Machinery HSN Code: Understanding HSN Classifications for Machinery Products

Machinery is used in factories, workshops, warehouses and even small shops. It includes machines for cutting, mixing, packing, printing, lifting and many other industrial and commercial activities.

To charge GST correctly and keep compliance smooth, businesses must understand how machinery is classified under HSN and how GST applies to new machinery, old machinery and machinery parts .

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What Is the Machinery HSN Code?

Under GST, machinery and mechanical appliances are mainly classified in the machinery chapters of the tariff. These chapters cover power driven machines that perform a function such as processing, lifting, pumping, compressing, packing or printing.

General industrial machines , material handling equipment, pumps , compressors , machine tools and many other plant machines are grouped in these machinery chapters. Electrical machines and equipment such as motors and certain electronic machines are covered in nearby electrical chapters but are still treated as machinery for business purposes.

There is no single machinery HSN code for every type of machine. Instead, each family of machines such as pumps, machine tools, cranes, printing machines and packaging machines has its own HSN group. Businesses must pick the correct group based on the main function of the machine.

Machinery HSN Code Classification and GST Rates

Here are some commonly used HSN codes and GST rates for this category

Section Classification

Section No Section Title Section Description
16 Guide to HSN Section 16 MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND PARTS THEREOF; SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES

Chapter Classification

Chapter No Chapter Title Chapter Description
84 Nuclear Reactors, Boilers & Machinery Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
85 Electrical Machinery Equipment Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles

4 Digit HSN Code Classification

HSN Code HSN Code Title GST Rate
8409 Parts for engine machinery 5%
8412 Other engines & motors 18%
8413 Fire extinguisher charges 5%
8414 Air pumps, compressors, ventilators 5%
8415 Motorized AC Machines 5%
8418 Refrigerators, freezers, heat pumps 28%
8421 Centrifuges & filtering machines 18%
8422 Dishwashing & packaging machinery 5%
8424 Liquid sprayers 5%
8428 Lifting & loading machinery 18%
8431 Machinery parts for headings 8425-8430 18%
8438 Food Preparation Machinery 18%
8443 Printing machinery & accessories 18%
8450 Washing machines 18%
8456 Laser Removal Tools 18%
8466 Machine parts 18%
8471 Data processing machines & readers 18%
8473 Machine Parts & Accessories 18%
8481 Pressure-reducing valves 18%
8483 Transmission shafts & cranks 18%
8485 Additive manufacturing machines 18%
8487 Non-electrical machine parts 18%
8501 Electric motors 18%
8502 Electric Generating, Rotary Converters 18%
8503 Machinery parts for headings 8501-8502 18%
8504 Clad metals 18%
8505 Electro, Permanent Magnets, Clutches 18%
8506 Primary cells & primary batteries 18%
8507 Electric accumulators & separators 18%
8516 Electric heaters 18%
8521 Video recording apparatus 18%
8528 Monitors and projectors 18%
8536 Circuit switching apparatus 18%
8537 Electric control panels & consoles 18%
8538 Parts For Apparatus Of Headings 18%
8543 Electrical machines 18%
8544 Insulated electric wire 18%
8548 Electrical parts of machinery 18%

