Tariff item · Chapter 88 · Section XVII, Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment

HS 8802 30 00Aeroplanes and other aircraft, of an unladen weight exceeding 2,000 kg. but not exceeding 15,000 kg.

Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof › Other aircraft (for example, helicopters, aeroplanes), except unmanned aircraft of heading 88.05

Customs duty
2.5%
Tariff rate
GST now
5% or 40%
depending on the goods
Import policy
Restricted
Export policy
Free
Unit
units
Duty in China
4%
On Indian goods
Landed costSearch codesDuty abroadRates as on 20 Oct 2026

Importing into India

What customs charges, what trade agreements take off, and the rules the goods must meet.

Customs duty

Customs duty on imports into India
DutyRateCharged on
Basic customs duty (BCD), MFN rate2.5%Assessable value
Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC)Not determinedAssessable value11/2021-Customs
Social Welfare Surcharge (SWS)10% of BCD, AIDC and Health CessBCD
Integrated GST (IGST)5% or 40%Assessable value + BCD + SWS

Lower duty under trade agreements

Lower customs duty under India's trade agreements
AgreementCustoms dutyGoods from
ASEAN–India FTA0%Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Duty-free tariff preference for LDCs0%Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Comoros, Laos, Lesotho, Madagascar, Myanmar, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan, Somalia, Chad, Timor-Leste, Yemen, Zambia
India–Australia ECTA0%Australia
India–Japan CEPA0%Japan
India–Korea CEPA0%South Korea
India–Malaysia CECA0%Malaysia
India–Sri Lanka FTA0%Sri Lanka
SAFTA0%Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal
India–UK CETAOnly for: 2.2% BCD + 0.4% AIDC: whether this is below the normal rate depends on the AIDC charged without the agreement, which our tariff data does not hold. See Table I of 29/2026-Customs.29/2026-Customs2.2% BCD + 0.4% AIDCplus AIDC 0.4%United Kingdom

Goods from Pakistan pay 200%.

Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty

None in force on this code as on 20 Oct 2026.

Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS))

  • Restricted.
Notes on these rates
  • BCD is the statutory tariff rate from a one-time snapshot of the Indian Trade Portal. Exemption notifications (such as 45/2025-Customs) and tariff changes made after the snapshot, including the Finance Act 2026 changes from 1 May 2026, are not applied.
  • IGST comes from our archived GST table, which still has the 12% and 28% slabs, so it may pre-date the GST rate changes of 22 September 2025. Check the current rate.
  • AIDC, Health Cess and the SWS exemptions are read from notifications 11/2021-Customs, 08/2020-Customs and 11/2018-Customs as amended (to 16/2026-Customs), and the notifications that lower AIDC for a while. SWS is 10% of BCD, AIDC and Health Cess together (Finance Act 2018, s.110), never of anti-dumping, countervailing or safeguard duty or IGST.
  • AIDC is not in the totals: 11/2021-Customs names these goods only in words or on a condition. For example S.No. 16A of 11/2021-Customs (All goods covered under S. No. 344 of TABLE I of notification No. 45/2025-Customs: 0.5%; only for goods covered by another notification's entry (a condition the importer must meet)). Check the AIDC with your customs broker.
  • 11/2018-Customs exempts some goods of this code from SWS only by name or on a condition, for example S.No. 58 of 11/2018-Customs (All goods covered under S. No. 344 of TABLE I of 45/2025-Customs: Nil; only for goods covered by another notification's entry (a condition the importer must meet)). The totals charge SWS.
  • Not included: GST compensation cess, anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duties, and exemptions or concessions such as end-use, EOU/SEZ or project imports.
  • This does not check whether the import is allowed (DGFT import policy, licences, quality-control orders). The HS code explorer shows the import policy.
  • This is an estimate, not an assessment. Confirm the duty with your customs broker or ICEGATE's duty calculator before you price a deal.

GST

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

  • Now 5% or 40%, depending on the goods.
  • Until 21 September 2025 5% or 28%, depending on the goods.
  • Change: Changed.
  • No compensation cess.

