Tariff item · Chapter 76 · Section XV, Base metals and articles of base metal

HS 7601 20 90Aluminium alloys: other

Aluminium and articles thereof › Unwrought aluminium

Customs duty
7.5%
Tariff rate
GST now
18%
Import policy
Free
Export policy
Free
Unit
kg
Duty in China
4.6%
On Indian goods
Landed costSearch codesDuty abroadRates as on 20 Oct 2026

Importing into India

What customs charges, what trade agreements take off, and the rules the goods must meet.

Customs duty

Customs duty on imports into India
DutyRateCharged on
Basic customs duty (BCD), MFN rate7.5%Assessable value
Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC)NilAssessable value11/2021-Customs, S.No. 17
Social Welfare Surcharge (SWS)10% of BCD, AIDC and Health CessBCD + AIDC
Integrated GST (IGST)18%Assessable value + BCD + AIDC + SWS

Lower duty under trade agreements

Lower customs duty under India's trade agreements
AgreementCustoms dutyGoods from
ASEAN–India FTA0%Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Duty-free tariff preference for LDCs0%Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Cambodia, Comoros, Laos, Liberia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Chad, Togo, Timor-Leste, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia
India–Japan CEPA0%Japan
India–Korea CEPA0%South Korea
India–Malaysia CECA0%Malaysia
India–Sri Lanka FTA0%Sri Lanka
India–Thailand Early Harvest Scheme0%Thailand
SAFTA0%Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal
India–UAE CEPA1.5%United Arab Emirates
India–UK CETA29/2026-Customs4.6%United Kingdom
SAFTA5%Sri Lanka
India–Oman CEPA20/2026-Customs6%Oman
India–EFTA TEPA51/2025-Customs6.32%Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway
APTA6.375%Bangladesh, China, South Korea, Sri Lanka

Goods from Pakistan pay 200%.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

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

Clearance by other agencies

  • Ministry Of Mines (MOM): a clearance or certificate before the goods arrive, under DGFT Notification No. 61/2015-2020 dated 31-03-2021.

"*Import is subject to compulsory registration under Non-Ferrous Metal Import Monitoring System (NFMIMS).Importer shall have to enter the Registration number and expiry date of Registration in the Bill of Entry to enable Customs for clearance of consignment.Refer DGFT NOTF 61/15-20 dt 31-03-2021* For clarification on NFMIMS from Ministry of Mines refer to DGFT Policy Circular 42/15-20 dt 27-7-22*As per revised Policy condition 3c the Non-ferrous metal Import Monitoring System (NFMIMS) shall require importers to submit advance information in an online system for import of items in the Annexure-I (for copper) and Annexure-II (for aluminium), and obtain an automatic Registration Number by paying a registration fee as per Appendix 2K. The importer shall apply for registration before final clearance / Out of Charge consignment. Registration can be applied not earlier than 60th day before the expected date of arrival. The automatic number thus granted shall remain valid for a period of 75 days.Refer DGFT Notf 22/26-27 dt 30-6-26*IS7902:2001 applicable on Aluminium and Aluminium Alloy Products and it shall come into force on the date of its publication 13-3-26.Date of implementation in General, Small and Micro Enterprises is 13-3-26.IS734:1975 applicable on Aluminium and Aluminium Alloy Products and it shall come into force on the date of its publication 13-3-26.Date of implementation in General (other than micro and small enterprises) is 01-12-26.For Small enterprises it is 01-3-27 and for Micro Enterprises is 01-06-27. Goods or articles specified shall conform to the corresponding Indian Standard specified and shall bear the Standard Mark under a licence from the BIS as per Scheme-1 of Schedule II to the BIS (CA) Regulations, 2018 under the Aluminium and Aluminium Alloy Products QCO 2026. Nothing in this order shall apply to the goods or articles imported upto two hundred kilograms for the purpose of research and development by manufacturers of Aluminium products per year with the condition that (a) such imported goods and articles shall not be sold commercially and shall be disposed of as a scrap and (b) the manufacturer shall maintain year-wise record of such imported goods or articles and furnish the same to the Central Government on in its letter head duly signed by its authorised signatory. Note-the latest version of Indian Standards including the amendments thereof, as notified by the BIS from time to time shall apply. Refer S.O.1319(E) dt 11-3-26*"

From Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Compliance Information Portal.

Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS))

  • Free.
Notes on these rates
  • BCD is the statutory tariff rate from a one-time snapshot of the Indian Trade Portal. Exemption notifications (such as 45/2025-Customs) and tariff changes made after the snapshot, including the Finance Act 2026 changes from 1 May 2026, are not applied.
  • IGST comes from our archived GST table, which still has the 12% and 28% slabs, so it may pre-date the GST rate changes of 22 September 2025. Check the current rate.
  • AIDC, Health Cess and the SWS exemptions are read from notifications 11/2021-Customs, 08/2020-Customs and 11/2018-Customs as amended (to 16/2026-Customs), and the notifications that lower AIDC for a while. SWS is 10% of BCD, AIDC and Health Cess together (Finance Act 2018, s.110), never of anti-dumping, countervailing or safeguard duty or IGST.
  • AIDC is Nil (S.No. 17 of 11/2021-Customs, which exempts all goods it does not name).
  • Not included: GST compensation cess, anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duties, and exemptions or concessions such as end-use, EOU/SEZ or project imports.
  • This does not check whether the import is allowed (DGFT import policy, licences, quality-control orders). The HS code explorer shows the import policy.
  • This is an estimate, not an assessment. Confirm the duty with your customs broker or ICEGATE's duty calculator before you price a deal.

GST

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

  • Now 18%.
  • Until 21 September 2025 18%.
  • Change: Unchanged.

