Description of Goods
SALTS AND PEROXYSALTS, OF INORGANIC ACIDS AND METALS : Other : Magnesium trisilicate
Chapter
28 - Inorganic chemicals, organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals,of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes
Sub Chapter
2839 - Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates
CGST
2.5% or 9%
SGST
2.5% or 9%
IGST
5% or 18%
CESS
0%
5% when supplied as a drug or medicine, including as a bulk drug (active pharmaceutical ingredient, API), with its salts and esters; 18% for other uses. CBIC has not yet clarified whether bulk drugs get the 5% rate; 2026 advance rulings of the Customs Authority for Advance Rulings (CAAR), Mumbai, allowed 5% on imported APIs. Source: Notification 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate), Schedule I, S. No. 226; Schedule II, S. No. 35.