Subheading · Chapter 69 · Section XIII, Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materi…

HS 6903 90Ceramic products: other

Other refractory ceramic goods (for example, retorts, crucibles, muffles, nozzles, plugs, supports, cupels, tubes, pipes, sheaths, rods and sliding gates), other than those of siliceous fossil meals or of similar siliceous earths

Customs duty: 7.5%; 5 tariff items
GST now: 18%; or 0% for some goods
Import policy: Free
Export policy: Free
Unit: mt
Duty in China: 8%; On Indian goods

Search codes Duty abroadRates as on 20 Oct 2026

Codes under this subheading

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

Codes under this code
Code	Description	Customs duty	GST now	Unit
6903 90 10	Zircon or zircon-mullite refractories	7.5%	18%	mt
6903 90 20	Basalt tiles	7.5%	18%	mt
6903 90 30	Ceramic fibres	7.5%	18%	mt
6903 90 40	Monolithics or castables (fire-clay, basic, silica, high alumina, insulating)	7.5%	18%	mt
6903 90 90	Other	7.5%	18%	mt

Importing into India

Duty is set on each 8-digit tariff item: open one of the codes above. Basic customs duty across its 5 tariff items: 7.5%. The rules below cover this whole code.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

None in force on this code as on 20 Oct 2026. 1 earlier measure has ended.

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

Free: 5 tariff items

GST

IGST on imports is the GST rate. Rates changed on 22 September 2025.

Now 18%, or 0% for some goods.
Until 21 September 2025 18%, or 0% for some goods.
Change: Unchanged.

The rules that set it now

GST rate rules in force
Notification	Goods	Rate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 234	Other refractory ceramic goods (for example, retorts, crucibles, muffles, nozzles, plugs, supports, cupels, tubes, pipes, sheaths and rods), other than those of siliceous fossil meals or of similar siliceous earths	18%
10/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule Exempt, S.No. 152	Idols made of clay	Nil

History

GST rate history
Period	Rate	Notification
Until 21 Sep 2025	0% or 18%	1/2017-Central Tax (Rate); 2/2017-Central Tax (Rate)
From 22 Sep 2025	0% or 18%	9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate); 10/2025-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)

All Industry Rates of duty drawback under this heading
Drawback item	Goods	Rate	Cap
6903	Other refractory ceramic goods (for example, retorts, crucibles, muffles, nozzles, plugs, supports, cupels, tubes, pipes, sheaths, rods and sliding gates), other than those of siliceous fossil meals or of similar siliceous earths	1.4%	—

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 20 Oct 2026.

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

Free: 5 tariff items

What buyers pay abroad: import duty in the US, UK, EU and Australia for 6903 90, and China's below.

China: the same goods (6903 90)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 2 in force and 1 expired under 6903 90. Exporters see what China charges Indian goods; importers see the rebate and licences their Chinese supplier deals with.

China's tariff for these goods
China code	Goods	Duty on Indian goods	MFN	Import VAT	Export rebate	Licences
6903.90.00.10	Other precision casting refractory ceramic cores and shells specially designed for manufacturing turbine configuration components such as blades, vanes, and casings for gas turbine engines其他专门设计用于制造燃气涡轮发动机/燃气轮机叶片、导向器、机匣等涡轮构型部件的精密铸造耐火陶瓷型芯、型壳	8%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)	8%	13%	0%	3
6903.90.00.90	Other refractory ceramic products, other than those of siliceous fossil meals or similar siliceous earths其他耐火陶瓷制品,但硅质化石粉及类似硅土制的除外	8%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)	8%	13%	0%	None

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.

