Chapter 23 HSN codes: animal feed

Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder. Every heading in chapter 23 with its GST rate; search any 8-digit code below.

Rates checked October 2026 · from the official GST notifications

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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 23 and their GST

HSN	Description	GST
2301	Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves5 tariff items	0% or 5%
2302	Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants8 tariff items	0% or 5%
2303	Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets3 tariff items	5%
2304	Oil-cake and other solid residues whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soyabean oil4 tariff items	5%
2305	Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of ground-nut oil3 tariff items	5%
2306	Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading 2304 or 230538 tariff items	0% or 5%
2307	Wine lees; argol1 tariff item	5%
2308	Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products, whether or not in the form of pellets, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included1 tariff item	0%
2309	Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding7 tariff items	0% or 5%

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.

Other chapters

What chapter 23 covers

Chapter 23 of the tariff is "Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder". It has 9 four-digit headings and 70 eight-digit tariff items, such as 2301 (Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish), 2302 (Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form), 2303 (Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues,).

GST rates in chapter 23

Most of its tariff items are taxed at 5%. By tariff item: 11 at 5%, 1 at 0%. For 58 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 23 goods?

Most of its tariff items are taxed at 5%. Of the 70 eight-digit codes in chapter 23, 11 at 5%, 1 at 0%; the rest depend on the description. Check the exact code in the table: some headings have more than one rate.

What is HSN code 2301?

Heading 2301 is "Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves". GST: 0% or 5%.