28 HSN Code: Inorganic Chemicals & Rare-Earth Metal Compounds

HSN Chapter 28 represents Inorganic Chemicals & Rare-Earth Metal Compounds under GST classification. This code helps businesses identify Inorganic Chemicals & Rare-Earth Metal Compounds correctly for billing, taxation, and trade purposes. With HSN Chapter 28, companies can avoid errors in invoices, simplify compliance, and enable hassle-free import/export of Inorganic Chemicals & Rare-Earth Metal Compounds.

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Sub Chapters under HSN Chapter 28

Following Sub Chapters fall under HSN Chapter 28:

Sub Chapter New GST Rate Old GST Rate Description
5% 18% Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine
18% 18% Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated;colloidal sulphur
12% 12% Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included)
5% 5% Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals
18% 18% Alkali or alkaline-earth metals;rare-earth metals,scandium and yttrium,whether or not intermixed or interalloyed; mercury
18% 18% Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid);chlorosulphuric acid
5% 18% Sulphuric acid; oleum
18% 5% Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids
18% 18% Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid;polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined
18% 18% Oxides of boron; boric acids
18% 18% Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals
18% 18% Halides and halide oxides of non-metals
18% 18% Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosphorus trisulphide
18% 18% Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution
18% 18% Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium
18% 18% Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium;oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium
18% 18% Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide
18% 18% Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined;aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide
18% 18% Chromium oxides and hydroxides
18% 18% Manganese oxides
5% 5% Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70% or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as fe2o3
18% 18% Cobalt oxides and hydroxides;commercial cobalt oxides
18% 18% Titanium oxides
18% 18% Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead
18% 18% Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides,hydroxides and peroxides
18% 18% Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts
18% 18% Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides
18% 18% Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorites; chlorites; hypobromites
18% 18% Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates
18% 18% Sulphides; polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined
18% 18% Dithionites and sulphoxylates
18% 18% Sulphites; thiosulphates
18% 18% Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates)
18% 18% Nitrites; nitrates
0% 0% Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates,whether or not chemically defined
18% 18% Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate
18% 18% Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides
18% 18% Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates
18% 18% Borates; peroxoborates (perborates)
18% 18% Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids
18% 18% Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids, (including aluminosilicates, whether or not chemically defined), other than azides
18% 18% Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals,whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals
18% 18% Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products
5% 5% Isotopes other than those of heading 2844;compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined
18% 18% Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals
18% 12% Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea
18% 18% Carbides, whether or not chemically defined
18% 18% Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined,other than compounds which are also carbides of heading 2849
18% 18% Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury,whether or not chemically defined, excluding amalgams
5% 5% Other inorganic compounds (including distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity); liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air; amalgams, other than amalgams of precious metals
New GST Rate: 5% Old GST Rate: 18%

Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated;colloidal sulphur

New GST Rate: 12% Old GST Rate: 12%

Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included)

New GST Rate: 5% Old GST Rate: 5%

Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Alkali or alkaline-earth metals;rare-earth metals,scandium and yttrium,whether or not intermixed or interalloyed; mercury

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid);chlorosulphuric acid

New GST Rate: 5% Old GST Rate: 18%

Sulphuric acid; oleum

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 5%

Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid;polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Oxides of boron; boric acids

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Halides and halide oxides of non-metals

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosphorus trisulphide

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium;oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined;aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Chromium oxides and hydroxides

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Manganese oxides

New GST Rate: 5% Old GST Rate: 5%

Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70% or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as fe2o3

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Cobalt oxides and hydroxides;commercial cobalt oxides

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Titanium oxides

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides,hydroxides and peroxides

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorites; chlorites; hypobromites

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Sulphides; polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Dithionites and sulphoxylates

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Sulphites; thiosulphates

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates)

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Nitrites; nitrates

New GST Rate: 0% Old GST Rate: 0%

Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates,whether or not chemically defined

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Borates; peroxoborates (perborates)

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids, (including aluminosilicates, whether or not chemically defined), other than azides

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals,whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products

New GST Rate: 5% Old GST Rate: 5%

Isotopes other than those of heading 2844;compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 12%

Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Carbides, whether or not chemically defined

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined,other than compounds which are also carbides of heading 2849

New GST Rate: 18% Old GST Rate: 18%

Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury,whether or not chemically defined, excluding amalgams

New GST Rate: 5% Old GST Rate: 5%

Other inorganic compounds (including distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity); liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air; amalgams, other than amalgams of precious metals

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Case Laws Related to Chapter 28

Order Number Description
Nueclear Healthcare Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Shivam Agro Industries (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Rapid Electrodes Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Chrochemie Laboratory Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Alligo Agrovet Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Royal Carbon Black Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Rashtriya Chemicals And Fertilizers Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Tamil Nadu Generation And Distribution Corporation Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)
Uttara Impex Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Acrymold (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Maheshwari Stone Supplying Co. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Telangana)
Docsun Power Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Analytica Chemie Inc., (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Anabond Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)
Accurex Biomedical Private Limited (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Accurex Biomedical Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Jainish Anantkumar Patel (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Gb Agro Industries (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Saro Enterprises (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)
Shivam Agro Industries (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Kaustubha Scientific Research Laboratory Private Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Mosaic India Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
M/S. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Maheshwari Stone Supplying Company (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Telangana)
Criyagen Agri & Biotech Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Vishnu Chemicals Limited (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Andhra Pradesh)
M/S Tuticorin Lime And Chemical Industries (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Raghav Productivity Enhancers Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Rajasthan)
Hafele India Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)

Nueclear Healthcare Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)

Shivam Agro Industries (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)

Rapid Electrodes Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)

Chrochemie Laboratory Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)

Alligo Agrovet Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)

Royal Carbon Black Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)

Rashtriya Chemicals And Fertilizers Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)

Tamil Nadu Generation And Distribution Corporation Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)

Uttara Impex Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)

Acrymold (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)

Maheshwari Stone Supplying Co. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Telangana)

Docsun Power Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)

Analytica Chemie Inc., (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)

Anabond Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)

Accurex Biomedical Private Limited (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)

Accurex Biomedical Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)

Jainish Anantkumar Patel (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)

Gb Agro Industries (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)

Saro Enterprises (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)

Shivam Agro Industries (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)

Kaustubha Scientific Research Laboratory Private Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)

Mosaic India Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)

M/S. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)

Maheshwari Stone Supplying Company (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Telangana)

Criyagen Agri & Biotech Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)

Vishnu Chemicals Limited (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Andhra Pradesh)

M/S Tuticorin Lime And Chemical Industries (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)

Raghav Productivity Enhancers Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Rajasthan)

Hafele India Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)

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