Heading · Chapter 38 · Section VI, Products of the chemical or allied industries
HS 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, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers)
Miscellaneous chemical products
- Customs duty
- 10%
- 47 tariff items
- GST now
- 5% or 18%
- depending on the goods
- Import policy
- Mostly Free
- Restricted: 1 item
- Export policy
- Mostly Free
- Restricted: 1 item
- Unit
- kg
- Duty in China
- 0% to 9%
- On Indian goods
Search codesRates as on 19 Oct 2026
Codes under this heading
10 codes. Duty and GST are set on the 8-digit tariff items; open the one that describes your goods.
| Code | Description | Customs duty | GST now | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3808 52 00 | DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN)), in packings of a net weight content not exceeding 300 g | 10% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 3808 59 00 | Other | 10% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 3808 61 00 | In packings of a net weight content not exceeding 300 g | 10% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 3808 62 00 | In packings of a net weight content exceeding 300 g but not exceeding 7.5 kg | 10% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 3808 69 00 | Other | 10% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 3808 91 | Insecticides; | 10% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 3808 92 | Fungicides | 10% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 3808 93 | Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators | 10% | 5% | kg |
| 3808 94 00 | Disinfectants | 10% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 3808 99 | Other | 10% | 5% or 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 47 tariff items: 10%. The rules below cover this whole code.
Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty in force
- 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: 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
Charged on top of the duty above, only on goods from the countries named.
Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS)) of its tariff items
- Free: 56 tariff items
- Restricted: 1 tariff item
GST
IGST on imports is the GST rate. Rates changed on 22 September 2025.
- Now 5% or 18%, depending on the goods.
- Until 21 September 2025 12% or 18%, depending on the goods.
- Change: Changed.
The rules that set it now
| Notification | Goods | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 260 | The following Bio-pesticides, namely - 1 Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis 2 Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki 3 Bacillus thuringiensis var. galleriae 4 Bacillus sphaericus 5 Trichoderma viride 6 Trichoderma harzianum 7 Pseudomonas fluoresens 8 Beauveriabassiana 9 NPV of Helicoverpaarmigera 10 NPV of Spodopteralitura 11 Neem based pesticides 12 Cymbopogan | 5% |
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 95 | Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products [other than bio-pesticides mentioned against S. No. 260 of Schedule -I] | 18% |
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 221 | Micronutrients, which are covered under serial number 1(g) of Schedule 1, Part (A) of the Fertilizer Control Order, 1985 and are manufactured by the manufacturers which are registered under the Fertilizer Control Order, 1985 | 5% |
History
| Period | Rate | Notification |
|---|---|---|
| Until 21 Sep 2025 | 12% or 18% | 1/2017-Central Tax (Rate) |
| From 22 Sep 2025 | 5% or 18% | 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate) |
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.
Duty drawback (All Industry Rates)
| Drawback item | Goods | Rate | Cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3808 | Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfec-tants 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) | — | — |
| 380801 | 2,4-Dichloro Phenoxy Acetic Acid | 3.5% | Rs. 12.9 per Kg |
| 380802 | Esters of 2,4-Dichloro Phenoxy Acetic Acid | 2.5% | Rs. 7.7 per Kg |
| 380899 | Others | 1.2% | — |
Drawback items follow the 4-digit heading, not the 8-digit code: claim the one that describes your goods. Rates of notification 77/2023-Customs (N.T.) as amended, in force on 19 Oct 2026.
Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items
- Free: 56 tariff items
- Restricted: 1 tariff item
China: the same goods (3808)
China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 35 in force and 23 expired under 3808. Exporters see what China charges Indian goods; importers see the rebate and licences their Chinese supplier deals with.
