole kg. 10% -
2935 90 12 ---- Sulphafurazole kg. 10% -
2935 90 13 ---- Sulphadiazine kg. 10% -
2935 90 14 ---- Sulphadimidine kg. 10% -
2935 90 15 ---- Sulphacetamide kg. 10% -
--- Sulphamethoxypyridarine, sulphamethiazole,
sulphamoxole, sulphamide:
2935 90 21 ---- Sulphamethoxypyridarine kg. 10% -
2935 90 22 ---- Sulphamethiazole kg. 10% -
2935 90 23 ---- Sulphamoxole kg. 10% -
2935 90 24 ---- Sulphamide kg. 10% -
2935 90 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
2941 ANTIBIOTICS
2941 10 - Penicillins and their derivative with a penicillanic
acid structure; salts thereof :
2941 10 10 --- Penicillins and its salts ( e.g. procaine penicillin, kg. 10% 10%
penicillin G-potassium)
2941 10 20 --- Ampicilline and its salts kg. 10% 10%
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CHAPTER 30
Pharmaceutical products
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) foods or beverages (such as dietetic, diabetic or fortified foods, food supplements, tonic beverages
and mineral waters), other than nutritional preparations for intravenous administration (Section IV);
(b) products, such as tablets, chewing gum or patches (transdermal systems), containing
nicotine and intended to assist tobacco use cessation (heading 2404);
(c) plasters specially calcined or finely ground for use in dentistry (heading 2520);
(d) aqueous distillates or aqueous solutions of essential oil, suitable for medicinal uses (heading
3301);
(e) preparations of headings 3303 to 3307, even if they have therapeutic or prophylactic properties;
(f) soap or other products of heading 3401 containing added medicaments;
(g) preparations with a basis of plaster for use in dentistry (heading 3407);
(h) blood albumin not prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses (heading 3502); or
(ij) diagnostic reagents of heading 3822.
2. For the purposes of heading 3002, the expression ―immunological products‖ applies to peptides and
proteins (other than goods of heading 2937) which are directly involved in the regulation of immunological
processes, such as monoclonal antibodies (MAB), antibody fragments, antibody conjugates and antibody
fragment conjugates, interleukins, interferons (IFN), chemokines and certain tumor necrosis factors (TNF),
growth factors (GF), hematopoietins and colony stimulating factors (CSF).;
3. For the purposes of headings 3003 and 3004 and of Note 4(d) to this Chapter, the following are to be
treated:
(a) as unmixed products:
(1) unmixed products dissolved in water;
(2) all goods of Chapter 28 or 29; and
(3) simple vegetable extracts of heading 1302, merely standardised or dissolved in any solvent;
(b) as products which have been mixed:
(1) colloidal solutions and suspensions (other than colloidal sulphur);
(2) vegetable extracts obtained by the treatment of mixture of vegetable materials; and
(3) salts and concentrates obtained by evaporating natural mineral waters.
4. Heading 3006 applies only to the following, which are to be classified in that heading and in no other
heading of this Schedule—
(a) sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials (including sterile absorbable surgical or
dental yarns) and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure;
(b) sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents;
(c) sterile absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers,
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2. Sub-headings 3003 60 and 3004 60 cover medicaments containing artemisinin (INN) for oral
ingestion combined with other pharmaceutical active ingredients, or containing any of the following
active principles, whether or not combined with other pharmaceutical active ingredients: amodi
aquine (INN); artelinic acid or its salts; artenimol (INN); artemotil (INN); artemether (INN); artesunate
(INN); chloroquine (INN); dihydroartemisinin (INN); lumefantrine (INN);mefloquine (INN);
piperaquine (INN); pyrimethamine (INN) or sulfadoxine (INN).
3004 50 32 ---- Of vitamin B1 and B2 and salts thereof kg. 10% 10%
3004 50 33 ---- Of vitamin B9 kg. 10% 10%
3004 50 34 ---- Of vitamin B12 kg. 10% 10%
3004 50 35 ---- Of vitamin C kg. 10% 10%
3004 50 36 ---- Of vitamin D kg. 10% 10%
3004 50 37 ---- Of vitamin E kg. 10% 10%
3004 50 39 ---- Other kg. 10% 10%
3004 50 90 --- Other kg. 10% 10%
3004 60 00 - Other, containing antimalarial active principles kg. 10% 10%
described in Sub-heading Note 2 to this Chapter
3004 90 - Other :
--- Ayurvedic, Unani, Homoeopathic, Siddha or
Bio-chemic systems medicaments, put up for
retail sale :
3004 90 11 ---- Of Ayurvedic system kg. 10% 10%
3004 90 12 ---- Of Unani system kg. 10% 10%
3004 90 13 ---- Of Siddha system kg. 10% 10%
3004 90 14 ---- Of Homoeopathic system kg. 10% 10%
3004 90 15 ---- Of Bio-chemic system kg. 10% 10%
--- Anthelmintics drugs; antiamoebic and other
antiprotozal drugs;
antifungal drugs :
3004 90 21 ---- Anthelmintics and preparations thereof kg. 10% 10%
3004 90 22 ---- Metronidazole kg. 10% 10%
3004 90 23 ---- Tinidazole kg. 10% 10%
3004 90 24 ---- Secnidazole kg. 10% 10%
3004 90 25 ---- Diluxamide furoate kg. 10% 10%
3004 90 26 ---- Sodium stibogluconate kg. 10% 10%
3004 90 27 ---- Pentamidine kg. 10% 10%
3004 90 29 ---- Other kg. 10% 10%
--- Antihistaminics drugs; antacids preparations;
antiulcer drugs;
antiemitics and other gastrointestinal drugs :
3004 90 31 ---- Promethazine, chlorpheniramine, kg. 10% 10%
astemizole and ceteirizine
3004 90 32 ---- Sodium bicarbonate, magnesium hydroxide kg. 10% 10%
(milk of magnesia), magnesium carbonate,
magnesium trisilicate, aluminium hydroxide
gel, magaldarate and combinations thereof
3004 90 33 ---- Cimetidine, rantidine, nizatidine and roxatidine kg. 10% 10%
3004 90 34 ---- Omeprazole and lansoprazole kg. 10% 10%
3004 90 35 ---- Dicyclomine, metoclopramide and dexame kg. 10% 10%
thasone and ondansetron
3004 90 36 ---- Chenodiol and ursodiol kg. 10% 10%
3004 90 39 ---- Other kg. 10% 10%
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CHAPTER 31
Fertilisers
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover :
2. Heading 3102 applies only to the following goods, provided that they are not put up in the forms or
packages described in heading 3105:
(a) goods which answer to one or other of the descriptions given below:
(i) sodium nitrate, whether or not pure;
(ii) ammonium nitrate, whether or not pure;
(iii) double salts, whether or not pure, of ammonium sulphate and ammonium nitrate;
(iv) ammonium sulphate, whether or not pure;
(v) double salts (whether or not pure) or mixtures of calcium nitrate and ammonium nitrate;
(vi) double salts (whether or not pure) or mixtures of calcium nitrate and magnesium nitrate;
(vii) calcium cyanamide, whether or not pure or treated with oil;
(viii) urea, whether or not pure;
(b) fertilisers consisting of any of the goods described in (A) above mixed together;
(c) fertilisers consisting of ammonium chloride or of any of the goods described in (A) or (B)
above mixed with chalk, gypsum or other inorganic non-fertilising substances;
(d) liquid fertilisers consisting of the goods of sub-paragraph (A) (ii) or (viii) above, or of mixtures
of those goods, in an aqueous or ammoniacal solution.
3. Heading 3103 applies only to the following goods, provided that they are not put up in the forms or
packages described in heading 3105:
(a) goods which answer to one or other of the descriptions given below:
(i) basic slag;
(ii) natural phosphates of heading 2510, calcined or further heat-treated than for the removal
of impurities;
(iii) superphosphates (single, double or triple);
(iv) calcium hydrogen orthophosphate containing not less than 0.2 per cent. by weight of
fluorine calculated on the dry anhydrous product;
(b) fertilisers consisting of any of the goods described in (A) above mixed together, but with no
account being taken of the flourine content limit;
(c) fertilisers consisting of any of the goods described in (A) or (B) above, but with no account
being taken of the fluorine content limit, mixed with chalk, gypsum or other inorganic non-fertilising
substances.
4. Heading 3104 applies only to the following goods, provided that they are not put up in the forms or
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6. For the purposes of heading 3105, the term ―other fertilisers‖ applies only to products of a kind used
as fertilisers and containing, as an essential constituent, at least one of the fertilising elements nitrogen,
phosphorus or potassium.
CHAPTER 32
Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter;
paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks
NOTES:
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) separate chemically defined elements or compounds [except those of heading 3203 or 3204,
inorganic products of a kind used as lumino-phores (heading 3206), glass obtained from fused quartz
or other fused silica in the forms provided for in heading 3207, and also dyes and other colouring
matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale, of heading 3212];
(b) tannates or other tannin derivatives of products of headings 2936 to 2939, 2941 or 3501 to
3504; or
(c) mastics of asphalt or other bituminous mastics (heading 2715).
2. Heading 3204 includes mixtures of stabilised diazonium salts and couplers for the production of azo
dyes.
3. Headings 3203, 3204, 3205 and 3206 apply also to preparations based on colouring matter (including,
in the case of heading 3206, colouring pigments of heading 2530 or Chapter 28, metal flakes and metal
powders), of a kind used for colouring any material or used as ingredients in the manufacture of colouring
preparations. The headings do not apply, however, to pigments dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or
paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints, including enamels (heading 3212), or to other
preparations of heading 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3212, 3213 or 3215.
4. Heading 3208 includes solutions (other than collodions) consisting of any of the products specified
in headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents when the weight of the solvent exceeds 50 per cent. of
the weight of the solution.
5. The expression ―colouring matter‖ in this Chapter does not include products of a kind used as
extenders in oil paints, whether or not they are also suitable for colouring distempers.
6. The expression ―stamping foils‖ in heading 3212 applies only to thin sheets of a kind used for
printing, for example, book covers or hat bands, and consisting of :
(a) metallic powder (including powder of precious metal) or pigment, agglomerated with glue,
gelatin or other binder; or
(b) metal (including precious metal) or pigment, deposited on a supporting sheet of any material.
CHAPTER 33
Essential oils and resinoids, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) natural oleoresins or vegetable extracts of heading 1301 or 1302;
(b) soap or other products of heading 3401; or
(c) gum, wood or sulphate turpentine or other products of heading 3805.
2. The expression ―odoriferous substances‖ in heading 3302 refers only to the substances of heading
3301, to odoriferous constituents isolated from those substances or to synthetic aromatics.
3. Headings 3303 to 3307 apply, inter alia, to products, whether or not mixed (other than aqueous
distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils), suitable for use as goods of these headings and put up in
packings of a kind sold by retail for such use.
4. The expression ―perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations‖ in heading 3307 applies, inter alia, to
the following products: scented sachets; odoriferous preparations which operate by burning; perfumed papers
and papers impregnated or coated with cosmetics; contact lens or artificial eye solution; wadding, felt and
nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with perfume or cosmetics; animal toilet preparations.
specified or included
3303 00 90 --- Other kg. 20% -
CHAPTER 34
Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes,
prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes,
“dental waxes” and dental preparations with a basis of plaster
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils of a kind used
as mould release preparations (heading 1517);
(b) separate chemically defined compounds; or
(c) shampoos, dentrifices, shaving creams and foams, or bath preparations, containing soap or
other organic surface-active agents (heading 3305, 3306 or 3307).
2. For the purposes of heading 3401, the expression ―soap‖ applies only to soap soluble in water. Soap
and the other products of heading 3401 may contain added substances (for example, disinfectants, abrasive
powders, fillers or medicaments). Products containing abrasive powders remain classified in heading 3401
only if in the form of bars, cakes or moulded pieces or shapes. In other forms they are to be classified in
heading 3405 as ―scouring powders and similar preparations‖.
3. For the purposes of heading 3402, ―organic surface-active agents‖ are products which when mixed
with water at a concentration of 0.5% at 20oC and left to stand for one hour at the same temperature:
(a) give a transparent or translucent liquid or stable emulsion without separation of insoluble
matter; and
(b) reduce the surface tension of water 4.5 X 10-2 N/m (45 dyne/Cm) or less.
4. In heading 3403, the expression ―petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals‖ applies
to the products defined in Note 2 to Chapter 27.
5. In heading 3404, subject to the exclusions provided below, the expression ―artificial waxes and
prepared waxes‖ applies only to:
(a) chemically produced organic products of a waxy character, whether or not water-soluble;
(b) products obtained by mixing different waxes;
(c) products of a waxy character with a basis of one or more waxes and containing fats, resins,
mineral substances or other materials, the heading does not apply to:
(i) products of headings 1516, 3402 or 3823, even if having a waxy character;
(ii) unmixed animal waxes or unmixed vegetable waxes, whether or not refined or coloured,
of heading 1521;
(iii) mineral waxes and similar products of heading 2712 whether or not intermixed or
merely coloured; or
(iv) waxes mixed with, dispersed in or dissolved in a liquid medium (headings 3405, 3809,
etc.).
SECTION-VI CHAPTER-34
CHAPTER 35
Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) yeasts (heading 2102);
(b) blood fractions (other than blood albumin not prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses),
medicaments or other products of Chapter 30;
(c) enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning (heading 3202);
(d) enzymatic soaking or washing preparations or other products of Chapter 34;
(e) hardened proteins (heading 3913); or
(f) gelatin products of the printing industry (Chapter 49).
2. For the purposes of heading 3505, the term ―dextrins‖ means starch degradation products with a
reducing sugar content, expressed as dextrose on the dry substance, not exceeding 10%.
Such products with a reducing sugar content exceeding 10% fall in heading 1702.
CHAPTER 36
Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover separate chemically defined compounds other than those described in
Note 2(a) or 2(b) below.
2. The expression ―articles of combustible materials‖ in heading 3606 applies only to:
(a) metaldehyde, hexamethylenetetramine and similar substances, put up in forms (for example,
tablets, sticks or similar forms) for use as fuels; fuels with a basis of alcohol, and similar prepared
fuels, in solid or semi-solid form;
(b) liquid or liquefied-gas fuels in containers of a kind used for filling or refilling cigarette or
similar lighters and of a capacity not exceeding 300 cm3; and
(c) resin torches, firelighters and the like.
CHAPTER 37
Photographic or cinematographic goods
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover waste or scrap.
2. In this Chapter the word ―photographic‖ relates to the process by which visible images are formed,
directly or indirectly, by the action of light or other forms of radiation on photosensitive, including
thermosensitive, surfaces.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE :
In this Chapter, the term ―Central Board of Film Certification‖ means the authority established under
law in India for the purpose of certifying the films.
CHAPTER 38
Miscellaneous chemical products
NOTES:
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) separate chemically defined elements or compounds with the exception of the following :
(1) artificial graphite (heading 3801);
(2) insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting pro-ducts and plant-growth
regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up as described in heading 3808;
(3) products put up as charges for fire-extinguishers or put up in fire-extinguishing grenades
(heading 3813);
(4) certified reference materials specified in Note 2 below;
(5) products specified in Note 3 (a) or 3 (c) below;
(b) mixtures of chemicals with foodstuffs or other substances with nutritive value, of a kind used
in the preparation of human foodstuffs (generally, heading 2106);
(c) products of heading 2404;
(d) slag, ash and residues (including sludges, other than sewage sludge), containing metals, arsenic
or their mixtures and meeting the requirements of Note 3 (a) or 3(b) to Chapter 26 (heading 2620);
(e) medicaments (Heading 3003 or 3004);
(f) spent catalysts of a kind used for the extraction of base metals or for the manufacture of
chemical compounds of base metals (heading 2620), spent catalysts of a kind used principally for the
recovery of precious metal (heading 7112) or catalysts consisting of metals or metal alloys in the form
of, for example, finely divided powder or woven gauze (Section XIV or XV).
2. (A) For the purpose of heading 3822, the expression ―certified reference materials‖ means reference
materials which are accompanied by a certificate which indicates the values of the certified properties, the
methods used to determine these values and the degree of certainty associated with each value and which
are suitable for analytical, calibrating or referencing purposes.
(B) With the exception of the products of Chapter 28 or 29, for the classification of certified reference
materials, heading 3822 shall take precedence over any other heading in the Schedule.
3. Heading 3824 includes the following goods which are not to be classified in any other heading of this
Schedule:
(a) cultured crystals (other than optical elements) weighing not less than 2.5 g each, of magnesium
oxide or of the halides of the alkali or alkaline-earth metals;
(b) fusel oil; Dippel‘s oil;
(c) ink removers put up in packings for retail sale;
(d) Stencil correctors, other correcting fluids and correction tapes (other than those of heading
9612), put up in packings for retail sale; and;
SECTION-VI CHAPTER-38
1. Sub-headings 3808 52 and 3808 59 cover only goods of heading 3808, containing one or
more of the following substances: alachlor (ISO); aldicarb (ISO); aldrin (ISO); azinphos-methyl (ISO);
binapacryl (ISO); camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene); captafol (ISO); carbofuran (ISO); chlordane (ISO);
chlordimeform (ISO); chlorobenzilate (ISO); DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN), 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis (p-
chlorophenyl) ethane); dieldrin (ISO, INN); 4,6- dinitro-o-cresol (DNOC (ISO)) or its salts; dinoseb
(ISO), its salts or its esters; endosulfan (ISO); ethylene dibromide (ISO) (1,2-dibromoethane); ethylene
dichloride (ISO) (1,2- dichloroethane); fluoroacetamide (ISO); heptachlor (ISO); hexachlorobenzene
(ISO); 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN); mercury
compounds; methamidophos (ISO); monocrotophos (ISO); oxirane (ethylene oxide); parathion (ISO);
parathion-methyl (ISO) (methyl-parathion); pentachlorophenol (ISO), its salts or its esters;
perfluorooctane sulphonic acid and its salts; perfluorooctane sulphonamides; perfluorooctane sulphonyl
fluoride; phosphamidon (ISO); 2,4,5-T (ISO) (2,4,5- trichlorophenoxyacetic acid), its salts or its esters;
tributyltin compounds; trichlorfon (ISO).
SECTION-VI CHAPTER-38
2. Sub-headings 3808 61 to 3808 69 cover only goods of heading 3808, containing alpha-
cypermethrin (ISO), bendiocarb (ISO), bifenthrin (ISO), chlorfenapyr (ISO), cyfluthrin (ISO), deltamethrin
(INN, ISO), etofenprox (INN), fenitrothion (ISO), lambda-cyhalothrin (ISO), malathion (ISO), pirimiphos-
methyl (ISO) or propoxur (ISO).
3. Sub-headings 3824 81 to 3824 89 cover only mixtures and preparations containing one
or more of the following substances: oxirane (ethylene oxide); polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs);
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs); tris (2,3- dibromopropyl)
phosphate; aldrin (ISO); camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene); chlordane (ISO); chlordecone (ISO); DDT
(ISO) (clofenotane (INN); 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis (p-c hlorophenyl)ethane); dieldrin (ISO, INN);
endosulfan (ISO); endrin (ISO); heptachlor (ISO); mirex (ISO); 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH
(ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN); pentachlorobenzene (ISO); hexachlorobenzene (ISO);
perfluorooctane sulphonic acid, its salts; perfluorooctane sulphonamides; perfluorooctane sulphonyl
fluoride; tetra-, penta-, hexa- , hepta- or octabromodiphenyl ethers; short-chain chlorinated paraffins.
4. For the purposes of tariff items 3825 41 00 and 3825 49 00, "waste organic solvents"are
wastescontaining mainly organic solvents, not fit for further use as presented as primary products, whether
or notintended for recovery of solvents.';
SECTION VII
PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF; RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF
NOTES :
1. Goods put up in sets consisting of two or more separate constituents, some or all of which fall in this
Section and are intended to be mixed together to obtain a product of Section VI or VII, are to be classified in
the heading appropriate to that product, provided that the constituents are :
(a) having regard to the manner in which they are put up, clearly identifiable as being intended to
be used together without first being repacked;
(b) presented together; and
(c) identifiable, whether by their nature or by the relative proportions in which they are present, as
being complementary one to another.
2. Except for the goods of heading 3918 or 3919, plastics, rubber, and articles thereof, printed with
motifs, characters or pictorial representations, which are not merely subsidiary to the primary use of the
goods, fall in Chapter 49.
CHAPTER 39
Plastics and articles thereof
NOTES :
1. Throughout this Schedule, the expression ―plastics‖ means those materials of headings 3901 to 3914
which are or have been capable, either at the moment of polymerisation or at some subsequent stage, of
being formed under external influence (usually heat and pressure, if necessary with a solvent or plasticiser)
by moulding, casting, extruding, rolling or other process into shapes which are retained on the removal of the
external influence.
Throughout this Schedule any reference to ―plastics‖ also includes vulcanised fibre. The expression,
however, does not apply to materials regarded as textile materials of Section XI.
2. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) lubricating preparations of heading 2710 or 3403;
(b) waxes of heading 2712 or 3404;
(c) separate chemically defined organic compounds (Chapter 29);
(d) heparin or its salts (heading 3001);
(e) solutions (other than collodions) consisting of any of the products specified in headings 3901 to
3913 in volatile organic solvents when the weight of the solvent exceeds 50% of the weight of the
solution (heading 3208); stamping foils of heading 3212;
(f) organic surface-active agents or preparation of heading 3402;
(g) run gums or ester gums (heading 3806);
(h) prepared additives for mineral oils (including gasoline) or for other liquids used for the same
purposes as mineral oils (heading 3811);
SECTION-VII CHAPTER-39
(ij) prepared hydraulic fluids based on polyglycols, silicones or other polymers of Chapter 39
(heading 3819);
(k) diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing of plastics (heading 3822);
(l) synthetic rubber, as defined for the purpose of Chapter 40, or articles thereof;
(m) saddlery or harness (heading 4201) or trunks, suit-cases, hand-bags or other containers of
heading 4202;
(n) plaits, wickerwork or other articles of Chapter 46;
(o) wall coverings of heading 4814;
(p) goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles);
(q) articles of Section XII (for example, footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-
sticks, whips, riding-crops or parts thereof);
(r) imitation jewellery of heading 7117;
(s) articles of Section XVI (machines and mechanical or electrical appliances);
(t) parts of aircraft or vehicles of Section XVII;
(u) articles of Chapter 90 (for example, optical elements, spectacle frames, drawing instruments);
(v) articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clock or watch cases);
(w) articles of Chapter 92 (for example, musical instruments or parts thereof);
(x) articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, luminaires and lighting fittings, illuminated
signs,prefabricated buildings);
(y) articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites); or
(z) articles of Chapter 96 (for example, brushes, buttons, slide fasteners, combs, mouth-pieces or
stems for smoking pipes, cigarette-holders or the like, parts of vacuum flasks or the like, pens, propelling
pencils and monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles).
3. Headings 3901 to 3911 apply only to goods of a kind produced by chemical synthesis, falling in the
following categories:
(a) liquid synthetic polyolefins of which less than 60% by volume distils at 3000C, after conversion
to 1,013 millibars when a reduced pressure distillation method is used (headings 3901 and 3902);
(b) resins, not highly polymerised, of the coumarone-indene type (heading 3911);
(c) other synthetic polymers with an average of at least 5 monomer units;
(d) silicones (heading 3910);
(e) resols (heading 3909) and other prepolymers.
4. The expressions ―copolymers‖ covers all polymers in which no single monomer unit contributes 95%
or more by weight to the total polymer content.
For the purposes of this Chapter, except where the context otherwise requires, copolymers (including
co-polycondensates, co-polyaddition products, block copolymers and graft copolymers) and polymer bends
are to be classified in the heading covering polymers of that comonomer unit which predominates by weight
over every other single comonomer unit. For the purposes of this Note, constituent comonomer units of
SECTION-VII CHAPTER-39
2. For the purposes of sub-heading 3920 43, the term ―plasticisers‖ includes secondary plasticisers.
3904 10 10 --- Emulsion grade PVC resin / PVC Paste kg. 10% -
resin/ PVC dispersion resin
3904 10 20 --- Suspension grade PVC resin kg. 10% -
3904 10 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
- Other poly (vinyl chloride),
mixed with other substances:
3904 21 00 -- Non-plasticised kg. 10% -
3904 22 00 -- Plasticised kg. 10% -
- Other poly (vinyl chloride)
3904 21 -- Non-plasticised:
3904 21 10 --- Poly (vinyl chloride) resins kg. 10% -
3904 21 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
3904 22 -- Plasticised:
3904 22 10 --- Poly (vinyl chloride) (PVC) Resins kg. 10% -
(emulsion grade)
3904 22 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
3904 30 - Vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymers
3904 30 10 --- Poly (vinyl derivatives) kg. 10% -
3904 30 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
3904 40 00 - Other vinyl chloride copolymers kg. 10% -
3904 50 - Vinylidene chloride polymers :
3904 50 10 - - - Copolymer of vinylidene chloride with a kg. 10% -
crylonitrite, in the form of expansible beads
of a diameter of 4 micrometers or more but
not more than 20 micrometers
3904 50 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
- Fluro-polymers :
3904 61 00 -- Polytetrafluroethylene kg. 10% -
-- Other :
3904 69 10 --- Poly (vinyl fluoride), in one of the forms kg. 10% -
mentioned in Note 6(b) to this Chapter
3904 69 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
3904 90 - Other:
3904 90 10 --- Chlorinated poly vinyl chloride (CPVC) resin kg. 10% -
3904 90 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
CHAPTER 40
Rubber and articles thereof
NOTES :
1. Except where the context otherwise requires, throughout this Schedule the expression ―rubber‖
means the following products, whether or not vulcanised or hard:
natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, synthetic rubber, factice
derived from oils, and such substances reclaimed.
2. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles);
(b) footwear or parts thereof of Chapter 64;
(c) headgear or parts thereof (including bathing caps) of Chapter 65;
(d) mechanical or electrical appliances or parts thereof of Section XVI (including electrical goods
of all kinds), of hard rubber;
(e) articles of Chapter 90,92,94 or 96; or
(f) articles of Chapter 95 (other than sports gloves, mittens and mitts and articles of headings 4011
to 4013).
3. In headings 4001 to 4003 and 4005, the expression ―primary forms‖ applies only to the following
forms:
(a) liquids and pastes (including latex, whether or not pre-vulcanised, and other dispersions and
solutions);
(b) blocks of irregular shape, lumps, bales, powders, granules, crumbs and similar bulk forms.
4. In Note 1 to this Chapter and in heading 4002, the expression ―synthetic rubber‖ applies to:
(a) unsaturated synthetic substances which can be irreversibly transformed by vulcanisation with
sulphur into non-thermoplastic substances which, at a temperature between 180C and 290C , will not
break on being extended to three times their original length and will return, after being extended to twice
their original length, within a period of five minutes, to a length not greater than one and a half times their
original length. For the purposes of this test, substances necessary for the cross-linking, such as
vulcanising activators or accelerators, may be added; the presence of substances as provided for by
Note 5(B)(ii) and (iii) is also permitted. However, the presence of any substances not necessary for the
cross-linking, such as extenders, plasticisers and fillers, is not permitted;
(b) thioplasts (TM ); and
(c) natural rubber modified by grafting or mixing with plastics, depolymerised natural rubber,
mixtures of unsaturated synthetic substances with saturated synthetic high polymers provided that all
the above-mentioned products comply with the requirements concerning vulcanisation, elongation and
recovery in (a) above.
SECTION-VII CHAPTER-40
5. (A) Headings 4001 and 4002 do not apply to any rubber or mixture of rubbers which has been
compounded, before or after coagulation, with:
(i) vulcanising agents, accelerators, retarders or activators (other than those added for the
preparation of pre-vulcanised rubber latex);
(ii) pigments or other colouring matter, other than those added solely for the purpose of identification;
(iii) plasticisers or extenders (except mineral oil in the case of oil-extended rubber), fillers, reinforcing
agents, organic solvents or any other substances, except those permitted under (b);
(B) the presence of the following substances in any rubber or mixture of rubbers shall not affect its
classification in heading 4001 or 4002, as the case may be, provided that such rubber or mixture of rubbers
retains its essential character as a raw material :
(i) emulsifiers or anti-tack agents;
(ii) small amounts of breakdown products of emulsifiers;
(iii) very small amounts of the following:
heat-sensitive agents (generally for obtaining thermosensitive rubber latexes), cationic surface-
active agents (generally for obtaining electro-positive rubber latexes), anti-oxidants, coagulants,
crumbling agents, freeze-resisting agents, peptisers, preservatives, stabilisers, viscosity-control
agents, or similar special-purpose additives.
6. For the purposes of heading 4004, the expression ―waste, parings and scrap‖ means rubber waste,
parings and scrap from the manufacture or working of rubber and rubber goods definitely not usable as such
because of cutting-up, wear or other reasons.
7. Thread wholly of vulcanized rubber, of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 5 mm., is to be
classified as strip, rods or profile shapes, of heading 4008.
8. Heading 4010 includes conveyor or transmission belts or belting of textile fabric impregnated, coated,
covered or laminated with rubber or made from textile yarn or cord impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed
with rubber.
9. In headings 4001, 4002, 4003, 4005 and 4008, the expressions ―plates‖, ―sheets‖ and ―strip‖ apply
only to plates, sheets and strip and to blocks of regular geometric shape, uncut or simply cut to rectangular
(including square) shape, whether or not having the character of articles and whether or not printed or
otherwise surface-worked, but not otherwise cut to shape or further worked.
In heading 4008, the expressions ―rods‖ and ―profile shapes‖ apply only to such products, whether or
not cut to length or surface-worked but not otherwise worked.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES :
1. For the purposes of headings 4009 and 4010, while calculating the percentage of rubber compound
contents, the weight of canvas, yarn, metallic wires, washers, rivets and the like, where such products, form
integral part of ingredient of such rubber products, shall be taken into account, but the weight of metallic
fitments and surface finishing necessary to make the belting and tubing suitable for particular end uses, shall
be ignored.
2. Tariff item 4008 21 10 shall also apply to ―plates‖, ―sheets‖, and ―strips‖, whether or not cut to shape
SECTION-VII CHAPTER-40
and surface-worked or further worked so as to render them fit for resoling or repairing or re-treading of
rubber tyres.
SECTION VIII
RAW HIDES AND SKINS, LEATHER, FURSKINS AND ARTICLES THEREOF;
SADDLERY AND HARNESS; TRAVEL GOODS, HAND BAGS AND SIMILAR
CONTAINERS; ARTICLES OF ANIMAL GUT
(OTHER THAN SILK-WORM GUT)
CHAPTER 41
Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) parings or similar waste, of raw hides or skins (heading 0511);
(b) birdskins or parts of birdskins, with their feathers or down, of heading 0505 or 6701; or
(c) hides or skins, with the hair or wool on, raw, tanned or dressed (Chapter 43); the following are,
however, to be classified in Chapter 41, namely:
raw hides and skins, with the hair or wool on, of bovine animals (including buffalo), of equine
animals, of sheep or lambs (except Astrakhan, Broadtail, Caracul, Persian, or similar lambs, Indian,
Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan lambs), of goats or kids (except Yemen, Mongolian or Tibetan goats
and Kids), of swine (including peccary), of chamois, of gazelle, of camels (including dromedaries)
of reindeer, of elk, of deer, of roebucks or of dogs.
2. (A) Headings 4104 to 4106 do not cover hides and skins which have undergone a tanning (including
pre-tanning) process which is reversible (headings 4101 to 4103, as the case may be).
(B) For the purposes of headings 4104 to 4106, the term ―crust‖ includes hides and skins that have
been retanned, coloured or fat-liquored (stuffed) prior to drying.
3. Throughout this Schedule, the expression ―composition leather‖ means only substances of the kind
referred to in heading 4115.
CHAPTER 42
Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar
containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)
NOTES :
1. For the purposes of this Chapter, the term ―leather‖ includes chamois (including combination chamois)
leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallised leather.
2. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) sterile surgical catgut or similar sterile suture materials (heading 3006);
(b) articles of apparel or clothing accessories (except gloves, mittens and mitts), lined with
furskin or artificial fur or to which furskin or artificial fur is attached on the outside except as mere
trimming (heading 4303 or 4304);
(c) made up articles of netting (5608);
(d) articles of Chapter 64;
(e) headgear or parts thereof of Chapter 65;
(f) whips, riding-crops or articles of heading 6602;
(g) cuff-links, bracelets or other imitation jewellery (heading 7117);
(h) fittings or trimmings for harness, such as stirrups, bits, horse, brassess and buckles,
separately presented (generally Section XV);
(ij) strings, skins for drums or the like, or other parts of musical instruments (heading 9209);
(k) articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, luminaires and lighting fittings);
(l) articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites); or
(m) buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners, press-studs, button moulds or other parts of these articles,
button blanks, of heading 9606.
3. (A) In addition to the provisions of Note 2 above, heading 4202 does not cover:
(a) bags made of sheeting of plastics, whether or not printed, with handles, not designed for
prolonged use (heading 3923);
(b) articles of plaiting materials (heading 4602).
(B) Articles of headings 4202 and 4203 which have parts of precious metal or metal clad with
precious metal, of natural or cultured pearls, of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or
reconstructed) remain classified in those headings even if such parts constitute more than minor fittings or
minor ornamentation, provided that these parts do not give the articles their essential character . If, on the
other hand, the parts give the articles their essential character, the articles are to be classified in Chapter 71.
SECTION-VIII CHAPTER-42
4. For the purposes of heading 4203, the expression ―articles of apparel and clothing accessories‖
applies, inter alia, to gloves, mittens and mitts (including those for sport or for protection), aprons and other
protective clothing, braces, belts, bandoliers and wrist straps, but excluding watch straps (heading 9113).
4204 O MITTED
CHAPTER 43
Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof
NOTES :
1. Throughout this Schedule reference to ―furskins‖, other than to raw furskins of heading 4301 apply
to hides or skins of all animals which have been tanned or dressed with the hair or wool on.
2. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) birdskins or parts of birdskins, with their feathers or down (heading 0505 or 6701);
(b) raw hides or skins, with the hair or wool on, of Chapter 41 [See Note 1(c) to that Chapter];
(c) gloves, mittens and mitts, consisting of leather and furskin or of leather and artificial fur
(heading 4203);
(d) articles of Chapter 64;
(e) headgear or parts thereof of Chapter 65; or
(f) articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites).
3. Heading 4303 includes furskins and parts thereof, assembled with the addition of other materials,
and furskins and parts thereof, sewn together in the form of garments or parts or accessories of garments or
in the form of other articles.
4. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (except those excluded by Note 2) lined with furskin or
artificial fur or to which furskin or artificial fur is attached on the outside except as mere trimming are to be
classified in heading 4303 or 4304, as the case may be.
5. Throughout this Schedule, the expression ―artificial fur‖ means any imitation of furskin consisting
of wool, hair or other fibres gummed or sewn on to leather, woven fabric or other materials, but does not
include imitation furskins obtained by weaving or knitting (generally, heading 5801 or 6001).
SECTION IX
WOOD AND ARTICLES OF WOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL; CORK AND ARTICLES OF
CORK; MANUFACTURERS OF STRAW, OF ESPARTO OR OF OTHER PLATING
MATERIALS; BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK
CHAPTER 44
Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) wood, in chips, in shavings, crushed, ground or powdered, of a kind used primarily in perfumery,
in pharmacy, or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes (heading 1211);
(b) bamboos or other materials of a woody nature of a kind used primarily for plaiting, in the rough,
whether or not split, sawn lengthwise or cut to length (heading 1401);
(c) wood, in chips, in shavings, ground or powdered, of a kind used primarily in dyeing or in tanning
(heading 1404);
(d) activated charcoal (heading 3802);
(e) articles of heading 4202;
(f) goods of Chapter 46;
(g) footwear or parts thereof Chapter 64;
(h) goods of Chapter 66 (for example, umbrellas and walking-sticks and parts thereof);
(ij) goods of heading 6808;
(k) imitation jewellery of heading 7117;
(l) goods of Section XVI or Section XVII (for example, machine parts, cases, covers, cabinets for
machines and apparatus and wheel wrights‘ wares);
(m) goods of Section XVIII (for example, clock cases and musical instruments and parts thereof);
(n) parts of firearms (heading 9305);
(o) articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, luminaires and lighting fittings, prefabricated
buildings);
(p) articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites);
(q) articles of Chapter 96 (for example, smoking pipes and parts thereof, buttons, pencils, and
monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles) excluding bodies and handles, of wood, for articles of
heading 9603; or
(r) articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art ).
2. In this Chapter, the expression ―densified wood‖ means wood which has been subjected to chemical or
physical treatment (being, in the case of layers bonded together, treatment in excess of that needed to ensure a
good bond), and which has thereby acquired increased density or hardness together with improved mechanical
strength or resistance to chemical or electrical agencies.
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3. Headings 4414 to 4421 apply to articles of the respective descriptions of particle board or similar
board, fibreboard, laminated wood or densified wood as they apply to such articles of wood.
4. Products of heading 4410, 4411 or 4412 may be worked to form the shapes provided for in respect of
the goods of heading 4409, curved, corrugated, perforated, cut or formed to shapes other than square or
rectangular or submitted to any other operation provided it does not give them the character of articles of
other headings.
5. Heading 4417 does not apply to tools in which the blade, working edge, working surface or other
working part is formed by any of the materials specified in Note 1 to Chapter 82.
6. Subject to Note 1 above and except where the context otherwise requires, any reference to ―wood‖
in a heading of this Chapter applies also to bamboos and other materials of a woody nature.
Sub-heading Notes :
1. For the purposes of sub-heading 4401 31, the expression ―wood pellets‖ means by-products such
as cutter shavings, sawdust or chips, of the mechanical wood processing industry, furniture-making industry
or other wood transformation activities, which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by
the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3% by weight. Such pellets are cylindrical, with a
diameter not exceeding 25 mm and a length not exceeding 100 mm.
2. For the purposes of sub-heading 4401 32, the expression ―wood briquettes‖ means by products
such as cutter shavings, saw dust or chips, of the mechanical wood processing industry, furniture making or
other wood transformation activities, which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by
addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3% by weight. Such briquettes are in the form of
cubiform, polyhedral or cylindrical units with the minimum cross-sectional dimension greater than 25 mm;
3. For the purposes of sub-heading 4407 13, ―S-P-F‖ refers to wood sourced from mixed stands of
spruce, pine and fir where the proportion of each species varies and is unknown.
4. For the purposes of sub-heading 4407 14, ―Hem-fir‖ refers to wood sourced from mixed stands
of Western hemlock and fir where the proportion of each species varies and is unknown.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES :
1. ―Marine plywood‖ means plywood conforming to Indian Standard Specification IS 710.
2. ―Aircraft plywood‖ means plywood conforming to Indian Standard Specification Nos. IS 709 and IS
4859.
3. For the purposes of heading 4412, the expression ―similar laminated wood‖ includes blockboard,
laminboard and battenboard, in which the core is thick and composed of blocks, laths or battens of wood
glued or otherwise joined together and surface with the outer plies and also panels in which the wooden core
is replaced by other materials such as a layer of layers of particle board, fibre board, wood waste glued or
otherwise joined together, asbestos or cork.
- Other :
4407 91 00 -- Of oak (Quercus Spp.) m3 10% -
4407 92 00 -- Of beech (Fagus Spp.) m3 10% -
4407 93 00 -- Of maple (Acer spp.) m3 10% -
4407 94 00 -- Of cherry (Prunus spp.) m3 10% -
4407 95 00 -- Of ash (Fraxinus spp.) m3 10% -
4407 96 00 -- Of birch (Betula spp.) m3 10% -
4407 97 00 -- Of poplar and aspen (Populus spp.) m3 10% -
4407 99 -- Other :
CHAPTER 45
Cork and articles of cork
NOTE :
This Chapter does not cover :
(a) footwear or parts of footwear of Chapter 64;
(b) headgear or parts of headgear of Chapter 65; or
(c) articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites).
CHAPTER 46
Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and
wickerwork
NOTES :
1. In this Chapter, the expression ―plaiting materials‖ means materials in a state or form suitable for
plaiting, interlacing or similar processes; it includes straw, osier or willow, bamboos, rattan, rushes, reeds,
strips of wood, strips of other vegetable material (for example, strips of bark, narrow leaves and raffia or
other strips obtained from broad leaves), unspun natural textile fibres, monofilament and strip and the like
of plastics and strips of paper, but not strips of leather or composition leather or of felt or non-wovens,
human hair, horsehair, textile rovings or yarns, or monofilament and strip and the like of Chapter 54.
2. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) wall coverings of heading 4814;
(b) twine, cordage, ropes or cables, plaited or not (heading 5607);
(c) footwear or headgear or parts thereof of Chapter 64 or 65;
(d) vehicles or bodies for vehicles of basketware (Chapter 87); or
(e) articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, luminaires and lighting fittings).
3. For the purposes of heading 4601, the expression ―plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of
plaiting materials, bound together in parallel strands‖ means plaiting materials, plaits and similar products
of plaiting materials, placed side by side and bound together, in the form of sheets, whether or not the
binding materials are of spun textile materials.
SECTION X
PULP OF WOOD OR OF OTHER FIBROUS CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; RECOVERED
(WASTE AND SCRAP) PAPER OR PAPERBOARD; PAPER AND PAPERBOARD
AND ARTICLES THERE OF
CHAPTER 47
Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered
(waste and scrap) paper or paperboard
NOTE :
For the purposes of heading 4702, the expression ―chemical wood pulp, dissolving grades‖ means
chemical wood pulp having by weight an insoluble fraction of 92% or more for soda or sulphate wood
pulp or of 88% or more for sulphite wood pulp after one hour in a caustic soda solution containing
18% sodium hydroxide (NaOH) at 20oC, and for sulphite wood pulp an ash content that does not
exceed 0.15% by weight.