8 Digit HSN Code Classification

HSN Code HSN Code Title GST Rate
84091000 Aircraft engines 28%
84099111 Inlet/Exhaust Valves (Spark-Ignition Engines) 28%
84099112 Pistons (Spark-Ignition Engines) 28%
84099113 Piston Assemblies (Spark Ignition Engines) 28%
84099114 Wooden Oars/Paddles/Rudders 28%
84099120 Fuel Injection Equipment 28%
84099191 Petrol Engine Parts 28%
84099192 Other Petrol Engine Parts 28%
84099193 Kerosene Engine Parts 28%
84099194 Kerosene Engine Parts 28%
84099199 Other Spark-Ignition Engine Parts 28%
84099911 Parts for Engines and Motors 28%
84099912 Pistons (Internal Combustion Engines) 28%
84099913 Piston Rings (Internal Combustion Engines) 28%
84099914 Other Engine and Motor Parts 28%
84099920 Other | Other | Fuel Nozzles 28%
84099930 Fuel injection equipment 28%
84099941 Other Diesel Engine Parts (Motor Vehicles) 28%
84099942 Diesel engine parts: Outboard engine2 28%
84099949 Diesel engine parts 28%
84099990 Machinery, Appliances & Electrical Equipment Parts 28%
84121000 Reaction engines other than turbo-jets 18%
84122100 Hydraulic power engines 18%
84122910 Hydraulic Power Engines & Motors: Hydrojet Type 18%
84122990 Hydraulic power engines and motors: Other: Other 18%
84123100 Pneumatic engines: Linear acting 18%
84123900 Pneumatic power engines: Other 18%
84128011 Other : Steam or other vapour power : Stationary 18%
84128019 Other : Steam or other vapour power : Other 18%
84128020 Spring operated motors 18%
84128030 Other | Wind Turbine Or Engine 18%
84128090 Other engines and motors | Other 18%
84129010 Parts : Of steam engines incorporating boilers 18%
84129020 Parts of Other Non-Boiler Vapour Power Units 18%
84129030 Parts : Of hydraulic engines and motors 18%
84129090 Parts of Air or Vacuum Pumps 18%
84131110 Hand Fuel/Lubricant Dispensing Pumps 28%
84131191 Fuel Dispensing Pumps (Filling Stations) 28%
84131199 Producer/Water Gas Generators 28%
84131910 Other Hand Pumps (Measuring Device Fitted) 5%
84131990 Pumps with Measurement Devices: Other Pumps & Accessories 5%
84132000 Hand pumps, excl. sub-headings 8413 11/19 5%
84133010 Diesel Injection Pumps 28%
84133020 Fuel, lubricating or cooling pumps 28%
84133030 Water pump for internal combustion engines 28%
84133090 Fuel, lubricating or cooling medium pumps 28%
84134000 Concrete pumps 18%
84135010 Other Reciprocating Positive Displacement Pumps 5%
84135021 Deep Tube Well Turbine Pumps 5%
84135029 Other Water Pumps (Positive Displacement) 5%
84135090 Other reciprocating positive displacement pumps 5%
84136010 Gear type pumps 18%
84136020 Gear type pumps 18%
84136090 Other rotary positive displacement pumps: Other 18%
84137010 Centrifugal pumps for water 18%
84137091 Other Centrifugal Single & Multistage Chemical Process Pumps 18%
84137092 Horizontal split casing pumps 18%
84137093 Horizontal self-priming pumps 18%
84137094 Vertical turbine driven pumps 18%
84137095 Boiler feed pumps 18%
84137096 Other centrifugal pumps: Other : Slurry pumps 18%
84137097 Other centrifugal pumps: Other : Dredger pumps 18%
84137099 Other centrifugal pumps: Other : Other 18%
84138110 Other pumps-liquid elevators: Pumps : Gas pumps 18%
84138120 Hydraulic ram pumps 18%
84138130 Axial/Mixed Flow Vertical Water Pumps 18%
84138190 Other pumps-liquid elevators: Pumps : Other 18%
84138200 Other pumps-liquid elevators: Liquid elevators 5%
84139110 Parts| Reciprocating Pumps 18%
84139120 Parts | Of Pumps 18%
84139130 Parts: Of pumps: Of deep well turbine pumps and of other rotary pumps 18%
84139140 Hand pump parts for water 18%
84139190 Parts Of Pumps 18%
84139200 Parts : Of liquid elevators 5%
84141000 Vacuum Pumps 18%
84141010 Vacuum pumps >5 m3/h 18%
84141090 Household Absorption Electric Refrigerators 18%
84142010 Hand or foot-operated air pumps : Bicycle pumps 18%
84142020 Hand pumps 12%
84142090 Hand Or Foot-Operated Air Pumps | Other 18%
84143000 Refrigerating compressors 18%
84144010 Air compressors, Reciprocating 18%
84144020 Centrifugal Air Compressors (Wheeled Chassis) 18%
84144030 Air compressors, Screw 18%
84144090 Air compressors: Wheeled chassis 18%
84145110 Table Fans 18%
84145120 Ceiling Fans 18%
84145130 Pedestal Fans 18%
84145140 Railway Carriage Fans 18%
84145150 Wall Fans 18%
84145190 Other Electric Fans 18%
84145910 Fans : Other : Air circulator 18%
84145920 Fans : Other : Blowers, portable 18%
84145930 Industrial Fans 18%
84145990 Fans : Other : Other 18%
84146000 Hoods: Side <120 cm 18%
84147000 Gas-tight biological safety cabinets 18%
84148011 Air-conditioning gas compressors 18%
84148011 Air-conditioning gas compressors 18%
84148019 Other | Gas Compressors| Other 18%
84148020 Other : Free-piston generators for gas turbine 18%
84148030 Other | Turbo Charger 18%
84148090 Air or vacuum pumps, compressors, and fans | Other 18%
84149011 Gas Compressor Parts 18%
84149012 Bicycle pump parts 18%
84149019 Parts: Air/vacuum pumps and compressors 18%
84149020 Parts | Of Free Piston Generators 18%
84149030 Parts | Of Electric Fans 18%
84149040 Parts : Of Industrial fans, blowers 18%
84149090 Air Pumps, Compressors & Ventilating Fans 18%
84151010 Split System Air Conditioners 28%
84151090 Window/wall AC: Split system: Other 28%
84152010 Vehicle air conditioners, for buses 28%
84152090 Used in motor vehicles: Other 28%
84158110 Split AC (2+ Tonnes) 28%
84158190 Reversible Heat Pumps 28%
84158210 Split AC (≥2 Tonnes, Refrigerating Unit) 28%
84158290 Refrigerating unit, other 28%
84158310 Split AC (≥2 Tonnes, Non-Refrigerating Unit) 28%
84158390 Non-refrigerating unit: Other 28%
84159000 Air Conditioning Machines & Parts 28%
84181010 Commercial Refrigerator-Freezers 18%
84181090 Refrigerator-freezers: Other 18%
84182100 Refrigerators, household type: Compression-type 18%
84182200 Agricultural Product Dryers 18%
84182900 Refrigerators, household type: Other 18%
84183010 Commercial Electrical Chest Freezers (≤800 l) 18%
84183090 Chest freezers 18%
84184010 Freezers – Upright, ≤900L, electrical 18%
84184090 Upright freezers ≤900l 18%
84185000 Storage/Display Refrigeration Furniture 18%
84186100 Heat Pumps (Non-8415) 18%
84186910 Ice Making Machinery 18%
84186920 Other refrigerating or freezing equipment; heat pumps 18%
84186930 Non-Automatic Vending Machines 18%
