HSN 38 — Miscellaneous Chemical Products

Description: Miscellaneous chemical products

Indian GST rate: 18.0%

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Sub-codes

  • 3801 — ARTIFICIAL GRAPHITE, COLLOIDAL OR SEMI-COLLOIDAL GRAPHITE, PREPARATION
  • 3802 — ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED NATURAL MINERAL PRODUCTS; ANIMAL BLACK, IN
  • 3803 — TALL OIL, WHETHER OR NOT REFINED
  • 3804 — RESIDUAL LYES FROM THE MANUFACTURE OF WOOD PULP, WHETHER OR NOT CONCEN
  • 3805 — GUM, WOOD OR SULPHATE TURPENTINE AND OTHER TERPENIC OILS PRODUCED BY T
  • 3806 — ROSIN AND RESIN ACIDS, AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF; ROSIN SPIRIT AND ROSIN
  • 3807 — WOOD TAR, WOOD TAR OILS, WOOD CREOSOTE, WOOD NAPHTHA, VEGETABLE PITCH,
  • 3808 — INSECTICIDES, RODENTICIDES, FUNGICIDES, HERBICIDES, ANTI-SPROUTING PRO
  • 3809 — FINISHING AGENTS, DYE CARRIERS TO ACCELERATE THE DYEING OR FIXING OF D
  • 3810 — PICKLING PREPARATIONS FOR METAL SURFACES, FLUXES AND OTHER AUXILIARY P
  • 3811 — ANTI-KNOCK PREPARATIONS, OXIDATION INHIBITORS, GUM INHIBITORS, VISCOSI
  • 3812 — PREPARED RUBBER ACCELERATORS; COMPOUND PLASTICISERS FOR RUBBER OR PLAS
  • 3813 — PREPARATIONS AND CHARGES FOR FIRE-EXTINGUISHERS; CHARGED FIRE-EXTINGUI
  • 3814 — ORGANIC COMPOSITE SOLVENTS AND THINNERS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR IN
  • 3815 — REACTION INITIATORS, REACTION ACCELERATORS AND CATALYTIC PREPARATIONS,
  • 3816 — REFRACTORY CEMENTS, MORTARS, CONCRETES AND SIMILAR COMPOSITIONS, INCLU
  • 3817 — MIXED ALKYLBENZENES AND MIXED ALKYLNAPHTHALENES, OTHER THAN THOSE OF H
  • 3818 — CHEMICAL ELEMENTS DOPED FOR USE IN ELECTRONICS, IN THE FORM OF DISCS,
  • 3819 — HYDRAULIC BRAKE FLUIDS AND OTHER PREPARED LIQUIDS FOR HYDRAULIC TRANSM
  • 3820 — ANTI-FREEZING PREPARATIONS AND PREPARED DE-ICING FLUIDS
  • 3821 — PREPARED CULTURE MEDIA FOR DEVELOPMENT OR MAINTENANCE OF MICRO-ORGANIS
  • 3822 — DIAGNOSTIC OR LABORATORY REAGENTS ON A BACKING, PREPARED DIAGNOSTIC OR
  • 3823 — INDUSTRIAL MONOCARBOXYLIC FATTY ACIDS; ACID OILS FROM REFINING; INDUST
  • 3824 — PREPARED BINDERS FOR FOUNDRY MOULDS OR CORES; CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND PR
  • 3825 — RESIDUAL PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES, NOT ELSEWHERE
  • 3826 — BIODIESEL AND MIXTURES THEREOF, NOT CONTAINING OR CONTAINING LESS THAN
  • 3827 — MIXTURES CONTAINING HALOGENATED DERIVATIVES OF METHANE, ETHANE OR PROP
India import policy (DGFT ITC-HS)

Status: not in our table

DGFT's ITC-HS is the authority for 'Freely importable / Restricted / Prohibited / Canalised / STE'. Missing from our table is not the same as 'Free' — check DGFT before a filing.

Source: DGFT ITC-HS schedule (free, published) · Last reviewed: 2026-10-20T22:15:09.762611

Export incentive (RoDTEP / RoSCTL)

No recorded benefit for this HS code in our table. Many codes carry none at all — verify against DGFT's notification before quoting a benefit, because rates change annually.

Source: DGFT RoDTEP/RoSCTL notifications (free, published) · Last reviewed: 2026-10-20T22:15:09.764860

EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) - decision support only

no CBAM-relevant chapter by heading — still verify code-level CN scope

EU CBAM transitional reporting applied from 1 Oct 2023; the definitive carbon levy phase begins 1 Jan 2026 (subject to ongoing legislative changes).

Source: EU Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (CBAM), Annex I (sector list) . reviewed 2026-10-16; CBAM is applied at CN-code level - verify the exact code.

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