HSN Code 39206220: Flexible Plain Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

HSN Code 39206220 represents Flexible Plain Poly(ethylene terephthalate) under GST classification. This code helps businesses identify Flexible Plain Poly(ethylene terephthalate) correctly for billing, taxation, and trade. With HSN Code 39206220, companies can avoid errors in invoices, simplify compliance, and enable hassle-free import or export of Flexible Plain Poly(ethylene terephthalate).

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Description of Goods for HSN Code 39206220

HSN Code 39206220 relates to the following description.

Description of Goods

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of poly (ethylene terephthalate): Flexible, plain

Chapter

39 - Plastics and articles thereof

Sub Chapter

3920 - Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials

CGST

9%

SGST

9%

IGST

18%

CESS

0%

What does HSN Code 39206220 not include?

Flexible Plain Poly(ethylene terephthalate) does not include products with the following descriptions.

Of polymers of ehtylene : Sheets of polyethylene : Geomembrane, confirming to IS 16352

Of polymers of vinyl chloride: Containing by weight not less than 6% of plasticizers

Of acrylic polymers: Of poly (methyl methacrylate): Sheets : Flexible, plain

Of acrylic polymers: Of poly (methyl methacrylate): Other : Flexible, plain

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of polycarbonates : Rigid, plain

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of polycarbonates : Flexible, plain

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of polycarbonates : Other

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of poly (ethylene terephthalate): Rigid, plain

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of poly (ethylene terephthalate): Other

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of unsaturated polyesters : Rigid, plain

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of unsaturated polyesters : Flexible, plain

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of unsaturated polyesters : Other

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of other polyesters : Packaging film : Rigid, plain

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of other polyesters : Packaging film : Flexible, plain

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of other polyesters : Packaging film : Other

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of other polyesters :Sun and/or dust control film : Rigid, plain

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of other polyesters :Sun and/or dust control film : Flexible, plain

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of other polyesters :Sun and/or dust control film : Other

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of other polyesters : Other film : Rigid, plain

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of other polyesters : Other film : Flexible, plain

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of other polyesters : Other film : Other

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of other polyesters : Other : Rigid, plain

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of other polyesters : Other : Flexible, plain

Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters : Of other polyesters : Other : Other

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of regenerated cellulose: Cello phane transparent: Film

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of regenerated cellulose: Cello phane transparent: Other

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of regenerated cellulose: Sheets of cellulose nitrate and celluloid, whether or not plasticized : Plain

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of regenerated cellulose: Sheets of cellulose nitrate and celluloid, whether or not plasticized : Other

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of regenerated cellulose: Other : Rigid, plain

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of regenerated cellulose: Other : Flexible, plain

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of regenerated cellulose: Other : Other

Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non - cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials - of cellulose or its chemical derivatives: of vulcanised fibre :rigid, plain

Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non - cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials - of cellulose or its chemical derivatives: of vulcanised fibre :flexible, plain

Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non - cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials - of cellulose or its chemical derivatives: of vulcanised fibre : other

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of cellulose acetate : Sheet of cellulose acetate, non-plasticized: Rigid, plain

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of cellulose acetate : Sheet of cellulose acetate, non-plasticized: Flexible, plain

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of cellulose acetate : Sheet of cellulose acetate, non-plasticized: other

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of cellulose acetate : Sheets of cellulose acetate, plasticized : Rigid, plain

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of cellulose acetate : Sheets of cellulose acetate, plasticized : Flexible, plain

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of cellulose acetate : Sheets of cellulose acetate, plasticized : Other

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of cellulose acetate : Other : Rigid, plain

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of cellulose acetate : Other : Flexible, plain

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of cellulose acetate : Other : Other

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of other cellulose derivatives : Sheets of cellulose nitrate and celluloid, whether or not plasticized : Rigid, plain

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of other cellulose derivatives : Sheets of cellulose nitrate and celluloid, whether or not plasticized : Flexible, plain

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of other cellulose derivatives : Sheets of cellulose nitrate and celluloid, whether or not plasticized : Other

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of other cellulose derivatives : Other : Rigid, plain

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of other cellulose derivatives : Other : Flexible, plain

Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives : Of other cellulose derivatives : Other : Other

Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non - cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials - of other plastics: of poly (vinyl butyral): rigid, plain

Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non - cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials - of other plastics: of poly (vinyl butyral): flexible, plain

Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non - cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials - of other plastics: of poly (vinyl butyral): other

Of other plastics: Of polyamides : Poly (amide fluoride) film: Rigid, plain

Of other plastics: Of polyamides : Poly (amide fluoride) film: Flexible, plain

Of other plastics: Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip of poly(vinyl acetate) : Rigid, plain

Of other plastics: Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip of poly(vinyl acetate) : Flexible, plain

Of other plastics: Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip of poly(vinyl acetate) : Other

Of other plastics: Plates, sheets, strip, film or foil of copolymers of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate : Rigid, plain

Of other plastics: Plates, sheets, strip, film or foil of copolymers of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate : Flexible, plain

Of other plastics: Plates, sheets, strip, film or foil of copolymers of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate : Other

Of other plastics: Sheet of poly (tetrafluoro-ethylene) (PTFE): Rigid, plain

Of other plastics: Sheet of poly (tetrafluoro-ethylene) (PTFE): Flexible, plain

Of other plastics: Retro reflective sheeting : Clicking boards for leather machiner

India’s Trade Performance — HSN Code 39206220 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

