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

HS 8424Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand-operated) for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders, fire extinguishers, whether or not charged, spray guns and similar appliances, steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines

Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

Customs duty
7.5%
10 tariff items
GST now
5% or 18%
depending on the goods
Import policy
Free
Export policy
Free
Unit
kg or units
Duty in China
0% to 8%
On Indian goods
Search codesRates as on 19 Oct 2026

Codes under this heading

8 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
8424 10 00Fire extinguishers, whether or not charged7.5%5% or 18%units
8424 20 00Spray guns and similar appliances7.5%5% or 18%units
8424 30 00Steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines7.5%5% or 18%units
8424 41 00Portable sprayers7.5%5% or 18%units
8424 49 00Other7.5%5% or 18%units
8424 82 00Agricultural or horticultural7.5%5% or 18%units
8424 89Other7.5%5% or 18%units
8424 90 00Parts7.5%5% or 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%. 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 5% or 18%, depending on the goods.
  • Until 21 September 2025 5%, 12% or 18%, depending on the goods.
  • Change: Changed.

The rules that set it now

GST rate rules in force
NotificationGoodsRate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 430Nozzles for drip irrigation equipment or nozzles for sprinklers5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 431Sprinklers; drip irrigation system including laterals; mechanical sprayers5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 413Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand-operated) for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders; fire extinguishers, whether or not charged; spray guns and similar appliances; steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines [other than sprinklers; drip irrigation systems including laterals; mechanical sprayer; nozzles for drip irrigation equipment or nozzles for sprinklers]18%
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% or 18%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
8424Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand-operated) for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders; fire extinguishers, whether or not charged; spray guns and similar appliances; steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines1.5%—

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 (8424)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 16 in force and 5 expired under 8424. 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
8424.10.00.10Fire extinguishers for aircraft飞机用灭火器1%China's provisional rate, lower than MFN8%13%13%None
8424.10.00.90Other fire extinguishers其他灭火器8%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)8%13%13%ALM
8424.20.00.00Spray guns and similar appliances喷枪及类似器具5.2%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin8%13%13%None
8424.30.00.00Steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines喷汽机、喷砂机及类似喷射机器8%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)8%13%13%None
8424.41.00.00Portable sprayers for agriculture or horticulture农业或园艺用便携式喷雾器5.2%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin8%9%9%L
8424.49.00.00Non-portable sprayers for agriculture or horticulture农业或园艺用非便携式喷雾器5.2%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin8%9%9%L
8424.82.00.00Other spraying appliances for agriculture or horticulture农业或园艺用其他喷射器具5.2%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin8%9%9%L
8424.89.10.00Household type spraying or atomizing mechanical appliances家用型喷射、喷雾机械器具0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%13%13%None
8424.89.20.00Spraying robots喷涂机器人0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%13%13%None
8424.89.91.00Ship hold cleaning machines船用洗舱机0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%13%13%None
8424.89.99.30Separation nozzles (consisting of slit-shaped, curved channels with a very small radius of curvature, with a separation wedge inside); export-controlled high-pressure water cannons分离喷嘴(由狭缝状、曲率半径极小的弯曲通道组成,内有分离楔尖 );出口管制的高压水炮0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%13%13%3
8424.89.99.90Other spraying or powder-dispersing mechanical appliances其他用途的喷射、喷雾机械器具0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%13%13%L
8424.90.10.00Parts for fire extinguishers灭火器用的零件0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%13%13%None
8424.90.20.00Parts of household sprayers and powder-dispersers家用型喷射、喷雾器具的零件0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%13%13%None
8424.90.90.10High-pressure water cannon body subject to export control出口管制的高压水炮本体0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%13%13%3
8424.90.90.90Parts of other sprayers, powder-dispersers and similar jetting appliances其他喷雾器具及喷汽机等用零件0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%13%9%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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