84186940 Refrigeration Equip. (Leather Industry)0 18%
84186950 Refrigerated Farm Tanks 18%
84186990 Refrigeration equipment; heat pumps 18%
84189100 Refrigerating or Freezing Equipment Furniture Parts 18%
84189900 Parts of Pumps and Pumping Machinery 18%
84211100 Centrifuges: Cream separators 18%
84211200 Clothes-dryers centrifuges 18%
84211910 Bowl centrifuges 18%
84211920 Centrifuges: Basket centrifuges 18%
84211930 Continuous Automatic Centrifuges 18%
84211940 Self-Cleaning Centrifuges & Centrifugal Dryers 18%
84211950 Decanter Centrifuges (Horizontal Bowl) 18%
84211960 Screw Conveyor Centrifuges Including Centrifugal Dryers 18%
84211991 Centrifuges (Chemical industries) 18%
84211999 Centrifuges 18%
84212110 Water Purifying Ion Exchangers 18%
84212120 Household Water Filters 18%
84212190 Water Filtering and Purifying Machinery 18%
84212200 Beverage Filters 18%
84212300 Oil/Petrol Filters 18%
84212900 Liquid filtering machines 18%
84213100 Intake Air Filters 18%
84213200 Catalytic & Particulate Filters 18%
84213910 Air Separators for Metals & Minerals 18%
84213920 Air Purifiers/Cleaners 18%
84213990 Filtering or purifying machinery for gases 18%
84219100 Centrifuge parts 18%
84219900 Nuclear Reactors, Boilers & Mechanical Equipment 18%
84221100 Household dishwashers 28%
84221900 Other dishwashers 28%
84222000 Cleaning/drying machinery 18%
84223000 Bottle/Can/Box/Bag Filling/Sealing Machinery 18%
84224000 Packing and Wrapping Machinery, Including Heat-Shrink Machines 18%
84229010 Parts: Of machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers 18%
84229020 Parts: Of dish washing machines of household type 18%
84229090 Parts| Of Other Machinery 18%
84241000 Fire extinguishers: Charged or not 18%
84242000 Spray guns and similar appliances 12%
84243000 Sand blasting machines 18%
84244100 Portable agricultural sprayers 12%
84244900 Agricultural or horticultural sprayers: Other 12%
84248100 Underground Winches 18%
84248200 Other appliances : Agricultural or horticultural 12%
84248910 Painting Equipment 18%
84248920 Other appliances : Other : Industrial bellows 18%
84248990 Other Appliances | Other 18%
84249000 Spraying & Projecting Machines 18%
84281011 Lifts: Buildings 18%
84281019 Lifts And Skip Hoists| Lifts | Other 18%
84281020 Lifts And Skip Hoists| Skip Hoists 18%
84282011 Conveyors: Belt conveyors 18%
84282019 Pneumatic elevators and conveyors 18%
84282020 Pneumatic elevators 18%
84283100 Underground Elevators/Conveyors 18%
84283200 Other Bucket Type Elevators/Conveyors 18%
84283300 Other Belt Type Elevators/Conveyors 18%
84283900 Continuous-Action Elevators & Conveyors for Goods: Other 18%
84284000 Escalators and moving walkways 18%
84285010 Wagon Tipplers 18%
84285020 Other Railway Wagon Handling Equipment 18%
84285090 Seeders/Planters/Transplanters 18%
84286000 Teleferics, Chair-Lifts & Traction Mechanisms for Funiculars 18%
84287000 Industrial Robots 18%
84289010 Other Machinery | For Coal Handling 18%
84289020 Other Machinery | For Ash Handling 18%
84289090 Other Machinery | Other 18%
84311010 Agricultural Harvesters 18%
84311090 Of Machinery Of Heading 8425 | Other 18%
84312010 Fork lift truck parts 18%
84312090 Of Machinery Of Heading 8427 | Other 18%
84313100 Lifts, skip hoists, escalators 18%
84313910 Other Elevator/Conveyor/Moving Equipment Parts (Heading 8428) 18%
84313990 Of machinery of heading 8428: Other : Other 18%
84314100 Buckets, Shovels, Grabs & Grips: Machinery Parts of Heading 8426-8430 18%
84314200 Bulldozers & Angledozer Blades 18%
84314310 Parts of Self-Propelled Boring/Sinking Machinery 18%
84314390 Other Boring/Sinking Machinery Parts 18%
84314910 Other Road Roller Parts (Mechanically Propelled, Heading 8426/29/30) 18%
84314920 Other Ship Derrick/Crane Parts (Heading 8426/29/30) 18%
84314930 Earth/Mineral/Ore Excavating Machinery Parts 18%
84314940 Parts for Harvesting Machines 18%
84314990 Parts of machinery 18%
84381010 Bakery Machinery 18%
84381020 Machinery for Macaroni, Spaghetti, or Similar Products 18%
84382000 Confectionery machinery 18%
84383010 Machinery for sugar manufacture 18%
84383090 Machinery For Sugar Manufacture | Other 18%
84384000 Brewery Machinery 18%
84385000 Machinery For Making Paper Or Paperboard 18%
84386000 Machinery for fruit and vegetable preparation 18%
84388010 Auxiliary equipment for extrusion cooking 18%
84388020 Soya Milk/Product Production Machinery (Non-Oil) 18%
84388030 Other machinery : Diffusing machines (diffusers) 18%
84388040 Machinery: Tea leaf rolling/cutting 18%
84388090 Other Machinery | Other 18%
84389010 Parts| Of Sugar Manufacturing Machinery 18%
84389090 Parts | Of Other Machinery 18%
84431100 Reel-Fed Offset Printing Machinery 18%
84431200 Offset Printing Machines 18%
84431300 Other Offset Press 18%
84431400 Letterpress Printing (Non-Reel, Non-Flexo) 18%
84431500 Other Printed Cards 18%
84431600 Flexo Printing Machine 18%
84431700 Gravure Printing Machinery 18%
84431900 Reel Fed Letterpress Printing Machinery 18%
84431910 Flat Bed Press 18%
84431920 Platen Printing Presses 18%
84431930 Proof Presses 18%
84431941 Cotton Textile Repetitive Printing Machines 18%
84431949 Automatic Document Feeders (Copiers) 18%
84431990 Other Repetitive Printing Machines 18%
84432100 Other Letterpress Printing Machinery 18%
84432900 Flexographic Printing Machinery 18%
84433000 Gravure Printing Machinery 18%
84433100 Multifunction printing, copying, facsimile machine 18%
84433210 Line Printers (ADP Connectable) 18%
84433220 Other Parts/Accessories (8443 31/32) 18%
84433230 Laser Jet Printer 18%
84433240 Ink Jet Printer 18%
84433250 Facsimile Machine 18%
84433260 Dot Matrix Printer 18%
84433290 Daisy Wheel Printer 18%
84433910 Ink-Jet Printing Machines (ADP Connectable) 18%
84433920 Electrostatic photocopying machines (direct process) 18%
84433930 Electrostatic photocopying apparatus 18%
84433940 Photocopying Machines 18%
84433950 Contact-Type Photocopying Apparatus (ADP Connectable) 18%
84433960 Other Network-Connectable Printing Machinery 18%
84433970 Non-data processing facsimile machine 18%
84433990 Other Network-Connectable Printers 18%
84434000 Ink-Jet Printing Machines 18%
84435100 Flat Bed Printing Presses 18%
