Chapter 20 HSN codes: fruit and vegetable foods

Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants. Every heading in chapter 20 with its GST rate; search any 8-digit code below.

Rates checked · from the official GST notifications

    Rates from the CBIC notifications (9/2025, 10/2025 and 19/2025 for goods; 11/2017 as amended by 15/2025 for services), checked October 2026. Calculate GST

    Headings in chapter 20 and their GST

    HSNDescriptionGST
    2001Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid2 tariff items5%
    2002Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid2 tariff items5%
    2003Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid3 tariff items5%
    2004Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 20062 tariff items5%
    2005Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 200611 tariff items5%
    2006Vegetables, fruits, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glace or crystallised)1 tariff item5%
    2007Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut puree and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by cooking, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter7 tariff items5%
    2008Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included38 tariff items5%
    2009Fruit or nut juices (including grape must and coconut water) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter18 tariff items0% or 5%
    2031Fresh or chilled18%
    2032Frozen18%
    2042Other meat of sheep,fresh or chilled18%
    2044Other meat of sheep, frozen18%
    2062Of bovine animals, frozen18%
    2064Of swine,frozen18%
    2071Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus18%
    2072Of turkeys18%
    2073Of ducks, geese or guinea fowls18%
    2075Of geese18%

    Where a heading shows two rates, its codes or its goods differ: tap the heading to see each 8-digit code and the condition for each rate.

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    What chapter 20 covers

    Chapter 20 of the tariff is "Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants". It has 19 four-digit headings and 84 eight-digit tariff items, such as 2001 (Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants,), 2002 (Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or), 2003 (Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise).

    GST rates in chapter 20

    Most of its tariff items are taxed at 5%. By tariff item: 83 at 5%. For 1 of them the rate depends on how the goods are described or sold (for example the sale price, or whether they are pre-packaged and labelled), so the finder shows each option with its condition.

    Questions

    What is the GST rate for chapter 20 goods?

    Most of its tariff items are taxed at 5%. Of the 84 eight-digit codes in chapter 20, 83 at 5%; the rest depend on the description. Check the exact code in the table: some headings have more than one rate.

    What is HSN code 2001?

    Heading 2001 is "Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid". GST: 5%.

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