Heading · Chapter 84 · Section XVI, Machinery and mechanical appliances
HS 8423Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof: weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 centigrams or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds
- Customs duty
- 7.5% to 10%
- 10 tariff items
- GST now
- 18%
- or 5% for some goods
- Import policy
- Free
- Export policy
- Free
- Unit
- kg or units
- Duty in China
- 0% to 10%
- On Indian goods
Search codesRates as on 19 Oct 2026
Codes under this heading
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8423 10 00 | Personal weighing machines, including baby scales; household scales | 10% | 18% | units |
| 8423 20 00 | Scales for continuous weighing of goods on conveyors | 7.5% | 18% | units |
| 8423 30 00 | Constant weight scales and scales for discharging a predetermined weight ofmaterial into a bag or container, including hopper scales | 7.5% | 18% | units |
| 8423 81 | Having a maximum weighing capacity not exceeding 30 kg | 7.5% | 18% | units |
| 8423 82 | Having a maximum weighing capacity exceeding 30 kg but not exceeding 5,000 kg | 7.5% | 18% | units |
| 8423 89 00 | Other | 7.5% | 18% | units |
| 8423 90 | Weighing machine weights of all kinds; parts of weighing machinery | 7.5% to 10% | 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 10 tariff items: 7.5% to 10%. 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: 10 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 18%, or 5% or 12% for some goods.
- Change: Unchanged.
The rules that set it now
| Notification | Goods | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 412 | Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 centigrams or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds | 18% |
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 437 | Following 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 service | 5% |
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 479 | Disposable sterilized dialyzer or micro barrier of artificial kidney | 5% |
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 386 | Parts suitable for use solely or principally with fixed Speed Diesel Engines of power not exceeding 15HP | 18% |
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 387 | Parts 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 pumps | 18% |
| 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 473 | E-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 consumer | 18% |
History
| Period | Rate | Notification |
|---|---|---|
| Until 21 Sep 2025 | 5%, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8423 | Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 centigrams or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds | — | — |
| 842301 | Cast Iron Weights | 1.5% | — |
| 842399 | Others | 1.5% | — |
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: 10 tariff items
China: the same goods (8423)
China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 28 in force and 11 expired under 8423. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8423.10.00.00 | Personal, baby & household scales体重计、婴儿秤及家用秤 | 6%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 6% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.20.10.00 | Electronic belt weighers for continuous weighing on conveyor belts输送带上连续称货的电子皮带秤 | 0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 0% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.20.90.00 | Other scales for continuous weighing of goods on conveyors输送带上连续称货的其他秤 | 10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 10% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.30.10.10 | Constant weight packing machines, electronically weighing以电子方式称重的定量包装秤 | 0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 0% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.30.10.90 | Other constant-weight packing machines其他定量包装秤 | 10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 10% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.30.20.00 | Constant-quantity sorting scales定量分选秤 | 10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 10% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.30.30.10 | Batching scales, electronic weighing以电子方式称重的配料秤 | 0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 0% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.30.30.90 | Other proportioning scales其他配料秤 | 10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 10% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.30.90.10 | Constant weighers, hopper scales and other packing or sorting scales, weighing electronically以电子方式称重的恒定秤,库秤及其他包装秤,分选秤 | 0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 0% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.30.90.90 | Other constant weighers, hopper scales and other packing scales, sorting scales其他恒定秤,库秤及其他包装秤,分选秤 | 10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 10% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.81.10.00 | Price-computing scales, of a maximum capacity not exceeding 30 kg最大称量≤30千克的计价秤 | 0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 0% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.81.20.00 | Spring balances, of a maximum capacity not exceeding 30 kg最大称量≤30千克的弹簧秤 | 10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 10% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.81.90.10 | Other weighing machinery, weighing electronically, having a maximum weighing capacity not exceeding 30 kg其他以电子方式称重的衡器,最大称量不超过30千克 | 0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 0% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.81.90.90 | Other weighing machinery, of a maximum capacity not exceeding 30 kg最大称量≤30千克的其他衡器 | 10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 10% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.82.10.10 | Other electronic weighbridges, with a maximum weighing capacity > 30kg but ≤ 5000kg, excluding those for weighing vehicles其他以电子方式称重的地中衡,最大称量大于30千克但不超过5000千克,但对车辆称重的衡器除外 | 0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 0% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.82.10.90 | Other weighbridges, with a maximum weighing capacity > 30 kg but ≤ 5000 kg30<最大称量≤5000kg的其他地中衡 | 10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 10% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.82.90.10 | Other electronic weighing scales, having a maximum weighing capacity > 30 kg but ≤ 5000 kg, excluding scales for weighing vehicles其他以电子方式称重的衡器,最大称量大于30千克但不超过5000千克,但对车辆称重的衡器除外 | 0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 0% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.82.90.90 | Other weighing machinery, with a maximum weighing capacity > 30 kg but ≤ 5000 kg30<最大称量≤5000kg的其他衡器 | 10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 10% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.89.10.10 | Other electronic weighbridges, max. weighing capacity > 5000 kg, excluding those for weighing vehicles其他以电子方式称重的地中衡,最大称量超过5000千克,但对车辆称重的衡器除外 | 0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 0% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.89.10.90 | Other weighbridges of a max. capacity > 5000 kg最大秤量>5000KG的其他地中衡 | 10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 10% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.89.20.10 | Other electronic rail weighbridges, max. weighing capacity > 5000 kg, excluding those for weighing vehicles其他以电子方式称重的轨道衡,最大称量超过5000千克,但对车辆称重的衡器除外 | 0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 0% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.89.20.90 | Other rail-weighbridges of a max. capacity > 5000 kg最大秤量>5000KG的其他轨道衡 | 10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 10% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.89.30.10 | Other electronic weighing suspended scales, having a maximum weighing capacity exceeding 5000 kg, excluding scales for weighing vehicles其他以电子方式称重的吊秤,最大称量超过5000千克,但对车辆称重的衡器除外 | 0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 0% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.89.30.90 | Other suspended scales with a maximum weighing capacity > 5000 kg最大秤量>5000KG的其他吊秤 | 10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 10% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.89.90.10 | Other electronic weighing machines, having a maximum weighing capacity exceeding 5000 kg, excluding scales for weighing vehicles其他以电子方式称重的衡器,最大称量超过5000千克,但对车辆称重的衡器除外 | 0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 0% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.89.90.90 | Other weighing machinery with a maximum weighing capacity > 5000 kg最大秤量>5000KG的其他衡器 | 10%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 10% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.90.00.10 | Parts of electronically weighing scales, excluding parts of scales for weighing vehicles以电子方式称重的衡器的零件,但对车辆称重的衡器零件除外 | 0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 0% | 13% | 13% | None |
| 8423.90.00.90 | All kinds of other weights for weighing machinery and parts thereof其他衡器用的各种砝码、秤砣及其零件 | 8%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line) | 8% | 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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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.