84435910 Platen Printing Presses 18%
84435920 Proof Presses 18%
84435930 Cotton Textile Printing Machinery 18%
84435941 Other Repetitive Printing Machinery 18%
84435949 Other Printing Machinery 18%
84435990 Automatic Feeders/Sheet Delivering Machines 18%
84436010 Serial Numbering Machines 18%
84436020 Folders/Guzmnos Perforators/Staplers 18%
84436030 Other Ancillary Printing Machines 18%
84436090 Parts of Printing Presses 18%
84439010 Other Printing Machinery Parts 18%
84439090 Parts/Accessories for 844331, 844332 18%
84439100 Printing Machinery Parts 18%
84439910 Reel-Fed Letterpress Printing (Non-Flexo) 18%
84439920 Copying Machine Paper Feeders 18%
84439930 Copier Sorter 18%
84439940 Copier Parts (Other) 18%
84439950 Parts/Accessories for 844339 18%
84439951 Ink Cartridges with Print Head 18%
84439952 Other Repetitive Printing Machinery 18%
84439953 Ink Cartridges (No Print Head) 18%
84439959 Parts and Accessories for Printing Machinery 18%
84439960 Thermo-copying Apparatus 18%
84439970 Cotton Weaving Machine Shuttles 18%
84439990 Other Printing Machinery 18%
84501100 Fully-Automatic Washing Machines (≤10kg) 18%
84501200 Machinery for Making Up Paper Pulp & Boards 18%
84501900 Dry linen machines ≤10kg 18%
84502000 Machines with dry linen capacity >10 kg 18%
84509010 Parts| Parts Of Household Type Machines 18%
84509090 Parts for Machines Making Paper or Paperboard 18%
84561000 Dry-Etching Semiconductor Machine-Tools 18%
84561100 Laser or Photon Beam Operated Machines 18%
84561200 Machinery for Making Electronic Integrated Circuits 18%
84562000 Operated By Ultrasonic Processes 18%
84563000 Operated By Electro-Discharge Processes 18%
84564000 Operated By Plasma Arc Processes 18%
84565000 Water-Jet Cutting Machines 18%
84569010 Dry-etching patterns on semi-conductor materials 18%
84569020 Other : Electro-chemical machines 18%
84569090 Other : Other 18%
84569100 Electrochemical Machine-Tools 18%
84569910 Other Machine-Tools (Material Removal) 18%
84569990 Horizontal Jig Boring Machines 18%
84661010 Tool holders and dieheads 18%
84661020 Self-opening dieheads: Tool holders 18%
84662000 Work Holders 18%
84663010 Chucks 18%
84663020 Jigs & fixtures 18%
84663090 Other attachments 18%
84669100 Other | For Machines Of Heading 8464 18%
84669200 Other | For Machines Of Heading 8465 18%
84669310 Parts for Lathes or Other Metalworking Machine Tools 18%
84669390 Machines of headings 8456 to 8461 18%
84669400 Other : For machines of heading 8462 or 8463 18%
84711000 Line Printers 18%
84713010 Portable Automatic Data Processing Machines (Personal Computers) 18%
84713090 Other Portable Automatic Data Processing Machines 18%
84714110 Micro Computers 18%
84714120 Large/Main Frame Computers 18%
84714190 X.25 Pads 18%
84714900 Other Automatic Data Processing Machines: System Form 18%
84715000 Processing Units Excluding Sub-headings 8471 41 and 8471 49 18%
84716010 Combined I/O Unit 18%
84716021 Dot Matrix Printers 18%
84716022 Letter Quality Daisy Wheel Printers 18%
84716023 Laser Jet Printers 18%
84716024 Graphic Printer 18%
84716025 Automatic Data Processing Machines with Storage 18%
84716026 Ink Jet Printers 18%
84716027 Monitors (for ADP machines) 18%
84716029 Other Data Processing Machines 18%
84716030 Addressing Machines/Plate Embossing Machines 18%
84716040 Keyboard 18%
84716050 Scanners 18%
84716060 Mouse 18%
84716090 Other Input/Output Units 18%
84717010 Storage Units | Floppy Disc Drives 18%
84717020 Storage units : Hard disc drives 18%
84717030 Storage units: Removable disc drives 18%
84717040 Storage Units | Magnetic Tape Drives 18%
84717050 Storage units : Cartridge tape drive 18%
84717060 Storage Units | Cd-Rom Drive 18%
84717070 Specialised Vehicles| Transport Vehicles 18%
84717090 Storage Units | Other 18%
84718000 Other units of automatic data processing machines 18%
84719000 Parts for Automatic Data Processing Machines 18%
84731000 Ink Cartridges with Print Head Assembly 18%
84732100 Electronic Calculating Machine Parts 18%
84732900 Parts for machines: Other 18%
84733010 Parts and accessories of the machines of heading 8471: Microprocessors 18%
84733020 Motherboards: Parts & Accessories 18%
84733030 Mounted Printed Circuit Boards for Heading 8471 18%
84733040 Head stack 18%
84733050 Ink Spray Nozzle 18%
84733060 Industrial Vacuum Cleaners 18%
84733091 Network Access Controllers (8471 Parts) 18%
84733092 GIST Cards for Multilingual Computers 18%
84733099 Parts for machines of heading 8471 18%
84734010 Parts for Weaving Machines 18%
84734090 Parts for machines: Other 18%
84735000 Machines for Making Textile Yarn or Thread 18%
84811000 Pressure-Reducing Valves 18%
84812000 Oleohydraulic or pneumatic valves 18%
84813000 Check (Non-return) valves 18%
84814000 Safety Or Relief Valves 18%
84818010 Other appliances : Taps, cocks and similar appliances of iron or steel 18%
84818020 Non-Ferrous Metal Taps, Cocks & Similar Appliances 18%
84818030 Industrial Valves 18%
84818041 Bicycle inner tube valves 18%
84818049 Other appliances : Inner tube valves : Other 18%
84818050 Refrigeration/AC Expansion/Solenoid Valves 18%
84818090 Other Appliances 18%
84819010 Parts | Bicycles Valves 18%
84819090 Valves & Taps for Pipes, Boilers & Tanks 18%
84831010 Transmission Shafts 18%
84831091 Crankshaft (8407 Engine) 18%
84831092 Crankshaft (8408 Engine) 18%
84831099 Other Transmission Shafts & Cranks 18%
84832000 Bearing housings with ball or roller bearings 18%
84833000 Bearing Housings (Without Bearings) & Plain Shaft Bearings 18%
84834000 Gears, gearboxes, and speed changers 18%
84835010 Flywheels & Pulleys: Power Transmission Pulleys 18%
84835090 Flywheels and pulleys 18%
84836010 Flexible Shaft Couplings 18%
84836020 Fluid Shaft Couplings 18%
84836090 Clutches and shaft couplings 18%
84839000 Toothed Wheels, Chain Sprockets & Transmission Elements 18%
84851000 By metal deposit 18%
84852000 By plastics or rubber deposit 18%
84853000 By plaster, cement, ceramics or glass deposit 18%
84858000 Additive mfg. machines other 18%
84859000 Parts 18%
84871000 Ships' or boats' propellers and blades therefore 18%
84879000 Parts of Transmission Shafts 18%
85011011 DC Micro motor 18%
85011012 Stepper motors 18%
85011013 DC Wiper motor 18%