₹2,233 Cr

+22.13% vs FY 2023-24

0.0607% of India’s total exports

India’s Imports

FY 2024-25

₹170 Cr

+94.30% vs FY 2023-24

0.0028% of India’s total imports

Trade Balance

FY 2024-25

₹2,063 Cr

Trade Surplus

Surplus rank #179 of 12657 HSN codes

% of Sub-Chapter 3920

FY 2024-25

18.92%

Share of Sub-Chapter 3920’s total exports in FY 2024-25

Import side: 1.12% of Sub-Chapter 3920’s imports

Rank Within Sub-Chapter 3920

FY 2024-25

#1 of 110

Position by export value among HSN codes in Sub-Chapter 3920

Import-side rank: #19 of 110

At a glance

4.88%

Export CAGR

FY 2018-19 → FY 2024-25 · 7 fiscal years

#234

National Export Rank

of 12657 HSN codes by export value, FY 2024-25

+27.76%

Peak Growth Year

FY 2021-22 · strongest single-year move

18.92%

Contribution to Sub-Ch. 3920

Share of Sub-Chapter 3920 exports in FY 2024-25

India Export-Import Trade Statistics for HSN Code 39206220

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 #188

Balance

+1,629.34

Exports

1,677.30 ₹ Cr

0.0734% share

YoY

23.24% of Sub-Ch. 3920

Imports

47.96 ₹ Cr

0.0013% share

YoY

0.58% of Sub-Ch. 3920

FY 2019-20 Exp. Rank #223

Balance

+1,396.50

Exports

1,452.52 ₹ Cr

0.0660% share

−13.40% YoY

21.01% of Sub-Ch. 3920

Imports

56.02 ₹ Cr

0.0017% share

+16.81% YoY

0.66% of Sub-Ch. 3920

FY 2020-21 Exp. Rank #223

Balance

+1,380.59

Exports

1,508.92 ₹ Cr

0.0702% share

+3.88% YoY

18.85% of Sub-Ch. 3920

Imports

128.33 ₹ Cr

0.0044% share

+129.08% YoY

1.63% of Sub-Ch. 3920

FY 2021-22 Exp. Rank #247

Balance

+1,715.63

Exports

1,927.79 ₹ Cr

0.0614% share

+27.76% YoY

17.99% of Sub-Ch. 3920

Imports

212.16 ₹ Cr

0.0046% share

+65.32% YoY

1.71% of Sub-Ch. 3920

FY 2022-23 Exp. Rank #307

Balance

+1,540.18

Exports

1,692.12 ₹ Cr

0.0467% share

−12.22% YoY

16.59% of Sub-Ch. 3920

Imports

151.94 ₹ Cr

0.0026% share

−28.38% YoY

1.05% of Sub-Ch. 3920

FY 2023-24 Exp. Rank #279

Balance

+1,740.78

Exports

1,828.26 ₹ Cr

0.0505% share

+8.05% YoY

18.21% of Sub-Ch. 3920

Imports

87.48 ₹ Cr

0.0016% share

−42.42% YoY

0.58% of Sub-Ch. 3920

FY 2024-25 Exp. Rank #234

Balance

+2,062.80

Exports

2,232.77 ₹ Cr

0.0607% share

+22.13% YoY

18.92% of Sub-Ch. 3920

Imports

169.97 ₹ Cr

0.0028% share

+94.30% YoY

1.12% of Sub-Ch. 3920

CAGR · 7-Year

Exports

4.88% /yr

Imports

23.48% /yr

Consistently Surplus
Sub-Chapter 3920 total

reference, FY 2024-25

Export

₹11,803.27 Cr

Import

₹15,142.84 Cr

Trade Balance

−3,339.57

Peak export growth year Latest available data Not available YoY = change vs previous FY

Key Trade Insights: HSN Code 39206220 Export-Import Analysis

Consistent Export Growth: 4.88% CAGR Over 7 Years

India's exports under HSN Code 39206220 have grown at a compound annual rate of 4.88% over 7 fiscal years, rising from ₹1,677.30 Crore in FY 2018-19 to ₹2,232.77 Crore in FY 2024-25.

HSN Code 39206220 Ranked #234 Among All 12657 HSN codes by Export Value

In FY 2024-25, HSN Code 39206220 ranks #234 out of 12657 HSN codes by total export value. Within Sub-Chapter 3920, it ranks #1 of 110. By trade surplus, it ranks #179 of 12657.

FY 2021-22 Was the Strongest Growth Year for HSN Code 39206220 Exports

The strongest single-year export movement for HSN Code 39206220 was recorded in FY 2021-22, when exports surged by 27.76% over the prior year.

India Maintains a Trade Surplus of ₹2,062.80 Crore in HSN Code 39206220 Goods

In FY 2024-25, India's exports of ₹2,232.77 Cr exceeded imports of ₹169.97 Cr, resulting in a trade surplus of ₹2,062.80 Crore — ranking #179 of 12657 by surplus magnitude.

Import Growth of 23.48% CAGR Signals Rising Demand for Flexible Plain Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

India's imports under HSN Code 39206220 have grown at 23.48% CAGR, reaching ₹169.97 Crore in FY 2024-25.

HSN Code 39206220 Contributes 18.92% of Sub-Chapter 3920 Exports — Ranked #1

Among the 110 HSN codes under Sub-Chapter 3920, HSN Code 39206220 ranks #1 by export value — accounting for 18.92% of the sub-chapter's total exports in FY 2024-25. On the import side, it holds 1.12% share (rank #19).

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Frequently Asked Questions

Clear answers to common queries about HSN Code 39206220 and GST compliance.

What products are classified under HSN 39206220 ?

It includes Flexible Plain Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Can we claim ITC on inputs used to trade Flexible Plain Poly(ethylene terephthalate)?

If your outward supply is taxable, eligible ITC is available subject to general restrictions. For exempt/Nil supplies, reverse credit per Rule 42.

Any common misclassification issue with Flexible Plain Poly(ethylene terephthalate)?

Use the exact HSN and describe the form/grade. For multi‑line invoices, apply the rate per line to avoid wrong tax collection.

How should mixed supplies be billed when Flexible Plain Poly(ethylene terephthalate) is sold with other items?

Use separate invoice lines per HSN and apply the correct rate per line (e.g., Varies for Flexible Plain Poly(ethylene terephthalate); Nil for exempt items if applicable).

Do e‑way bill and e‑invoice apply for Flexible Plain Poly(ethylene terephthalate)?

e‑Way bill is needed above ₹50,000 consignment value (subject to exemptions). e‑Invoicing is turnover‑based (presently AATO > ₹5 crore) for B2B supplies.

Does packaging or labelling change the GST for Flexible Plain Poly(ethylene terephthalate)?

For food/agri items, GST can be 5% when not fresh/chilled and sold as pre‑packaged & labelled; otherwise often Nil. For non‑food items, rates depend on the specific sub‑heading.

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