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

HS 8454Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather or for making or repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skins or leather, other than sewing machines

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

Customs duty
7.5%
7 tariff items
GST now
18%
or 5% for some goods
Import policy
Free
Export policy
Free
Unit
kg or units
Duty in China
6.5% to 8%
On Indian goods
Search codesRates as on 20 Oct 2026

Codes under this heading

4 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
8454 10 00Converters7.5%18%units
8454 20Ingot moulds and ladles7.5%18%units
8454 30Casting machines7.5%18%units
8454 90 00Parts7.5%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 7 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 20 Oct 2026. 1 earlier measure has ended.

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

  • Free: 7 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. 440Converters, ladles, ingot moulds and casting machines, of a kind used in metallurgy or in metal foundries18%
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
8454Converters, ladles, ingot moulds and casting machines, of a kind used in metallurgy or in metal foundries1.5%—

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 20 Oct 2026.

Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items

  • Free: 7 tariff items

China: the same goods (8454)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 15 in force and 4 expired under 8454. 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
8454.10.00.00Converters for metallurgy or for metal foundries金属冶炼及铸造用转炉8%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)8%13%13%None
8454.20.10.00Secondary refining equipment炉外精炼设备8%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)8%13%13%O
8454.20.90.00Other ingot moulds and ladles for metal metallurgy and casting其他金属冶炼及铸造用锭模及浇包8%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)8%13%13%None
8454.30.10.10Cold-chamber die-casting machines for high-temperature alloys used in manufacturing turbine configuration components such as blades and guide vanes for gas turbine engines/gas turbines用于制造燃气涡轮发动机/燃气轮机叶片、导向器等涡轮构型部件所需高温合金的冷室压铸机7.8%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin12%13%13%3O
8454.30.10.90Other cold-chamber die-casting machines其他冷室压铸机7.8%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin12%13%13%O
8454.30.21.00Billet continuous casting machines方坯连铸机6.5%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin10%13%13%None
8454.30.22.00Slab continuous casting machines板坯连铸机7.8%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin12%13%13%O
8454.30.29.00Other steel billet continuous casting machines其他钢坯连铸机7.8%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin12%13%13%O
8454.30.90.10Other casting machines for high-temperature alloys used in manufacturing turbine configuration components such as blades and guide vanes for gas turbine engines/gas turbines用于制造燃气涡轮发动机/燃气轮机叶片、导向器等涡轮构型部件所需高温合金的其他铸造机7.8%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin12%13%13%3
8454.30.90.90Other casting machines for metallurgy or foundries其他金属冶炼及铸造用铸造机7.8%APTA rate, with an APTA certificate of origin12%13%13%None
8454.90.10.00Parts of outside-the-furnace refining equipment炉外精炼设备的零件8%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)8%13%13%None
8454.90.21.00Moulds for continuous casting machines for steel钢坯连铸机用结晶器8%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)8%13%13%None
8454.90.22.00Vibrating devices for continuous casting machines for steel钢坯连铸机用振动装置8%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)8%13%13%None
8454.90.29.00Other parts for continuous casting machines for steel钢坯连铸机用其他零件8%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)8%13%13%None
8454.90.90.00Parts of other converters and casting machines for metallurgy其他冶炼等用转炉及铸造机的零件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

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.