Chapter 96 HSN codes: other manufactured articles

Miscellaneous manufactured articles. Every heading in chapter 96 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 96 and their GST

    HSNDescriptionGST
    9601Worked ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other animal carving material, and articles of these materials (including articles obtained by moulding)6 tariff items5%
    9602Worked vegetable or mineral carving material and articles of these materials moulded or carved articles of wax, of stearin, of natural gums or natural resins or of modelling pastes, and other moulded or carved articles, not elsewhere specified or included; worked, unhardened gelatin (except gelatin of heading 3503) and articles of unhardened gelatin5 tariff items18%
    9603Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles), hand- operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorised, mops and feather dusters, prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making, paint pads and rollers, squeegees (other than roller squeegees)10 tariff items0% or 5% or 18%
    9604Hand sieves and hand riddles1 tariff item18%
    9605Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning2 tariff items18%
    9606Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button moulds and other parts of these articles; button blanks8 tariff items18%
    9607Slide fasteners and parts thereof5 tariff items5%
    9608Ball point pens; felt tipped and other poroustipped pens and markers; fountain pens; stylograph pens and other pens; duplicating stylos; propelling or sliding pencils; pen holders, pencil holders and similar holders; parts (including caps and clips) of the foregoing articles, other than those of heading 960927 tariff items0% or 18%
    9609Pencils (other than pencils of heading 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors chalk6 tariff items0%
    9610Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether or not framed1 tariff item0% or 18%
    9611Date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand; hand-operated composing sticks and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks1 tariff item18%
    9612Typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges; ink-pads, whether or not inked, with or without boxes5 tariff items18%
    9613Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and parts thereof other than flints and wicks5 tariff items18%
    9614Smoking pipes (including pipe bowls) and cigar or cigarette holders and parts thereof5 tariff items40%
    9615Combs, hair-slides and the like, hairpins, curling pins, curling grips, hair-curlers and the like, other than those of heading 8516, and parts thereof3 tariff items5%
    9616Scent sprays and similar toilet sprays, and mounts and heads therefor; powder-puffs and pads for the application of cosmetics or toilet preparations3 tariff items18%
    9617Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete, parts thereof other than glass inners5 tariff items18%
    9618Tailors dummies and other lay figures, automata and other animated displays, used for shop window dressing1 tariff item18%
    9619Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins (diapers), napkin liners and similar articles,of any material5 tariff items0% or 5%
    9620Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles1 tariff item18%

    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 96 covers

    Chapter 96 of the tariff is "Miscellaneous manufactured articles". It has 20 four-digit headings and 105 eight-digit tariff items, such as 9601 (Worked ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral,), 9602 (Worked vegetable or mineral carving material and articles), 9603 (Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of).

    GST rates in chapter 96

    Most of its tariff items are taxed at 18%. By tariff item: 37 at 18%, 17 at 5%, 9 at 0%, 5 at 40%. For 37 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 96 goods?

    Most of its tariff items are taxed at 18%. Of the 105 eight-digit codes in chapter 96, 37 at 18%, 17 at 5%, 9 at 0%, 5 at 40%; the rest depend on the description. Check the exact code in the table: some headings have more than one rate.

    What is HSN code 9601?

    Heading 9601 is "Worked ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other animal carving material, and articles of these materials (including articles obtained by moulding)". GST: 5%.

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