Chapter · Chapter 38 · Section VI, Products of the chemical or allied industries

HS 38Miscellaneous chemical products

Customs duty
0% to 30%
190 tariff items
Import policy
Mostly Free
Restricted: 28 items
Export policy
Mostly Free
Restricted: 22 items
Unit
kg
Search codesRates as on 19 Oct 2026

Codes under this chapter

27 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
3801Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures7.5%18%kg
3802Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black7.5%18%kg
3803Tall oil, whether or not refined7.5%18%kg
3804Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of heading 38037.5%18%kg
3805Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods; crude dipentene; sulphite turpentine and other crude para-cymene; pine oil containing alpha-terpineol as the main constituent7.5%18%kg
3806Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums7.5%18%kg
3807Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers’ pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch7.5%18%kg
3808Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers)10%5% or 18%kg
3809Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dye-stuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included7.5% to 20%18%kg
3810Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods7.5%18%kg
3811Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils (including gasoline) or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils10%18%kg
3812Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, not elsewhere specified or included; anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics7.5%18%kg
3813Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades10%18%kg
3814Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers10%18%kg
3815Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included7.5%18%kg
3816Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than products of heading 38017.5%5% or 18%kg
3817Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading 2707 or 29027.5%18%kg
3818Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronicsFree5% or 18%kg
3819Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals10%18%kg
3820Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids10%18%kg
3821Prepared culture media for development or maintenance of micro-organism (including viruses and the like) or of plant human or animal cells7.5%18%kg
3822Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, other than those of heading 3006; certified reference materials10% to 30%5%kg
3823Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols7.5%18%kg
3824Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included7.5% to 30%18%kg
3825Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in note 6 to this chapter10%0%, 5% or 18%kg
3826Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminousminerals10%5% or 18%kg
3827Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not elsewhere specified or included7.5%18%kg

Importing into India

Duty is set on each 8-digit tariff item: open one of the codes above. Basic customs duty across its 190 tariff items: 0% to 30%. The rules below cover this whole code.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty in force

  • Countervailing duty on goods from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand: 3–30% of CIF value, by origin and producer (until 3 May 2028). Saturated Fatty Alcohol of Carbon chain length C10 to C18 and their blends. 01/2023-CVD
  • Countervailing duty on goods from Vietnam: USD 9.11–69.19 per tonne, by origin and producer (until 22 Sep 2031). Calcium Carbonate Filler Masterbatch. 04/2026-CVD
  • Countervailing duty on goods from China: 9.28–11.94% of CIF value, by origin and producer (until 10 Sep 2029). Atrazine Technical. 05/2024-CVD
  • Anti-dumping duty on goods from China: USD 2,998 per tonne (until 7 May 2030). Glufosinate and its salt. 09/2025-ADD
  • Anti-dumping duty on goods from China, European Union and United States: USD 75–1,748 per tonne, by origin and producer (until 18 Jun 2031). Sulphenamides Accelerators. 11/2026-ADD
  • Anti-dumping duty on goods from China and Japan: USD 259–358 per tonne, by origin and producer (until 5 Jun 2030). Insoluble Sulphur. 13/2025-ADD
  • Anti-dumping duty on goods from China: USD 1,246.90–2,017.90 per tonne, by origin and producer (until 18 Jun 2030). Pretilachlor in any of its form & its intermediate – 2,6-Diethyl-n-(2-propoxy ethyl) Aniline (also known as PEDA). 17/2025-ADD
  • Anti-dumping duty on goods from Iran and Qatar: USD 14–62 per tonne, by origin and producer (until 22 Jun 2030). Linear Alkyl Benzene(LAB). 18/2025-ADD
  • Anti-dumping duty on goods from Vietnam: Nil to USD 75 per tonne, by origin and producer (until 23 Dec 2030). Calcium Carbonate Filler Masterbatch. 37/2025-ADD
  • Anti-dumping duty on goods from China: USD 1,553.45–2,250.56 per tonne, by origin and producer (until 21 Dec 2026). Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) Blends. All blends other than 407 and 410 are excluded.. 76/2021-ADD

Charged on top of the duty above, only on goods from the countries named.

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

  • Free: 183 tariff items
  • Restricted: 28 tariff items

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: 189 tariff items
  • Restricted: 22 tariff items

Nearby codes

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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.