38 HSN Code: Miscellaneous Chemical Products
HSN Chapter 38 represents Miscellaneous Chemical Products under GST classification. This code helps businesses identify Miscellaneous Chemical Products correctly for billing, taxation, and trade purposes. With HSN Chapter 38, companies can avoid errors in invoices, simplify compliance, and enable hassle-free import/export of Miscellaneous Chemical Products.
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Sub Chapters under HSN Chapter 38
Following Sub Chapters fall under HSN Chapter 38:
| Sub Chapter | New GST Rate | Old GST Rate | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18% | 18% | Artificial graphite; colloidal or semicolloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures | |
| 18% | 18% | Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black | |
| 18% | 18% | Tall Oil, whether or not refined | |
| 18% | 18% | Residual lyes for the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of heading 3803 | |
| 18% | 18% | Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods; crude dipentene; sulphite turpentine and other crude paracymene; pine oil containing alphaterpineol as the main constituent | |
| 18% | 18% | Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums | |
| 18% | 18% | Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers’ pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch | |
| 5% | 12% | Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) | |
| 18% | 18% | Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included | |
| 18% | 18% | Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods | |
| 18% | 18% | Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils (including gasoline) or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils | |
| 18% | 18% | Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, not elsewhere specified or included; antioxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics | |
| 18% | 18% | Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades | |
| 18% | 18% | Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers | |
| 18% | 18% | Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included | |
| 5% | 5% | Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than products of heading 3801 | |
| 18% | 18% | Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading 2707 or 2902 | |
| 5% | 12% | Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics | |
| 18% | 18% | Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | |
| 18% | 18% | Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids | |
| 18% | 18% | Prepared culture media for development or maintenance of micro-organism (including viruses and the like) or of plant human or animal cells | |
| 5% | 12% | Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, other than those of heading 3006; certified reference materials | |
| 18% | 18% | Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols | |
| 18% | 18% | Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included | |
| 18% | 18% | Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in note 6 to this chapter | |
| 5% | 12% | Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals | |
| 18% | 18% | Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not elsewhere specified or included |
Artificial graphite; colloidal or semicolloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures
Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black
Residual lyes for the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of heading 3803
Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods; crude dipentene; sulphite turpentine and other crude paracymene; pine oil containing alphaterpineol as the main constituent
Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums
Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers’ pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch
Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers)
Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included
Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods
Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils (including gasoline) or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils
Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, not elsewhere specified or included; antioxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics
Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades
Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers
Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included
Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than products of heading 3801
Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading 2707 or 2902
Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics
Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids
Prepared culture media for development or maintenance of micro-organism (including viruses and the like) or of plant human or animal cells
Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, other than those of heading 3006; certified reference materials
Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols
Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included
Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in note 6 to this chapter
Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals
Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not elsewhere specified or included
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Case Laws Related to Chapter 38
| Order Number | Description |
|---|---|
| M/S. Novozymes South Asia Pvt. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| M/S National Health Care (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| M/S. Flint Group India Private Limited. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Pranit Hem Desai (Gujarat High Court, Gujarat) | |
| M/S Strides Emerging Markets Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| Dhanraj Organics Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Madhya Pradesh) | |
| Shivam Agro Industries (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Hifield Ag Chem (India) Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| Wipro Enterprises Pvt Ltd. (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| M/S. Randox Laboratories India Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| Rapid Electrodes Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Telangana) | |
| M/S. Springfields (India) Distilleries (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Goa) | |
| Chrochemie Laboratory Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| Jupiter Solar Power Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Himachal Pradesh) | |
| M/S. Chromachemie Laboratory Private Limited (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| Pratham Agro Vat Industries (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Alligo Agrovet Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| Dipakkumar Ramjibhai Patel(Mahalaxmi Cement Products And Timber) (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Shukla Ashar Impex Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Wipro Enterprises Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| Lagom Labs Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu) | |
| Royal Carbon Black Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| Cargill India Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| Ramdev Food Products Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Acrymold (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| Dabur India Ltd. (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Uttar Pradesh) | |
| Xtracare Products Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| Enmarol Petroleum India Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| Excel Earthings (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Kerala) | |
| M/S. Strides Emerging Markets Ltd. (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| Krishna Bhavan Foods And Sweets (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu) | |
| Docsun Power Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Sika India Pvt Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), West Bengal) | |
| Analytica Chemie Inc., (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| Bio-rad Laboratories India Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| M/S. Shivani Scientific Industries Pvt. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Gajanand Foods Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Ce-chem Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| M&i Materials India Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| Accurex Biomedical Private Limited (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| Asian Paints Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| Synthetic Moulders Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), West Bengal) | |
