Chapter · Chapter 13 · Section II, Vegetable products

HS 13Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts

Customs duty
5% to 30%
50 tariff items
Import policy
Mostly Free
Restricted: 1 item
Export policy
Free
Unit
kg
Search codesRates as on 19 Oct 2026

Codes under this chapter

2 codes. Duty and GST are set on the 8-digit tariff items; open the one that describes your goods.

Codes under this code
CodeDescriptionCustoms dutyGST nowUnit
1301Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for example, balsams)5% to 30%0% or 5%kg
1302Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products30%5%kg

Importing into India

Duty is set on each 8-digit tariff item: open one of the codes above. Basic customs duty across its 50 tariff items: 5% to 30%. The rules below cover this whole code.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

None in force on this code as on 19 Oct 2026.

Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS)) of its tariff items

  • Free: 65 tariff items
  • Restricted: 1 tariff item

Exporting from India

Export duty

Nil. The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act does not list these goods, so no export duty is charged.

Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items

  • Free: 66 tariff items

Nearby codes

PreviousChapter 12Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodderNextChapter 14Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included

Sources

For information, not a customs ruling. Only notifications published in the Gazette have legal force; confirm the duty with your customs broker or ICEGATE before you price a deal.