CHAPTER 48
Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
NOTES :
1. For the purposes of this Chapter, except where the context otherwise requires, a reference to
―paper‖ includes references to paperboard (irrespective of thickness or weight per m2).
2. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) articles of Chapter 30;
(b) stamping foils of heading 3212;
(c) perfumed papers or papers impregnated or coated with cosmetics (Chapter 33);
(d) paper or cellulose wadding impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent
(heading 3401), or with polishes, creams or similar preparations (heading 3405);
(e) sensitised paper or paperboard of headings 3701 to 3704;
(f) paper impregnated with diagnostic or laboratory reagents (heading 3822);
(g) paper-reinforced stratified sheeting of plastics, or one layer of paper or paperboard coated
or covered with a layer of plastics, the latter consituting more than half the total thickness, or
articles of such materials, other than wall coverings of heading 4814 (Chapter 39);
(h) articles of heading 4202 (for example, travel goods);
(ij) articles of Chaper 46 (manufactures of plaiting material);
(k) paper yarn or textile articles of paper yarn (Section XI);
(l) articles of Chapter 64 or Chapter 65;
(m) abrasive paper or paperboard (heading 6805) or paper or paperboard-backed mica
(heading 6814) (paper and paperboard coated with mica powder are, however, to be classified in
this Chapter);
(n) metal foil backed with paper or paperboard (generally XIV or Section XV);
(o) articles of heading 9209;
(p) articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites); or
(q) articles of Chapter 96 [for example, buttons, sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins
(diapers) and napkin liners].
3. Subject to the provisions of Note 7, headings 4801 to 4805 include paper and paperboard
which have been subjected to calendering, super-calendering, glazing or similar finishing, false water-
marking or surface sizing , and also paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres,
coloured or marbled throughout the mass by any method. Except where heading 4803 otherwise requires,
these headings do not apply to paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres which
have been otherwise processed.
4. In this Chapter the expression ―newsprint‖ means uncoated paper of a kind used for the printing of
newspapers, of which not less than 50% by weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained
by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process, unsized or vey lightly sized, having a surface roughness
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Parker Print Surf (1 Mpa) on each side exceeding 2.5 micrometres (microns), weighing not less than 40 g/m2
and not more than 65 g/m2 and applies only to paper:
(a) in strips or rolls of a width exceeding 28 cm; or
(b) in rectangular (including square) sheets with one side exceeding 28 cm and the other side
exceeding 15 cm in the unfolded state
5. For the purposes of heading 4802, the expressions ―paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing,
printing or other graphic purposes‖ and ―non-perforated punch-cards and punch tape paper‖ mean paper and
paperboard made mainly from bleached pulp or from pulp obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical
process and satisfying any of the following criteria:
(A) For paper or paperboard weighing not more than 150 g/m2 :
(a) containing 10% or more of fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process,
and
1. weighing not more than 80 g/m2 ; or
2. coloured throughout the mass; or
(b) containing more than 8% ash, and
1. weighing not more than 80 g/m2 ; or
2. coloured throughout the mass; or
(c) containing more than 3% ash and having a brightness of 60% or more ;or
(d) containing more than 3% but not more than 8% ash, having a brightness less than 60%, and a
burst index equal to or less than 2.5kPa. m2/g; or
(e) containing 3% ash or less, having a brightness of 60% or more and a burst index equal to or
less than 2.5 kPa.m2/g.
(B) For paper or paperboard weighing more than 150 g/m2 :
(a) coloured throughout the mass; or
(b) having a brightness of 60% or more, and
1. a caliper of 225 micrometres (microns) or less, or
2. a caliper of more than 225 micrometres (microns) but not more than 508 micrometres
(microns) and an ash content more than 3%; or
(c) having a brightness of less than 60%, a caliper of 254 micrometres (microns) or less and an
ash content more than 8%.
Heading 4802 does not, however, cover filter paper or paperboard (including tea-bag paper) or felt
paper or paperboard.
6. In this Chapter ―kraft paper and paperboard‖ means paper and paperboard of which not less than
80% by weight of the total fibre content consists of fibres obtained by the chemical sulphate or soda processes.
7. Except where the terms of the headings otherwise require, paper, paperboard , cellulose wadding
and webs of cellulose fibres answering to a description in two or more of the headings 4801 to 4811 are to be
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classified under that one of such headings which occurs last in numerical order in this Schedule.
8. Headings 4803 to 4809, apply only to paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose
fibres :
(a) in strips or rolls of a width exceeding 36 cm; or
(b) in rectangular (including square) sheets with one side exceeding 36 cm and the other side
exceeding 15 cm in the unfolded state.
9. For the purposes of heading 4814, the expression ―wall paper and similar wall coverings‖ applies
only to :
(a) paper in rolls, of a width of not less than 45 cm and not more than 160 cm suitable for wall or
ceiling decoration :
(i) grained, embossed, surface-coloured, design-printed or otherwise surface-decorated (for
example, with textile flock), whether or not coated or covered with transparent protective plastics;
(ii) with an uneven surface resulting from the incorporation of particles of wood, straw,
etc.;
(iii) coated or covered on the face side with plastics, the layer of plastics being grained,
embossed, coloured, design-printed or otherwise decorated; or
(iv) covered on the face side with plaiting material, whether or not bound together in parallel
strands or woven;
(b) borders and friezes, of paper, treated as above whether or not in rolls, suitable for wall or
ceiling decoration;
(c) wall coverings of paper made up of several panels, in rolls or sheets, printed so as to make up
a scene, design or motif when applied to a wall.
Products on a base of paper or paperboard, suitable for use both as floor coverings and as wall coverings,
are to be classified in heading 4823.
10. Heading 4820 does not cover loose sheets or cards, cut to size, whether or not printed, embossed or
perforated.
11. Heading 4823 applies, inter alia, to perforated paper or paperboard cards for Jacquard or similar
machines and paper lace.
12. Except for the goods of heading 4814 or 4821 , paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and
articles thereof, printed with motifs, characters or pictorial representations, which are not merely
subsidiary to the primary use of the goods, fall in Chapter 49.
SUB-HEADING NOTES :
1. For the purposes of sub-headings 4804 11 and 4804 19, ―Kraft-liner‖ means machine-finished or
machine-glazed paper and paperboard, of which not less than 80% by weight of the total fibre content
consists of wood fibres obtained by the chemical sulphate or soda processes, in rolls, weighing more than 115
g/m2 and having a minimum Mullen bursting strength as indicated in the following table or the linearly
interpolated or extrapolated equivalent for any other weight.
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2. For the purposes of sub-headings 4804 21 and 4804 29, ―sack kraft paper‖ means machine-
finished paper, of which not less than 80% by weight of the total fibre content consists of fibres obtained
by the chemical sulphate or soda processes, in rolls, weighing not less than 60 g/m2 but not more than
115 g/m2 and meeting one of the following sets of specifications :
(a) having a Mullen burst index of not less than 3.7 kPa m2/g and a stretch factor of more than
4.5% in the cross direction and of more than 2% in the machine direction.
(b) having minimum for tear and tensile as indicated in the following table or the linearly
interpolated equivalent for any other weight :
3. For the purposes of sub-heading 4805 11, ―semi-chemical fluting paper‖ means paper, in rolls, of
which not less than 65% by weight of the total fibre content consists of unbleached hardwood fibres obtained
by a combination of a mechanical and chemical pulping processes, and having a CMT 2
30 (corrugated Medium
Test with 30 minutes of conditioning) crush resistance exceeding 1.8 newtons/g/m at 50 % relative humidity
0
at 23 C.
4. Sub-heading 4805 12 covers paper, in rolls, made mainly of straw pulp obtained by a combination
of a mechanical and chemical pulping processes, weighing 130 g/m2 or more, and having a CMT 30
(Corrugated Medium Test with 30 minutes of conditioning) crush resistance exceeding 1.4 newtons/g/m2 at
50% relative humidity, at 230 C.
5. Sub-headings 4805 24 and 4805 25 cover paper and paperboard made wholly or mainly of pulp of
recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard. Testliner may also have a surface layer of dyed paper or
of paper made of bleached or unbleached non-recovered pulp. These products have a Mullen burst index of
not less than 2 kPa.m2/g.
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6. For the purposes of sub-heading 4805 30, ―sulphite wrapping paper‖ means machine-glazed paper, of
which more than 40% by weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by the chemical
sulphite process, having an ash content not exceeding 8% and having a Mullen burst index of not less than
1.47 kPa. m2/g.
7. For the purposes of sub-heading 4810 22, ―light-weight coated paper‖ means paper, coated on both
sides, of a total weight not exceeding 72 g/m2, with a coating weight not exceeding 15 g/m2 per side, on a
base of which not less than 50% by weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a
mechanical process.
"Supplementary Notes:
Nothwithstanding anything contained in Note 12, if paper and paper products of heading 4811, 4816 or
4820 are printed with any character, name, logo, motif or format, they shall remain classified under the
respective headings as long as such products are intended to be used for futher printing or writing."
4812 00 00 FILTER BLOCKS, SLABS AND PLATES, OF PAPER PULP kg. 10% -
4815 00 00 OMITTED
Note: Cellophane Transparent Film (also known as Cellophane Transparent paper) - Attracts ADD vide
notification 94/2006-Cus. dt. 7.9.2006 Ch.39.
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CHAPTER 49
Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts,
typescripts and plans
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) photographic negatives or positives on transparent bases (Chapter 37) ;
(b) maps, plans or globes, in relief, whether or not printed (heading 9023) ;
(c) playing cards or other goods of Chapter 95 ; or
(d) original engravings, prints or lithographs (heading 9702), postage or revenue stamps, stamp-
postmarks, first-day covers, postal stationery or the like of heading 9704, antiques of an age exceeding
one hundred years or other articles of Chapter 97.
2. For the purposes of Chapter 49, the term ―printed‖ also means reproduced by means of a duplicating
machine, produced under the control of an automatic data processing machine, embossed, photographed,
photocopied, thermocopied or typewritten.
3. Newspapers, journals and periodicals which are bound otherwise than in paper, and sets of
newspapers, journals or periodicals comprising more than one number under a single cover are to be classified
in heading 4901, whether or not containing advertising material.
4. Heading 4901 also covers :
(a) a collection of printed reproductions of, for example, works of art or drawings, with a relative
text, put up with numbered pages in a form suitable for binding into one or more volumes ;
(b) a pictorial supplement accompanying, and subsidiary to, a bound volume ; and
(c) printed parts of books or booklets, in the form of assembled or separate sheets or signatures,
constituting the whole or a part of a complete work and designed for binding.
However, printed pictures or illustrations not bearing a text, whether in the form of signatures or
separate sheets, fall in heading 4911.
5. Subject to Note 3 to this Chapter, heading 4901 does not cover publications which are essentially
devoted to advertising (for example, brochures, pamphlets, leaflets, trade catalogues, year books published
by trade associations, tourist propaganda). Such publications are to be classified in heading 4911.
6. For the purposes of heading 4903, the expression ―children‘s picture books‖ means books for children
in which the pictures form the principal interest and the text is subsidiary.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES :
For the purposes of tariff item 4907 00 30, ―Information Technology software‖ means any representation
of instructions, data, sound or image, including source code and object code, recorded in a machine readable
form, and capable of being manipulated or providing interactivity to a user, by means of an automatic data
processing machine.
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SECTION XI
TEXTILES AND TEXTILE ARTICLES
NOTES :
1. This Section does not cover :
(a) animal brush making bristles or hair (heading 0502); horsehair or horsehair waste (heading
0511);
(b) human hair or articles of human hair (heading 0501, 6703 or 6704), except straining cloth of
a kind commonly used in oil presses or the like (heading 5911);
(c) cotton linters or other vegetable materials of Chapter 14;
(d) asbestos of heading 2524 or articles of asbestos or other products of heading 6812 or 6813;
(e) articles of heading 3005 or 3006; yarn used to clean between the teeth (dental floss), in
individual retail packages, of heading 3306;
(f) sensitised textiles of headings 3701 to 3704;
(g) monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm or strip or the like (for
example, artificial straw) of an apparent width exceeding 5 mm, of plastics (Chapter 39), or plaits or
fabrics or other basketware or wickerwork of such monofilament or strip (Chapter 46);
(h) woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics, felt or nonwovens, impregnated, coated, covered or
laminated with plastics, or articles thereof, of Chapter 39;
(ij) woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics, felt or nonwovens, impregnated, coated, covered or
laminated with rubber, or articles thereof, of Chapter 40;
(k) hides or skins with their hair or wool on (Chapter 41 or 43) or articles of furskin, artificial fur
or articles thereof, of heading 4303 or 4304;
(l) articles of textile materials of heading 4201 or 4202;
(m) products or articles of Chapter 48 (for example, cellulose wadding);
(n) footwear or parts of footwear, gaiters or leggings or similar articles of Chapter 64;
(o) hair-nets or other headgear or parts thereof of Chapter 65;
(p) goods of Chapter 67;
(q) abrasive-coated textile material (heading 6805) and also carbon fibres or articles of carbon
fibres of heading 6815;
(r) glass fibres or articles of glass fibres, other than embroidery with glass thread on a visible
ground of fabric (Chatper 70);
(s) articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, bedding, luminaires and lighting fittings);
(t) articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites and nets);
(u) Articles of Chapter 96 [for example, brushes, travel sets for sewing, slide fasteners, typewriter
ribbons, sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers) and napkin liners]; or
(v) articles of Chapter 97.
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2. (A) Goods classifiable in Chapters 50 to 55 or in heading 5809 or 5902 and of a mixture of two or
more textile materials are to be classified as if consisting wholly of that one textile material which predominates
by weight over any other single textile materilas.
When no one textile material predominates by weight, the goods are to be classified as if consiting
wholly of that one textile material whcih is covered by the heading which occurs last in numerical order
among those which equally merit consideration.
(B) For the purposes of the above rule :
(a) gimped horsehair yarn (heading 5110) and metallised yarn (heading 5605) are to be treated as
a single textile material the weight of which is to be taken as the aggregate of the weights of its
components; for the classification of woven fabrics, metal thread is to be regarded as a textile material;
(b) the choice of appropriate heading shall be effected by determining first the Chapter and then
the applicable heading within that Chapter, disregarding any materials not classified in that Chapter;
(c) when both Chapters 54 and 55 are involved with any other Chapter, Chapters 54 and 55 are to
be treated as a single Chapter;
(d) where a Chapter or a heading refers to goods of different textile materials, such materials are
to be treated as a single textile material.
(C) The provisions of paragraphs (A) and (B) above apply also to the yarns referred to in Note 3, 4,
5 or 6 below.
3. (A) For the purposes of this Section, and subject to the exceptions in paragraph (B) below, yarns
[single, multiple (folded) or cabled] of the following descriptions are to be treated as ―twine, cordage, ropes
and cables‖ :
(a) of silk or waste silk, measuring more than 20,000 decitex;
(b) of man-made fibres (including yarn of two or more monofilaments of Chapter 54), measuring
more than 10,000 decitex;
(c) of true hemp or flax :
(i) polished or glazed, measuring 1,429 decitex or more; or
(ii) not polished or glazed, measuring more than 20,000 decitex;
(d) of coir, consisting of three or more plies;
(e) of other vegetable fibres, measuring more than 20,000 decitex; or
(f) reinforced with metal thread.
(B) Exceptions :
(a) yarn of wool or other animal hair and paper yarn, other than yarn reinforced with metal
thread;
(b) man-made filament tow of Chapter 55 and multifilament yarn without twist or with a twist of
less than 5 turns per metre of Chapter 54;
(c) silk worm gut of heading 5006, and monofilaments of Chapter 54;
(d) metallised yarn of heading 5605; yarn reinforced with metal thread is subject to paragraph (A)
(f) above; and
(e) chenille yarn, gimped yarn and loop wale-yarn of heading 5606.
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4. (A) For the purposes of Chapters 50, 51, 52, 54 and 55, the expression ―put up for retail sale‖ in
relation to yarn means, subject to the exceptions in paragraph (B) below, yarn [single, multiple (folded) or
cabled] put up :
(a) on cards, reels, tubes or similar supports, of a weight (including support) not exceeding :
(i) 85g in the case of silk, waste silk or man-made filament yarn; or
(ii) 125g in other cases;
(b) in balls, hanks or skeins of a weight not exceeding :
(i) 85g in the case of man-made filament yarn of less than 3,000 decitex, silk or silk waste;
(ii) 125g in the case of all other yarns of less than 2,000 decitex; or
(iii) 500g in other cases;
(c) in hanks or skeins comprising several smaller hanks or skeins separated by dividing threads
which render them independent one of the other, each of uniform weight not exceeding :
(i) 85g in the case of silk, waste silk or man-made filament yarn; or
(ii) 125g in other cases;
(B) Exceptions :
(a) single yarn of any textile material, except :
(i) single yarn of wool or fine animal hair, unbleached; and
(ii) single yarn of wool or fine animal hair, bleached, dyed or printed, measuring more than
5,000 decitex;
(b) multiple (folded) or cabled yarn, unbleached :
(i) of silk or waste silk, however put up; or
(ii) of other textile material except wool or fine animal hair, in hanks or skeins;
(c) multiple (folded) or cabled yarn of silk or waste silk, bleached, dyed or printed, measuring
133 decitex or less; and
(d) single, multiple (folded) or cabled yarn of any textile material :
(i) in cross-reeled hanks or skeins; or
(ii) put up on supports or in some other manner indicating its use in the textile industry (for
example, on cops, twisting mill tubes, pirns, conical bobbins or spindles, or reeled in the form of
cocoons for embroidery looms).
5. For the purposes of headings 5204, 5401 and 5508, the expression ―sewing thread‖ means multiple
(folded) or cabled yarn :
(a) put up on supports (for example, reels, tubes) of a weight (including support) not exceeding
1,000 g;
(b) dressed for use as sewing thread; and
(c) with a final ―Z‖ twist.
6. For the purposes of this Section, the expression ―high tenacity yarn‖ means yarn having a tenacity,
expressed in cN/tex (centinewtons per tex), greater than the following :
single yarn of nylon or other polyamides, or of polyesters 60 cN/tex
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SUB-HEADING NOTES :
1. In this Section and, where applicable, throughout this Schedule, the following expressions have the
meanings hereby assigned to them :
(a) UNBLEACHED YARN
Yarn which :
(i) has the natural colour of its constituent fibres and has not been bleached, dyed
(whether or not in the mass) or printed; or
(ii) is of indeterminate colour (―grey yarn‖), manufactured from garneted stock.
Such yarn may have been treated with a colourless dressing or fugitive dye (which disappears
after simple washing with soap) and, in the case of man-made fibres, treated in the mass with
delustring agents (for example, titanium dioxide).
(b) BLEACHED YARN
Yarn which :
(i) has undergone a bleaching process, is made of bleached fibres or, unless the context
otherwise requires, has been dyed white (whether or not in the mass) or treated with a white
dressing;
(ii) consists of a mixture of unbleached and bleached fibres; or
(iii) is multiple (folded) or cabled and consists of unbleached and bleached yarns.
(c) COLOURED (DYED OR PRINTED) YARN
Yarn which :
(i) is dyed (whether or not in the mass) other than white or in a fugitive colour, or
printed, or made from dyed or printed fibres;
(ii) consists of a mixture of dyed fibres of different colours or of a mixture of unbleached
or bleached fibres with coloured fibres (marl or mixture yarns), or is printed in one or more
colours at intervals to give the impression of dots;
(iii) is obtained from silvers or rovings which have been printed; or
(iv) is multiple (folded) or cabled and consists of unbleached or bleached yarn and
coloured yarn.
The above definitions also apply, mutatis mutandis, to monofilament and to strip or the like
of Chapter 54.
(d) UNBLEACHED WOVEN FABRIC
Woven fabric made from unbleached yarn and which has not been bleached, dyed or printed.
Such fabric may have been treated with a colourless dressing or a fugitive dye.
(e) BLEACHED WOVEN FABRIC
Woven fabric which :
(i) has been bleached or, unless the context otherwise requires, dyed white or treated
with a white dressing, in the piece;
(ii) consists of bleached yarn; or
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CHAPTER 50
Silk
5004 SILK YARN (OTHER THAN YARN SPUN FROM SILK WASTE)
NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE
5004 00 - Silk yarn (other than yarn spun from silk waste)
not put up for retail sale :
5004 00 10 --- 100% mulberry dupion silk yarn kg. 25% -
5004 00 90 --- Other kg. 25% -
CHAPTER 51
Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric
NOTE :
Throughout this Schedule :
(a) ―wool‖ means the natural fibre grown by sheep or lambs;
(b) ―fine animal hair‖ means the hair of alpaca, ilama, vicuna, (including camel dromedary), yak,
Angora, Tibetan, Kashmir or similar goats (but not common goats), rabbit (including Angora rabbit),
hare, beaver, nutria or musk-rat;
(c) ―coarse animal hair‖ means the hair of animals not mentioned above, excluding brush-making
hair and bristles (heading 0502) and horsehair (heading 0511).
