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Indian ITC-HS · Section VI

Chapter 28

Inorganic chemicals, organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes

52 Headings179 Subheadings332 Tariff Items
Source: CBIC Part II Import Tariff, chapter-wise PDFs·Indian Customs Tariff — First Schedule (as on 30.06.2024, CBIC)
Section VI
PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES
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Headings, subheadings & tariff items

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All tariff codes in Chapter 28

Flat index of every 8-digit tariff item in this chapter, grouped by 4-digit heading.

2801FLUORINE, CHLORINE, BROMINE AND IODINE

2802SULPHUR, SUBLIMED OR PRECIPITATED; COLLOIDAL SULPHUR

2803CARBON (CARBON BLACKS AND OTHER FORMS OF CARBON NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED)

2804HYDROGEN, RARE GASES AND OTHER NON-METALS

2805ALKALI OR ALKALINE-EARTH METALS; RARE-EARTH METALS,SCANDIUM AND YTTRIUM, WHETHER OR NOT INTERMIXED OR INTERALLOYED; MERCURY

  • 28051100Sodium
  • 28051200Calcium
  • 28051900Other
  • 28053000Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed
  • 28054000Mercury II.-INORGANIC ACIDS AND INORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS

2806HYDROGEN CHLORIDE (HYDROCHLORIC ACID); CHLOROSULPHURIC ACID

  • 28061000Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid)
  • 28062000Chlorosulphuric acid 2807 - SULPHURIC ACID; OLEUM

2807

2808NITRIC ACID; SULPHONITRIC ACIDS

2809DIPHOSPHORUS PENTAOXIDE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; POLYPHOSPHORIC ACIDS, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED

2810OXIDES OF BORON; BORIC ACIDS

  • 28100010Oxides of boron
  • 28100020Boric acids Amended by Notfn. No. 48/18, dt. 20.06.2018 w.e.f. 01.05.2022 Amended by Notfn. No. 16/19, dt. 15.06.2019

2811OTHER INORGANIC ACIDS AND OTHER INORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS

2812HALIDES AND HALIDE OXIDES OF NON-METALS

2813SULPHIDES OF NON-METALS; COMMERCIAL PHOSPHORUS TRISULPHIDE

  • 28131000Carbon disulphide
  • 28139010Arsenic disulphide (artificial)
  • 28139020Commercial phosphorus trisulphide
  • 28139090Other IV. - INORGANIC BASES AND OXIDES, HYDROXIDES AND PEROXIDES OF METALS

2814AMMONIA, ANHYDROUS OR IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION

2815SODIUM HYDROXIDE (CAUSTIC SODA); POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE (CAUSTIC POTASH); PEROXIDES OF SODIUM OR POTASSIUM

2816HYDROXIDE AND PEROXIDE OF MAGNESIUM; OXIDES, HYDROXIDES AND PEROXIDES, OF STRONTIUM OR BARIUM

  • 28161010Hydroxide of magnesium
  • 28161020Peroxide of magnesium
  • 28164000Oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium kg. 7.5% -

2817ZINC OXIDE; ZINC PEROXIDE

2818ARTIFICIAL CORUNDUM, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED; ALUMINIUM OXIDE; ALUMINIUM HYDROXIDE

  • 28181000Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined kg. 7.5% -
  • 28182011Metallurgical grade, conforming to IS
  • 28182019Non- metallurgical grade, conforming to IS
  • 28182090Other
  • 28183000Aluminium hydroxide

2819CHROMIUM OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES

2820MANGANESE OXIDES

2821IRON OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES; EARTH COLOURS CONTAINING 70% OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF COMBINED IRON EVALUATED AS Fe O 2 3

2822COBALT OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES; COMMERCIAL COBALT OXIDES

2823TITANIUM OXIDES

2824LEAD OXIDES; RED LEAD AND ORANGE LEAD

2825HYDRAZINE AND HYDROXYLAMINE AND THEIR INORGANIC SALTS; OTHER INORGANIC BASES; OTHER METAL OXIDES, HYDROXIDES AND PEROXIDES

2826FLUORIDES; FLUOROSILICATES, FLUOROALUMINATES AND OTHER COMPLEX FLUORINE SALTS

2827CHLORIDES, CHLORIDE OXIDES AND CHLORIDE HYDROXIDES; BROMIDES AND BROMIDE OXIDES; IODIDES AND IODIDE OXIDES

2828HYPOCHLORITES; COMMERCIAL CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITES; CHLORITES; HYPOBROMITES

2829CHLORATES AND PERCHLORATES; BROMATES AND PERBROMATES; IODATES AND PERIODATES

2830SULPHIDES; POLYSULPHIDES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED

2831DITHIONITES AND SULPHOXYLATES

  • 28311010Sodium dithionites (sodium hydrosulphite)
  • 28311020Sodium sulphoxylates (including sodium formaldehyde sulphoxylate)
  • 28319010Dithionites
  • 28319020Sulphoxylates

2832SULPHITES; THIOSULPHATES

2833SULPHATES; ALUMS; PEROXOSULPHATES (PERSULPHATES)

2834NITRITES; NITRATES

2835PHOSPHINATES (HYPOPHOSPHITES), PHOSPHONATES (PHOSPHITES) AND PHOSPHATES; POLYPHOSPHATES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED

2836CARBONATES; PEROXOCARBONATES (PERCARBONATES); COMMERCIAL AMMONIUM CARBONATE CONTAINING AMMONIUM CARBAMATE

2837CYANIDES, CYANIDE OXIDES AND COMPLEX CYANIDES

2839SILICATES; COMMERCIAL ALKALI METAL SILICATES

2840BORATES; PEROXOBORATES (PERBORATES)

2841SALTS OF OXOMETALLIC OR PEROXOMETALLIC ACIDS

2842OTHER SALTS OF INORGANIC ACIDS OR PEROXOACIDS, (INCLUDING ALUMINOSILICATES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED), OTHER THAN AZIDES

  • 28421000Double or complex silicates, including aluminosilicates, kg. 7.5% - whether or not chemically defined
  • 28429010Arsenites and arsenates
  • 28429020Bichromates and dichromates
  • 28429090Other VI. - MISCELLANEOUS

2843COLLOIDAL PRECIOUS METALS; INORGANIC OR ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED; AMALGAMS OF PRECIOUS METALS

2844RADIOACTIVE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES (INCLUDING THE FISSILE OR FERTILE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND ISOTOPES) AND THEIR COMPOUNDS; MIXTURES AND RESIDUES CONTAINING THESE PRODUCTS

  • 28441000Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds
  • 28442000Uranium enriched in plutonium and its kg. Free% - compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U , plutonium 235 or compounds of these products
  • 28443010Uranium depleted in their alloys, unwrought or wrought and kg. 7.5% - compounds thereof depleted in U : 235
  • 28443021- Thorium oxide
  • 28443022- Thorium hydroxide
  • 28443023- Thorium nitrate
  • 28443029- Other
  • 28443030Waste and scrap of uranium depleted in 235
  • 28443090Other compounds other than those of sub-heading 2844 10, 2844 20 or 2844 30; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds; radioactive residues:
  • 28444100Tritium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing tritium or its compounds
  • 28444200Actinium-225, actinium-227, californium-253, curium-240, curium-241, curium-242, curium-243, curium-244, einsteinium-253, einsteinium-254, gadolinium-148, polonium-208, polonium-209, polonium-210, radium-223, uranium-230 or uranium-232, and their compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements or compounds
  • 28444300Other radioactive elements and isotopes and compounds; other alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing these elements, isotopes or compounds
  • 28444400Radioactive residues
  • 28445000Spent (irradiated) fuel elements (cartridges) of nuclear reactors

2845ISOTOPES OTHER THAN THOSE OF HEADING 2844; COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC OR ORGANIC, OF SUCH ISOTOPES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED

2846COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC OR ORGANIC, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF YTTRIUM OR OF SCANDIUM OR OF MIXTURES OF THESE METALS

  • 28461010Cerium oxides
  • 28461090Other
  • 28469010Rare-earth oxides not elsewhere included or specified
  • 28469020Rare-earth fluorides not elsewhere included or specified kg. 7.5% -
  • 28469030Rare-earth chlorides not elsewhere included or specified kg. 7.5% -
  • 28469090Other

2849CARBIDES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED

2850HYDRIDES, NITRIDES, AZIDES, SILICIDES AND BORIDES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED, OTHER THAN COMPOUNDS WHICH ARE ALSO CARBIDES OF HEADING 2849

2852INORGANIC OR ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF MERCURY, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED, EXCLUDING AMALGAMS

2853PHOSPHIDES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED,EXCLUDING FERROPHOSPHORUS; OTHER INOR- GANIC COMPOUNDS (INCLUDING DISTILLED OR CONDUCTIVITY WATER AND WATER OF SIMILAR PURITY); LIQUID AIR (WHETHER OR NOT RARE GASES HAVE BEEN REMOVED); COMPRESSED AIR; AMALGAMS, OTHER THAN AMALGAMS OF PRECIOUS METALS

