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

HS 8442Machinery, apparatus and equipment (other then the machines of headings 8456 to 8465) for preparing or making plates, printing components , plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished)

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

Customs duty
7.5%
11 tariff items
GST now
18%
or 5% for some goods
Import policy
Free
Export policy
Free
Unit
kg or units
Duty in China
0%
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
8442 30machinery, apparatus and equipment7.5%18%units
8442 40 00Parts of the foregoing machinery, apparatus or equipment7.5%18%kg
8442 50Plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished)7.5%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 11 tariff items: 7.5%. The rules below cover this whole code.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty in force

  • Countervailing duty on goods from China and Taiwan: Nil to USD 1.16 per square metre, by origin and producer (until 26 Jun 2030). Digital Offset Printing Plates. 05/2025-CVD
  • Anti-dumping duty on goods from China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam: Nil to USD 0.77 per square metre, by origin and producer (until 25 Dec 2029). Digital Offset Printing Plates. 28/2024-ADD

Charged on top of the duty above, only on goods from the countries named.

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

  • Free: 11 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

GST rate rules in force
NotificationGoodsRate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule II, S.No. 429Machinery, apparatus and equipment (other than the machines of headings 8456 to 8465) for preparing or making plates, printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished)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
8442Machinery, apparatus and equipment (other than the machines of headings 8456 to 8465) for preparing or making plates, printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished)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: 11 tariff items

China: the same goods (8442)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 6 in force and 5 expired under 8442. 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
8442.30.10.00Type-casting machines铸字机0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%13%13%None
8442.30.21.00Computer-to-plate (CTP) equipment计算机直接制版设备(CTP)0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%13%13%None
8442.30.29.00Other machinery, apparatus and equipment for plate-making其他制版机器、器具及设备0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%13%13%None
8442.30.90.00Machines, appliances and equipment for making printing cylinders and other printing components制作滚筒及其他印刷部件用机器、器具及设备0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%13%13%None
8442.40.00.00Parts of type-founding, typesetting or plate-making machinery铸字、排字、制版机器的零件0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%13%13%None
8442.50.00.00Plates, cylinders and other printing components印刷用版、滚筒及其他印刷部件0%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)0%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.

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.