CHAPTER 52
Cotton
SUB-HEADING NOTE:
For the purposes of sub-headings 5209 42 and 5211 42, the expression ―denim‖ means fabrics of yarns
of different colours, of 3 – thread or 4 – thread twill, including broken twill, warp faced, the warp yarns of
which are of one and the same colour and the weft yarns of which are unbleached, bleached, dyed, grey or
coloured a lighter shade of the colour of the warp yarns.
5208 51 70 --- Muslin (including lawn mulmul and organdi) m2 25% or Rs. 23 per sq. m. -
of carded or combed yarn whichever is higher
5208 51 80 --- Voils (excluding leno fabrics) m2 25% or Rs. 23 per sq. m. -
whichever is higher
5208 52 50 --- Cambrics (including madapollam and jaconet) m2 25% or Rs. 23 per sq. m. -
whichever is higher
5208 52 60 --- Mull (including limbric and willaya) m2 25% or Rs. 23 per sq. m. -
whichever is higher
5208 52 70 --- Muslin (including lawn mulmul and organdi) m2 25% or Rs. 23 per sq. m. -
of carded or combed yarn whichever is higher
5208 52 80 --- Voils (excluding leno fabrics) m2 25% or Rs. 23 per sq. m. -
whichever is higher
5208 52 90 --- Other m2 25% or Rs. 23 per sq. m. -
whichever is higher
5208 59 -- Other fabrics :
5208 59 10 --- Zari bordered sarees m2 25% or Rs. 50 per sq. m. -
whichever is higher
5208 59 20 --- Sarees, Handloom m2 25% or Rs. 50 per sq. m. -
whichever is higher
5208 59 90 --- Other m2 25% or Rs. 50 per sq. m. -
whichever is higher
5211 32 10 --- Crepe fabrics including crepe checks m2 25% or Rs. 150 per kg.,
whichever is higher
5211 32 20 --- Shirting fabrics m2 25% or Rs. 150 per kg., -
whichever is higher
2
5211 32 30 --- Twill, not elsewhere specified m 25% or Rs. 150 per kg., -
(including gaberdine) whichever is higher
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CHAPTER 53
Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn
5304 OMITTED
5305 00 40 --- Coir pith, processed in value added form like kg. 25% -
briquette, coins, neo disc, grow bags, organic
manure and in loose form for use in horticulture
or agriculture.
5305 00 50 --- Of Abaca kg. 25% -
5305 00 90 --- Of others kg. 25% -
CHAPTER 54
Man-made filaments; strip and the like
of man-made textile materials
NOTES:
1. Throughout this Schedule, the term ‗ man made fibres‘ means staple fibres and filaments
of organic polymers produced by manufacturing processes either:
The terms ―synthetic‖ and ―artificial‖, used in relation to fibres, mean: synthetic: fibres as
defined at (a); artificial : fibres as defined at (b). Strip and the like of heading 5404 or 5405 are not
considered to be man-made fibres.
The terms ―man-made‖, ―synthetic‖ and ―artificial‖ shall have the same meaning when used in
relation to ―textile materials‖.‖;
2. Headings 5402 and 5403 do not apply to synthetic or artificial filament tow of Chapter 55.
C HAPTER 55
Man-made staple fibres
NOTE :
Headings 5501 and 5502 apply only to man-made filament tow, consisting of parallel filaments
of a uniform length equal to the length of the tow, meeting the following specifications :
(a) length of tow exceeding 2 m;
(b) twist less than 5 turns per metre;
(c) measuring per filament less than 67 decitex;
(d) synthetic filament tow only: the tow must be drawn, that is to say, be incapable of
being stretched by more than 100% of its length;
(e) total measurement of tow more than 20,000 decitex.
Tow of a length not exceeding 2 m is to be classified in heading 5503 or 5504.
5514 30 13 ---- Other woven fabrics of m2 25% or Rs. 180 per kg., -
polyester staple fibres whichever is higher
5514 30 19 ---- Other woven fabrics m2 25% or Rs.31 per sq. -
metre, whichever is higher
- Printed :
5514 41 00 -- Of polyester staple fibres, m2 25% or Rs.26 per sq. -
plain weave metre,whichever is higher
C HAPTER 56
Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and
cables and articles thereof
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) wadding, felt or nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with substances or
preparations (e.g., perfumes or cosmetics of Chapter 33, soaps or detergents of heading
3401, polishes, creams or similar preparations of heading 3405, fabric softeners of heading
3809) where the textile material is present merely as a carrying medium;
(b) textile products of heading 5811;
(c) natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a backing of felt or nonwovens
(heading 6805);
(d) agglomerated or reconstituted mica, on a backing of felt or nonwovens (heading
6814);
(e) metal foil on a backing of felt or nonwovens (generally Section XIV or XV).;
(f) Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners and similar articles of
heading 9619.
2. The term ―felt‖ includes needleloom felt and fabrics consisting of a web of textile fibres
the cohesion of which has been enhanced by a stitch-bonding process using fibres from the web
itself.
3. Headings 5602 and 5603 cover respectively felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated,
covered or laminated with plastics or rubber whatever the nature of these materials (compact or
cellular).
Heading 5603 also includes nonwovens in which plastics or rubber forms the bonding
substance.
Headings 5602 and 5603 do not, however, cover:
(a) felt impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics or rubber, containing
50 per cent. or less by weight of textile material or felt completely embedded in plastics or
rubber (Chapter 39 or 40);
(b) nonwovens, either completely embedded in plastics or rubber, or entirely coated or
covered on both sides with such materials, provided that such coating or covering can be
seen with the naked eye with no account being taken of any resulting change of colour
(Chapter 39 or 40); or
(c) plates, sheets or strip of cellular plastics or cellular rubber combined with felt or
nonwovens, where the textile material is present merely for reinforcing purposes (Chapter
39 or 40).
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4. Heading 5604 does not cover textile yarn, or strip or the like of heading 5404 or 5405,
in which the impregnation, coating or covering cannot be seen with the naked eye (usually Chapters
50 to 55); for the purpose of this provision, no account should be taken of any resulting change
of colour.
CHAPTER 57
Carpets and other textile floor coverings
NOTES :
1. For the purposes of this Chapter, the term ―carpets and other textile floor coverings‖ means floor
coverings in which textile materials serve as the exposed surface of the article when in use and includes
articles having the characteristics of textile floor coverings but intended for use for other purposes.
2. This Chapter does not cover floor covering underlays.
CHAPTER 58
Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries;
trimmings; embroidery
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not apply to textile fabrics referred to in Note 1 to Chapter 59, impregnated,
coated, covered or laminated, or to other goods of Chapter 59.
2. Heading 5801 also includes woven weft pile fabrics which have not yet had the floats cut, at which
stage they have no pile standing up.
3. For the purposes of heading 5803, ―gauze‖ means a fabric with a warp composed wholly or in part
of standing or ground threads and crossing or doup threads which cross the standing or ground threads
making a half turn, a complete turn or more to form loops through which weft threads pass.
4. Heading 5804 does not apply to knotted net fabrics of twine, cordage or rope, of heading 5608.
5. For the purposes of heading 5806, the expression ―narrow woven fabrics‖ means:
(a) woven fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm, whether woven as such or cut from wider
pieces, provided with selvedges (woven, gummed or otherwise made) on both edges;
(b) tubular woven fabrics of a flattened width not exceeding 30 cm; and
(c) bias binding with folded edges, of a width when unfolded not exceeding 30 cm.
Narrow woven fabrics with woven fringes are to be classified in heading 5808.
6. In heading 5810, the expression ―embroidery‖ means, inter alia, embroidery with metal or glass
thread on a visible ground of textile fabric, and sewn appliqué work of sequins, beads or ornamental motifs
of textile or other materials. The heading does not apply to needlework tapestry (heading 5805).
7. In addition to the products of heading 5809, this Chapter also includes articles made of metal thread
and of a kind used in apparel, as furnishing fabrics or for similar purposes.
5801 37 10 --- Warp pile fabrics, uncut m2 25% or Rs. 140 per sq. -
metre whichever is higher
5801 37 20 --- Warp pile fabrics, cut m2 25% or Rs. 68 per sq. metre -
whichever is higher
5801 37 90 --- Other m2 25% or Rs. 140 per sq. metre -
whichever is higher
5801 90 -- Of other textile materials :
5801 90 10 --- Pile fabrics and chenille fabrics m2 25% or Rs. 35 per sq. metre -
of silk containing more than whichever is higher
50% by weight of silk, but not
containing wool or hair
5801 90 90 --- Pile fabrics and chenille fabrics m2 25% or Rs. 35 per sq. metre, -
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CHAPTER 59
Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for
industrial use
NOTES :
1. Except where the context otherwise requires, for the purposes of this Chapter, the expression ―textile
fabrics‖ applies only to the woven fabrics of Chapters 50 to 55 and headings 5803 and 5806, the braids and
ornamental trimmings in the piece of heading 5808 and the knitted or crocheted fabrics of headings 6002 to
6006.
2. Heading 5903 applies to:
(a) textile fabrics, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics, whatever the weight
per square metre and whatever the nature of the plastic material (compact or cellular), other than:
(1) fabrics in which the impregnation, coating or covering cannot be seen with the naked
eye (usually Chapters 50 to 55, 58 or 60); for the purpose of this provision, no account should be
taken of any resulting change of colour;
(2) products which cannot, without fracturing, be bent manually around a cylinder of a
diameter of 7 mm, at a temperature between 15oC and 30oC (usually Chapter 39);
(3) products in which the textile fabric is either completely embedded in plastics or entirely
coated or covered on both sides with such material, provided that such coating or covering can be
seen with the naked eye with no account being taken of any resulting change of colour (Chapter
39);
(4) fabrics partially coated or partially covered with plastics and bearing designs resulting
from these treatments (usually Chapters 50 to 55, 58 or 60);
(5) plates, sheets or strip of cellular plastics, combined with textile fabric, where the textile
fabric is present merely for reinforcing purposes (Chapter 39); or
(6) textile products of heading 5811;
(b) fabrics made from yarn, strip or the like, impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with
plastics, of heading 5604.
3. For the purposes of heading 5903, ―textile fabrics laminated with plastics‖ means products
made by the assembly of one or more layers of fabrics with one or more sheets or film of plastics which
are combined by any process that bonds the layers together, whether or not the sheets or film of plastics
are visible to the naked eye in the cross-section.
4. For the purposes of heading 5905, the expression ―textile wall coverings‖ applies to products in
rolls, of a width of not less than 45 cm, suitable for wall or ceiling decoration, consisting of a textile surface
which has been fixed on a backing or has been treated on the back (impregnated or coated to permit pasting).
This heading does not, however, apply to wall coverings consisting of textile flock or dust fixed directly
on a backing of paper (heading 4814) or on a textile backing (generally heading 5907).
5. For the purposes of heading 5906, the expression ―rubberised textile fabrics‖ means:
(a) textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with rubber:
(i) weighing not more than 1,500 g/m2; or
(ii) weighing more than 1,500 g/m2 and containing more than 50% by weight of textile
material;
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(b) fabrics made from yarn, strip or the like, impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with
rubber, of heading 5604; and
(c) fabrics composed of parallel textile yarns agglomerated with rubber, irrespective of their
weight per square metre.
This heading does not, however, apply to plates, sheets or strip of cellular rubber combined with textile
fabric, where the textile fabric is present merely for reinforcing purposes (Chapter 40), or textile products of
heading 5811.
6. Heading 5907 does not apply to:
(a) fabrics in which impregnation, coating or covering cannot be seen with the naked eye
(usually Chapters 50 to 55, 58 or 60); for the purpose of this provision, no account should be taken of
any resulting change of colour;
(b) fabrics painted with designs (other than painted canvas being theatrical scenery, studio back-
cloths or the like);
(c) fabrics partially covered with flock, dust, powdered cork or the like and bearing designs
resulting from these treatments; however, imitation pile fabrics remain classified in this heading;
(d) fabrics finished with normal dressings having a basis of amylaceous or similar substances;
(e) wood veneered on a backing of textile fabrics (heading 4408);
(f) natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a backing of textile fabrics (heading 6805);
(g) agglomerated or reconstituted mica, on a backing of textile fabrics (heading 6814); or
(h) metal foil on a backing of textile fabrics (generally Section XIV or XV).
7. Heading 5910 does not apply to:
(a) transmission or conveyor belting, of textile material, of a thickness of less than 3 mm; or
(b) transmission or conveyor belts or belting of textile fabric impregnated, coated, covered or
laminated with rubber or made from textile yarn or cord impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed
with rubber (heading 4010).
8. Heading 5911 applies to the following goods, which do not fall in any other heading of Section XI:
(a) textile products in the piece, cut to length or simply cut to rectangular (including square)
shape (other than those having the character of the products of headings 5908 to 5910), the following
only:
(i) textile fabrics, felt and felt-lined woven fabrics, coated, covered or laminated with rubber,
leather or other material, of a kind used for card clothing, and similar fabrics of a kind used for
other technical purposes, including narrow fabrics made of velvet impregnated with rubber, for
covering weaving spindles (weaving beams);
(ii) bolting cloth;
(iii) filtering or straining cloth of a kind used in oil presses or the like, of textile
material or of human hair;
(iv) flat woven textile fabrics with multiple warp or weft, whether or not felted, impregnated
or coated, of a kind used in machinery or for other technical purposes;
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(v) textile fabrics reinforced with metal, of a kind used for technical purposes;
(vi) cords, braids and the like, whether or not coated, impregnated or reinforced with metal,
of a kind used in industry as packing or lubricating materials;
(b) textile articles (other than those of headings 5908 to 5910) of a kind used for technical purposes
[for example, textile fabrics and felts, endless or fitted with linking devices, of a kind used in paper
making or similar machines (for example, for pulp or asbestos-cement), gaskets, washers, polishing
discs and other machinery parts].
CHAPTER 60
Knitted or crocheted fabrics
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) crochet lace of heading 5804 ;
(b) labels, badges or similar articles, knitted or crocheted, of heading 5807 ; or
(c) knitted or crocheted fabrics, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, of Chapter 59. However,
knitted or crocheted pile fabrics, impregnated, coated, covered or laminated, remain classified in heading
6001.
2. This Chapter also includes fabrics made of metal thread and of a kind used in apparel, as furnishing
fabrics or for similar purposes.
3. Throughout this Schedule, any reference to ―knitted‖ goods includes a reference to stitch-bonded
goods in which the chain stitches are formed of textile yarn.
Sub-heading Note:
Sub-heading 6005 35 covers fabrics of polyethylene monofilament or of polyester multifilament,
weighing not less than 30 g/m2 and not more than 55 g/m2, having a mesh size of not less than 20 holes/
cm2 and not more than 100 holes/cm2, and impregnated or coated with alpha-cypermethrin (ISO),
chlorfenapyr (ISO), deltamethrin (INN, ISO), lambdacyhalothrin (ISO), permethrin (ISO) or pirimiphos-
methyl (ISO).
Supplementary Note:
Tariff items 6001 91 00, 6001 92 00 and sub-heading 6001 99 includes cut-pile fabrics produced
through shearing of loops during or after the production of fabric.
CHAPTER 61
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
NOTES :
1. This Chapter applies only to made up knitted or crocheted articles.
2. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) goods of heading 6212;
(b) worn clothing or other worn articles of heading 6309; or
(c) orthopaedic appliances, surgical belts, trusses or the like (heading 9021).
3. For the purposes of headings 6103 and 6104:
(a) the term ―suit‖ means a set of garments composed of two or three pieces made up, in respect
of their outer surface, in identical fabric and comprising:
(i) one suit coat or jacket the outer shell of which, exclusive of sleeves, consists of four or
more panels, designed to cover the upper part of the body, possibly with a tailored waistcoat in
addition whose front is made from the same fabric as the outer surface of the other components
of the set and whose back is made from the same fabric as the lining of the suit coat or jacket; and
(ii) one garment designed to cover the lower part of the body and consisting of trousers,
breeches or shorts (other than swimwear), a skirt or a divided skirt, having neither braces or bibs.
All of the components of a ―suit‖ must be of the same fabric construction, colour and composition; they
must also be of the same style and of corresponding or compatible size. However, these components may
have piping (a strip of fabric sewn into the seam) in a different fabric.
If several separate components to cover the lower part of the body are presented together (for example,
two pairs of trousers or trousers and shorts, or a skirt or divided skirt and trousers), the constituent lower part
shall be one pair of trousers or, in the case of women‘s or girls‘ suits, the skirt or divided skirt, the other
garments being considered separately.
The term ―suit‖ includes the following sets of garments, whether or not they fulfil all the above conditions:
(A) morning dress, comprising a plain jacket (cutaway) with rounded tailshangingwell down
at the back and striped trousers;
(B) evening dress (tailcoat), generally made of black fabric, the jacket of which is relatively
short at the front, does not close and has narrow skirts cut in at the hips and hanging down behind;
(C) dinner jacket suits, in which the jacket is similar in style to an ordinary jacket (though
perhaps revealing more of the shirt front), but has shiny silk or imitation silk lapels.
(b) the term ―ensemble‖ means a set of garments (other than suits and articles of heading 6107,
6108 or 6109), composed of several pieces made up in identical fabric, put up for retails sale, and
comprising:
(i) one garment designed to cover the upper part of the body, with the exception of
pullovers which may form a second upper garment in the sole context of twin sets, and of waistcoats
which may also form a second upper garment, and
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(ii) one or two different garments, designed to cover the lower part of the body and consisting
of trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches, shorts (other than swimwear), a skirt or a divided
skirt.
All of the components of an ensemble must be of the same fabric construction, style, colour and
composition; they also must be of corresponding or compatible size. The term ―ensemble‖ does not apply to
tract suits or ski suits, of heading 6112.
4. Headings 6105 and 6106 do not cover garments with pockets below the waist, with a ribbed
waistband or other means of tightening at the bottom of the garment, or garments having an average of
less than 10 stitches per linear centimetre in each direction counted on an area measuring at least 10 cm ×
10 cm. Heading 6105 does not cover sleeveless garments.
―Shirts‖ and ―shirt-blouses‖ are garments designed to cover the upper part of the body, having long
or short sleeves and a full or partial opening starting at the neckline. ―Blouses‖ are loose-fitting garments
also designed to cover the upper part of the body but may be sleeveless and with or without an opening at
the neckline. ―Shirts‖, ―shirt-blouses‖ and ―blouses‖ may also have a collar.
5. Heading 6109 does not cover garments with a drawstring, ribbed waistband or other means of
tightening at the bottom of the garment.
6. For the purpose of heading 6111:
(a) the expression ―babies‘ garments and clothing accessories‖ means articles for young children
of a body height not exceeding 86 cm;
(b) articles which are, prima facie, classifiable both in heading 6111 and in other headings of this
Chapter are to be classified in heading 6111.
7. For the purposes of heading 6112 ―ski suits‖ means garments or sets of garments which, by their
general appearance and texture, are identifiable as intended to be worn prinicipally for skiing (cross-country
or alpine). They consist either of:
(a) a ―ski overall‖, that is, a one-piece garment designed to cover the upper and the lower parts of
the body; in addition to sleeves and a collar, the ski overall may have pockets or footstraps; or
(b) a ―ski ensemble‖, that is, a set of garments composed of two or three pieces, put up for retail
sale and comprising:
(i) one garment such as an anorak, wind-cheater, wind-jacket or similar article, closed by a
slide fastener (zipper), possibly with a waistcoat in addition, and
(ii) one pair of trousers whether or not extending above waist level, one pair of breeches or
one bib and brace overall.
The ―ski ensemble‖ may also consist of an overall similar to the one mentioned in paragraph (a) above
and a type of padded, sleeveless jacket worn over the overall.
All the components of a ―ski ensemble‖ must be made up in a fabric of the same texture, style and
composition whether or not of the same colour; they also must be of corresponding or compatible size.
8. Garments which are, prima facie, classifiable both in heading 6113 and in other headings of this
Chapter, excluding heading 6111, are to be classified in heading 6113.
9. Garments of this Chapter designed for left over right closure at the front shall be regarded as men‘s
or boys‘ garments, and those designed for right over left closure at the front as women‘s or girls‘ garments.
These provisions do not apply where the cut of the garment clearly indicates that it is designed for one or
other of the sexes.
Garments which cannot be identified as either men‘s or boys‘ garments or as women‘s or girls‘ garments
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CHAPTER 62
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
NOTES :
1. This Chapter applies only to made up articles of any textile fabric other than wadding, excluding
knitted or crocheted (other than those of heading 6212).
2. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) worn clothing or other worn articles of heading 6309; or
(b) orthopaedic appliances, surgical belts, trusses or the like (heading 9021).
3. For the purposes of headings 6203 and 6204 :
(a) the term ―suit‖ means a set of garments composed of two or three pieces made up, in respect
of their outer surface, in identical fabric and comprising :
— one suit coat or jacket the outer shell of which, exclusive of sleeves, consists of four or
more panels, designed to cover the upper part of the body, possibly with a tailored waistcoat in
addition whose front is made from the same fabric as the outer surface of the other components
of the set and whose back is made from the same fabric as the lining of the suit coat or jacket; and
— one garment designed to cover the lower part of the body and consisting of trousers,
breaches or shorts (other than swimwear), a skirt or a divided skirt, having neither braces nor bibs.
