Chapter 30 HSN codes: medicines

Pharmaceutical products. Every heading in chapter 30 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 30 and their GST

    HSNDescriptionGST
    3001Glands and other organs for organo-therapeutic uses, dried,whether or not powdered, extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions for organo-therapeutic uses, heparin and its salts,10 tariff items5%
    3002Human blood; animal blood prepared fortherapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines,toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and other similar products; cell cultures, whether or not modified61 tariff items0% or 5%
    3003Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of two or more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale24 tariff items5%
    3004Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale149 tariff items5%
    3005Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in forms or packings for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes11 tariff items5%
    3006Pharmaceutical goods specified in note 4 to this chapter14 tariff items0% or 5%
    3011Ornamental fish5%
    3019Other Live Fish5%
    3021Salmonidae, excluding livers and roes5%
    3022Flat fish (Pleutronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae), excluding livers and roes5%
    3023Tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito [Euthynnus (Katsuwonus pelamis), excluding livers and roes5%
    3024Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), anchovies (Engraulis spp), sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus), mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australascicus, scomber japonicus), jack and horse mackerel (trachurus spp.) cobia (Rachycentron canadum) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius), excluding livers and roes5%
    3025Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merluccidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, excluding livers and roes5%
    3026Other fish, excluding livers and roes5%
    3027Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp. Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.) carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp. Cirrhinus spp. Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguila spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.) excluding livers and roes5%
    3028Other fish exculding edible fish offal of sub-headings 0302 91 to 0302 995%
    3029Livers, roes, milt, fish fins, heads, tails, maws and other edible fish offal5%
    3031Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha. Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus, excluding livers and roes5%
    3032Other salmonidae, excluding livers and roes5%
    3033Flat fish (Pleutronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae), excluding livers and roes5%
    3034Tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito [Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis], excluding livers and roes5%
    3035Herrings (Clupea harengus, Culpea pallasii) and Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding livers and roes5%
    3036Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, excluding edible fish offal of sub-headings 0303 91 to 0303 995%
    3037Other fish, excluding livers and roes5%
    3038Other fish, excluding edible fish offal of sub-headings 0303 91 to 0303 995%
    3039Livers, roes, milt, fish fins, heads, tails, maws and other edible fish offal5%
    3041Fresh or chilled5%
    3042Frozen fillets5%
    3045Other, fresh or chilled5%
    3046Frozen fillets of tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)5%
    3047Frozen fillets of fish of Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae5%
    3048Frozen fillets of other fish5%
    3049Other5%
    3054Smoked fish, including fillets5%
    3055Dried fish, whether or not suited but not smoked5%
    3056Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine5%
    3061Frozen5%
    3062Not frozen5%
    3069Other5%
    3072Scallops, including queen scallops, of the genera Pecten, Chlamys or Placopecten5%
    3073Mussels (Mytilus spp., Perna spp.)5%
    3074Cuttle fish and squid5%
    3075Octopus (Octopus spp.)5%
    3078Abalone (Haliotis Spp.) and stromboid conchs (Strombus spp.)5%
    3079Other, including flours, meals and pellets, of aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans, fit for human consumption5%
    3082Sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus)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.

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    What chapter 30 covers

    Chapter 30 of the tariff is "Pharmaceutical products". It has 46 four-digit headings and 269 eight-digit tariff items, such as 3001 (Glands and other organs for organo-therapeutic uses,), 3002 (Human blood; animal blood prepared fortherapeutic,), 3003 (Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006)).

    GST rates in chapter 30

    Most of its tariff items are taxed at 5%. By tariff item: 194 at 5%. For 75 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 30 goods?

    Most of its tariff items are taxed at 5%. Of the 269 eight-digit codes in chapter 30, 194 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 3001?

    Heading 3001 is "Glands and other organs for organo-therapeutic uses, dried,whether or not powdered, extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions for organo-therapeutic uses, heparin and its salts,". GST: 5%.

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