| M/S. K. Suresh (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu) | |
| Ananta Synthetic Innovations (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Accurex Biomedical Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| Rhizo Organic (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Rajasthan) | |
| Gb Agro Industries (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Pine Subsidiary Industry (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| Dabur India Ltd. (Allahabad High Court, Uttar Pradesh) | |
| Abubacker Kaleel Rahman (Prop. M/S Sameer Mat Industries) (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu) | |
| Shivam Agro Industries (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Kasipalayam Common Effluent Treatment Plant Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu) | |
| Gujarat Raffia Industries Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Kaustubha Scientific Research Laboratory Private Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| Gokul Agro Resources Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Kitchen Express Overseas Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Time Tech Waste Solutions Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), West Bengal) | |
| Ce-chem Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd. (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| M/S. Hach Dhr India Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| Royal Carbon Black Private Limited (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| M/S. Pratham Agro Vet Industries (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Eris Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Uttar Pradesh) | |
| Ginni Filaments Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Dabur India Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Uttar Pradesh) | |
| Sika India Private Limited (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), West Bengal) | |
| Avs Tech Building Solutions India Pvt. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka) | |
| Kolhapur Foundry And Engineering Cluster (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra) | |
| M/S. Papaka Herbs & Spices Private Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu) | |
| Novozymes South Asia Pvt. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| New Rv Enterprises (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Kerala) | |
| Raghav Productivity Enhancers Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Rajasthan) | |
| Dipak Kumar Kantilal Chotai(Talod Gruh Udyog) (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat) | |
| Neogen Food And Animal Security (India) Private Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Kerala) |
M/S. Novozymes South Asia Pvt. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
M/S National Health Care (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
M/S. Flint Group India Private Limited. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Pranit Hem Desai (Gujarat High Court, Gujarat)
M/S Strides Emerging Markets Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Dhanraj Organics Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Madhya Pradesh)
Shivam Agro Industries (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Hifield Ag Chem (India) Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Wipro Enterprises Pvt Ltd. (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
M/S. Randox Laboratories India Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Rapid Electrodes Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Telangana)
M/S. Springfields (India) Distilleries (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Goa)
Chrochemie Laboratory Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Jupiter Solar Power Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Himachal Pradesh)
M/S. Chromachemie Laboratory Private Limited (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Pratham Agro Vat Industries (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Alligo Agrovet Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Dipakkumar Ramjibhai Patel(Mahalaxmi Cement Products And Timber) (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Shukla Ashar Impex Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Wipro Enterprises Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Lagom Labs Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)
Royal Carbon Black Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Cargill India Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Ramdev Food Products Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Acrymold (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Dabur India Ltd. (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Uttar Pradesh)
Xtracare Products Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Enmarol Petroleum India Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Excel Earthings (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Kerala)
M/S. Strides Emerging Markets Ltd. (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Krishna Bhavan Foods And Sweets (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)
Docsun Power Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Sika India Pvt Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), West Bengal)
Analytica Chemie Inc., (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Bio-rad Laboratories India Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
M/S. Shivani Scientific Industries Pvt. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Gajanand Foods Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Ce-chem Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
M&i Materials India Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Accurex Biomedical Private Limited (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Asian Paints Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Synthetic Moulders Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), West Bengal)
M/S. K. Suresh (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)
Ananta Synthetic Innovations (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Accurex Biomedical Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
Rhizo Organic (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Rajasthan)
Gb Agro Industries (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Pine Subsidiary Industry (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Dabur India Ltd. (Allahabad High Court, Uttar Pradesh)
Abubacker Kaleel Rahman (Prop. M/S Sameer Mat Industries) (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)
Shivam Agro Industries (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Kasipalayam Common Effluent Treatment Plant Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)
Gujarat Raffia Industries Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Kaustubha Scientific Research Laboratory Private Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Gokul Agro Resources Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Kitchen Express Overseas Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Time Tech Waste Solutions Private Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), West Bengal)
Ce-chem Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd. (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
M/S. Hach Dhr India Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Royal Carbon Black Private Limited (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
M/S. Pratham Agro Vet Industries (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Eris Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Uttar Pradesh)
Ginni Filaments Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Dabur India Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Uttar Pradesh)
Sika India Private Limited (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), West Bengal)
Avs Tech Building Solutions India Pvt. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Karnataka)
Kolhapur Foundry And Engineering Cluster (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Maharashtra)
M/S. Papaka Herbs & Spices Private Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Tamil Nadu)
Novozymes South Asia Pvt. Ltd (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
New Rv Enterprises (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Kerala)
Raghav Productivity Enhancers Limited (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Rajasthan)
Dipak Kumar Kantilal Chotai(Talod Gruh Udyog) (AAAR (Appellate Authority For Advance Ruling), Gujarat)
Neogen Food And Animal Security (India) Private Ltd. (AAR (Authority For Advance Ruling), Kerala)
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