All of the components of a ―suit‖ must be of the same fabric construction, colour and
composition; they must also be of the same style and of corresponding or compatible size. However,
these components may have piping (a strip of fabric sewn into the seam) in a different fabric.
If several separate components to cover the lower part of the body are presented together
(for example, two pairs of trousers or trousers and shorts, or a skirt or divided skirt and trousers),
the constituent lower part shall be one pair of trousers or, in the case of women‘s or girls‘ suits, the
skirt or divided skirt, the other garments being considered separately.
The term ―suit‖ includes the following set of garments, whether or not they fulfil all the
above conditions :
(A) morning dress, comprising a plain jacket (cutaway) with rounded tails hanging well down
at the back and striped trousers ;
(B) evening dress (tailcoat), generally made of black fabric, the jacket of which is relatively
short at the front, does not close and has narrow skirts cut in at the hips and hanging down behind
;
(C) dinner jacket suits, in which the jacket is similar in style to an ordinary jacket (though
perhaps revealing more of the shirt front), but has shiny silk or imitation silk lapels ;
(b) the term ―ensemble‖ means a set of garments (other than suits and articles of heading 6207
or 6208) composed of several pieces made up in identical fabric, put up for retail sale, and comprising :
— one garment designed to cover the upper part of the body, with the exception of waistcoats
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Supplementary Note:
For the purpose of this Chapter, ―Khadi‖ means,—
(a) the article of apparel or clothing accessories, made from any cloth woven on handlooms in India
from cotton, silk or woollen yarn handspun in India or from a mixture of any two or all of such yarns;
and
(b) produced by a person certified or recognised by the Khadi Village Industries Commission established
under section 4 of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956 (61 of 1956).
6201 20 10 --- Overcoats, raincoats, car-coats, u 25% or Rs. 385 per piece, -
capes, cloaks and similar articles whichever is higher
6201 20 90 --- Other u 25% or Rs. 220 per piece, -
whichever is higher
6201 30 - Of cotton :
6201 30 10 --- Overcoats, raincoats, car-coats, u 25% or Rs. 385 per piece, -
capes, cloaks and similar articles whichever is higher
6201 30 90 --- Other u 25% or Rs. 210 per piece, -
whichever is higher
6201 40 - Of man-made fibres :
6201 40 10 --- Overcoats, raincoats, car-coats, u 25% or Rs. 320 per piece, -
capes, cloaks and similar articles whichever is higher
6201 40 90 --- Other u 25% or Rs. 180 per piece, -
whichever is higher
6201 90 - Of other textile materials :
6201 90 10 --- Overcoats, raincoats, car-coats, u 25% -
capes, cloaks and similar articles
6201 90 90 --- Other u 25% -
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6202 20 10 --- Overcoats, raincoats, car- coats, 25% or Rs.385 per piece, -
u
capes, cloaks and similar articles whichever is higher
6213 H ANDKERCHIEFS
6213 20 00 - Of cotton u 25% -
6213 90 - Other :
6213 90 10 --- Of man-made fibres u 25% -
6213 90 90 --- Of other textile materials u 25% -
GARMENTS OR OF CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES, OTHER THAN THOSE OF
HEADING 6212
6217 10 - Accessories :
6217 10 10 --- For articles of apparel of cotton kg. 25% -
6217 10 20 --- For articles of apparel of synthetic kg. 25% -
fibres
6217 10 30 --- For articles of apparel of wool kg. 25% -
6217 10 40 --- For articles of apparel of silk kg. 25% -
6217 10 50 --- For articles of apparel of kg. 25% -
regenerated fibre
6217 10 60 --- For articles of apparel of other kg. 25% -
fibres
6217 10 70 --- Stockings, socks sockettes and kg. 25% -
the like of cotton
6217 10 90 --- Other kg. 25% -
6217 90 - Parts :
6217 90 10 --- Collar cuffs and the like of cotton kg. 25% -
6217 90 20 --- Of silk kg. 25% -
6217 90 30 --- Of wool kg. 25% -
6217 90 40 --- Separately presented removable kg. 25% -
linings for raincoats and other
6217 90 90 --- Other kg. 25% -
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CHAPTER 63
Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags
NOTES :
1. Sub-Chapter I applies only to made up articles, of any textile fabric.
2. Sub-Chapter I does not cover :
(a) goods of Chapters 56 to 62 ; or
(b) worn clothing or other worn articles of heading 6309.
3. Heading 6309 applies only to the following goods :
(a) articles of textile materials :
(i) clothing and clothing accessories, and parts thereof ;
(ii) blankets and travelling rugs ;
(iii) bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen ;
(iv) furnishing articles, other than carpets of headings 5701 to 5705 and tapestries of head-
ing 5805.
(b) footwear and headgear of any material other than asbestos.
In order to be classified in this heading, the articles mentioned above must comply with both of the
following requirements :
(i) they must show signs of appreciable wear, and
(ii) they must be presented in bulk or in bales, sacks or similar packings.
Sub-heading Note:
Sub-heading 6304 20 covers articles made from warp knit fabrics, impregnated or coated with alpha-
cypermethrin (ISO), chlorfenapyr (ISO), deltamethrin (INN, ISO), lambda-cyhalothrin (ISO), permethrin
(ISO) or pirimiphosmethyl (ISO).
II.—SETS
6308 00 00 SETS CONSISTING OF WOVEN FABRIC
AND YARN, WHETHER kg. 25% -
OR NOT WITH ACCESSORIES, FOR MAKING UP
INTO RUGS, TAPESTRIES, EMBROIDERED
TABLE CLOTHS OR SERVIETTES, OR SIMILAR TEXTILE
ARTICLES, PUT UP IN PACKINGSFOR RETAIL SALE
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
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) disposable foot or shoe coverings of flimsy material (for example, paper, sheeting of plastics)
without applied soles. These products are classified according to their constituent material;
(b) footwear of textile material, without an outer sole glued, sewn or otherwise affixed or applied
to the upper (Section XI) ;
(c) worn footwear of heading 6309 ;
(d) articles of asbestos (heading 6812) ;
(e) orthopaedic footwear or other orthopaedic appliances, or parts thereof (heading 9021) ; or
(f) toy footwear or skating boots with ice or roller skates attached; shin-guards or similar protective
sportswear (Chapter 95).
2. For the purposes of heading 6406, the term ―parts‖ does not include pegs, protectors, eyelets, hooks,
buckles, ornaments, braid, laces, pompons or other trimmings (which are to be classified in their appropriate
headings) or buttons or other goods of heading 9606.
3. For the purposes of this Chapter :
(a) the terms ―rubber‖ and ―plastics‖ include woven fabrics or other textile products with an
external layer of rubber or plastics being visible to the naked eye; for the purpose of this provision, no
account should be taken of any resulting change of colour; and
(b) the term ―leather‖ refers to the goods of headings 4107 and 4112 to 4114.
4. Subject to Note 3 to this Chapter :
(a) the material of the upper shall be taken to be the constituent material having the greatest
external surface area, no account being taken of accessories of reinforcements such as ankle patches,
edging, ornamentation, buckles, tabs, eyelet stays or similar attachments;
(b) the constituent material of the outer sole shall be taken to be the material having the greatest
surface area in contact with the ground, no account being taken of accessories or reinforcements such
as spikes, bars, nails, protectors or similar attachments.
SUB-HEADING NOTE :
For the purposes of sub-headings 6402 12, 6402 19, 6403 12, 6403 19 and 6404 11, the expression
―sports footwear‖ applies only to :
(a) footwear which is designed for a sporting activity and has, or has provision for the attachment
of, spikes, springs, stops, clips, bars or the like ;
(b) skating boots, ski-boots and cross-country ski footwear, snowboard boots, wrestling boots,
boxing boots and cycling shoes.
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CHAPTER 65
Headgear and parts thereof
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) worn headgear of heading 6309;
(b) asbestos headgear (heading 6812); or
(c) dolls‘ hats, other toy hats or carnival articles of Chapter 95.
2. Heading 6502 does not cover hat-shapes made by sewing, other than those obtained simply by
sewing strips in spirals.
CHAPTER 66
Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips,
riding-crops and parts thereof
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) measure walking-sticks or the like (heading 9017);
(b) firearm-sticks, sword-sticks, loaded walking-sticks or the like (Chapter 93); or
(c) goods of Chapter 95 (for example, toy umbrellas, toy sun umbrellas).
2. Heading 6603 does not cover parts, trimmings or accessories of textile material, or covers, tassels,
thongs, umbrella cases or the like, of any material. Such goods presented with, but not fitted to, articles of
heading 6601 or 6602 are to be classified separately and are not to be treated as forming part of those
articles.
CHAPTER 67
Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down;
artificial flowers; articles of human hair
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) straining cloth of human hair (heading 5911) ;
(b) floral motifs of lace, of embroidery or other textile fabric (Section XI) ;
(c) footwear (Chapter 64) ;
(d) headgear or hair-nets (Chapter 65) ;
(e) toys, sports requisites or carnival articles (Chapter 95); or
(f) feather dusters, powder-puffs or hair sieves (Chapter 96).
2. Heading 6701 does not cover :
(a) articles in which feathers or down constitute only filling or padding (for example, bedding of
heading 9404);
(b) articles of apparel or clothing accessories in which feathers or down constitute no more than
mere trimming or padding; or
(c) artificial flowers or foliage or parts thereof or made up articles of heading 6702.
3. Heading 6702 does not cover :
(a) articles of glass (Chapter 70) ;
(b) artificial flowers, foliage or fruit of pottery, stone, metal, wood or other materials, obtained in
one piece by moulding, forging, carving, stamping or other process, or consisting of parts assembled
otherwise than by binding, glueing, fitting into one another or similar methods.
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
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) goods of Chapter 25 ;
(b) coated, impregnated or covered paper and paperboard of heading 4810 or 4811 (for example,
paper and paperboard coated with mica powder or graphite, bituminised or asphalted paper and
paperboard) ;
(c) coated, impregnated or covered textile fabric of Chapter 56 or 59 (for example, fabric coated
or covered with mica powder, bituminised or asphalted fabric) ;
(d) articles of Chapter 71 ;
(e) tools or parts of tools, of Chapter 82 ;
(f) lithographic stones of heading 8442 ;
(g) electrical insulators (heading 8546) or fittings of insulating material of heading 8547 ;
(h) dental burrs (heading 9018) ;
(ij) articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases) ;
(k) articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, luminaires and lighting fittings,
prefabricated buildings) ;
(l) articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games and sports requisites) ;
(m) articles of heading 9602, if made of materials specified in Note 2 (b) to Chapter 96, or of
heading 9606 (for example, buttons), of heading 9609 (for example, slate pencils), heading 9610
(for example, drawing slates) or of heading 9620 (monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles);
or;
(n) articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art).
2. In heading 6802, the expression ―worked monumental or building stone‖ applies not only to the
varieties of stone referred to in heading 2512.5 or 2516 but also to all other natural stone (for example,
quartzite, flint, dolomite and steatite) similarly worked; it does not, however, apply to slate.
CHAPTER 69
Ceramic products
NOTES:
1. This Chapter applies only to ceramic products which have been fired after shaping:
(a) headings 6904 to 6914 apply only to such products other than those classifiable in headings 6901
to 6903;
(b) articles heated to temperatures less than 800°C for purposes such as curing of resins, accelerating
hydration reactions, or for the removal of water or other volatile components, are not considered to
be fired. Such articles are excluded from Chapter 69; and
(c) Ceramic articles are obtained by firing inorganic, non-metallic materials which have been
prepared and shaped previously at, in general, room temperature. Raw materials comprise, inter alia,
clays, siliceous materials including fused silica, materials with a high melting point, such as oxides,
carbides, nitrides, graphite or other carbon, and in some cases binders such as refractory clays or
phosphates.
CHAPTER 70
Glass and glassware
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) goods of heading 3207 (for example, vitrifiable enamels and glazes, glass frit, other glass in the
form of powder, granules or flakes) ;
(b) articles of Chapter 71 (for example, imitation jewellery) ;
(c) optical fibre cables of heading 8544, electrical insulators (heading 8546) or fittings of insulating
material of heading 8547 ;
(d) front windscreens (windshields), rear windows and other windows, framed, for vehicles of
Chapters 86 to 88;
(e) front windscreens (windshields), rear windows and other windows, whether or not framed,
incorporating heating devices or other electrical or electronic devices, for vehicles of Chapters 86 to
88;
(f) optical fibres, optically worked optical elements, hypodermic syringes, artificial eyes, ther-
mometers, barometers, hydrometers or other articles of Chapter 90 ;
(g) luminaires and lighting fittings, illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like,
having apermanently fixed light source, or parts thereof of heading 9405;
(h) toys, games, sports requisites, Christmas tree ornaments or other articles of Chapter 95 (ex-
cluding glass eyes without mechanisms for dolls or for other articles of Chapter 95); or
(ij) buttons, fitted vacuum flasks, scent or similar sprays or other articles of Chapter 96.
2. For the purposes of headings 7003, 7004 and 7005 :
(a) glass is not regarded as ―worked‖ by reason of any process it has undergone before annealing;
(b) cutting to shape does not affect the classification of glass in sheets ;
(c) the expression ―absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer‖ means a microscopically
thin coating of metal or of a chemical compound (for example, metal oxide) which absorbs, for
example, infra-red light or improves the reflecting qualities of the glass while still allowing it to
retain a degree of transparency or translucency; or which prevents light from being reflected on
the surface of the glass.
3. The products referred to in heading 7006 remain classified in that heading whether or not they have
the character of articles.
4. For the purposes of heading 7019, the expression ―glass wool‖ means :
(a) mineral wools with a silica (SiO2) content not less than 60% by weight ;
(b) mineral wools with a silica (SiO2) content less than 60% but with an alkaline oxide (K2O or
Na2O) content exceeding 5% by weight or a boric oxide (B2O3) content exceeding 2% by weight .
Mineral wools which do not comply with the above specifications fall in heading 6806.
5.Throughout this Schedule, the expression ―glass‖ includes fused quartz and other fused silica.
SUB-HEADING NOTE :
For the purposes of tariff items 7013 22 00, 7013 33 00, 7013 41 00 and 7013 91 00, the expression
―lead crystal‖ means only glass having a minimum lead monoxide (PbO) content by weight of 24%.
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7006 00 00 Glass of heading 7003, 7004 or 7005, bent, edge- kg. 10% -
worked, engraved, drilled, enameled or otherwise -
worked, but not framed or fitted with other
materials
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7012 00 00 OMITTED
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, metals clad with
precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin
NOTES :
1. Subject to Note 1 (a) to Section VI and except as provided below, all articles consisting wholly or
partly:
(a) of natural or cultured pearls or of precious of semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or
reconstructed); or
(b) of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, are to be classified in this Chapter.
2. (A) Headings 7113, 7114 and 7112.5 do not cover articles in which precious metal or metal clad with
precious metal is present as minor constituents only, such as minor fittings or minor ornamentation (for
example, monograms, ferrules and rims) and paragraph (b) of the foregoing Note does not apply to such
articles.
(B) Heading 7116 does not cover articles containing precious metal or metal clad with precious metal
(other than as minor constituents).
3. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) amalgams of precious metal, or colloidal precious metal (heading 2843);
(b) sterile surgical suture materials, dental fillings or other goods of Chapter 30;
(c) goods of Chapter 32 (for example, lusters);
(d) supported catalysts (heading 3812.5);
(e) articles of heading 4202 or 4203 referred to in Note 2 (B) to Chapter 42;
(f) articles of heading 4303 or 4304;
(g) goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles);
(h) footwear, headgear or other articles of Chapter 64 or 65;
(ij) umbrellas, walking-sticks or other articles of Chapter 66;
(k) abrasive goods of heading 6804 or 6805 or Chapter 82, containing dust or powder of precious
or semi-precious stones (natural or synthetic); articles of Chapter 82 with a working part of precious or
semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed); machinery, mechanical appliances or electrical
goods, or parts thereof, of Section XVI. However, articles and parts thereof, wholly of precious or
semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) remain classified in this Chapter, except
unmounted worked sapphires and diamonds for styli (heading 8522);
(l) articles of Chapter 90, 91 or 92 (scientific instruments, clocks and watches, musical instruments);
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includes such articles as ornaments, table-ware, toilet-ware, smokers' requisites and other articles of household,
office or religious use.
11. For the purposes of heading 7117, the expression ―imitation jewellery‖ means articles of jewellery
within the meaning of paragraph (a) of Note 9 above (but not including buttons or other articles of heading
9606, or dress-combs, hair-slides or the like, or hairpins, of heading 9612.5), not incorporating natural or
cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) nor (except as plating
or as minor constituents) precious metal or metal clad with precious metal.
SUB-HEADING NOTES :
1. For the purposes of sub-headings 7106 10, 7108 11, 7110 11, 7110 21, 7110 31 and 7110 41, the
expressions ―powder‖ and ―in powder form‖ mean products of which 90% or more by weight passes through
a sieve having a mesh aperture of 0.5 mm.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter Note 4(B), for the purposes of sub-headings 7110 11 and
7110 19, the expression ―platinum‖ does not include iridium, osmium, palladium, rhodium or rutheniu
3. For the classification of alloys in the sub-headings of heading 7110, each alloy is to be classified with
that metal, platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, osmium or ruthenium which predominates by weight over
each other of these metals.
7107 00 00 BASE METALS CLAD WITH SILVER, NOT FURTHER kg. 12.5% -
WORKED THAN SEMI-MANUFACTURED
- Non-monetary :
7108 11 00 -- Powder kg. 12.5% -
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7109 00 00 BASE METALS OR SILVER, CLAD WITH GOLD, NOT kg. 12.5% -
FURTHER WORKED THAN SEMI-MANUFACTURED
7118 COIN
7118 10 00 - Coin (other than gold coin), not being legal kg. 12.5% -
tender
7118 90 00 - Other kg. 12.5% -
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SECTION XV
BASE METALS AND ARTICLES OF BASE METAL
NOTES :
1. This Section does not cover :
(a) prepared paints, inks or other products with a basis of metallic flakes or powder (headings 3207 to
3210, 3212, 3213 or 3215);
(b) ferro-cerium or other pyrophoric alloys (heading 3606);
(c) headgear or parts thereof of heading 6506 or 6507;
(d) umbrella frames or other articles of heading 6603;
(e) goods of Chapter 71 (for example, precious metal alloys, base metal clad with precious metal,
imitation jewellery);
(f) articles of Section XVI (machinery, mechanical appliances and electrical goods);
(g) assembled railway or tramway track (heading 8608) or other articles of Section XVII (vehicles,
ships and boats, aircraft);
(h) instruments or apparatus of Section XVIII, including clock or watch springs;
(ij) lead shot prepared for ammunition (heading 9306) or other articles of Section XIX (arms and
ammunition);
(k) articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, mattress supports, luminaires and lighting fittings,
illuminated signs, prefabricated buildings);
(l) articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites);
(m) hand sieves, buttons, pens, pencil-holders, pen nibs, monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles or
other articles of Chapter 96 (miscellaneous manufactured articles); or"
(n) articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art).
(b) an alloy composed of base metals of this Section and of elements not falling within this Section
is to be treated as an alloy of base metals of this Section if the total weight of such metals equals or
exceeds the total weight of the other elements present;
(c) in this Section, the term ―alloys‖ includes sintered mixtures of metal powders, heterogeneous
intimate mixtures obtained by melting (other than cermets) and intermetallic compounds.
6. Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Schedule to a base metal includes a reference
to alloys which, by virtue of Note 5 above, are to be classified as alloys of that metal.
7. Classification of composite articles :
Except where the headings otherwise require, articles of base metal (including articles of mixed materials
treated as articles of base metal under the General Interpretive Rules) containing two or more base
metals are to be treated as articles of the base metal predominating by weight over each of the other
metals.
For this purpose:
(a) iron and steel, or different kinds of iron or steel, are regarded as one and the same metal;
(b) an alloy is regarded as being entirely composed of that metal as an alloy of which, by virtue of
Note 5, it is classified; and
(c) a cermet of heading 8113 is regarded as a single base metal.
8. In this Section, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them :
(a) waste and scrap:
(i) all metal waste and scrap;
(ii) metal goods definitely not usable as such because of breakage, cutting-up, wear or other
reasons.
(b) Powders:
products of which 90% or more by weight passes through a sieve having a mesh aperture of 1 mm.
9. For the purposes of Chapters 74 to 76 and 78 to 81, the following expressions shall have the
meanings hereby assigned to them:
(a) Bars and rods
Rolled, extruded, drawn or forged products, not in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section
along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or
regular convex polygons (including ―flattened circles‖ and ―modified rectangles‖, of which two opposite sides
are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular
(including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded along their whole length.
The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including ―modified rectangular‖) cross-section
exceeds one-tenth of the width. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms and
dimensions, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-
scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings.
Wire-bars and billets of Chapter 74 with their ends tapered or otherwise worked simply to facilitate
their entry into machines for converting them into, for example, drawing stock (wire-rod) or tubes, are
however to be taken to be unwrought copper of heading 7403. This provision applies mutatis mutandis to the
products of Chapter 81.
