Description of Goods
Compounds containg an unfused pyridine ring (whether or not hydrogenated) in the structure : Alfentanil (INN), anileridine (INN), bezitramide (INN), bromazepam (INN), carfentanil (INN), difenoxin (INN), diphenoxylate (INN), dipipanone (INN), fentanyl (INN), ketobemidone (INN), methylphenidate (INN), pentazocine (INN), pethidine (INN), pethidine (INN) intermediate A, phencyclidine (INN)(PCP), phenoperidine (INN), pipradrol (INN), piritramide (INN), propiram (INN), remifentanil (INN) and trimeperidine (INN); salts thereof: Alfentanil (INN), anileridine (INN), bezitramide (INN), bromazepam (INN), carfentanil (INN), difenoxin (INN), diphenoxylate (INN), dipipanone (INN); salts thereof: Anileridine (INN) and its salt
Chapter
29 - Organic chemicals
Sub Chapter
2933 - Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only
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. 36.