The rules that set it now

GST rate rules in force
NotificationGoodsRate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 330Unwrought Aluminium18%

History

GST rate history
PeriodRateNotification
Until 21 Sep 202518%1/2017-Central Tax (Rate)
From 22 Sep 202518%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)

All Industry Rates of duty drawback under this heading
Drawback itemGoodsRateCap
7601Unwrought aluminium1%—

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 incentives (RoDTEP and RoSCTL)

  • RoDTEP, Appendix 4R (exports from the domestic tariff area): 3% of the FOB value, capped at Rs. 7.9 per kg, until 31 Dec 2026.
  • RoDTEP, Appendix 4RE (exports under Advance Authorisation, EOU or SEZ): 2.2% of the FOB value, capped at Rs. 7.3 per kg, until 31 Dec 2026.

Clearance by other agencies

CBIC's Compliance Information Portal lists no other agency's clearance for exports of this item.

*AS PER CIR NO.47/2017-CUS DTD 27/11/2017 FOR THE PURPOSE OF GRANT OF DRAWBACK WHEREVER EXPORT CONSIGNMENTS ARE SELECTED FOR ASSESSMENT OR EXAMINATION,THE AC/DC SHALL DETERMINE THE NEED TO DRAW SAMPLE ON MERITS OF EACH CASE.IF THE PACKING IS OF WOODEN MATERIAL, ENSURE THE VALID PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE AND ISPM-15 MARKING COMPLIANCE AS PER CBEC INSTR. F.NO.450/19/2005-CUS-IV DTD 16.9.13.*

From Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Compliance Information Portal.

Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2)

  • Free.

What buyers pay abroad: import duty in the US, UK, EU and Australia for 7601 20, and China's below.

China: the same goods (7601 20)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 1 in force and 2 expired under 7601 20. 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 codeGoodsDuty on Indian goodsMFNImport VATExport rebateLicences
7601.20.00.00Unwrought aluminum alloys未锻轧铝合金4.6%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin7%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

7601.20.00Unwrought aluminium alloys

7601.20.00.00Unwrought aluminum alloys未锻轧铝合金
Unit
kg
MFN import duty
7%
Provisional import duty
7%
General import duty
14%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
30%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
0%
Updated by China
15 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.Shape (ingots, blocks, etc.)形状(锭、块等)
  • 3.Material (non-alloy aluminium, aluminium alloy)材质(非合金铝、铝合金)
  • 4.Processing method (unwrought or cast, sintered, etc.).加工方法(未锻轧或铸造、烧结等)
  • 5.Composition (content of aluminium and alloy elements)成分含量(铝及合金元素的含量)
  • 6.Valuation date计价日期
  • 7.Date of contract签约日期
  • 8.GTIN
  • 9.CAS
  • 10.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
0%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
2.8%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
Asia-Pacific (APTA)
4.6%
RCEP rates
Australia
3.5%
Brunei
3.5%
Cambodia
3.5%
South Korea
3.5%
Laos
3.5%
Malaysia
3.5%
New Zealand
4.2%
Singapore
3.5%
Thailand
3.5%
Vietnam
3.5%
Japan
3.8%
Indonesia
3.5%
Philippines
3.5%
Myanmar
3.5%
CIQ codes
  • 7601200000999Unwrought aluminum alloys未锻轧铝合金
7601.20.00.10Low-alkali refined aluminum alloy, with alkali metal content < 10 ppm and hydrogen content < 0.12 ml/100g Al碱金属含量<10ppm,氢含量<0.12ml/100gAl的低碱精炼铝合金Expired
Unit
kg
MFN import duty
7%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
14%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
None
Export duty
30%
Provisional export duty
15%
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.Shape (ingots, blocks)形状(锭、块)
  • 3.Material (non-alloy aluminium, aluminium alloy)材质(非合金铝、铝合金)
  • 4.Processing method (unwrought or cast, sintered, etc.).加工方法(未锻轧或铸造、烧结等)
  • 5.Composition (content of aluminium and alloy elements)成分含量(铝及合金元素的含量)
  • 6.Valuation date计价日期
  • 7.Date of contract签约日期
  • 8.GTIN
  • 9.CAS
  • 10.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%
RCEP rates
Australia
6.3%
Brunei
6.3%
Cambodia
6.3%
Laos
6.3%
Malaysia
6.3%
New Zealand
6.3%
Singapore
6.3%
Thailand
6.3%
Vietnam
6.3%
Japan
6.4%
CIQ codes
  • 7601200010999Low alkali refined aluminium alloy with alkali metal content (Na+K+Ca) < 10ppm and hydrogen content < 0.12ml/100gAl碱金属含量(Na+K+Ca)<10ppm,氢含量<0.12ml/100gAl的低碱精炼铝合金
7601.20.00.90Other unwrought aluminum alloys其他未锻轧铝合金Expired
Unit
kg
MFN import duty
7%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
14%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
None
Export duty
30%
Provisional export duty
15%
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.Shape (ingots, blocks)形状(锭、块)
  • 3.Material (non-alloy aluminium, aluminium alloy)材质(非合金铝、铝合金)
  • 4.Processing method (unwrought or cast, sintered, etc.).加工方法(未锻轧或铸造、烧结等)
  • 5.Composition (content of aluminium and alloy elements)成分含量(铝及合金元素的含量)
  • 6.Valuation date计价日期
  • 7.Date of contract签约日期
  • 8.GTIN
  • 9.CAS
  • 10.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%
RCEP rates
Australia
6.3%
Brunei
6.3%
Cambodia
6.3%
Laos
6.3%
Malaysia
6.3%
New Zealand
6.3%
Singapore
6.3%
Thailand
6.3%
Vietnam
6.3%
Japan
6.4%
CIQ codes
  • 7601200090999Other unwrought aluminum alloys其他未锻轧铝合金

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

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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.