85011019 DC motors: Other (<= 37.5W) 18%
85011020 AC motor, not exceeding 37.5W 18%
85012000 DC motors and generators 18%
85013111 DC Micro Motors (≤750W) 18%
85013112 Stepper Motors (≤750W) 18%
85013113 DC Wiper Motors (≤750W) 18%
85013119 Other DC Motors (≤750W) 18%
85013120 DC Generators (≤750W) 18%
85013210 DC Motor (>750W-75kW) 18%
85013220 Electric Transformers 18%
85013310 DC Motors (>75-375kW) 18%
85013320 Other Transformers 18%
85013410 DC Motor (>375-1000kW) 18%
85013420 DC Motor (>1000-2000kW) 18%
85013430 DC Motor (>2000-5000kW) 18%
85013440 DC Motors (>5000 kW, ≤10000 kW) 18%
85013450 DC Motors (>10,000kW) 18%
85014010 AC motors: Fractional horse power 18%
85014090 Other AC motors, single-phase: Other 18%
85015110 Electric Motors (≤37.5 W) 18%
85015120 Other AC Motors Multi-Phase: Output Not Exceeding 750 W 18%
85015190 Other AC motors, multi-phase: Of an output not exceeding 750 W : Other 18%
85015210 3-Phase Squirrel Cage Motor (0.75-75kW) 18%
85015220 Slipring Motors (>750W-75kW) 18%
85015290 Other AC Motors (>750W-75kW) 18%
85015310 Other Electric Motors (≤37.5 W) 18%
85015320 Multi-Phase AC Slipring Motors Over 75 kW Output 18%
85015330 Multi-Phase AC Motors: Output Exceeding 75 kW: Traction Motors 18%
85015390 AC generators (alternators) 18%
85016100 AC generators: Not exceeding 75 kVA 18%
85016200 Generators: Output 75-375 kVA 18%
85016300 Generators with output 375-750 kVA 18%
85016410 Generator (750–2,000 kVA) 18%
85016420 Generators: Output 2,000-5,000 kVA 18%
85016430 Generators: Output 5,000-15,000 kVA 18%
85016440 Generator (15,000–37,500 kVA) 18%
85016450 Generator (37,500–75,000 kVA) 18%
85016460 Generators: Output 75,000-1,37,500 kVA 18%
85016470 Generators: Output 1,37,500-3,12,500 kVA 18%
85016480 Generators: Output 3,12,500 kVA 18%
85017100 DC generators: <50W 18%
85017200 Photovoltaic DC generators, >50W 18%
85018000 Photovoltaic Ac Generators 18%
85021100 Gen Set (Diesel, <=75kVA) 18%
85021200 Diesel generator (75–375 kVA) 18%
85021310 Diesel generator (375–1,000 kVA) 18%
85021320 Diesel generator (1,000–1,500 kVA) 18%
85021330 Diesel generator (1,500–2,000 kVA) 18%
85021340 Diesel generator (2,000–5,000 kVA) 18%
85021350 Diesel generator (5,000–10,000 kVA) 18%
85021360 Diesel generator (10,000+ kVA) 18%
85022010 Portable generator (≤3.5 kVA) 18%
85022090 Other spark-ignition generators 18%
85023100 Other Generating Sets | Wind-Powered 18%
85023910 Steam engine powered generating sets 18%
85023920 Water turbine powered sets 18%
85023990 Other Generating Sets | Other 18%
85024000 Electric rotary converters 18%
85030010 AC/DC Generator Parts 18%
85030021 DC Motor Parts 18%
85030029 Other Electric Motor Parts 18%
85030090 Machine Parts for Use with Heading 8501 or 8502 18%
85041010 Ballasts for lamps 18%
85041020 Ballasts for compact fluorescent lamps 18%
85041090 Other Ballasts for Discharge Lamps or Tubes 18%
85042100 Liquid Dielectric Transformers (≤650 kVA) 5%
85042200 Transformer (650-10000kVA) 5%
85042310 Transformers (>10,000 kVA, <=50,000 kVA) 5%
85042320 Transformers (>50,000 kVA, <=100,000 kVA) 5%
85042330 Transformers (>100,000 kVA, <=250,000 kVA) 5%
85042340 Transformer (>250000kVA) 5%
85043100 Transformers ≤1 kVA Power Handling Capacity 5%
85043200 Other Transformers (1-16 kVA) 5%
85043300 Other Transformers (>16-500 kVA) 5%
85043400 Other transformers: Having a power handling capacity exceeding 500 kVA 5%
85044010 Static Converters| Electric Inverter 5%
85044021 Rectifier 5%
85044029 Static converters: Rectifier : Other 5%
85044030 Static Converters| Battery Chargers 5%
85044040 Static Converters: Voltage Regulators & Stabilizers (Non-Automatic) 5%
85044090 Static Converters 5%
85045010 Other Inductors| Choke Coils (Chokes) 5%
85045090 Other Inductors| Other 5%
85049010 Parts | Of Transformers 18%
85049090 Electrical Equipment & Transformers, Converters, Inductors 18%
85051110 Ferrite Cores 18%
85051190 AC Generators 18%
85051900 Other Permanent Magnets 18%
85052000 Electro-magnetic couplings, clutches, and brakes 18%
85053000 Vacuum Cleaners (Domestic, Electric Motor) 18%
85059000 Other, Including Parts 18%
85061000 Manganese Dioxide 18%
85063000 Mercuric Oxide 18%
85064000 Silver Oxide 18%
85065000 Lithium 18%
85066000 Air-zinc 18%
85068010 Button cells 18%
85068090 Other primary cells and primary batteries: Other 18%
85069000 Electrical Apparatus for Switching or Protecting Circuits 18%
85071000 Lead-acid batteries: Piston engines 28%
85072000 Other Lead-Acid Accumulators 28%
84662000 Work Holders 18%
85021320 Diesel generator (1,000–1,500 kVA) 18%
85021330 Diesel generator (1,500–2,000 kVA) 18%
85021340 Diesel generator (2,000–5,000 kVA) 18%
85021350 Diesel generator (5,000–10,000 kVA) 18%
85021360 Diesel generator (10,000+ kVA) 18%
85022010 Portable generator (≤3.5 kVA) 18%
85022090 Other spark-ignition generators 18%
85023100 Other Generating Sets | Wind-Powered 18%
85023910 Steam engine powered generating sets 18%
85023920 Water turbine powered sets 18%
85023990 Other Generating Sets | Other 18%
85024000 Electric rotary converters 18%
85030010 AC/DC Generator Parts 18%
85030021 DC Motor Parts 18%
85030029 Other Electric Motor Parts 18%
85030090 Machine Parts for Use with Heading 8501 or 8502 18%
85041010 Ballasts for lamps 18%
85041020 Ballasts for compact fluorescent lamps 18%
85041090 Other Ballasts for Discharge Lamps or Tubes 18%
85042100 Liquid Dielectric Transformers (≤650 kVA) 5%
85042200 Transformer (650-10000kVA) 5%
85042310 Transformers (>10,000 kVA, <=50,000 kVA) 5%
85042320 Transformers (>50,000 kVA, <=100,000 kVA) 5%
85042330 Transformers (>100,000 kVA, <=250,000 kVA) 5%
85042340 Transformer (>250000kVA) 5%
85043100 Transformers ≤1 kVA Power Handling Capacity 5%
85043200 Other Transformers (1-16 kVA) 5%
85043300 Other Transformers (>16-500 kVA) 5%
85043400 Other transformers: Having a power handling capacity exceeding 500 kVA 5%
85044010 Static Converters| Electric Inverter 5%
85044021 Rectifier 5%
85044029 Static converters: Rectifier : Other 5%
85044030 Static Converters| Battery Chargers 5%
85044040 Static Converters: Voltage Regulators & Stabilizers (Non-Automatic) 5%
85044090 Static Converters 5%
85045010 Other Inductors| Choke Coils (Chokes) 5%
