Heading · Chapter 84 · Section XVI, Machinery and mechanical appliances

HS 8409Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading 8407 or 8408

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Customs duty
15%
21 tariff items
GST now
18%
or 5% for some goods
Import policy
Free
Export policy
Free
Unit
kg
Duty in China
1.3% to 5.2%
On Indian goods
Search codesRates as on 19 Oct 2026

Codes under this heading

3 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
8409 10 00For aircraft engines15%18%kg
8409 91Suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines15%18%kg
8409 99Other15%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 21 tariff items: 15%. The rules below cover this whole code.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

None in force on this code as on 19 Oct 2026. 1 earlier measure has ended.

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

  • Free: 21 tariff items

GST

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

  • Now 18%, or 5% for some goods.
  • Until 21 September 2025 28%, or 5%, 12% or 18% for some goods.
  • Change: Down.

The rules that set it now

GST rate rules in force
NotificationGoodsRate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 396Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading 8407 or 840818%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 437Following renewable energy devices and parts for their manufacture:- (a) Bio-gas plant; (b) Solar power-based devices; (c) Solar power generator; (d) Wind mills, Wind Operated Electricity Generator (WOEG); (e) Waste to energy plants / devices; (f) Solar lantern / solar lamp; (g) Ocean waves/tidal waves energy devices/plants; (h) Photo voltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels. Explanation:- If the goods specified in this entry are supplied, by a supplier, along with supplies of other goods and services, one of which being a taxable service specified in the entry at S. No. 38 of the Table mentioned in the notification No. 8/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate), dated 28th June, 2017 [G.S.R. 683(E)], the value of supply of goods for the purposes of this entry shall be deemed as seventy per cent. of the gross consideration charged for all such supplies, and the remaining thirty per cent. of the gross consideration charged shall be deemed as value of the said taxable service5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 479Disposable sterilized dialyzer or micro barrier of artificial kidney5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 386Parts suitable for use solely or principally with fixed Speed Diesel Engines of power not exceeding 15HP18%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 387Parts suitable for use solely or principally with power driven pumps primarily designed for handling water, namely, centrifugal pumps (horizontal and vertical), deep tube-well turbine pumps, submersible pumps, axial flow and mixed flow vertical pumps18%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 473E-waste Explanation.- For the purpose of this entry, E-waste means electrical and electronic equipment listed in Schedule I of the E- Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 (published in the Gazette of India vide G.S.R. 338 (E) dated the 23rd March, 2016), whole or in part if discarded as waste by the consumer or bulk consumer18%

History

GST rate history
PeriodRateNotification
Until 21 Sep 20255%, 12%, 18% or 28%1/2017-Central Tax (Rate)
From 22 Sep 20255% 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)

All Industry Rates of duty drawback under this heading
Drawback itemGoodsRateCap
8409Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading 8407 or 8408——
840901Common Rail Injector4.5%Rs. 90.5 per Piece
840902Armature Plate for Common Rail Injector5.6%Rs. 4.7 per Piece
840903Armature Guide for Common Rail Injector4.8%Rs. 3.8 per Piece
840999Others1.5%—

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: 21 tariff items

China: the same goods (8409)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 9 in force and 5 expired under 8409. 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
8409.10.00.00Parts for aircraft engines航空器发动机用零件2%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)2%13%13%None
8409.91.10.00Parts suitable solely for spark-ignition engines for marine propulsion船舶用点燃式发动机专用零件3.9%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin6%13%13%None
8409.91.91.00Electronic fuel injection systems电控燃油喷射装置3.3%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin5%13%13%None
8409.91.99.90Other parts for spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines其他点燃式活塞内燃发动机用零件3.3%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin5%13%13%None
8409.99.10.00Other parts for marine engines其他船舶发动机专用零件3.3%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin5%13%13%None
8409.99.20.00Other parts solely for locomotive engines其他机车发动机专用零件1.3%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin2%13%13%None
8409.99.91.00Other parts for engines of an output ≥ 132.39 kW其他功率≥132.39kw发动机的专用零件1.3%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin2%13%13%None
8409.99.99.10Electronically controlled diesel injection devices and parts thereof电控柴油喷射装置及其零件5%China's provisional rate, lower than MFN8%13%13%None
8409.99.99.90Other parts solely for engines其他发动机的专用零件5.2%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin8%13%13%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.

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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