HSN Code List PDF

HSN Codes i.e. “Harmonized System of Nomenclature” This system was developed by the World Customs Organization (WCO). Which was implemented in 1988. Through this system, systematic classification of objects is done all over the world. It has about 5,000 commodity groups, each of which is identified by a six-digit code, the HSN code is a 6 digit uniform code that classifies 5000+ products and is accepted worldwide.

HSN Code List India PDF

The main purpose of HSN codes is to categorize goods around the world in a systematic and logical manner. It brings a uniform classification of goods to facilitate international trade. Let us tell you that India has been a member of the World Customs Organization (WCO) since 1971. Earlier India originally had a 6-digit HSN code to classify goods for Customs and Central Excise. But now Customs and Central Excise added two more digits to make the code more accurate which now led to 8-digit classification in HSN code. If you also want to get the HSN Code List PDF. So can download the PDF through the link given below.

Article HSN Code List
State Applicable all over India
Issued by World Customs Organization (WCO)
Department Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
Official Website Click Here
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Harmonized System of Nomenclature (HSN) Code List 

HSN Chapter Wise

Serial No / Chapter No’s Description
Chapter 1 Live Animals and poultry
Chapter 2 Animal Meat and edible offals
Chapter 3 Fish, fillets and other aquatic animals’ meat
Chapter 4 Honey, Eggs and Dairy Products
Chapter 5 Inedible animal products (unspecified)
Chapter 6 Flowers, Live trees and plants
Chapter 7 Vegetables
Chapter 8 Fruits
Chapter 9 Tea, coffee, spices
Chapter 10 Cereals and Grains
Chapter 11 Milling Industry Products
Chapter 12 Medicinal Plants, seeds and fruits
Chapter 13 Lac, Gums, Resins, vegetable SAP and other extracts
Chapter 14 Vegetable products and materials (unspecified)
Chapter 15 Oils, Fats, Vegetables and Animal products
Chapter 16 Fish and aquatic vertebrates meat (Prepared/Preserved)
Chapter 17 Sugar, sugar confectionery and bubble gums
Chapter 18 Cocoa and Cocoa products
Chapter 19 Pastry, pizza, bread, waffles
Chapter 20 Fruits, Juices, Jams and Jellies
Chapter 21 Tea, coffee and other edible preparations
Chapter 22 Non-alcoholic beverages, Spirit and Vinegar
Chapter 23 Residual starch products, meals, and pellets
Chapter 24 Tobacco and tobacco products
Chapter 25 Salts and Marbles
Chapter 26 Mineral ores and concentrates
Chapter 27 Coal, Petroleum and other fossil fuels
Chapter 28 Gases and Inorganic Chemicals
Chapter 29 Hydrocarbons
Chapter 30 Blood and Pharma products
Chapter 31 Fertilizers and unspecified products
Chapter 32 Colouring and Tanning products
Chapter 33 Cosmetics and oils
Chapter 34 Soaps and waxes
Chapter 35 Glues and Enzymes
Chapter 36 Industrial explosives and fireworks
Chapter 37 Photographic and cinematographic goods
Chapter 38 Chemicals and clinical wastes
Chapter 39 Plastic products
Chapter 40 Rubber and rubber products
Chapter 41 Skins and rawhides
Chapter 42 Leather products: Bags, wallets, and handbags
Chapter 43 Raw and artificial fur products
Chapter 44 Wood products and Wood charcoal
Chapter 45 Natural and Shuttlecock Cork
Chapter 46 Basketware, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; wickerwork and manufacturers of Straw
Chapter 47 Wood Pulp
Chapter 48 Paper, Paperboard, Newsprint
Chapter 49 Printed Books, Newspapers and Postal goods
Chapter 50 Silk
Chapter 51 Fine, wool or coarse animal hair; woven fabric and hair yarn
Chapter 52 Cotton
Chapter 53 paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn and Other vegetable textile fibres
Chapter 54 Man-made filaments
Chapter 55 Man-made staple fibres