(b) Profiles
Rolled, extruded, drawn, forged or formed products, coiled or not, of a uniform cross-section along
their whole length, which do not conform to any of the definitions of bars, rods, wire, plates, sheets, strip, foil,
tubes or pipes. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms, which have been
subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they
have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings.
(c) Wire
Rolled, extruded or drawn products, in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their
whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular
convex polygons (including ―flattened circles‖ and ―modified rectangles‖, of which two opposite sides are
convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular
(including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded along their whole length.
The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including ―modified rectangular‖) cross-section
exceeds one-tenth of the width.
(d) Plates, sheets, strip and foil
Flat-surfaced products (other than the unwrought products of heading 8001), coiled or not, of solid
rectangular (other than square) cross-section with or without rounded corners (including ―modified rectangles‖
of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel) of
a uniform thickness, which are:
- of rectangular (including square) shape with a thickness not exceeding one-tenth of the width;
- of a shape other than rectangular or square, of any size, provided that they do not assume the
character of articles or products of other headings.
Headings for plates, sheets, strip, and foil apply, inter alia, to plates, sheets, strip, and foil with
patterns (for example, grooves, ribs, chequers, tears, buttons, lozenges) and to such products which have been
perforated, corrugated, polished or coated, provided that they do not thereby assume the character of articles
or products of other headings.
(e) Tubes and pipes
Hollow products, coiled or not, which have a uniform cross-section with only one enclosed void along
their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular
convex polygons, and which have a uniform wall thickness. Products with a rectangular (including square),
equilateral triangular or regular convex polygonal cross-section, which may have corners rounded along their
whole length, are also to be considered as tubes and pipes provided the inner and outer cross-sections are
concentric and have the same form and orientation. Tubes and pipes of the foregoing cross-sections may be
polished, coated, bent, threaded, drilled, waisted, expanded, cone-shaped or fitted with flanges, collars or
rings.‘;
CHAPTER 72
Iron and steel
NOTES :
1. In this Chapter and, in the case of Notes (d), (e) and (f) throughout this Schedule, the following
expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:
(a) Pig Iron:
Iron-carbon alloys not usefully malleable, containing more than 2% by weight of carbon and
which may contain by weight one or more other elements within the following limits:
- not more than 10% of chromium
- not more than 6% of manganese
- not more than 3% of phosphorus
- not more than 8% of silicon
- a total of not more than 10% of other elements.
(b) Spiegeleisen:
Iron-carbon alloys containing by weight more than 6% but not more than 30% of manganese
and otherwise conforming to the specification at (a) above.
(c) Ferro-alloys:
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Alloys in pigs, blocks, lumps or similar primary forms, in forms obtained by continuous casting
and also in granular or powder forms, whether or not agglomerated, commonly used as an
additive in the manufacture of other alloys or as de-oxidants, de-sulphurising agents or for
similar uses in ferrous metallurgy and generally not usefully malleable, containing by weight
4% or more of the element iron and one or more of the following:
- more than 10% of chromium
- more than 30% of manganese
- more than 3% of phosphorus
- more than 8% of silicon
- a total of more than 10% of other elements, excluding carbon,
subject to a maximum content of 10% in the case of copper.
(d) Steel :
Ferrous materials other than those of heading 7203 which (with the exception of certain
types produced in the form of castings) are usefully malleable and which contain by weight
2% or less of carbon. However, chromium steels may contain higher proportions of carbon.
(e) Stainless steel:
Alloy steels containing, by weight, 1.2% or less of carbon and 10.5% or more of chromium,
with or without other elements.
(f) Other alloy steel :
Steels not complying with the definition of stainless steel and containing by weight one or
more of the following elements in the proportion shown:
- 0.3% or more of aluminum
- 0.0008% or more of boron
- 0.3% or more of chromium
- 0.3% or more of cobalt
- 0.4% or more of copper
- 0.4% or more of lead
- 1.65% or more of manganese
- 0.08% or more of molybdenum
- 0.3% or more of nickel
- 0.06% or more of niobium
- 0.6% or more of silicon
- 0.05% or more of titanium
- 0.3% or more of tungsten (wolfram)
- 0.1% or more of vanadium
- 0.05% or more of zirconium
- 0.1% or more of other elements (except sulphur, phosphorus, carbon and nitrogen), taken separately.
(g) Remelting scrap ingots of iron and steel:
Products roughly cast in the form of ingots without feeder-heads or hot tops, or of pigs,
having obvious surface faults and not complying with the chemical composition of pig iron,
spiegeleisen or ferro-alloys.
(h) Granules:
Products of which less than 90% by weight passes through a sieve with a mesh aperture of
1 mm and of which 90% or more by weight passes through a sieve with a mesh aperture of
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5 mm.
(ij) Semi-finished products:
Continuous cast products of solid section, whether or not subjected to primary hot-rolling;
and other products of solid sections, which have not been further worked than subjected to
primary hot-rolling or roughly shaped by forging, including blanks for angles, shapes or sections.
These products are not presented in coils.
(k) Flat-rolled products :
Rolled products of solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section, which do not conform
to the definition at (ij) above in the form of:
- coils of successively superimposed layers, or
- straight lengths, which if of a thickness less than 4.75 mm, are of width measuring
at least ten times the thickness or if of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more are of a width
which exceeds 150 mm and measures at least twice the thickness.
Flat-rolled products include those with patterns in relief derived directly from rolling (for
example, grooves, ribs, chequers, tears, buttons and lozenges) and those, which have been
perforated, corrugated or polished, provided that they do not thereby assume the character
of articles or products of other headings.
Flat-rolled products of a shape other than rectangular or square, of any size, are to be
classified as products of a width of 600 mm or more, provided that they do not assume the
character of articles or products of other headings.
(l) Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils:
Hot-rolled products in irregularly wound coils, which have a solid cross-section in the shape
of circles, segments of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), triangles, or other convex
polygons (including ―flattened circles‖ and ―modified rectangles‖, of which two opposite
sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). These
products may have indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the
rolling process (reinforcing bars and rods).
(m) Other bars and rods:
Products which do not conform to any of the definitions at (ij), (k) or (l) above or to the definition
of wire, which have a uniform solid cross- section along their whole length in the shape of circles,
segments of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), triangles or other convex polygons
(including ―flattened circles‖ and ―modified rectangles‖, of which two opposite sides are convex
arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). The products may:
- have indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling
process (reinforcing bars and rods);
- be twisted after rolling.
(n) Angles, shapes and sections:
Products having a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length which do not conform
to any of the definitions at (ij), (k), (l) or (m) above or to the definition of wire.
Chapter 72 does not include products of heading 7301 or 7302.
(o) Wire:
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Cold-formed products in coils, of any uniform solid cross-section along their whole length,
which do not conform to the definition of flat-rolled products.
(p) Hollow drill bars and rods:
Hollow bars and rods of any cross-section, suitable for drills, of which the greatest external
dimension of the cross-section exceeds 15 mm but does not exceed 52 mm, and of which the
greatest internal dimension does not exceed one half of the greatest external dimension.
Hollow bars and rods of iron or steel not conforming to this definition are to be classified in
heading 7304.
2. Ferrous metals clad with another ferrous metal are to be classified as products of the ferrous metal
predominating by weight.
3. Iron or steel products obtained by electrolytic deposition, by pressure casting or by sintering are to be
classified, according to their form, their composition and their appearance, in the headings of this Chapter
appropriate to similar hot-rolled products.
SUB-HEADING NOTES :
1. In this Chapter, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:
(a) Alloy pig iron:
Pig iron containing, by weight, one or more of the following elements in the specified proportions:
- more than 0.2% of chromium
- more than 0.3% of copper
- more than 0.3% of nickel
- more than 0.1% of any of the following elements:
aluminium, molybdenum, titanium, tungsten (wolfram), vanadium.
(b) Non-alloy free-cutting steel:
Non-alloy steel containing, by weight, one or more of the following elements in the specified
proportions:
- 0.08% or more of sulphur
- 0.1% or more of lead
- more than 0.05% of selenium
- more than 0.01% of tellurium
- more than 0.05% of bismuth.
(c) Silicon-electrical steel:
Alloy steels containing, by weight, at least 0.6% but not more than 6% of silicon and not
more than 0.08% of carbon. They may also contain by weight not more than 1% of aluminium
but no other element in a proportion that would give the steel the characteristics of another
alloy steel.
(d) High speed steel:
Alloy steels containing, with or without other elements, at least two of the three elements
molybdenum, tungsten and vanadium with a combined content by weight of 7% or more,
0.6% or more of carbon and 3 to 6% of chromium.
(e) Silico-manganese steel:
Alloy steels containing by weight:
- not more than 0.7% of carbon
SECTION-XV CHAPTER-72
7202 FERRO-ALLOYS
- Ferro-manganese :
7202 11 00 -- Containing by weight more than 2% of carbon kg. 15% -
7202 19 00 -- Other kg. 15% -
- Ferro-silicon :
7202 21 00 -- Containing by weight more than 55% of silicon kg. 15% -
SECTION-XV CHAPTER-72
III.—STAINLESS STEEL
*Amendedby
*Amended byNotn.
Notn.No.
No.48/18
48/18
SECTION-XV CHAPTER-72
CHAPTER 73
Articles of iron or steel
NOTES :
1. In this Chapter, the expression ―cast iron‖ applies to products obtained by casting in which iron
predominates by weight over each of the other elements and which do not comply with the chemical composition
of steel as defined in Note 1(d) to Chapter 72.
2. In this Chapter, the word ―wire‖ means hot or cold-formed products of any cross-sectional shape,
of which no cross-sectional dimension exceeds 16 mm.
CHAPTER 74
Copper and articles thereof
NOTE :
In this Chapter, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:
(a) Refined copper
Metal containing at least 99.85 per cent. by weight of copper; or
Metal containing at least 97.5 per cent. by weight of copper, provided that the content by
weight of any other element does not exceed the limit specified in the following Table :
TABLE – OTHER ELEMENTS
(i) the content by weight of at least one of the other elements is greater than the limit specified
in the foregoing table; or
(ii) the total content by weight of such other elements exceeds 2.5 per cent.
However, copper phosphide (phosphor copper) containing more than 15% by weight of phos-
phorous falls in heading 2853.
SUB-HEADING NOTE :
In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:
(a) Copper-zinc base alloys (brasses)
Alloys of copper and zinc, with or without other elements. When other elements
are present:
(i) zinc predominates by weight over each of such other elements;
(ii) any nickel content by weight is less than 5%. [see copper-nickel-zinc alloys (nickel silvers)];
and
(iii) any tin content by weight is less than 3%. [see copper-tin alloys (bronzes)].
(b) Copper-tin base alloys (bronzes)
Alloys of copper and tin, with or without other elements. When other elements are present,
tin predominates by weight over each of such other elements, except that when the tin content is
3% or more the zinc content by weight may exceed that of tin but must be less than 10%.
(c) Copper-nickel-zinc base alloys (nickel silvers)
Alloys of copper, nickel and zinc, with or without other elements. The nickel content is 5%
or more by weight [see copper-zinc alloys (brasses)].
(d) Copper-nickel base alloys
Alloys of copper and nickel, with or without other elements but in any case containing by
weight not more than 1% of zinc. When other elements are present, nickel predominates by
weight over each of such other elements.
--- Of copper :
7404 00 11 ---- Empty or discharged cartridges of all bores and sizes kg. 5% -
-
7404 00 12 ---- Copper scrap, namely the following : kg. 5%
copper wire scrap covered by ISRI code words
Barley, Berry and Birch; heavy copper scrap
covered by ISRI code word Candy;unalloyed
copper scrap covered by ISRI code word Cliff;
copper wire nodules scrap covered by ISRI code
words Clove, Cobra and Cocoa;
light copper scrap covered by ISRI Code word
Dream;
muntz metal tubes covered by ISRI code word
Palms;
Miscellaneous copper-containing skimming,
grindings, ashes, irony brass and copper, residues
and slags covered by ISRI code word 'Drove';
Copper wire scrap with various types of insultation
covered by ISRI code word 'Druid'
SECTION-XV CHAPTER-74
7413 00 00 STRANDED WIRE, CABLES, PLATED BANDS AND THE kg. 10% -
LIKE, OF COPPER, NOT ELECTRICALLY INSULATED
7414 OMITTED
CHAPTER 75
Nickel and articles thereof
SUB-HEADING NOTES :
1. In this Chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:
(a) Nickel, not alloyed
Metal containing by weight at least 99% of nickel plus cobalt, provided that:
(i) the cobalt content by weight does not exceed 1.5%; and
(ii) the content by weight of any other element does not exceed the limit specified in
the following Table:
TABLE – OTHER ELEMENTS
Elements Limiting content %
by weight
Fe Iron 0.5
O Oxygen 0.4
Other elements, each 0.3
CHAPTER 76
Aluminium and articles thereof
SUB-HEADING NOTES :
1. In this Chapter, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:
(a) Aluminium, not alloyed
Metal containing by weight at least 99% of aluminium, provided that the content by weight
of any other element does not exceed the limit specified in the following Table:
TABLE – OTHER ELEMENTS
Element Limiting content % by weight
Fe + Si (iron plus silicon) 1
Other elements (1), each 0.1(2)
(1) Other elements are, for example, Cr, Cu, Mg, Mn, Ni, Zn
(2) Copper is permitted in a proportion greater than 0.1% but not more than 0.2%, provided that
neither the chromium nor manganese content exceeds 0.05%
(b) Aluminium alloys
Metallic substances in which aluminium predominates by weight over each of the other
elements, provided that:
(i) the content by weight of at least one of the other elements or of iron plus silicon
taken together is greater than the limit specified in the foregoing table; or
(ii) the total content by weight of such other elements exceeds 1%.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Note 9(c) to Section XV, for the purposes of sub-heading 7616
91, theterm ―wire‖ applies only to products, whether or not in coils, of any cross-sectional shape, of which
no cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6 mm.
SECTION-XV CHAPTER-76
CHAPTER 77
(Reserved for possible future use)
SECTION-XV CHAPTER-78
CHAPTER 78
Lead and articles thereof
7803 OMITTED
7804 LEAD PLATES, SHEETS, STRIP AND FOIL; LEAD POWDERS AND FLAKES
- Plates, sheets, strip and foil :
7804 11 -- Sheets, strip and foil of a thickness (excluding any backing)
not exceeding 0.2 mm :
7804 11 10 --- Sheets and strip kg. 5% -
7804 11 20 --- Foil kg. 5% -
7804 19 -- Other :
7804 19 10 --- Plates kg. 5% -
7804 19 90 --- Other kg. 5% -
7804 20 00 - Powders and flakes kg. 5% -
CHAPTER 79
Zinc and articles thereof
SUB-HEADING NOTE :
In this Chapter, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:
(a) Zinc, not alloyed
Metal containing by weight at least 97.5% of Zinc.
(b) Zinc alloys
Metallic substances in which zinc predominates by weight over each of the other elements,
provided that the total content by weight of such other elements exceeds 2.5%.
(c) Zinc dust
Dust obtained by condensation of zinc vapour, consisting of spherical particles which are
finer than zinc powders. At least 80% by weight of the particles pass through a sieve with 63
micrometres (microns) mesh. It must contain at least 85% by weight of metallic zinc.
CHAPTER 80
Tin and articles thereof
SUB-HEADING NOTE :
In this Chapter, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:
(a) Tin, not alloyed
Metal containing by weight at least 99% of tin, provided that the content by weight of any
bismuth or copper is less than the limit specified in the following Table:
TABLE – OTHER ELEMENTS
Element Limiting content % by weight
Bi BISMUTH 0.1
Cu COPPER 0.4
8004 OMITTED
8005 00 00 OMITTED
8006 OMITTED
CHAPTER 81
Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof
- Beryllium :
8112 12 00 -- Unwrought; powders kg. 5% -
8112 13 00 -- Waste and scrap kg. 5% -
8112 19 00 -- Other kg. 10% -
- Chromium :
8112 21 00 -- Unwrought; powders kg. 5% -
8112 22 00 -- Waste and scrap kg. 5% -
8112 29 00 -- Other kg. 10% -
- Hafnium:
8112 31 -- Unwrought; waste and scrap; powders:
8112 31 10 --- Unwrought kg. 10% -
8112 31 20 --- Waste and scrap kg. 10% -
8112 31 30 --- Powders kg. 10% -
8112 39 00 -- Other kg. 10% -
- Rhenium:
8112 41 -- Unwrought; waste and scrap; powders:
8112 41 10 --- Unwrought kg 10% -
8112 41 20 --- Waste and scrap kg. 10% -
8112 41 30 --- Powders kg. 10% -
8112 49 00 -- Other kg. 10% -
- Thallium :
8112 51 00 -- Unwrought; powders kg. 5% -
8112 52 00 -- Waste and scrap kg. 5% -
8112 59 00 -- Other kg. 10% -
- Cadmium:
8112 61 00 -- Waste and scrap kg. 10% -
8112 69 00 -- Other kg. 10% -
- Other:
8112 92 00 -- Unwrought; waste and scrap; powders kg. 5% -
8112 99 00 -- Other kg. 10%
8113 CERMETS AND ARTICLES THEREOF, INCLUDING WASTE
AND SCRAP
8113 00 - Cermets and articles thereof, including waste
and
scrap :
8113 00 10 --- Unwrought cermets kg. 10% -
8113 00 20 --- Waste and scrap of cermets kg. 10% -
8113 00 30 --- Articles of cermets kg. 10% -
8113 00 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
SECTION-XV CHAPTER-82
CHAPTER 82
Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal;
parts thereof of base metal
NOTES :
1. Apart from blow lamps, portable forges, grinding wheels with frameworks, manicure or pedicure
sets, and goods of heading 8209, this Chapter covers only articles with a blade, working edge, working
surface or other working part of:
(a) base metal;
(b) metal carbides or cermets;
(c) precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) on a support of base
metal, metal carbide or cermet; or
(d) abrasive materials on a support of base metal, provided that the articles have cutting teeth,
flutes, grooves, or the like, of base metal, which retain their identity and function after the application
of the abrasive.
2. Parts of base metal of the articles of this Chapter are to be classified with the articles of which they
are parts, except parts separately specified as such and tool-holders for hand tools (heading 8466). However,
parts of general use as defined in Note 2 to Section XV are in all cases excluded from this Chapter.
Heads, blades and cutting plates for electric shavers or electric hair clippers are to be classified in
heading 8510.
3. Sets consisting of one or more knives of heading 8211 and at least an equal number of articles of
heading 8212.5 are to be classified in heading 8212.5.
CHAPTER 83
Miscellaneous articles of base metal
NOTES :
1. For the purposes of this Chapter, parts of base metal are to be classified with their parent articles.
However, articles of iron or steel of headings 7312, 7312.5, 7317, 7318 or 7320, or similar articles of other
base metal (Chapters 74 to 76 and 78 to 81) are not to be taken as parts of articles of this Chapter.
2. For the purposes of heading 8302, the word ―castors‖ means those having a diameter (including,
where appropriate, tyres) not exceeding 75 mm, or those having a diameter (including, where appropriate,
tyres) exceeding 75 mm provided that the width of the wheel or tyre fitted thereto is less than 30 mm.
SECTION XVI
NOTES :
1. This Section does not cover :
(a) transmission or conveyor belts or belting, of plastics of Chapter 39, or of vulcanised rubber
(heading 4010), or other articles of a kind used in machinery or mechanical or electrical appliances or
for other technical uses, of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber (heading 4016);
(b) articles of leather or of composition leather (heading 4205) or of furskin (heading 4303), of a
kind used in machinery or mechanical appliances or for other technical uses;
(c) bobbins, spools, cops, cones, cores, reels or similar supports, of any material (for example,
Chapter 39, 40, 44 or 48 or Section XV);
(d) perforated cards for Jacquard or similar machines (for example, Chapter 39 or 48 or Section
XV);
(e) transmission or conveyor belts or belting of textile material ( heading 5910) or other articles of
textile material for technical uses (heading 5911);
(f) precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) of headings 7102 to
7104, or articles wholly of such stones of heading 7116 except unmounted worked sapphires and diamonds
for styli (heading 8522);
(g) parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar
goods of plastics (Chapter 39);
(h) drill pipe (heading 7304);
(ij) endless belts of metal wire or strip (Section XV);
(k) articles of Chapter 82 or 83;
(l) articles of Section XVII;
(m) articles of Chapter 90;
(n) clocks, watches or other articles of Chapter 91;
(o) interchangeable tools of heading 8207 or brushes of a kind used as parts of machines (heading
9603); similar interchangeable tools are to be classified according to the constituent material of their
working part (for example, in Chapter 40, 42, 43, 45 or 59 or heading 6804 or 6909);
(p) articles of Chapter 95; or
(q) typewriter or similar ribbons, whether or not on spools or in cartridges (classified according
SECTION-XVI CHAPTER-84
to their constituent material, or in heading 9612 if inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions),
or monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles, of heading 9620.