Every Chinese code in full

6903.90.00Other refractory ceramic products

6903.90.00.10Other precision casting refractory ceramic cores and shells specially designed for manufacturing turbine configuration components such as blades, vanes, and casings for gas turbine engines其他专门设计用于制造燃气涡轮发动机/燃气轮机叶片、导向器、机匣等涡轮构型部件的精密铸造耐火陶瓷型芯、型壳

Unit: kg
MFN import duty: 8%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 20%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 0%
Updated by China: 7 Sep 2026

Licences and certificates

3Dual-use items and technologies export licence两用物项和技术出口许可证

Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state

0.Brand type品牌类型
1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
2.Type (crucibles, supports, muffles, etc.)种类(坩埚、支架、马弗罩等)
3.Ingredient content成分含量
4.refractory temperature耐火温度
5.GTIN
6.CAS
7.Other其他

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 0%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 0%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 0%
Iceland: 0%
Australia: 0%
South Korea: 0%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%
Maldives: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
Nicaragua: 3.2%
Ecuador: 3.2%
Serbia: 0%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%

RCEP rates

Australia: 0%
Brunei: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
South Korea: 0%
Laos: 0%
Malaysia: 0%
New Zealand: 0%
Singapore: 0%
Thailand: 0%
Vietnam: 0%
Japan: 4.4%
Indonesia: 0%
Philippines: 0%
Myanmar: 0%

CIQ codes

6903900010999Other precision casting refractory ceramic cores and shells specially designed for manufacturing turbine configuration components such as blades, vanes, and casings for gas turbine engines其他专门设计用于制造燃气涡轮发动机/燃气轮机叶片、导向器、机匣等涡轮构型部件的精密铸造耐火陶瓷型芯、型壳

6903.90.00.90Other refractory ceramic products, other than those of siliceous fossil meals or similar siliceous earths其他耐火陶瓷制品,但硅质化石粉及类似硅土制的除外

Unit: kg
MFN import duty: 8%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 20%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: 0%
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 0%
Updated by China: 7 Sep 2026

Licences and certificates

None.

Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state

0.Brand type品牌类型
1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
2.Type (crucibles, supports, muffles, etc.)种类(坩埚、支架、马弗罩等)
3.Ingredient content成分含量
4.refractory temperature耐火温度
5.GTIN
6.CAS
7.Other其他

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 0%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 0%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 0%
Iceland: 0%
Australia: 0%
South Korea: 0%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%
Maldives: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
Nicaragua: 3.2%
Ecuador: 3.2%
Serbia: 0%
Hong Kong: 0%
Macao: 0%

RCEP rates

Australia: 0%
Brunei: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
South Korea: 0%
Laos: 0%
Malaysia: 0%
New Zealand: 0%
Singapore: 0%
Thailand: 0%
Vietnam: 0%
Japan: 4.4%
Indonesia: 0%
Philippines: 0%
Myanmar: 0%

CIQ codes

6903900090999Other refractory ceramic products, other than those of siliceous fossil meals or similar siliceous earths其他耐火陶瓷制品,但硅质化石粉及类似硅土制的除外

6903.90.00.00Other refractory ceramic products其他耐火陶瓷制品Expired

Unit: kg
MFN import duty: 8%
Provisional import duty: None
General import duty: 20%
Import VAT: 13%
Consumption tax: None
Export duty: 0%
Provisional export duty: None
Export VAT rebate: 13%
Updated by China: 7 Sep 2026

Licences and certificates

None.

Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state

0.Brand type品牌类型
1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
2.Type (crucibles, supports, muffles, etc.)种类(坩埚、支架、马弗罩等)
3.Ingredient content成分含量
4.refractory temperature耐火温度
5.GTIN
6.CAS
7.Other其他

China's agreement rates

ASEAN: 0%
Chile: 0%
Pakistan: 2%
New Zealand: 0%
Peru: 0%
Costa Rica: 0%
Switzerland: 0%
Iceland: 0%
Australia: 0%
South Korea: 0%
Georgia: 0%
Mauritius: 0%

RCEP rates

Australia: 0%
Brunei: 0%
Cambodia: 0%
Laos: 0%
Malaysia: 0%
New Zealand: 0%
Singapore: 0%
Thailand: 0%
Vietnam: 0%
Japan: 7.3%

CIQ codes

6903900000999Other refractory ceramic products其他耐火陶瓷制品

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.

Nearby codes

Previous6903 20Containing by weight more than 50% of alumina (Al 2O3) or of a mixture or compound of alumina and of silica (SiO 2)One level up6903Other refractory ceramic goods (for example, retorts, crucibles, muffles, nozzles, plugs, supports, cupels, tubes, pipes, sheaths, rods and sliding gates), other than those of siliceous fossil meals or of similar siliceous earths Next6909 19Other

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 19 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.