Chapter 29 HSN codes: organic chemicals

Organic chemicals. Every heading in chapter 29 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 29 and their GST

    HSNDescriptionGST
    2901Acyclic hydrocarbons10 tariff items18%
    2902Cyclic hydrocarbons21 tariff items18%
    2903Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons96 tariff items18%
    2904Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenated36 tariff items18%
    2905Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives38 tariff items18%
    2906Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated,nitrated or nitrosated derivatives14 tariff items5% or 18%
    2907Phenols; phenol-alcohols24 tariff items18%
    2908Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols21 tariff items18%
    2909Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, etheralcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides ketone peroxides (whether or not chemically defined), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives33 tariff items18%
    2910Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and expoxyethers, with a three-membered ring, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives8 tariff items18%
    2911Acetals and hemiacetals, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives2 tariff items18%
    2912Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function, cyclic polymers of aldehydes, paraformaldehyde24 tariff items18%
    2913Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products of heading 29122 tariff items18%
    2914Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives43 tariff items18%
    2915Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids, their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives60 tariff items18%
    2916Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids, their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives43 tariff items18%
    2917Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids, their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives37 tariff items18%
    2918Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids, their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives53 tariff items18%
    2919Phosphoric esters and their salts, including lactophosphates, their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives13 tariff items18%
    2920Esters of other inorganicacids of non metals (excluding esters of hydrogen halides) and their salts, their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives27 tariff items18%
    2921Amine-function compounds93 tariff items18%
    2922Oxygen-function amino-compounds78 tariff items18%
    2923Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not chemically defined6 tariff items18%
    2924Carboxyamide-function compounds, amide function compounds of onic acid24 tariff items18%
    2925Carboxyimide-function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine-function compounds9 tariff items18%
    2926Nitrile-function compounds7 tariff items18%
    2927Diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds3 tariff items18%
    2928Organic derivatives of hydrazine or of hydroxylamine3 tariff items18%
    2929Compounds with other nitrogen function21 tariff items18%
    2930Organo-sulphur compounds41 tariff items18%
    2931Other organo-inorganic compounds66 tariff items18%
    2932Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom (s) only26 tariff items18%
    2933Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only115 tariff items18%
    2934Nucleic acids and their salts; whether or not chemically defined; other heterocyclic compounds16 tariff items18%
    2935Sulphonamides29 tariff items18%
    2936Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates), derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of the foregoing, whether or not in any solvent19 tariff items18%
    2937Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or reproduced by synthesis, derivatives and structural analogues thereof,- including chain modified polypeptides, used primarily as hormones13 tariff items18%
    2938Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives4 tariff items18%
    2939Alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives47 tariff items18%
    2940Chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar esters and their salts, other than products of headings 2937, 2938 or 29381 tariff item18%
    2941Antibiotics25 tariff items18%
    2942Other organic compounds18 tariff items18%

    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 29 covers

    Chapter 29 of the tariff is "Organic chemicals". It has 42 four-digit headings and 1269 eight-digit tariff items, such as 2901 (Acyclic hydrocarbons), 2902 (Cyclic hydrocarbons), 2903 (Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons).

    GST rates in chapter 29

    Most of its tariff items are taxed at 18%. By tariff item: 1268 at 18%. 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 29 goods?

    Most of its tariff items are taxed at 18%. Of the 1269 eight-digit codes in chapter 29, 1268 at 18%; the rest depend on the description. Check the exact code in the table: some headings have more than one rate.

    What is HSN code 2901?

    Heading 2901 is "Acyclic hydrocarbons". GST: 18%.

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