Chapter · Chapter 96 · Section XX, Miscellaneous manufactured articles
HS 96Miscellaneous manufactured articles
- Customs duty
- 10% to 20%
- 101 tariff items
- Import policy
- Mostly Free
- Restricted: 5 items, Prohibited: 3 items
- Export policy
- Mostly Free
- Prohibited: 1 item
- Unit
- kg or units
Search codesRates as on 19 Oct 2026
Codes under this chapter
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9601 | Worked ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other animal carving material, and articles of these materials (including articles obtained by moulding) | 10% | 5% | kg |
| 9602 | Worked vegetable or mineral carving material and articles of these materials moulded or carved articles of wax, of stearin, of natural gums or natural resins or of modelling pastes, and other moulded or carved articles, not elsewhere specified or included; worked, unhardened gelatin (except gelatin of heading 3503) and articles of unhardened gelatin | 10% | 5% or 18% | kg |
| 9603 | Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles), hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorised, mops and feather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; paint pads and rollers; squeegees (other than roller squeegees) | 20% | 0%, 5% or 18% | units |
| 9604 | Hand sieves and hand riddles | 20% | 18% | units |
| 9605 | Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning | 10% | 18% | units |
| 9606 | Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button moulds and other parts of these articles; button blanks (1) (2) (3) (4p) (5) | 10% | 18% | kg |
| 9607 | Slide fasteners and parts thereof | 10% | 5% | kg |
| 9608 | Ball point pens; felt tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers; fountain pens; stylograph pens and other pens; duplicating stylos; propelling or sliding pencils; pen holders, pencil holders and similar holders; parts (including caps and clips) of the foregoing articles, other than those of heading 9609 | 10% | 0% or 18% | kg or units |
| 9609 | Pencils (other than pencils of heading 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks | 10% | 0% | kg |
| 9610 | Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framed | 10% | 18% | kg |
| 9611 | Date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand; hand-operated composing sticks and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks | 20% | 18% | kg |
| 9612 | Typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges; ink-pads, whether or not inked, with or without boxes | 10% | 18% | units |
| 9613 | Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and parts thereof other than flints and wicks | 20% | 18% | units |
| 9614 | Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders and parts thereof | 10% | 40% | units |
| 9615 | Combs, hair-slides and the like, hairpins, curling pins, curling grips, hair-curlers and the like, other than those of heading 8516, and parts thereof | 20% | 5% | kg |
| 9616 | Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays, and mounts and heads therefor; powder-puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations | 20% | 18% | kg |
| 9617 | Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete; parts thereof other than glass inners | 20% | 18% | kg |
| 9618 | T ailors' dummies and other lay figures; automata and other animated displays, used for shop window dressing | 10% | 18% | kg |
| 9619 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material | 10% | 18% | kg |
| 9620 | Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles | 10% | 18% | units |
Importing into India
Duty is set on each 8-digit tariff item: open one of the codes above. Basic customs duty across its 101 tariff items: 10% to 20%. The rules below cover this whole code.
Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty in force
- Anti-dumping duty on goods from China: USD 1,732 per tonne (until 16 Mar 2030). vacuum insulated flask and other vacuum vessels, of stainless steel. 03/2025-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: 93 tariff items
- Restricted: 5 tariff items
- Prohibited: 3 tariff items
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.
Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items
- Free: 100 tariff items
- Prohibited: 1 tariff item
Nearby codes
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
- 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
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.