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

HS 7603 10 10Aluminium powder for thermit process

Aluminium and articles thereof › Aluminium powders and flakes › Powders of non-lamellar structure

Customs duty
7.5%
Tariff rate
GST now
18%
Import policy
Free
Export policy
Free
Unit
kg
Duty in China
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–UAE CEPA0%United Arab Emirates
SAFTA0%Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal
SAFTA5%Sri Lanka
India–EFTA TEPA51/2025-Customs5.36%Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein
India–EFTA TEPA52/2025-Customs6%Norway
India–Oman CEPA20/2026-Customs6%Oman
India–UK CETA29/2026-Customs6%United Kingdom

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*"

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. 332Aluminium powders and flakes18%

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
7603Aluminium powders and flakes1.2%—

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 20 Oct 2026.

Export incentives (RoDTEP and RoSCTL)

  • RoDTEP, Appendix 4R (exports from the domestic tariff area): 1.1% of the FOB value, until 31 Dec 2026.
  • RoDTEP, Appendix 4RE (exports under Advance Authorisation, EOU or SEZ): 0.7% of the FOB value, until 31 Dec 2026.

Clearance by other agencies

  • Directorate General Of Foreign Trade (DGFT): a clearance or certificate before export, under The Foreign Trade (Developmentand Regulation) Act, 1992. The Foreign Trade (Development & Regulations) Amendment Act, 2010.the Foreign Trade (Regulation) Rules, 1993 and the Foreign Trade Regulation) amendment Rules, 2015.

*EXPORT OF SPHERICAL OR SPHEROIDAL ALUMINIUM POWDER (CAS 7429-90-5) WITH A PARTICLE SIZE OF 60 M OR LESS AND MANUFACTURED FROM MATERIAL WITH AN ALUMINIUM CONTENT OF 99% OR MORE; FUEL MIXTURES, PYROTECHNIC MIXTURES OR ENERGETIC MATERIALS, NOT SPECIFIED ELSEWHERE IN 6A008, HAVING ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:1. ALUMINIUM; REACTIVE MATERIAL POWDERS AND SHAPES, AS FOLLOWS:1. POWDERS OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS, WITH A PARTICLE SIZE LESS THAN 250 ?M IN ANY DIRECTION AND NOT SPECIFIED ELSEWHERE BY 6A008:A. ALUMINIUM IS/ARE REGULATED UNDER SCOMET. REFER TO CATEGORY 6 (6A008C/6A008H) OF APPENDIX 3 OF THE SCOMET LIST.*EXPORT OF ALUMINIUM POWDER IS REGULATED UNDER SCOMET- REFER TO CATEGORY 3 (3A301 C) OF APPENDIX 3 OF THE SCOMET LIST (DUAL USE 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.*REFER DGFT PUBLIC NOTICE NO 31/2015-20 DTD 14-10-22 FOR INCLUSION OF PARAGRAPH 2.79C (D) IN THE HBP OF THE FOREIGN TRADE POLICY (FTP) 2015-20 TO NOTIFY THE PROCEDURE FOR GENERAL AUTHORISATION FOR EXPORT AFTER REPAIR IN INDIA (GAER) FOR EXPORT OF SAME IMPORTED SCOMET ITEMS TO SAME ENTITY ABROAD UNDER GAER**REFER DGFT PN NO 51/2015-20 DT 17-01-2023 WHEREIN THE EXISTING STOCK AND SALE POLICY UNDER PARA 2.79A OF THE HBP OF THE FTP 2015-20 HAS BEEN AMENDED TO REVISE THE APPLICABILITY OF THE POLICY FOR EXPORT FROM THE INDIAN SUBSIDIARY OF FOREIGN COMPANY (APPLICANT EXPORTER) TO ITS FOREIGN PARENT/ANOTHER SUBSIDIARY OF FOREIGN PARENT COMPANY AND ALLOW REPEAT ORDER AUTHORIZATION UNDER THE STOCK AND SALE POLICY, FOR GRANT OF AUTHORIZATION FOR BULK EXPORT OF SCOMET ITEMS (EXCLUDING CATEGORY 0, CATEGORY 3A4001, CATEGORY 6 AND TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY UNDER ANY CATEGORY) FROM AN INDIAN EXPORTER TO AN ENTITY ABROAD (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS STOCKIST) FOR SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER TO THE ULTIMATE END USERS AS PER CONDITIONS LAID DOWN*

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 7603 10, and China's below.

