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Chapter 42 HSN codes: leather goods and bags

Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut). Every heading in chapter 42 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 42 and their GST

    HSNDescriptionGST
    4201Saddlery and harness for any animal (including traces, leads, knee pads, muzzles, saddle cloths, saddle bags, dog coats and the like), of any material1 tariff item18%
    4202Trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive- cases, brief-cases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers, travelling-bags, insulated food or beverages bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle- cases, jewellery boxes, powder-boxes, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper44 tariff items5% or 18%
    4203Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather11 tariff items5% or 18%
    4204Omitted8 tariff items18%
    4205Other articles of leather or of composition leather4 tariff items18%
    4206Articles of gut (other than silk-worm gut), of goldbeater's skin, of bladders or of tendons5 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.

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    What chapter 42 covers

    Chapter 42 of the tariff is "Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)". It has 6 four-digit headings and 73 eight-digit tariff items, such as 4201 (Saddlery and harness for any animal (including traces,), 4202 (Trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive- cases,), 4203 (Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or).

    GST rates in chapter 42

    Most of its tariff items are taxed at 18%. By tariff item: 60 at 18%. For 13 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 42 goods?

    Most of its tariff items are taxed at 18%. Of the 73 eight-digit codes in chapter 42, 60 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 4201?

    Heading 4201 is "Saddlery and harness for any animal (including traces, leads, knee pads, muzzles, saddle cloths, saddle bags, dog coats and the like), of any material". GST: 18%.

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