2. Subject to Note 1 to this Section, Note 1 to Chapter 84 and to Note 1 to Chapter 85, parts of machines
(not being parts of the articles of heading 8484, 8544, 8545, 8546 or 8547) are to be classified according to the
following rules :
(a) parts which are goods included in any of the headings of Chapter 84 or 85 (other than headings
8409, 8431, 8448, 8466, 8473, 8487, 8503, 8522, 8529, 8538 and 8548) are in all cases to be classified in
their respective headings;
(b) other parts, if suitable for use solely or principally with a particular kind of machine, or with a
number of machines of the same heading (including a machine of heading 8479 or 8543) are to be
classified with the machines of that kind or in heading 8409, 8431, 8448, 8466, 8473, 8503, 8522, 8529 or
8538 as appropriate. However, parts which are equally suitable for use principally with the goods of
headings 8517 and 8525 to 8528 are to be classified in heading 8517, and parts which are suitable for
use solely or principally with the goods of heading 8524 are to be classified in heading 8529;
(c) all other parts are to be classified in heading 8409, 8431, 8448, 8466, 8473, 8503, 8522, 8529 or
8538 as appropriate or, failing that, in heading 8487 or 8548.
3. Unless the context otherwise requires, composite machines consisting of two or more machines
fitted together to form a whole and other machines designed for the purpose of performing two or more
complementary or alternative functions are to be classified as if consisting only of that component or as being
that machine which performs the principal function.
4. Where a machine (including a combination of machines) consists of individual components (whether
separate or interconnected by piping, by transmission devices, by electric cables or by other devices) intended
to contribute together to a clearly defined function covered by one of the headings in Chapter 84 or Chapter
85, then the whole falls to be classified in the heading appropriate to that function.
5. For the purposes of these Notes, the expression ―machine‖ means any machine, machinery, plant,
equipment, apparatus or appliance cited in the headings of Chapter 84 or 85.
6. (a) Throughout the Nomenclature, the expression ―electrical and electronic waste and scrap‖
means electrical and electronic assemblies, printed circuit boards and electrical or electronic articles
that—
(i) have been rendered unusable for their original purposes by breakage, cutting-up or
other processes or are economically unsuitable for repair, refurbishment or renovation to render
them fit for their original purposes; and
(ii) are packaged or shipped in a manner not intended to protect individual articles from
damage during transportation, loading and unloading operations;
(b) mixed consignments of ―electrical and electronic waste and scrap‖ and other waste and scrap
are to be classified in heading 8549;
(c) this Section does not cover municipal waste as defined in Note 4 to Chapter 38.
CHAPTER 84
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances;
parts thereof
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) millstones, grindstones or other articles of Chapter 68;
(b) machinery or appliances (for example, pumps) of ceramic material and ceramic parts of
machinery or appliances of any material (Chapter 69);
(c) laboratory glassware (heading 7017); machinery, appliances or other articles for technical
uses or parts thereof, of glass (heading 7019 or 7020);
(d) articles of heading 7321 or 7322 or similar articles of other base metals (Chapters 74 to 76 or
78 to 81);
(e) vacuum cleaners of headiang 8508:
(f) electro-mechanical domestic appliances of heading 8509; digital cameras of heading 8525;
(g) radiators for the articles of Section XVII; or
3. A machine-tool for working any material which answers to a description in heading 8456 and at the
same time to a description in heading 8457, 8458, 8459, 8460, 8461, 8464 or 8465 is to be classified in heading
8456.
4. Heading 8457 applies only to machine-tools for working metal, other than lathes (including turning
centers), which can carry out different types of machining operations either :
(a) by automatic tool change from a magazine or the like in conformity with a machining programme
(machining centers),
(b) by the automatic use, simultaneously or sequentially, of different unit heads working on a fixed
position workpiece (unit construction machines, single station), or
(c) by the automatic transfer of the workpiece to different unit heads (multi-station transfer
machines).
5. For the purposes of heading 8462, a ―slitting line‖ for flat products is a processing line composed
of an uncoiler, a coil flattener, a slitter and a recoiler. A ―cut-to-length line‖ for flat products is a
processing line composed of an uncoiler, a coil flattener and a shear.;
6.(A) For the purposes of heading 8471, the expression ―automatic data processing machine‖ means
machine capable of :
(i) storing the processing programme or programmes and at least the data immediately necessary
for the execution of the programme;
(ii) being freely programmed in accordance with the requirements of the user;
(iii) performing arithmetical computations specified by the user; and
(iv) executing, without human intervention, a processing programme which requires them to modify
their execution, by logical decision during the processing run.
(B) Automatic data processing machines may be in the form of systems consisting of a variable
number of separate units.
(C) Subject to paragraphs (D) and (E), a unit is to be regarded as being part of an automatic data
processing system if it meets all of the following conditions :
(i) it is of a kind solely or principally used in an automatic data processing system;
(ii) it is connectable to the central processing unit either directly or through one or more other
units; and
(iii) it is able to accept or deliver data in a form (codes or signals) which can be used by the
system.
Separately presented units of an automatic data processing machine are to be classified in heading
8471.
However, keyboards, X-Y co-ordinate input devices and disk storage units which satisfy the
conditions of (ii) and (iii) above, are in all cases to be classified as units of heading 8471.
(D) Heading 8471 does not cover the following when presented separately, even if they meet all
of the conditions set forth in paragraph (C):
(i) printers, copying machines, facsimile machines, whether or not combined;
(ii) apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus
for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network);
(iii) loudspeakers and microphones;
(iv) television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders;
(v) monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus.
(E) Machines incorporating or working in conjunction with an automatic data processing machine
and performing a specific function other than data processing are to be classified in the headings
appropriate to their respective functions or, failing that, in residual headings
7. Heading 8482 applies, inter alia, to polished steel balls, the maximum and minimum diameters of
which do not differ from the nominal diameter by more than 1 per cent. or by more than 0.05 mm,
whichever is less. Other steel balls are to be classified in heading 7326.
8. A machine which is used for more than one purpose is, for the purposes of classification, to be
treated as if its principal purpose were its sole purpose.
Subject to Note 2 to this Chapter and Note 3 to Section XVI, a machine, the principal purpose of which
is not described in any heading or for which no one purpose is the principal purpose is, unless the context
otherwise requires, to be classified in heading 8479. Heading 8479 also covers machines for making rope or
cable (for example, stranding, twisting or cabling machines) from metal wire, textile yarn or any other material
or from a combination of such materials.
9. For the purposes of heading 8470, the term ―pocket-size‖ applies only to machines, the dimensions of
which do not exceed 170 mm. x 100 mm. x 45 mm.
10. For the purposes of heading 8485, the expression ―additive manufacturing‖ (also referred to as
3D printing) means the formation of physical objects, based on a digital model, by the successive
addition and layering, and consolidation and solidification, of material (for example, metal, plastics
or ceramics).
Subject to Note 1 to Section XVI and Note 1 to Chapter 84, machines answering to the description
in heading 8485 are to be classified in that heading and in no other heading of the Nomenclature.
11. (A) Notes 12 (a) and 12 (b) to Chapter 85 also apply with respect to the expressions
"semiconductor devices" and "electronic integrated circuits", respectively, as used in this Note and in
heading 8486. However, for the purposes of this Note and of heading 8486, the expression
"semiconductor devices" also covers photosensitive semiconductor devices and lightemitting diodes
(LED).
(B) For the purposes of this Note and heading 8486, the expression ―manufacture of flat panel
displays‖ covers the fabrication of substrates into a flat panel. It does not cover the manufacture of
glass or the assembly of printed circuit boards or other electronic components onto the flat panel.
The expression ―flat panel display‖ does not cover cathode-ray tube technology.
(C) Heading 8486 also includes machines and apparatus solely or principally of a kind used for:
(i) the manufacture or repair of masks and reticles;
(ii) assembling semiconductor devices or electronic integrated circuits;
(iii) lifting, handling, loading or unloading of boules, wafers, semiconductor devices,
electronic integrated circuits and flat panel displays.
(D) Subject to Note 1 to Section XVI and Note 1 to Chapter 84, machines and apparatus answering to
the description in heading 8486 are to be classified in that heading and in no other heading of this schedule.
SUB-HEADING NOTES :
1. For the purposes of sub-heading 8465 20, the term "machining centres" applies only to machine-tools
for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials, which can carry out
different types of machining operations by automatic tool change from a magazine or the like in conformity
with a machining programme.
2. For the purposes of sub-heading 8471 49, the term ―systems‖ means automatic data processing
machines whose units satisfy the conditions laid down in Note 6(C) to Chapter 84 and which comprise at
least a central processing unit, one input unit (for example, a keyboard or a scanner), and one output unit (for
example, a visual display unit or a printer).
3. For the purposes of sub-heading 8481 20, the expression "valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic
transmissions" means valves which are used specifically in the transmission of "fluid power" in a hydraulic
or pneumatic system, where the energy source is supplied in the form of pressurised fluids (liquid or gas).
These valves may be of any type (for example, pressure-reducing type, check type). Sub-heading 8481 20
takes precedence over all other sub-headings of heading 8481.
4. Sub-heading 8482 40 applies only to bearings with cylindrical rollers of a uniform diameter not
exceeding 5 mm and having a length which is at least three times the diameter. The ends of the rollers may
be rounded.
8438 M A CHI NE RY , N OT S P EC IF IE D OR I NC LU DE D
ELSEWHERE IN THIS CHAPTER, FOR THE INDUSTRIAL
PREPARATION OR MANUFACTURE OF FOOD OR DRINK,
OTHER THAN MACHINERY FOR THE EXTRACTION OR
PREPARATION OF ANIMAL OR FIXED VEGETABLE OR
MICROBIAL FATS OR OILS
8438 10 - Bakery machinery and machinery for the
manufacture of macaroni, spaghetti or similar
products :
8438 10 10 --- Bakery machinery u 7.5% -
8438 10 20 --- Machinery for manufacture of macaroni or spaghetti u 7.5% -
or similar products
8438 20 00 - Machinery for the manufacture of confectionery, u 7.5% -
cocoa or chocolate
8438 30 - Machinery for sugar manufacture :
8438 30 10 --- Sugar cane crushers u 7.5% -
8438 30 90 --- Other u 7.5% -
8438 40 00 - Brewery machinery u 7.5% -
8438 50 00 - Machinery for the preparation of meat or poultry u 7.5% -
8438 60 00 - Machinery for the preparation of fruits, nuts or u 7.5% -
vegetables
8438 80 - Other machinery :
8438 80 10 --- Auxiliary equipment for extrusion cooking plant u 7.5% -
8438 80 20 --- For production of soya milk or other soya u 7.5% -
products (other than soya oil)
8438 80 30 --- Diffusing machines (diffusers) u 7.5% -
8438 80 40 --- Tea leaf rolling or cutting machine u 7.5% -
8438 80 90 --- Other u 7.5% -
8438 90 - Parts :
8438 90 10 --- Of sugar manufacturing machinery kg. 7.5% -
8438 90 90 --- Of other machinery kg. 7.5% -
8478 M AC HI NE RY F O R P R E PA RI NG O R M A KIN G U P
TOBACCO, NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
ELSEWHERE IN THISCHAPTER
8478 10 - Machinery :
8478 10 10 --- Cigar making machinery u 7.5% -
8478 10 20 --- Cigarette making machinery u 7.5% -
8478 10 90 --- Other u 7.5% -
8478 90 00 - Parts kg. 7.5% -
CHAPTER 85
Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders andreproducers, television
image and sound recorders and reproducers,and parts and accessories of such articles
NOTES:
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) electrically warmed blankets, bed pads, foot-muffs or the like; electrically warmed clothing,
footwear or ear pads or other electrically warmed articles worn on or about the person;
(b) articles of glass of heading 7011;
(c) machines and apparatus of heading 8486;
(d) vacuum apparatus of a kind used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary ―sciences (heading
9018);‖ or
(e) electrically heated furniture of Chapter 94.
2. Headings 8501 to 8504 do not apply to goods described in headings 8511, 8512, 8540, 8541 or
8542. However, metal tank mercury arc rectifiers remain classified in heading 8504.
3. For the purposes of heading 8507, the expression "electric accumulators" includes those pre-
sented with ancillary components which contribute to the accumulator's function of storing and supply- ing
energy or protect it from damage, such as electrical connectors, temperature control devices (for example,
thermistors) and circuit protection devices. They may also include a portion of the protective housing of the
goods in which they are to be used.
4. Heading 8509 covers only the following electro-mechanical machines of the kind commonly
used for domestic purposes :
(a) floor polishers, food grinders and mixers, and fruit or vegetable juice extractors, of any weight;
(b) other machines provided the weight of such machines does not exceed 20 kg.
The heading does not, however, apply to fans and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan,
whether or not fitted with filters (heading 8414), centrifugal cloths-dryers (heading 8421), dish washing
machines (heading 8422), household washing machines (heading 8450), roller or other ironing machines
(heading 8420 or 8451), sewing machines (heading 8452), electric scissors (heading 8467) or to electro-
thermic appliances (heading 8516).
5. For the purposes of heading 8517, the term "smartphones‖ means telephones for cellular
networks,equipped with a mobile operating system designed to perform the functions of an automatic data
processing machine such as downloading and running multiple applications simultaneously, including third-
party applications, and whether or not integrating other features such as digital cameras and navigational aid
systems.‘;
6.For the purposes of heading 8523 :
(a) Solid-state non-volatile storage devices‖ (for example, ―flash memory cards‖ or ―flash elec-
tronic storage cards‖) are storage devices with a connecting socket, comprising in the same housing one or
more flash memories (for example, ―FLASH E²PROM‖) in the form of integrated circuits mounted on a
printed circuit board. They may include a controller in the form of an integrated circuit and discrete passive
components, such as capacitors and resistors;
(b) The term ―smart cards‖ means cards which have embedded in them one or more electronic
integrated circuits (a microprocessor, random access memory (RAM) or read-only memory (ROM)) in the
form of chips. These cards may contain contacts, a magnetic stripe or an embedded antenna but do not
contain any other active or passive circuit elements.
7. For the purposes of heading 8524, ―flat panel display modules‖ refer to devices or apparatus for
the display of information, equipped at a minimum with a display screen, which are designed to be
incorporated into articles of other headings prior to use. Display screens for flat panel display modules
include, but are not limited to, those which are flat, curved, flexible, foldable or stretchable in form. Flat panel
display modules may incorporate additional elements, including those necessary for receiving video signals
and the allocation of those signals to pixels on the display. However, heading 8524 does not include display
modules which are equipped with components for converting video signals (e.g., a scaler IC, decoder IC or
application processer) or have otherwise assumed the character of goods of other headings.
For the classification of flat panel display modules defined in this Note, heading 8524 shall take
precedence over any other heading in the Nomenclature.
8. For the purposes of heading 8534, ―printed circuits‖ are circuits obtained by forming on an
insulating base, by any printing process (for example, embossing, plating-up, etching) or by the ―filmcircuit‖
technique, conductor elements, contacts or other printed components (for example, induc- tances, resistors,
capacitors) alone or interconnected according to a pre-established pattern, other than elements which can
produce, rectify, modulate or amplify an electrical signal (for example, semi-con-ductor elements).
The expression ―printed circuits‖ does not cover circuits combined with elements other than those
obtained during the printing process, nor does it cover individual, discreet resistors, capacitors or induc-tances.
Printed circuits may, however, be fitted with non-printed connecting elements.
Thin- or thick-film circuits comprising passive and active elements obtained during the same
technological process are to be classified in heading 8542.
9. For the purpose of heading 8536, ―connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables‖
means connectors that simply mechanically align optical fibres end to end in a digital line system. They
perform no other function, such as the amplification, regeneration or modification of a signal.
10. Heading 8537 does not include cordless infrared devices for the remote control of television
receivers or other electrical equipment (heading 8543).
11. For the purposes of heading 8539, the expression ―light-emitting diode (LED) light sources‖
covers––
(a) ―Light-emitting diode (LED) modules‖ which are electrical light sources based
on light-emitting diodes (LED) arranged in electrical circuits and containing further elements like electrical,
mechanical, thermal or optical elements. They also contain discrete active elements, discrete passive elements,
or articles of heading 8536 or 8542 for the purposes of providing power supply or power control. Light-
emitting diode (LED) modules do not have a cap designed to allow easy installation or replacement in a
luminaire and ensure mechanical and electrical contact.
(b) ―Light-emitting diode (LED) lamps‖ which are electrical light sources containing one or more LED
modules containing further elements like electrical,mechanical, thermal or optical elements. The distinction
between light-emitting diode (LED) modules and light-emitting diode (LED) lamps is that lamps have a cap
designed to allow easy installation or replacement in a luminaire and ensure mechanical and electrical contact.
12. For the purposes of headings 8541 and 8542 :
(a) (i) ―Semiconductor devices‖ are semiconductor devices, the operation of which depends on
variations in resistivity on the application of an electric field or semiconductor-based transducers.
Semiconductor devices may also include assembly of plural elements, whether or not equipped with
active and passive device ancillary functions.
―Semiconductor-based transducers‖ are, for the purposes of this definition, semiconductorbased
sensors, semiconductor-based actuators, semiconductor-based resonators and semiconductorbased
oscillators, which are types of discrete semiconductor-based devices, which perform an intrinsic function,
which are able to convert any kind of physical or chemical phenomena or an action into an electrical signal
or an electrical signal into any type of physical phenomenon or an action.
All the elements in semiconductor-based transducers are indivisibly combined, and may also
include necessary materials indivisibly attached, that enable their construction or function.
(2) "Silicon based" means built on a silicon substrate, or made of silicon materials, or
manufactured onto integrated circuit die.
(d) "Silicon based oscillators" are active components that consist of microelectronic
or mechanical structures that are created in the mass or on the surface of a semiconductor and
that have the function of generating a mechanical or electrical oscillation of a predefined fre-
quency that depends on the physical geometry of these structures.
For the classification of the articles defined in this Note, headings 8541 and 8542 shall take prece-
dence over any other heading in this Schedule, except in the case of heading 8523, which might cover
them by reference to, in particular, their function.
13.For the purposes of heading 8548, ―spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric
accumulators‖ are those which are neither usable as such because of breakage, cutting-up,
wear or other reasons, nor capable of being recharged.‖;
SUB-HEADING NOTE :
1. Sub-heading 8525 81 covers only high-speed television cameras, digital cameras and video
camera recorders having one or more of the following characteristics:––
- writing speed exceeding 0.5 mm per microsecond;
- time resolution 50 nanoseconds or less;
- frame rate exceeding 225,000 frames per second.
2. In respect of sub-heading 8525 82, radiation-hardened or radiation-tolerant television
cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders are designed or shielded to enable
operation in a high-radiation environment. These cameras are designed to withstand a total
radiation dose of at least 50 × 103 Gy(silicon) (5 × 106 RAD (silicon)), without operational
degradation.
3. Sub-heading 8525 83 covers night vision television cameras, digital cameras and video
camera recorders which use a photocathode to convert available light to electrons, which can
be amplified and converted to yield a visible image. This sub-heading excludes thermal
imaging cameras (generally sub-heading 8525 89).
4. Sub-heading 8527 12 covers only cassette-players with built-in amplifier, without built-in
loudspeaker, capable of operating without an external source of electric power and the
dimensions of which do not exceed 170 mm x 100 mm x 45 mm.
5. For the purposes of sub-headings 8549 11 to 8549 19, ―spent primary cells, spent primary
batteries and spent electric accumulators‖ are those which are neither usable as such because
of breakage, cutting-up, wear or other reasons, nor capable of being recharged.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE :
For the purposes of heading 8523, ―Information Technology software‖ means any
representation of instructions, data, sound or image, including source code and object code, recorded in a
machine readable form, and capable of being manipulated or providing interactivity to a user, by means of an
automatic data processing machine.
--- DC motor :
8501 10 11 ---- Micro motor u 15% -
8501 10 12 ---- Stepper motor u 15% -
8501 10 13 ---- Wiper motor u 15% -
8501 10 19 ---- Other u 15% -
8501 10 20 --- AC motor u 15% -
8501 20 00 - Other DC motors; DC generators, other than u 15% -
photovoltaic generators
- Other apparatus:
8519 81 00 -- Using magnetic, optical or semiconductor media u 10% -
8519 89 -- Other:
8519 89 10 --- Audio Compact disc player u 10% -
8519 89 20 --- Compact disc changer including mini u 10% -
disc player or laser disc player
8519 89 30 --- Time Code recorder u 10% -
8519 89 40 --- MP-3 player u 10% -
8519 89 90 --- Others u 10% -
8520 OMITTED
8539 EL E CTR I C F IL A M EN T OR D IS CH AR G E LA M P S
SECTION-XVI CHAPTER-85
SECTION XVII
VEHICLES, AIRCRAFT, VESSELS AND ASSOCIATED
TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
NOTES :
1. This Section does not cover articles of heading 9503 or 9508 or bobsleighs, toboggans and the like
of heading 9506.
