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 |
Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated;colloidal sulphur
Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included)
Alkali or alkaline-earth metals;rare-earth metals,scandium and yttrium,whether or not intermixed or interalloyed; mercury
Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid);chlorosulphuric acid
Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid;polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined
Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals
Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosphorus trisulphide
Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium
Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium;oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium
Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined;aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide
Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70% or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as fe2o3
Cobalt oxides and hydroxides;commercial cobalt oxides
Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides,hydroxides and peroxides
Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts
Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides
Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorites; chlorites; hypobromites
Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates
Sulphides; polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined
Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates)
Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates,whether or not chemically defined
Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate
Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids, (including aluminosilicates, whether or not chemically defined), other than azides
Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals,whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals
Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products
Isotopes other than those of heading 2844;compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined
Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals
Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea
Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined,other than compounds which are also carbides of heading 2849
Inorganic or organic compounds of mercury,whether or not chemically defined, excluding amalgams
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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