The rules that set it now

GST rate rules in force
NotificationGoodsRate
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 463Other aircraft (for example, helicopters, aeroplanes), other than for personal use5%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule III, S.No. 9Aircrafts for personal use40%
9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Schedule I, S.No. 462Scientific and technical instruments, apparatus, equipment, accessories, parts, components, spares, tools, mock ups and modules, raw material and consumables required for launch vehicles and satellites and payloads5%

History

GST rate history
PeriodRateNotification
Until 21 Sep 20255% or 28%1/2017-Central Tax (Rate)
From 22 Sep 20255% or 40%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
8802Other aircraft, except unmanned aircraft of heading 8806 (for example, helicopters, aeroplanes); spacecraft (including satellites) and suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles1.7%—

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 incentives (RoDTEP and RoSCTL)

  • RoDTEP, Appendix 4R (exports from the domestic tariff area): 0.9% of the FOB value, until 31 Dec 2026.
  • RoDTEP, Appendix 4RE (exports under Advance Authorisation, EOU or SEZ): 0.5% of the FOB value, until 31 Dec 2026.

Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2)

  • Free.

What buyers pay abroad: import duty in the US, UK, EU and Australia for 8802 30, and China's below.

China: the same goods (8802 30)

China shares the first 6 digits with India and splits them into 10-digit codes of its own: 1 in force under 8802 30. 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
8802.30.00.00Aircraft, of an unladen weight exceeding 2 tonnes but not exceeding 15 tonnes2吨<空载重量≤15吨的飞机及其他航空器4%MFN rate (no APTA concession on this line)4%13%13%O
  • 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.

Every Chinese code in full

8802.30.00Aircraft, etc., 2000kg < unladen weight <= 15000kg

8802.30.00.00Aircraft, of an unladen weight exceeding 2 tonnes but not exceeding 15 tonnes2吨<空载重量≤15吨的飞机及其他航空器
Unit
aircraft / kg
MFN import duty
4%
Provisional import duty
None
General import duty
11%
Import VAT
13%
Consumption tax
0%
Export duty
0%
Provisional export duty
None
Export VAT rebate
13%
Updated by China
23 Aug 2026
Licences and certificates
  • OAutomatic import licence (new and old mechanical and electrical products)自动进口许可证(新旧机电产品)
Inspection and quarantine

None.

What the customs declaration must state
  • 0.Brand type品牌类型
  • 1.Export preferential status出口享惠情况
  • 2.Use用途
  • 3.Type类型
  • 4.Unladen weight空载重量
  • 5.Brand (Chinese or foreign names)品牌(中文或外文名称)
  • 6.Model型号
  • 7.Business jet, specify公务机请注明
  • 8.CAAC registration No.民航局注册号
  • 9.Aircraft factory serial number (S/N)飞机出厂序列号(S/N,即SERIALNUMBER)
  • 10.Used aircraft, specify and declare original manufacturing date旧飞机请注明并申报飞机原生产日期
  • 11.GTIN
  • 12.CAS
  • 13.Other其他
China's agreement rates
ASEAN
0%
Chile
0%
Pakistan
0%
New Zealand
0%
Peru
0%
Costa Rica
0%
Switzerland
0%
Iceland
0%
Australia
0%
South Korea
0%
Georgia
0%
Mauritius
0%
Maldives
0%
Cambodia
0%
Nicaragua
0%
Ecuador
0%
Serbia
0%
Hong Kong
0%
Macao
0%
RCEP rates
Australia
0%
Brunei
0%
Cambodia
0%
South Korea
0%
Laos
0%
Malaysia
0%
New Zealand
0%
Singapore
0%
Thailand
0%
Vietnam
0%
Japan
0%
Indonesia
0%
Philippines
0%
Myanmar
0%
CIQ codes
  • 8802300000101Aircraft and other spacecraft, unladen weight > 2 t but <= 15 t (aircraft)2吨<空载重量≤15吨的飞机及其他航空器(飞机)
  • 8802300000102Aircraft and other spacecraft, unladen weight > 2 t but ≤ 15 t (spacecraft)2吨<空载重量≤15吨的飞机及其他航空器(航天器)

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

Previous8802 20 00Aeroplanes and other aircraft, of an unladen weight not exceeding 2,000 kg.One level up8802Other aircraft (for example, helicopters, aeroplanes), except unmanned aircraft of heading 88.05Next8802 40 00Aeroplanes and other aircraft, of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000 kg.

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.