85045090 Other Inductors| Other 5%
85049010 Parts | Of Transformers 18%
85049090 Electrical Equipment & Transformers, Converters, Inductors 18%
85051110 Ferrite Cores 18%
85051190 AC Generators 18%
85051900 Other Permanent Magnets 18%
85052000 Electro-magnetic couplings, clutches, and brakes 18%
85053000 Vacuum Cleaners (Domestic, Electric Motor) 18%
85059000 Other, Including Parts 18%
85061000 Manganese Dioxide 18%
85063000 Mercuric Oxide 18%
85064000 Silver Oxide 18%
85065000 Lithium 18%
85066000 Air-zinc 18%
85068010 Button cells 18%
85068090 Other primary cells and primary batteries: Other 18%
85069000 Electrical Apparatus for Switching or Protecting Circuits 18%
85071000 Lead-acid batteries: Piston engines 28%
85072000 Other Lead-Acid Accumulators 28%
85073000 Nickel-Cadmium 28%
85074000 Nickel-Iron 28%
85075000 Nickel-Metal Hydride 28%
85076000 Lithium-Ion 18%
85078000 Other Accumulators 28%
85079010 Accumulator cases 28%
85079090 Parts of Electrical Machines and Apparatus 28%
85161000 Electric water & immersion heaters 18%
85162100 Storage Heating Radiators 18%
85162900 Electric space and soil heating apparatus (Other) 18%
85163100 Hair dryers 18%
85163200 Electric hair-dressing apparatus 18%
85163300 Electric hand-drying apparatus 18%
85164000 Electric smoothing irons 18%
85165000 Microwave Ovens 18%
85166000 Ovens, Cookers, Cooking Plates & Roasters 18%
85167100 Electro-thermic appliances: Coffee or tea makers 18%
85167200 Electric toasters 18%
85167910 Other : Electro-thermic fluid heaters 18%
85167920 Electronic Insect Repeller 18%
85167990 Other electro-thermic appliances for domestic use | Other 18%
85168000 Electric heating resistors 18%
85169000 Other Electrical Apparatus & Equipment 18%
85211011 Professional Video Tape Recorders (¾" Cassette) 18%
85211012 Betacam/Digital Betacam VCR 18%
85211019 Magnetic tape-type : Cassette tape-type : Other 18%
85211021 Professional Video Tape Recorders (¾" or 1" Tape) 18%
85211022 Video Recording Devices (Portable) 18%
85211029 Magnetic Tape-Type | Spool Type 18%
85211091 Professional Video Tape Recorders (¾" Spool) 18%
85211092 Video Recording Devices (Non-Portable) 18%
85211099 Magnetic tape-type : Other : Other 18%
85219010 Video duplicating system: Master/slave 18%
85219020 Other | Dvd Player 18%
85219090 Video recording or reproducing apparatus | Other 18%
85281211 Color Television Set (Screen > 36 CM to 54 CM) 18%
85281212 Color Television Set (Screen > 54 CM to 68 CM) 18%
85281213 Color Television Set (Screen > 68 CM to 74 CM) 18%
85281214 Color Television Set (Screen > 74 CM to 87 CM) 18%
85281215 Color Television Set (Screen > 87 CM to 105 CM) 18%
85281216 Color Television Set (Screen > 105 CM) 18%
85281217 LCD Television Set (Color, Screen < 63 CM) 18%
85281218 Other Color Television Sets 18%
85281219 Satellite Receivers (Color TV) 18%
85281291 Other Color Television Reception Apparatus 18%
85281299 Black & White/Monochrome LCD TV (Screen < 25 CM) 18%
85281310 Other Black & White/Monochrome TV Reception Apparatus 18%
85281390 Professional Color Video Monitors (Studio Use) 18%
85282110 Other Color Video Monitors 18%
85282190 Black & White/Monochrome Video Monitors 18%
85282200 Color Video Projectors (Flat Panel Screen) 18%
85283010 Color Video Projectors 28%
85283020 Black & White/Monochrome Video Projectors 28%
85283030 CRT Monitors for ADP Systems 28%
85284100 Other Monitors for ADP Systems 28%
85284200 CRT Monitors (for ADP, >32 inches) 18%
85284900 Cathode-ray monitors (Other) 18%
85285100 Projectors (Not TV Reception) 28%
85285200 Monitors for Automatic Data Processing Machines 18%
85285900 Other monitors: Other: Other 28%
85286100 Open cell for television set 28%
85286200 ADP Projector 18%
85286900 Projectors 18%
85286900 Projectors 18%
85287100 Non-Self-Propelled Railway/Tramway Coaches 18%
85287211 TV Sets (Color, <=36 cm) 18%
85287212 Colour TV (Screen > 105cm) 18%
85287213 Colour TV (36cm < Screen <= 54cm) 18%
85287214 Colour TV (54cm < Screen <= 68cm) 18%
85287215 Television Set, Screen Size 74-87 Cm 18%
85287216 TV Sets (Color, >87-105 cm) 18%
85287217 Other Colour TVs 18%
85287218 LCD TV Sets (Color, <63 cm) 18%
85287219 Color Television Reception Apparatus 18%
85287310 Colour TV (68cm < Screen <= 74cm) 18%
85287390 Monochrome LCD TV (Screen < 25cm) 28%
85361010 Fuses: Rewireable (<15 amps) 18%
85361020 High Rupturing Capacity/Rewireable Fuses (>15 Amps Switches) 18%
85361030 Other rewireable fuses 18%
85361040 Other high rupturing capacity fuses 18%
85361050 Fuses : Fuses gear 18%
85361060 Fuses : Electronic fuses 18%
85361090 Fuses : Other 18%
85362010 Automatic circuit breakers: Air circuit breakers 18%
85362020 Moulded case circuit breakers 18%
85362030 Miniature circuit breakers 18%
85362040 Earth leak circuit breakers 18%
85362090 Other Automatic Circuit Breakers 18%
85363000 Electrical circuit protection apparatus 18%
85364100 Pocket Lighters, Gas Fuelled, Refillable 18%
85364900 Relays 18%
85365010 Other Switches| Control/Switch Gears 18%
85365020 Switches| Plastic 18%
85365090 Other Switches 18%
85366110 Plastic lamp-holders 18%
85366190 Lamp-holders of other materials 18%
85366910 Plugs and sockets 18%
85366990 Lamp-holders, plugs 18%
85367000 Connectors for optical fibres/cables 18%
85369010 Other apparatus : Motor starters for AC motors 18%
85369020 Other apparatus : Motor starters for DC motors 18%
85369030 Other Apparatus | Junction Boxes 18%
85369090 Other Apparatus | Other 18%
85371000 Voltage not exceeding 1,000 V 18%
85372000 Voltage exceeding 1,000 V 18%
85381010 Industrial Boards, Panels, Cabinets 18%
85381090 Electrical Equipment (Other) 18%
85389000 Parts for Electrical Machinery & Audio-Visual Equipment 18%
85431010 Ion Implanters for Semiconductor Doping 18%
85431020 Particle accelerators 18%
85431030 Particle accelerators 18%
85431090 Particle accelerators: Other including cyclotrons 18%
85431100 Vane Graff/Cock-Croft/Walton Accelerators 18%
85431910 Synchrocyclotrons/Synchrotrons 18%
85431920 Other Particle Accelerators (incl. Cyclotrons) 18%
85431990 Proximity Cards and Tags 18%
85432010 Signal Generators | Sweep Generators 18%
85432010 Signal Generators | Sweep Generators 18%