Chapter 56 Cables, ropes, felt and nonwovens, cordage, wadding; special yarns; twine and articles thereof
Chapter 57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings
Chapter 58 Fabrics of tufted textile, lace; tapestries, trimmings; embroidery
Chapter 59 Coated and laminated textile fabrics, special woven fabrics,
Chapter 60 Knitted or crocheted fabrics
Chapter 61 Accessories of clothing knitted or crocheted and articles of apparel
Chapter 62 Clothing accessories not knitted or crocheted articles of apparel
Chapter 63 Other textile articles, sets, worn clothing and rags, worn textile articles
Chapter 64 Footwear, gaiters, and parts of such articles
Chapter 65 Headgear parts thereof
Chapter 66 Umbrellas, walking sticks and accessories
Chapter 67 Wigs, artificial flowers, false beards
Chapter 68 Cement, Plaster, mica and construction materials
Chapter 69 Bricks and ceramic products
Chapter 70 Glass and glassware products
Chapter 71 Gold, silver, diamond, pearls and other precious metals
Chapter 72 Iron, steel, Iron rods and non-alloy products
Chapter 73 Railway tracks, iron tubes, Containers, nails, needles and sanitary wares
Chapter 74 Copper and copper alloy products
Chapter 75 Nickel and nickel alloy products
Chapter 76 Aluminium and aluminium products
Chapter 77 (Reserved for possible future use)
Chapter 78 Lead, lead foils and sheets
Chapter 79 Zinc bars, Zinc dust and sheets
Chapter 80 Tin, tin bars and profiles
Chapter 81 Cobalt, Magnesium, Bismuth and other base metals
Chapter 82 Agricultural tools, cutlery, razors and knives
Chapter 83 Padlocks, bells, safe deposit lockers and base metal products
Chapter 84 Industrial tools and machinery
Chapter 85 Electrical and electronic products
Chapter 86 Railway machinery and locomotives
Chapter 87 Motor vehicles
Chapter 88 Aircraft, satellites, parachutes
Chapter 89 Boats, ships, cargo vessels
Chapter 90 Artificial organs, Medical equipment, monitoring systems, photographic, cinematographic accessories, lens and optical fibres
Chapter 91 Watches and clocks
Chapter 92 All Musical Instruments
Chapter 93 Arms and Military weapons
Chapter 94 Lighting, furniture and household products
Chapter 95 Electronic toys, sports goods and gaming consoles
Chapter 96 Pens, pencils, educational equipment and smoking pipes
Chapter 97 Arts and Antiques
Chapter 98 Passenger baggage, laboratory chemicals and project imports
Chapter 99 Services

How to search HSN Code?

If you also want to check the HSN Code in India, then for this
You have to follow the steps given below.

  • For this, you have to first go to the official website of GOODS AND SERVICES TAX
    e – INVOICE SYSTEM.
  • Here you have to click on “Master Code” under “Search”.
  • After that on the next page, you have to select HSN Codes. After that, you have to select the HSN Chapter fill in the given captcha code and click on “Go”.
  • After this, the HSN Code list will open in front of you according to the HSN Chapter.

HSN in GST

Declaration of HSN Code for Goods and Services

HSN codes to be declared from 1st April 2021:

(Vide CGST notification number 78/2020 dated 15th October 2020)

Turnover* Type of Invoice document No. of digits of HSN to be declared
Up to 5 crore Mandatory for B2B tax invoices 4
Optional for B2C tax invoices 4
More than 5 crore Mandatory for all invoices 6

Structure of the HSN Code In India

HSN codes include 21 sections, and 99 chapters, with around 1,244 headings, and 5224 sub-headings. Decoded as 6-digit HSN

  • The first two digits indicate the chapter number
  • Title to tell about up to the next two digits
  • The last two digits are the item code.

The sections are arranged from a more broad point of view. Parts, then, have a much clearer classification.

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