| China code | Goods | Duty on Indian goods | MFN | Import VAT | Export rebate | Licences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3808.52.00.00 | DDT, in packages of a net weight not exceeding 300 gDDT[滴滴涕], 每包净重不超过300克 | 9%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 9% | 9% | 9% | 89 |
| 3808.59.20.70 | Goods in retail packings containing aldrin, toxaphene, chlordane, DDT, dieldrin, endosulfan, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, α-hexachlorocyclohexane, β-hexachlorocyclohexane or lindane; and mercury-containing insecticides in retail packings containing carbofuran or trichlorfon零售包装含艾氏剂、毒杀芬、氯丹、滴滴涕、狄氏剂、硫丹、七氯、六氯苯、α-六氯环己烷、β-六氯环己烷或林丹的货品及零售包装的含有克百威或敌百虫的含汞杀虫剂 | 9%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 9% | 9% | 9% | 89 |
| 3808.59.90.70 | Goods in non-retail packings containing aldrin, toxaphene, chlordane, DDT, dieldrin, endosulfan, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, α-hexachlorocyclohexane, β-hexachlorocyclohexane or lindane, and mercury-containing insecticides in non-retail packings containing carbofuran or trichlorfon非零售包装含艾氏剂、毒杀芬、氯丹、滴滴涕、狄氏剂、硫丹、七氯、六氯苯、α-六氯环己烷、β-六氯环己烷或林丹的货品及非零售包装的含有克百威或敌百虫的含汞杀虫剂 | 6.5%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 6.5% | 9% | 9% | 89 |
| 3808.59.90.90 | Other non-retail packaged goods containing multiple substances specified in Subheading Note 1 to Chapter 38其他非零售包装含多种第38章子目注释一所列物质的货品 | 6.5%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 6.5% | 9% | 9% | None |
| 3808.61.00.00 | Goods containing substances specified in Subheading Note 2 to Chapter 38, in packages of a net weight not exceeding 300 g含第38章子目注释二所列物质的货品,每包净重不超过300克 | 6.5%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 10% | 9% | 9% | ASM |
| 3808.62.00.00 | Goods containing substances specified in Subheading Note 2 to Chapter 38, in packages of a net weight exceeding 300 g but not exceeding 7.5 kg含第38章子目注释二所列物质的货品,每包净重超过300克,但不超过7.5千克 | 6.5%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 10% | 9% | 9% | ASM |
| 3808.69.00.00 | Other goods containing substances specified in Subheading Note 2 to Chapter 38其他含第38章子目注释二所列物质的货品 | 3.9%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 6% | 9% | 9% | ASM |
| 3808.91.11.00 | Mosquito coils蚊香 | 0%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 10% | 13% | 9% | ASM |
| 3808.91.12.10 | Biological insecticides containing mercury, in retail packings零售包装的含汞生物杀虫剂 | 6.5%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 10% | 9% | 9% | 89 |
| 3808.91.12.90 | Other biological insecticides, in retail packings零售包装的其他生物杀虫剂 | 6.5%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 10% | 9% | 9% | ASM |
| 3808.91.19.30 | Insecticides containing mirex, chlordecone or mercury, put up in retail packings零售包装的含有灭蚁灵、十氯酮、汞的杀虫剂 | 6.5%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 10% | 9% | 9% | 89 |
| 3808.91.19.90 | Other insecticides, prepared, put up in retail packings其他零售包装的杀虫剂成药 | 6.5%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 10% | 9% | 9% | ASM |
| 3808.91.90.40 | Insecticides containing mirex, chlordecone, or mercury, not in retail packs非零售包装的含有灭蚁灵、十氯酮、汞的杀虫剂 | 3.9%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 6% | 9% | 9% | 89 |
| 3808.91.90.90 | Other insecticides, prepared, not put up in retail packings其他非零售包装杀虫剂成药 | 3.9%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 6% | 9% | 9% | ASM |
| 3808.92.10.10 | Fungicides containing mercury, put up in retail packings零售包装的含汞杀菌剂 | 9%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 9% | 13% | 9% | 89 |
| 3808.92.10.90 | Other fungicides, put up in retail packings, prepared as medicaments零售包装的其他杀菌剂成药 | 9%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 9% | 9% | 9% | S |
| 3808.92.90.10 | Disinfectants for medical use, not put up in retail packings非零售包装的医用杀菌剂 | 6%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 6% | 13% | 9% | None |
| 3808.92.90.21 | Paper fruit protection bags impregnated with pesticide fungicide经农药杀菌剂浸渍的纸质水果套袋 | 6%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 6% | 9% | 9% | S |
| 3808.92.90.29 | Other fungicides, put up in forms or packings for retail sale, for agricultural or horticultural use非零售包装的其他农用杀菌剂成药 | 6%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 6% | 9% | 9% | S |