85432020 Signal Generators | Impulse Generators 18%
85432030 Signal generators : Tacho generators 18%
85432090 Signal Generators | Other 18%
85433000 Electroplating, Electrolysis & Electrophoresis Machines 18%
85434000 E-cigarettes & vaporizing devices 18%
85437011 Proximity cards and tags 18%
85437012 Other machines and apparatus: Metal detector 18%
85437013 Other machines and apparatus: Mine detector 18%
85437019 Other Machines And Apparatus| Other 18%
85437021 Digital Reverberators 18%
85437022 Mixing System/Consoles (Audio) 18%
85437029 Audio special effect equipment 18%
85437031 Video Mixing System/Consoles 18%
85437032 Video Effect System 18%
85437033 Video Effect Systems 18%
85437034 Video Special Effect Equipment: Paint Box 18%
85437035 Video Special Effect Equipment: Video Typewriters 18%
85437036 Video Matting Machine 18%
85437039 Video Special Effect Equipment: Other 18%
85437041 Multi-Edit Control Unit (>3) 18%
85437042 Other Video Control Units: Edit Control Unit 18%
85437049 Edit control units 18%
85437050 Other machines and apparatus: Colour corrector 18%
85437061 Broadcast amplifier 18%
85437062 Video Amplifier 18%
85437069 Other machines and apparatus: Amplifier: Other 18%
85437071 Graphic Equalizers 18%
85437072 Synthesized Receivers 18%
85437091 RF Power Amplifiers/Noise Generators (Jamming) 18%
85437092 Solar-Powered Equipment & Gadgets 18%
85437093 Video Special Effects Equipment: Paint Box 18%
85437094 Audio visual stereo encoders 18%
85437095 Time code generator 18%
85437099 Machines/Apparatus 18%
85438100 Metal Detectors 18%
85438910 Mine Detectors 18%
85438920 Digital Reverb Audio Effect Equipment 18%
85438931 Mixing Systems/Consoles (Audio) 18%
85438932 Other Audio Special Effect Equipment 18%
85438939 Video Mixing Systems/Consoles 18%
85438941 Video Effect Systems 18%
85438942 Digital Layering Machines (Video) 18%
85438943 Paint Boxes (Video) 18%
85438944 Video Typewriters 18%
85438945 Video Matting Machines 18%
85438946 Other Video Special Effect Equipment 18%
85438949 Computerised Video Editing Systems (>3 Machines) 18%
85438951 Other Video Control Units 18%
85438952 Other Edit Control Units 18%
85438959 Colour Correctors 18%
85438960 Broadcast Amplifiers 18%
85438971 Limiting/Video Distribution/Stabilising Amplifiers 18%
85438972 Other Amplifiers 18%
85438979 Graphic Equalisers 18%
85438981 Synthesised Receivers 18%
85438982 RF Power Amplifiers/Noise Generators (Jamming Equipment) 18%
85438991 Solar Energy Based Equipment/Gadgets 18%
85438992 Professional Beauty Care Equipment 5%
85438993 Audio Video Stereo Encoders 18%
85438994 Time Code Generators 18%
85438995 Other Electrical Machines/Apparatus 18%
85438999 Dry Core Paper Insulated Telephone Cables (<= 80V, with connectors) 18%
85439000 Electric Conductors of Copper 18%
85441110 Winding Wire | Of Copper| Enamelled 18%
85441190 Winding Wire | Of Copper| Other 18%
85441910 Winding Wire | Other 18%
85441920 Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)sulfide (thiodiglycol (INN)) 18%
85441930 Winding Wire | Other 18%
85441990 Winding Wire | Other 18%
85442010 Co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors: Co-axial cable 18%
85442090 Co-axial electric conductors: Other 18%
85443000 Ignition Wiring Sets (Vehicles/Aircraft/Ships) 18%
85444111 Other Telephone Cables (<= 80V, with connectors) 28%
85444119 Paper Insulated Electric Conductors (<= 80V, with connectors) 28%
85444120 Plastic Insulated Electric Conductors (<= 80V, with connectors) 28%
85444130 Rubber Insulated Electric Conductors (<= 80V, with connectors) 28%
85444140 Other Electric Conductors (<= 80V, with connectors) 28%
85444190 Insulated cable <=80V, conn. 28%
85444210 Insulated Electric Conductors Copper 18%
85444220 Other Insulated Electric Conductors Copper 18%
85444230 Insulated Electric Conductors Aluminium 18%
85444290 Dry Core Paper Insulated Telephone Cables (<= 80V, without connectors) 18%
85444291 Paper Insulated Telecom Conductors 18%
85444292 Plastic Insulated Telecom Conductors 18%
85444293 Rubber Insulated Telecom Conductors 18%
85444299 Other Insulated Electric Conductors 18%
85444910 Paper Insulated Electric Conductors (≤1000V) 18%
85444911 Other Telephone Cables (<= 80V, without connectors) 18%
85444919 Other Electric Conductors (<= 80V, without connectors) 18%
85444920 Plastic Insulated Electric Conductors (≤1000V) 18%
85444930 Rubber Insulated Electric Conductors (≤1000V) 18%
85444990 Paper Insulated Electric Conductors (80V-1000V, with connectors) 18%
85444991 Paper Insulated Telecom Conductors 18%
85444992 Plastic Insulated Telecom Conductors 18%
85444993 Rubber Insulated Telecom Conductors 18%
85444999 Other electric conductors 18%
85445110 Plastic Insulated Telecom Cables (80V-1000V, with connectors) 18%
85445120 Other Plastic Insulated Electric Conductors (80V-1000V, with connectors) 18%
85445130 Rubber Insulated Telecom Cables (80V-1000V, with connectors) 18%
85445140 Other Rubber Insulated Electric Conductors (80V-1000V, with connectors) 18%
85445150 Other Electric Conductors (80V-1000V, with connectors) 18%
85445190 Paper Insulated Electric Conductors (80V-1000V, without connectors) 18%
85445910 Plastic Insulated Telecom Cables (80V-1000V, without connectors) 28%
85445920 Other Plastic Insulated Electric Conductors (80V-1000V, without connectors) 28%
85445930 Rubber Insulated Telecom Cables (80V-1000V, without connectors) 28%
85445940 Other Rubber Insulated Electric Conductors (80V-1000V, without connectors) 28%
85445950 Other Electric Conductors (80V-1000V, without connectors) 28%
85445990 Lead Battery Plates/Lugs Scrap 28%
85446010 Plastic Insulated Electric Conductors for Voltage >1000 V 18%
85446020 Other Electric Conductors Over 1000 V: Plastic Insulated 18%
85446030 Rubber Insulated Electric Conductors over 1000 V 18%
85446090 Electric conductors >1000 V 18%
85447010 Porcelain Post Insulators: Voltage 6.6 kV to 11 kV 18%
85447090 Optical Fibre Cables | Other 18%
85480000 Electrical parts of unspecified machinery 18%
85481010 Scrap Drained/Wet Lead Batteries/Cells (ISRI codes) 18%
85481020 Other Battery Waste/Scrap 18%
85481090 Other Electrical Parts of Machinery/Apparatus 18%
85489000 Insulated/Refrigerated Railway Goods Wagons 18%