China: the same goods (7603 10)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 2 in force under 7603 10. 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
7603.10.00.10Fine spherical aluminium powder, with particles < 500μm.颗粒<500μm的微细球形铝粉6%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)6%13%0%3AM
7603.10.00.90Other non-flaky aluminium powder其他非片状铝粉6%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)6%13%0%ABNM
  • 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

7603.10.00Aluminium powder, non-flaky

7603.10.00.10Fine spherical aluminium powder, with particles < 500μm.颗粒<500μm的微细球形铝粉

Uniform particles, aluminium content ≥ 97%颗粒均匀,铝含量≥97%

Unit
kg
MFN import duty
6%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
30%
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
  • AInbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)入境货物通关单
Inspection and quarantine
  • MImport commodity inspection进口商品检验
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 (e.g. flakes, non-flake powders)形状(片状粉末、非片状粉末)
  • 3.Material (non-alloy aluminium, aluminium alloy)材质(非合金铝、铝合金)
  • 4.Content (aluminum content)成分含量(铝的含量)
  • 5.Particle size粒度
  • 6.Use用途
  • 7.GTIN
  • 8.CAS
  • 9.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
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
0%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 7603100010101Fine spherical aluminum powder with particle size < 500 μm (uniform particles, aluminum content ≥ 97%) (other aluminum and articles thereof)颗粒<500μm的微细球形铝粉(颗粒均匀,铝含量≥97%)(其他铝及制品)
  • 7603100010102Fine spherical aluminum powder with particle size < 500μm (uniform particles, aluminum content ≥ 97%) (aluminum powder (coated))颗粒<500μm的微细球形铝粉(颗粒均匀,铝含量≥97%)(铝粉(有涂层的))
  • 7603100010103Fine spherical aluminum powder with particle size < 500μm (uniform particles, aluminum content ≥ 97%) (aluminum powder (uncoated))颗粒<500μm的微细球形铝粉(颗粒均匀,铝含量≥97%)(铝粉(未涂层的))
  • 7603100010301Fine spherical aluminum powder with particle size < 500μm (uniform particles, aluminum content ≥ 97%) (dangerous chemical, flammable solid)颗粒<500μm的微细球形铝粉(颗粒均匀,铝含量≥97%)(危险化学品,易燃固体)
  • 7603100010302Fine spherical aluminium powder with particle size < 500μm (uniform particles, aluminium content >= 97%) (dangerous chemicals, substances which in contact with water emit flammable gases)颗粒<500μm的微细球形铝粉(颗粒均匀,铝含量≥97%)(危险化学品,遇水放出易燃气体的物质)
  • 7603100010303Fine spherical aluminium powder with particle size < 500μm (uniform particles, aluminium content >= 97%) (other)颗粒<500μm的微细球形铝粉(颗粒均匀,铝含量≥97%)(其他)
7603.10.00.90Other non-flaky aluminium powder其他非片状铝粉
Unit
kg
MFN import duty
6%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
30%
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
  • AInbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)入境货物通关单
  • BOutbound goods clearance (inspection and quarantine)出境货物通关单
Inspection and quarantine
  • NExport commodity inspection出口商品检验
  • MImport commodity inspection进口商品检验
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 (e.g. flakes, non-flake powders)形状(片状粉末、非片状粉末)
  • 3.Material (non-alloy aluminium, aluminium alloy)材质(非合金铝、铝合金)
  • 4.Content (aluminum content)成分含量(铝的含量)
  • 5.Particle size粒度
  • 6.Use用途
  • 7.GTIN
  • 8.CAS
  • 9.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
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
0%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 7603100090301Other non-flaky aluminium powders (hazardous chemical, flammable solid)其他非片状铝粉(危险化学品,易燃固体)
  • 7603100090302Other non-flaky aluminium powder (other)其他非片状铝粉(其他)
  • 7603100090999Other non-flaky aluminium powder其他非片状铝粉

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

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.