2. The expressions ―parts‖ and ―parts and accessories‖ do not apply to the following articles, whether
or not they are identifiable as for the goods of this Section:
(a) joints, washers or the like of any material (classified according to their constituent material or
in heading 8484) or other articles of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber (heading 4016);
(b) parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar
goods of plastics (Chapter 39);
(c) articles of Chapter 82 (tools);
(d) articles of heading 8306;
(e) machines and apparatus of headings 8401 to 8479, or parts thereof, other than the radiators
for the articles of this Section, articles of heading 8481 or 8482 or, provided they constitute integral parts
of engines and motors, articles of heading 8483;
(f) electrical machinery or equipment (Chapter 85);
(g) articles of Chapter 90;
(h) articles of Chapter 91;
(ij) arms (Chapter 93);
(k) luminaries and lighting fittings and parts thereof heading 9405; or
(l) brushes of a kind used as parts of vehicles (heading 9603).
3. References in Chapters 86 to 88 to ―parts‖ or ― accessories‖ do not apply to parts or accessories
which are not suitable for use solely or principally with the articles of those Chapters. A part or accessory
which answers to a description in two or more of the headings of those Chapters is to be classified under that
heading which corresponds to the principal use of that part of accessory.
4. For the purposes of this Section:
(a) vehicles specially constructed to travel on both road and rail are classified under the appropriate
heading of Chapter 87;
(b) amphibious motor vehicles are classified under the appropriate heading of Chapter 87;
(c) aircraft specially constructed so that they can also be used as road vehicles are classified
under the appropriate heading of Chapter 88.
5. Air-cushion vehicles are to be classified within this Section with the vehicles to which they are
most akin as follows:
(a) in Chapter 86 if designed to travel on a guide-track (hovertrains);
(b) in Chapter 87 if designed to travel over land or over both land and water;
(c) in Chapter 89 if designed to travel over water, whether or not able to land on beaches or
landing - stages or also able to travel over ice.
SECTION-XVII CHAPTER-86
Parts and accessories of air-cushion vehicles are to be classified in the same way as those of vehicles
of the heading in which the air-cushion vehicles are classified under the above provisions.
Hovertrain track fixtures and fittings are to be classified as railway track fixtures and fittings, and
signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for hovertrain transport systems as signalling, safety or traffic
control equipment for railways.
CHAPTER 86
Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures
and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment
of all kinds
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) railway or tramway sleepers of wood or of concrete, or concrete guide-track sections for
hovertrains (heading 4406 or 6810);
(b) railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel of heading 7302; or
(c) electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment of heading 8530.
2. Heading 8607 applies, inter alia, to:
(a) axles, wheels, wheel sets (running gear), metal tyres, hoops and hubs and other parts of
wheels;
(b) frames, under frames, bogies and bissel-bogies;
(c) axle boxes, brake gear;
(d) buffers for rolling-stock; hooks and other coupling gear and corridor connections;
(e) coachwork.
3. Subject to the provisions of Note 1 above, heading 8608 applies, inter alia, to :
(a) assembled track, turntables, platform buffers, loading gauges;
(b) semaphores, mechanical signal discs, level crossing control gear, signal and point controls
and other mechanical (including electro-mechanical) signalling, safety or traffic control equipment,
whether or not fitted for electric lighting, for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking
facilities, port installations or airfields.
CHAPTER 87
Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and
accessories thereof
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover railway or tramway rolling-stock designed solely for running on rails.
2. For the purposes of this Chapter, ―tractors‖ means vehicles constructed essentially for hauling or
pushing another vehicle, appliance or load, whether or not they contain subsidiary provision for the transport,in
connection with the main use of the tractor, of tools, seeds, fertilizers or other goods.
Machines and working tools designed for fitting to tractors of heading 8701 as interchangeable equipment
remain classified in their respective headings even if presented with the tractor, and whether or not mounted on
it.
3. Motor chassis fitted with cabs fall in headings 8702 to 8704, and not in heading 8706.
4. Heading 8712 includes all children‘s bicycles. Other children‘s cycles fall in heading 9503.
Sub Heading Note:
- Vehicles :
8709 11 00 -- Electrical u 10% -
8709 19 00 -- Other u 10% -
8709 90 00 - Parts kg. 10% -
CHAPTER 88
Note:
1. For the purposes of this Chapter, the expression ―unmanned aircraft‖ means any aircraft, other than those
of heading 8801, designed to be flown without a pilot on board. They may be designed to carry a payload or
equipped with permanently integrated digital cameras or other equipment which would enable them to
perform utilitarian functions during their flight.
The expression ―unmanned aircraft‖, however, does not cover flying toys, designed solely for amusement
purposes (heading 9503).
Sub-heading Notes:
1. For the purposes of sub-headings 8802 11 to 8802 40, the expression ―unladen weight‖ means the
weight of the machine in normal flying order, excluding the weight of the crew and of fuel and equipment
other than permanently fitted items of equipment.
2. For the purposes of sub-headings 8806 21 to 8806 24 and 8806 91 to 8806 94, the expression
"maximum take-off weight" means the maximum weight of the machine in normal flying order, at take-off,
including the weight of payload, equipment and fuel.
8806 91 00 -- With maximum take-off weight not more than 250 g u 10% -
8806 92 00 -- With maximum take-off weight more than 250 g but u 10% -
not more than 7 kg
8806 93 00 -- With maximum take-off weight more than 7 kg but u 10% -
not more than 25 kg
8806 94 00 -- With maximum take-off weight more than 25 kg but u 10% -
not more than 150 kg
8806 99 00 -- Other u 10% -
8807 PARTS OF GOODS OF HEADING 8801, 8802 OR 8806
CHAPTER 89
NOTE :
A hull, an unfinished or incomplete vessel, assembled, unassembled, or disassembled, or a
complete vessel unassembled or disassembled, is to be classified in heading 8906 if it does not have
the essential character of a vessel of a particular kind.
SECTION XVIII
OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING,
CHECKING, PRECISION, MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS;
CLOCKS AND WATCHES; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS;
PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
CHAPTER 90
Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical
instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) articles of a kind used in machines, appliances or for other technical uses, of vulcanised
rubber other than hard rubber (heading 4016), of leather or of composition leather (heading 4205) or
textile material (heading 5911);
(b) supporting belts or other support articles of textile material, whose intended effect on the
organ to be supported or held derives solely from their elasticity (for example, maternity belts, thoracic
support bandages, abdominal support bandages, supports for joints or muscles) (Section XI);
(c) refractory goods of heading 6903; ceramic wares for laboratory, chemical or other technical
uses, of heading 6909;
(d) glass mirrors, not optically worked, of heading 7009, or mirrors of base metal or of precious
metal, not being optical elements (heading 8306 or Chapter 71);
(e) goods of heading 7007, 7008, 7011, 7014, 7015 or 7017;
(f) parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV) or
similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39); however, articles specially designed for use exclusively in
implants in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences are to be classified in heading 9021;
(g) pumps incorporating measuring devices, of heading 8413; weight-operated counting or checking
machinery, or separately presented weights for balances (heading 8423); lifting or handling machinery
(headings 8425 to 8428); paper or paperboard cutting machines of all kinds (heading 8441); fittings for
adjusting work or tools on machine-tools or water-jet cutting machines, of heading 8466, including
fittings with optical devices for reading the scale (for example, ―optical‖ dividing heads) but not those
which are in themselves essentially optical instruments (for example, alignment telescopes); calculating
machines (heading 8470); valves or other appliance of heading 8481; machines and apparatus (including
apparatus for the projection or drawing of circuit patterns on sensitised semi-conductor materials) of
heading 8486;
(h) searchlights or spotlights of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles (heading 8512); portable
electric lamps of heading 8513; cinematographic sound recording, reproducing or re-recording apparatus
(heading 8519); sound-heads (heading 8522); television cameras, digital cameras and video camera
recorders (heading 8525); radar apparatus , radio navigational aid apparatus or radio remote control
apparatus (heading 8526); connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables (heading 8536);
numerical control apparatus of heading 8537; sealed beam lamp units of heading 8539; optical fibre
cables of heading 8544;
(ij) searchlights or spotlights of heading 9405;
(k) articles of Chapter 95;
SECTION-XVIII CHAPTER-90
9007 10 - Cameras :
9007 10 10 --- For film of less than 16 mm u 10% -
9007 10 90 --- Other u 10% -
9007 20 - Projectors :
9007 20 10 --- For film of less than 16 mm width u 10% -
9007 20 90 --- Other u 10% -
- Parts and accessories :
9007 91 00 -- For cameras kg. 10% -
9007 92 00 -- For projectors kg. 10% -
9009 OMITTED
CHAPTER 91
Clocks and watches and parts thereof
NOTES :
CHAPTER 92
Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or
similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39);
(b) microphones, amplifiers, loud-speakers, head-phones, switches, stroboscopes or other
accessory instruments, apparatus or equipment of Chapter 85 or 90, for use with but not incorporated
in or housed in the same cabinet as instruments of this Chapter;
(c) toy instruments or apparatus (heading 9503);
(d) brushes for cleaning musical instruments (heading 9603), or monopods, bipods, tripods and similar
articles (heading 9620); or
(e) collectors‘ pieces or antiques (heading 9705 or 9706)
2. Bows and sticks and similar devices used in playing the musical instruments of heading 9202 or 9206
presented with such instruments in numbers normal thereto and clearly intended for use therewith, are to be
classified in the same heading as the relative instruments.
Cards, discs and rolls of heading 9209 presented with an instrument are to be treated as separate
articles and not as forming a part of such instrument.
9203 OMITTED
9204 OMITTED
SECTION-XVIII CHAPTER-92
SECTION XIX
ARMS AND AMMUNITION; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
CHAPTER 93
Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) goods of Chapter 36 (for example, percussion caps, detonators, signalling flares);
(b) parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or
similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39);
(c) armoured fighting vehicles (heading 8710);
(d) telescopic sights or other optical devices suitable for use with arms, unless mounted on
a firearm or presented with the firearm on which they are designed to be mounted (Chapter 90);
(e) bows, arrows, fencing foils or toys (Chapter 95); or
(f) collectors' pieces or antiques (heading 9705 or 9706).
2. In heading 9306, the reference to "parts thereof" does not include radio or radar apparatus of
heading 8526.
9304 00 00 OTHER ARMS (FOR EXAMPLE, SPRING, AIR OR GAS GUNS u 10% -
AND PISTOLS, TRUNCHEONS), EXCLUDING THOSE OF
HEADING 9307
SECTION XX
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
CHAPTER 94
Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishing;
luminaires and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated
name- plates and the like; prefabricated building
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) pneumatic or water mattresses, pillows or cushions, of Chapter 39, 40 or 63;
(b) mirrors designed for placing on the floor or ground [for example, cheval-glasses (swing-
mirrors)] of heading 7009;
(c) articles of Chapter 71;
(d) parts of general use as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or
similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39), or safes of heading 8303;
(e) furniture specially designed as parts of refrigerating or freezing equipment of heading
8418; furniture specially designed for sewing machines (heading 8452);
(f) lamps or light sources and parts thereof Chapter 85;
(g) furniture specially designed as parts of apparatus of heading 8518 (heading 8518), of
headings 8519 or 8521 (heading 8522) or of headings 8525 to 8528 (heading 8529);
(h) articles of heading 8714;
(ij) dentists' chairs incorporating dental appliances of heading 9018 or dentists' spittoons
(heading 9018);
(k) articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases);
(l) toy furniture or toy, luminaires and lighting fittings (heading 9503), billiard tables or other
furniture specially constructed for games (heading 9504), furniture for conjuring tricks or
decorations (other than lightings strings) such as Chinese lanterns (heading 9505) or.
(m) monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles (heading 9620).
2. The articles (other than parts) referred to in headings 9401 to 9403 are to be classified in those
headings only if they are designed for placing on the floor or ground.
The following are, however, to be classified in the above-mentioned headings even if they are
designed to be hung, to be fixed to the wall or to stand one on the other:
(a) Cupboards, bookcases, other shelved furniture (including single shelves
presented with supports for fixing them to the wall) and unit furniture;
(b) seats and beds.
3. (A) In headings 9401 to 9403 references to parts of goods do not include references to sheets or
slabs (whether or not cut to shape but not combined with other parts) of glass (including mirrors),
SECTION-XX CHAPTER-94
4. For the purposes of heading 9406, the expression ―prefabricated buildings‖ means buildings which
are finished in the factory or put up as elements, presented together, to be assembled on site, such as housing
or worksite accommodation, offices, schools, shops, sheds, garages or similar buildings.
Prefabricated buildings include "modular building units" of steel, normally presented in the size and
shape of a standard shipping container, but substantially or completely pre-fitted internally. Such modular
building units are normally designed to be assembled together to form permanent buildings.
CHAPTER 95
Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
NOTES :
4. Subject to the provisions of Note 1, heading 9503 applies, inter alia, to articles of this heading
combined with one or more items, which cannot be considered as sets under the terms of rule 3 (b) of
the General rules for Interpretation of this schedule, and which, if presented separately, would be
classified in other headings, provided the articles are put up together for retail sale and the combina-
tions have the essential character of toys.
5. Heading 9503 does not cover articles which, on account of their design, shape or constituent
material, are identifiable as intended exclusively for animals, for example, ―pet toys‖
(classification in their own appro-priate heading).
(a) The expression ―amusement park rides‖ means a device or combination of devices or
equipment that carry, convey, or direct a person or persons over or through a fixed or
restricted course, including watercourses, or within a defined area for the primary purposes of
amusement or entertainment. Such rides may be combined within an amusement park, theme
park, water park or fairground. These amusement park rides do not include equipment of a
kind commonly installed in residences or playgrounds;
(b) The expression ―water park amusements‖ means a device or combination of devices or
equipment that are characterised by a defined area involving water, with no purposes built
path. Water park amusements only include equipment designed specifically for water parks;
and
(c) The expression ―fairground amusements‖ means games of chance, strength or skill, which
commonly employ an operator or attendant and may be installed in permanent buildings or
independent concession stalls. Fairground amusements do not include equipment of heading
9504.
This heading does not include equipment more specifically classified elsewhere in the Nomenclature.
SUB-HEADING NOTE
9502 OMITTED
CHAPTER 96
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
NOTES :
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) pencils for cosmetic or toilet uses (Chapter 33);
(b) articles of Chapter 66 (for example, parts of umbrellas or walking-sticks);
(c) imitation Jewellery (heading 7117);
(d) parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 of Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or
similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39);
(e) cutlery or other articles of Chapter 82 with handles or other parts of carving or moulding
materials; heading 9601 or 9602 applies, however, to separately presented handles or other parts
of such articles;
(f) articles of Chapter 90, for example, spectacle frames (heading 9003), mathematical
drawing pens (heading 9017), brushes of a kind specialised for use in dentistry or for medical,
surgical or veterinary purposes (heading 9018);
(g) articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clock or watch cases);
(h) musical instruments or parts or accessories thereof (Chapter 92);
(ij) articles of Chapter 93 (arms and parts thereof);
(k) articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, luminaires and lighting fittings);
(l) articles of Chapter 95 (toys, games, sports requisites);
(m) works of art, collectors' pieces or antiques (Chapter 97).
2. In heading 9602, the expression "vegetable or mineral carving material" means :
(a) hard seeds, pips, hulls and nuts and similar vegetable materials of a kind used for carving
(for example, corozo and dom);
(b) amber, meerschaum, agglomerated amber and agglomerated meerschaum, jet and mineral
substitutes for jet.
3. In heading 9603, the expression "prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making" applies
only to unmounted knots and tufts of animal hair, vegetable fibre or other material, which are ready
for incorporation without division in brooms or brushes, or which require only such further minor
processes as trimming to shap at the top, to render them ready for such incorporation.
4. Articles of this Chapter, other than those of headings 9601 to 9606 or 9615, remain classified
in the Chapter whether or not composed wholly or partly of precious metal or metal clad with precious
metal, of natural or cultured pearls, or precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or
reconstructed). However, headings 9601 to 9606 and 9615 include articles in which natural or cultured
pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed), precious metal or metal
clad with precious metal constitute only minor constituents.
SECTION-XX CHAPTER-96
9608 30 11 ---- High value fountain pens (US $ 100 and above u 10% -
c.i.f. per unit)
9608 30 12 ---- With body or cap of precious metal or rolled precious u 10% -
metal
9608 30 19 ---- Other u 10% -
--- Stylograph pens :
9608 30 21 ---- High value pens u 10% -
(US $ 100 and above c.i.f. per unit)
9608 30 22 ---- With body or cap of precious metal or rolled u 10% -
precious metal
9608 30 29 ---- Other u 10% -
--- Other :
9608 30 91 ---- High value pens u 10% -
(US $ 100 and above c.i.f. per unit)
9608 30 92 ---- With body or cap of precious metal or rolled precious u 10% -
metal
9608 30 99 ---- Other u 10% -
9608 40 00 - Propelling or sliding pencils u 10% -
9608 50 00 - Sets of articles from two or more of the u 10% -
foregoing sub-headings
9608 60 - Refills for ball point pens, comprising the ball
point and ink-reservoir :
9608 60 10 --- With liquid ink (for rolling ball-pen) u 10% -
9608 60 90 --- Other u 10% -
- Other :
9608 91 -- Pen nibs and nib points :
9608 91 10 --- Nib points for pen u 10% -
9608 91 20 --- Nibs of wool felt or plastics for use in the u 10% -
manufacture of porous tip pen or markers
9608 91 30 --- Other pen nibs u 10% -
--- Other :
9608 91 91 ---- Of metal u 10% -
9608 91 99 ---- Other u 10% -
9608 99 -- Other :
9608 99 10 --- Pen holders, pencil holders and similar holders kg. 10% -
9608 99 90 --- Other kg. 10% -
SECTION-XX CHAPTER-96
9611 00 00 DATE, SEALING OR NUMBERING STAMPS, AND THE LIKE kg. 20% -
(INCLUDING DEVICES FOR PRINTING OR EMBOSSING
LABELS), DESIGNED FOR OPERATING IN THE HAND;
HAND-OPERATED COMPOSING STICKS AND HAND
PRINTING SETS INCORPORATING SUCH COMPOSING
STICKS
9612 TYPEWRITER OR SIMILAR RIBBONS, INKED OR
OTHERWISE PREPARED FOR GIVING IMPRESSIONS,
WHETHER OR NOT ON SPOOLS OR IN CARTRIDGES; INK-
PADS, WHETHER OR NOT INKED, WITH OR WITHOUT
BOXES
9612 10 - Ribbons :
9612 10 10 --- Computer printer ribbon u 10% -
9612 10 20 --- Ribbon for typewriters, other than electronic u 10% -
and similar machines
9612 10 30 --- Ribbon for electronic typewriter u 10% -
9612 10 90 --- Other u 10% -
9612 20 00 - Ink-pads u 10% -
SECTION XXI
WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS' PIECES AND ANTIQUES
NOTES:
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) unused postage or revenue stamps, postal stationery (stamped paper) or the like of heading
4907;
(b) theatrical scenery, studio back-cloths and the like, of painted canvas (heading 5907)
except if they may be classified in heading 9706; or
(c) pearls, natural or cultured, or precious or semi-precious stones (headings 7101 to 7103).
2. Heading 9701 does not apply to mosaics that are mass-produced reproductions, casts or works of
conventional craftsmanship of a commercial character, even if these articles are designed or created by
artists.
3. For the purposes of heading 9702, the expression ―original engravings, prints and lithographs"
means impressions produced directly, in black and white, or in colour, of one or of several plates
wholly executed by hand by the artist, irrespective of the process or of the material employed by him,
but not including any mechanical or photomechanical process.
4. Heading 9703 does not apply to mass-produced reproductions or works of conventional
craftsmanship of a commercial character, even if these articles are designed or created by artists.
5. (A) Subject to Notes 1 to 3 above, articles of this Chapter are to be classified in this Chapter
and not in any other Chapter of this Schedule.
(B) Heading 9706 does not apply to articles of the preceding headings of this Chapter.
6. Frames around paintings, drawings, pastels, collages or similarly decorative plaques,
engravings, prints or lithographs are to be classified with those articles, provided they are of a kind
and of a value normal to those articles. Frames which are not of kind or of a value normal to the
articles referred to in this Note are to be classified separately.
CHAPTER 98
NOTES :
1. This Chapter is to be taken to apply to all goods which satisfy the conditions prescribed
therein, even though they may be covered by a more specific heading elsewhere in this Schedule.
2. Heading 9801 is to be taken to apply to all goods which are imported in accordance with the
regulations made under section 157 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and expressions used in this
heading shall have the meaning assigned to them in the said regulations.
3. Heading 9802 covers all chemicals, organic or inorganic, whether or not chemically defined,
imported in packings not exceeding 500 gms or 500 millilitres and which can be identified with reference
to the purity, markings or other features to show them to be meant for use solely as laboratory chemicals.
4. Headings 9803 and 9804 are taken not to apply to :
(a) motor vehicles;
(b) alcoholic beverages; and
(c) tobacco and manufactured products thereof.
5. Heading 9803 is to be taken not to apply to articles imported by a passenger or a member of a
crew under an import licence or a Customs Clearance Permit either for his own use or on behalf of
others.
6. Heading 9804 is to be taken not to apply to articles imported under an import licence or a
Customs Clearance Permit.
7. Heading 9804 is to be taken not to apply to printed books.