  • 28531000Cyanogen chloride (chlorcyan)
  • 28539010Distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity
  • 28539020Liquid air, whether or not rare gases have been removed
  • 28539030Compressed air
  • 28539040Amalgams, other than of precious metals
  • 28539090Other [Notifn. No.37/09-Cus., dated 20.4.2009] Whereas, in the matter of import of Soda Ash falling under sub-heading 2836 20 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) from the People's Republic of China, the Director General (Safeguard), in preliminary findings published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 30th January, 2009, vide number G.S.R. 62 (E), dated the 30th January, 2009, had come to the conclusion that increased imports of Soda Ash into India from the People's Republic of China had caused and threatened to cause market disruption to domestic industry of Soda Ash and it necessitates the imposition of provisional safeguard duty on imports of Soda Ash into India from People's Republic of China ; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 8C of the said Act, read with rules 10 and 14 of the Customs Tariff (Transitional Product Specific Safeguard Duty) Rules, 2002, the Central Government after considering the said findings of the Director General (Safeguard), hereby imposes a safeguard duty, at the rate of 20 per cent. ad valorem on import of Soda Ash, falling under sub-heading 2836 20 of the First Schedule to the said Act, when imported into India from the People's Republic of China . 2. The safeguard duty imposed under this notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 5th November, 2009 unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier. [Notfn. No. 122/ 2009-Cus., dt. 5.11.2009.] Whereas, in the matter of import of Soda Ash (hereinafter also referred as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 2836 20, of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), from People's Republic of China, the Director General (Safeguards), in its preliminary findings vide number G.S.R. 62 (E), dated the 30th January, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 30th January, 2009, had come to the conclusion that increased imports of Soda Ash into India from the People's Republic of China had caused and threatened to cause market disruption to domestic industry of Soda Ash and that this had necessitated the imposition of provisional safeguard duty on imports of Soda Ash into India from People's Republic of China ; And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the Director General (Safeguards), the Central Government had imposed provisional Safeguard duty on imports of the subject goods vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 37/ 2009-CUSTOMS, dated the 20th April, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 20th April, 2009, vide number G.S.R.264 (E), dated the 20th April, 2009; And whereas, the Director General (Safeguards) in its final findings vide number G.S.R.725(E), dated the 6th October, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub- section (i), dated the 6th October, 2009 had come to the conclusion that increased imports of Soda Ash into India from the People's Republic of China had caused and threatened to cause market disruption to the domestic industry of Soda Ash and it necessitated the imposition of definitive safeguard duty on imports of Soda Ash into India from People's Republic of China; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 8C of the said Act, read with rules 12 and 14 of the Customs Tariff (Transitional Product Specific Safeguard Duty) Rules, 2002, the Central Government after considering the said findings of the Director General (Safeguards), hereby imposes a safeguard duty at the rate of 20% ad valorem on Soda Ash, falling under tariff item 2836 20 of the First Schedule to the said Act, when imported into India from the People's Republic of China. 2. The Safeguard duty imposed under this notification shall be levied with effect for one year from the date of imposition of the provisional Safeguard duty, and shall remain in force upto and inclusive of the 19th April, 2010. [Notfn. No. 131/ 2009-Cus., dt. 4.12.2009.] Whereas, in the matter of import of Caustic Soda lye , falling under tariff item 2815 12 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Director General (Safeguard), in preliminary findings vide number G.S.R.754(E), dated the 15th October, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 15th October, 2009, had come to the conclusion that increased imports of Caustic Soda lye into India had caused and threatened to cause further serious injury to the domestic producers of Caustic Soda lye and it necessitates the imposition of provisional safeguard duty on imports of Caustic Soda lye into India; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 8B of the said Act, read with rules 10 and 14 of the Customs Tariff (Identification and Assessment of Safeguard Duty) Rules, 1997, the Central Government after considering the said findings of the Director General (Safeguard), hereby imposes on Caustic Soda lye, falling under tariff item 2815 12 00 of the First Schedule to the said Act, when imported into India, a safeguard duty at the rate of 15 per cent. ad valorem. 2. Nothing contained in this notification shall apply to imports of Caustic Soda lye from countries notified as developing countries under clause (a) of sub-section (6) of section 8B of the said Act, other than the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Thailand. 