* GST rates may vary based on the latest GST notifications

HSN Code for Old Machinery and Plant Machinery

Plant and machinery used in manufacturing units usually follow the same HSN codes whether the machines are new or old. A used cutting machine or second hand packaging line is still classified under the same machinery heading that applied when it was new, because the HSN code depends on the nature of the machine and not its age.

Large machines that form part of plant such as boilers, turbines, conveyors , mixers and reactors are mapped to their specific machinery headings. When a complete plant is sold, the HSN codes can be decided based on the main components or as per the way the supply is structured in the contract.

Old machinery or second hand machinery is often sold at a reduced value. For GST, the same HSN code and GST rate are applied as for new machinery , but the taxable value is determined as per the transaction value or by special valuation rules where applicable. Some registered dealers of second hand assets may use special margin rules, but the HSN code of the machine remains linked to its type.

GST on Machinery Products and HSN Code Classification

Under the current GST structure, most machinery and mechanical appliances attract 18% GST . This rate is commonly applied to industrial machines, plant machinery and many types of equipment used in factories and warehouses.

Certain special types of equipment used in priority sectors may enjoy concessional rates if they are covered by specific entries, but general machines such as pumps, compressors, cranes, conveyors, packing machines and machine tools usually fall in the 18% slab.

Machinery parts such as spares, components and accessories are often classified in separate HSN groups for parts of machinery. These parts are also commonly taxed at 18% GST, unless a special notification gives another rate for a particular item.

For GST compliance, machinery manufacturers and traders create item codes in their accounting software for each machine and important spare part. They assign the correct HSN code and GST rate to each item so that invoices show the right classification, description and tax amount.

During GST return filing, outward supplies are reported HSN wise. Sales of machinery and machinery parts are grouped under their respective HSN codes. This helps the tax department track turnover by product type and allows buyers such as factories and contractors to claim input tax credit on the GST charged on machines and parts, subject to normal rules.

Conclusion

The machinery HSN code system places different industrial and commercial machines in separate HSN groups based on their main function, while machinery parts sit in related parts headings. Old machinery continues to use the same classification as new machinery of the same type.

When businesses map every machine and key spare part to the correct HSN code and apply the standard 18% GST rate in normal cases, their billing remains accurate and GST returns stay clear. This reduces the risk of disputes, interest and penalties linked to wrong HSN codes or GST treatment on machinery products.

Vineet Goyal
Chartered Accountant
MRN No.: 411502
City: Delhi

I am a chartered accountant with over 14 years of experience. I understand income tax, GST, and balancing financial records. I analyze financial statements and tax codes effectively. However, I also have a passion for writing, which is different from working with numbers. Recently, I started writing articles and blog posts. My goal is to make finance easier for everyday people to understand.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the HSN code for machinery in India?

    In India, machinery is classified in the machinery chapters of the tariff which cover mechanical appliances and machines that perform functions like processing, lifting, pumping, compressing and packing. Each family of machines has its own HSN group rather than one single code for all machinery.

  • How does GST apply to machinery products under HSN code?

    Most machinery products are taxed at 18% GST under the machinery HSN codes. The exact rate can change only if a specific machine is covered by a concessional entry or by a special notification that prescribes a different rate.

  • What is the HSN code for plant machinery?

    Plant machinery such as mixers, conveyors, boilers and reactors is classified under the same machinery headings that apply to those types of machines in general. There is no separate HSN only for plant; the code depends on the main function and design of each machine.

  • Are old machinery and new machinery classified under the same HSN code?

    Yes. Old machinery and new machinery of the same type share the same HSN code. The age or condition of the machine may affect its value for GST but does not change its HSN classification.

  • How do machinery manufacturers use the HSN code for GST filing?

    Machinery manufacturers assign HSN codes to each model of machine and to important spare parts in their item master and print these codes on invoices. They then report sales HSN wise in their GST returns so that tax on machines and parts is correctly declared and buyers can match and claim input tax credit.