| 3808.92.90.30 | Disinfectants containing mercury, not put up in retail packings非零售包装的含汞杀菌剂 | 6%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 6% | 13% | 9% | 89 |
| 3808.92.90.90 | Fungicides, not for agricultural use, put up in forms or packings for retail sale非零售包装的非农用杀菌剂成药 | 6%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 6% | 13% | 9% | None |
| 3808.93.11.10 | Herbicides containing mercury, put up for retail sale零售包装的含汞除草剂 | 9%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 9% | 9% | 9% | 89 |
| 3808.93.11.90 | Prepared herbicides, put up for retail sale零售包装的除草剂成药 | 9%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 9% | 9% | 9% | ASM |
| 3808.93.19.20 | Herbicides containing mercury, not put up in retail packings非零售包装的含汞除草剂 | 3.3%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 5% | 9% | 9% | 89 |
| 3808.93.19.90 | Other herbicides, put up in non-retail packings其他非零售包装的除草剂成药 | 3.3%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 5% | 9% | 9% | ASM |
| 3808.93.91.10 | Anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, containing mercury, put up for retail sale零售包装含汞抗萌剂及植物生长调节剂 | 5.9%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 9% | 9% | 9% | 89 |
| 3808.93.91.90 | Other anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, put up for retail sale零售包装其他抗萌剂及植物生长调节剂 | 5.9%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 9% | 9% | 9% | S |
| 3808.93.99.10 | Anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators containing mercury, put up in forms or packings for retail sale非零售包装的含汞抗萌剂及植物生长调节剂 | 3.9%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 6% | 9% | 9% | 89 |
| 3808.93.99.90 | Other anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, put up in forms or packings for retail sale非零售包装的其他抗萌剂及植物生长调节剂 | 3.9%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin | 6% | 9% | 9% | S |
| 3808.94.00.10 | Disinfectants for medical use医用消毒剂 | 9%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 9% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 3808.94.00.30 | Disinfectants containing mercury含汞消毒剂 | 9%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 9% | 9% | 13% | 89 |
| 3808.94.00.40 | Disinfectants for veterinary use, put up in measured doses兽用已配剂量消毒剂 | 9%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 9% | 9% | 13% | R |
| 3808.94.00.90 | Other non-medical disinfectants其他非医用消毒剂 | 9%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 9% | 9% | 13% | None |
| 3808.99.10.00 | Agricultural acaricides, nematicides, rodenticides and other pesticides, in retail packings零售包装的农业杀螨剂、杀线虫剂、杀鼠剂及其他农药 | 9%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 9% | 9% | 9% | S |
| 3808.99.90.00 | Agricultural acaricides, nematicides, rodenticides and other pesticides, not in retail packings非零售包装的农业杀螨剂、杀线虫剂、杀鼠剂及其他农药 | 9%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 9% | 9% | 9% | S |
- India is a member of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA). With an APTA certificate of origin, Indian goods pay China's APTA rate where the line has one; China applies the lower of that and its provisional rate.
- The export VAT rebate is what China refunds its own exporters. When China cuts it, Chinese export prices tend to rise.
China's tariff as compiled by HS编码网 from China Customs, the State Council Tariff Commission and the State Taxation Administration. The Chinese is the original.
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Sources
- GSTN HSN code masterChecked 13 Oct 2026
- DGFT ITC(HS) import and export policyChecked 9 Oct 2026
- GST rate per HSN (archived GSTZen extract)Checked 29 Sep 2026
- Customs Tariff of India (First Schedule): sections, chapters, notes and statutory BCDChecked 19 Oct 2026
- GST rates on goods, before and after 22 September 2025Checked 18 Oct 2026
- BIS compulsory certification: products and Quality Control OrdersChecked 18 Oct 2026
- Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duties in force (India)Checked 19 Oct 2026
- India's export duty (Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act and notifications 27/2011, 55/2022, 22/2024)Checked 18 Oct 2026
- India's All Industry Rates of duty drawback (notification 77/2023-Customs (N.T.))Checked 19 Oct 2026
- China customs tariff (HS编码网)Checked 19 Oct 2026
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.