3. The safeguard duty imposed under this notification shall be effective upto and inclusive of the 3rd March, 2010 (unless revoked, superseded or amended earlier). [Notfn. No. 72/ 2010-Cus., dt. 28.6.2010.] Whereas, in the matter of import of Soda Ash (hereinafter also referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 2836 20, of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), from People's Republic of China, the Director General (Safeguards), in its preliminary findings vide number G.S.R. 62 (E), dated the 30th January, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 30th January, 2009, had come to the conclusion that increased imports of Soda Ash into India from the People's Republic of China had caused and threatened to cause market disruption to domestic industry of Soda Ash and that this had necessitated the imposition of provisional safeguard duty on imports of Soda Ash into India from People's Republic of China ; And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the Director General (Safeguards), the Central Government had imposed provisional Safeguard duty on imports of the subject goods vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 37/ 2009-CUSTOMS, dated the 20th April, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 20th April, 2009, vide number G.S.R.264 (E), dated the 20th April, 2009; And whereas, the Director General (Safeguards) in its final findings vide number G.S.R.725(E), dated the 6th October, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub- section (i), dated the 6th October, 2009 had come to the conclusion that increased imports of Soda Ash into India from the People's Republic of China had threatened to cause market disruption to the domestic industry of Soda Ash and it necessitated the imposition of definitive safeguard duty on imports of Soda Ash into India from People's Republic of China; And whereas, on the basis of the aforesaid findings of the Director General (Safeguards), the Central Government had imposed Safeguard duty on imports of the subject goods vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 122/2009-Customs, dated the 5th November, 2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub- section (i), dated the 5th November, 2009, vide number G.S.R.797 (E), dated the 5th November, 2009; And whereas, the Director General (Safeguards) in its final findings in review proceedings vide number G.S.R.318(E), dated the 13th April, 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 13th April, 2010 (hereinafter referred to as the said findings) had come to the conclusion that threat of market disruption to the domestic industry of Soda Ash continued to exist and it necessitated the continuation of safeguard duty on imports of Soda Ash into India from People's Republic of China; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), of section 8C of the said Act, and in accordance with the rules 12, 14 and 17 of the Customs Tariff (Transitional Product Specific Safeguard Duty) Rules, 2002, the Central Government after considering the said findings of the Director General (Safeguards), hereby imposes a safeguard duty at the rate of 16% ad valorem on Soda Ash, falling under tariff item 2836 20 of the First Schedule to the said Act, when imported into India from the People's Republic of China. 2. The Safeguard duty imposed under this notification shall be levied with effect from the date of publication of this notification in Gazette of India, and shall remain in force upto and inclusive of the 19th April, 2011. THE SEVENTH SCHEDULE [See Section 58 (1)] Description of item and imposition of safeguard duty thereon Period of effect On the basis of the final findings of the Director General 4th December, 2009 (Safeguards), the safeguard duty on Caustic Soda Iye, to 3rd March, 2010 falling under tariff item 2815 12 00 of the First Schedule to the (both days inclusive) Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (57 of 1975), when imported into India, at the rate of fifteen per cent. ad valorem. Nothing contained in sub-section (1), of Section 8B of Customs Tariff Act, 1975 shall apply to imports of Caustic Soda Iye from Countries notified as developing countries under clause (a), of sub-section (6) of section 8B of the said Act, other than the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Thailand. (vide sec.61 (2) of Finance Act 2011). Safeguard duty on Carbon Black. Notifin. No.4/2012-Cus. (SG), dt. 5.10.2012. Whereas, in the matter of import of Carbon Black (for rubber application) (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff item 2803 00 10 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), from People's Republic of China, the Director General (Safeguard), in the final findings, vide number G.S.R. 602 (E), dated the 31st July, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 31st July, 2012, had come to the conclusion that increased imports of Carbon Black (for rubber application) into India from the People's Republic of China had caused and threatened to cause market disruption to the domestic producers of Carbon Black and it had necessitated the imposition of definitive safeguard duty on imports of Carbon Black (for rubber application) into India; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 8C of the said Act, and in accordance with the rules 12, 14 and 17 of the Customs Tariff (Transitional Product Specific Safeguard Duty) Rules, 2002, the Central Government after considering the said findings of the Director General (Safeguards), hereby imposes a safeguard duty on Carbon Black (for rubber application) , falling under tariff item 2803 00 10 of the First Schedule to the said Act, when imported into India from the People's Republic of China at the rate of- (a) Thirty per cent ad valorem minus anti-dumping duty payable, if any, when imported during the period from 5th October, 2012 to 4th October, 2013(both days inclusive); and (b) Twenty five per cent ad valorem, minus anti-dumping duty payable, if any, when imported during the period from 5th October, 2013 to 31st December, 2013(both days inclusive).

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