Consistent Export Growth: 6.20% CAGR Over 7 Years
India's exports under HSN Chapter 96 have grown at a compound annual rate of 6.20% over 7 fiscal years, rising from ₹4,322.61 Crore in FY 2018-19 to ₹6,199.86 Crore in FY 2024-25.
96 HSN Code: Miscellaneous Manufactured Items
HSN Chapter 96 represents Miscellaneous Manufactured Items under GST classification. This code helps businesses identify Miscellaneous Manufactured Items correctly for billing, taxation, and trade purposes. With HSN Chapter 96, companies can avoid errors in invoices, simplify compliance, and enable hassle-free import/export of Miscellaneous Manufactured Items.
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Sub-chapters under HSN Chapter 96
Following Sub Chapters fall under Miscellaneous Manufactured Items:
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
Old GST Rate
Description
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
5
%
Description
Worked ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other animal carving material, and articles of these materials (including articles obtained by moulding)
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
40
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Worked vegetable or mineral carving material and articles of these materials moulded or carved articles of wax, of stearin, of natural gums or natural resins or of modelling pastes, and other moulded or carved articles, not elsewhere specified or included; worked, unhardened gelatin (except gelatin of heading 3503) and articles of unhardened gelatin
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
5
%
Essential
Old GST Rate
5
%
Description
Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles), handoperated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorised, mops and feather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; paint pads and rollers; squeegees (other than roller squeegees)
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
12
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
12
%
Description
Hand sieves and hand riddles
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
5
%
Essential
Old GST Rate
5
%
Description
Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button moulds and other parts of these articles; button blanks
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
5
%
Essential
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Slide fasteners and parts thereof
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
5
%
Essential
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Ball point pens; felt tipped and other poroustipped pens and markers; fountain pens; stylograph pens and other pens; duplicating stylos; pen holders, pencil holders and similar holders; parts (including caps and clips) of the foregoing articles, other than those of heading 9609
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
5
%
Essential
Old GST Rate
12
%
Description
Pencils (including propelling or sliding pencils) , crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors' chalks
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
12
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
12
%
Description
Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framed
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
12
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
12
%
Description
Date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand; hand-operated composing sticks and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges; ink-pads, whether or not inked, with or without boxes
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and parts thereof other than flints and wicks
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders and parts thereof
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
40
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Combs, hair-slides and the like, hairpins, curling pins, curling grips, hair-curlers and the like, other than those of heading 8516, and parts thereof
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
28
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
28
%
Description
Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays, and mounts and heads therefor; powder-puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
12
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
12
%
Description
Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases; parts thereof other than glass inners
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Tailors' dummies and other lay figures; automata and other animated displays, used for shop window dressing
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
5
%
Essential
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles, of any material
Sub Chapter
New GST Rate
18
%
Standard
Old GST Rate
18
%
Description
Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles
India’s Trade Performance — HSN Chapter 96 in FY 2024-25
TradeStat EIDB — Ministry of Commerce & Industry
FY 2018-19–FY 2024-25
Values in ₹ Crore
India’s Exports
FY 2024-25₹6,200 Cr
+3.54%
vs FY 2023-24
0.1674% of India’s total exports
India’s Imports
FY 2024-25₹5,675 Cr
−7.34%
vs FY 2023-24
0.0931% of India’s total imports
Trade Balance
FY 2024-25₹525 Cr
Trade Surplus
Surplus rank #42 of 97 chapters
At a glance
6.20%
Export CAGR
FY 2018-19 → FY 2024-25 · 7 fiscal years
#59
National Export Rank
of 97 chapters by export value, FY 2024-25
+31.45%
Peak Growth Year
FY 2021-22 · strongest single-year move
1.4×
Export Growth · 7Y
₹4,322.61 Cr → ₹6,199.86 Cr
India Export-Import Trade Statistics for HSN Chapter 96
7-year export and import data, FY 2018-19 to FY 2024-25, in ₹ Crore. Source: Ministry of Commerce & Industry, TradeStat EIDB.
FY 2018-19
Exp. Rank #54
Balance
−214.07
Exports
4,322.61 ₹ Cr
0.1874% share
— YoY
Imports
4,536.68 ₹ Cr
0.1262% share
— YoY
FY 2019-20
Exp. Rank #54
Balance
+145.25
Exports
4,412.46 ₹ Cr
0.1989% share
+2.08% YoY
Imports
4,267.21 ₹ Cr
0.1270% share
−5.94% YoY
FY 2020-21
Exp. Rank #58
Balance
−464.13
Exports
3,876.04 ₹ Cr
0.1796% share
−12.16% YoY
Imports
4,340.17 ₹ Cr
0.1488% share
+1.71% YoY
FY 2021-22
Exp. Rank #58
Balance
−193.29
Exports
5,095.23 ₹ Cr
0.1619% share
+31.45% YoY
Imports
5,288.52 ₹ Cr
0.1157% share
+21.85% YoY
FY 2022-23
Exp. Rank #56
Balance
+20.28
Exports
6,116.49 ₹ Cr
0.1689% share
+20.04% YoY
Imports
6,096.21 ₹ Cr
0.1060% share
+15.27% YoY
FY 2023-24
Exp. Rank #58
Balance
−136.80
Exports
5,987.64 ₹ Cr
0.1655% share
−2.11% YoY
Imports
6,124.44 ₹ Cr
0.1091% share
+0.46% YoY
FY 2024-25
Exp. Rank #59
Balance
+524.81
Exports
6,199.86 ₹ Cr
0.1674% share
+3.54% YoY
Imports
5,675.05 ₹ Cr
0.0931% share
−7.34% YoY
CAGR · 7-Year
Exports
6.20% /yr
Imports
3.80% /yr
Consistently Surplus
Peak export growth year
Latest available data
Not available
YoY = change vs previous FY
Key Trade Insights: HSN Chapter 96 Export-Import Analysis
HSN Chapter 96 Ranked #59 Among All 97 Chapters by Export Value
In FY 2024-25, HSN Chapter 96 ranks #59 out of 97 chapters by total export value. By trade surplus, it ranks #42 of 97.
FY 2021-22 Was the Strongest Growth Year for HSN Chapter 96 Exports
The strongest single-year export movement for HSN Chapter 96 was recorded in FY 2021-22, when exports surged by 31.45% over the prior year.
India Maintains a Trade Surplus of ₹524.81 Crore in HSN Chapter 96 Goods
In FY 2024-25, India's exports of ₹6,199.86 Cr exceeded imports of ₹5,675.05 Cr, resulting in a trade surplus of ₹524.81 Crore — ranking #42 of 97 by surplus magnitude.
Import Growth of 3.80% CAGR Signals Stable Import Dependency for Miscellaneous Manufactured Items
India's imports under HSN Chapter 96 have grown at 3.80% CAGR, reaching ₹5,675.05 Crore in FY 2024-25.
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