Chapter 34 (Chapter Notes)

Relevant Judgements

Tariff Item

Description of article

Unit Rate of duty
      Standard Preferential Areas Effective Rate of Duty
(1) (2)  (3) (4) (5) (6)
3401 Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale,whether or not containing soap; paper, paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent.        
  - Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and non-wovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent :        
3401 11  -- For toilet use (including medicated products):         
3401 11 10 -- Medicated toilet soaps Kg. 10% - IGST: 18%
3401 11 20 -- Shaving soaps other than shaving cream Kg. 10% - IGST: 18%
3401 11 90 -- Other Kg. 10% - IGST: 18%
3401 19  -- Other :         
  -- Bars and blocks of not less than 500 gm in weight :        
3401 19 11 -- Industrial soap Kg. 10% - IGST: 18%
3401 19 19 -- Other Kg. 10% - IGST: 18%
3401 19 20 -- Flakes, chips and powder Kg. 10% - IGST: 18%
3401 19 30 -- Tablets and cakes Kg. 10% - IGST: 18%
  -- Household and laundry soaps not elsewhere specified or included :        
3401 19 41 -- Household soaps Kg. 10% - IGST: 18%
3401 19 42 -- Laundry soaps Kg. 10% - IGST: 18%
3401 19 90 -- Other Kg. 10% - IGST: 18%
3401 20 00  - Soap in other forms  Kg. 10% - BCD: 50% concession on specified countries
IGST:
18%
3401 30 -- Organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap :        
  -- For toilet use (including medicated products) :        
3401 30 11 -- Medicated toilet soaps Kg. 10% - BCD: 50% concession on specified countries
IGST:
18%
3401 30 12 -- Shaving cream and shaving gel Kg. 10% - BCD: 50% concession on specified countries
IGST:
18%
3401 30 19 -- Other Kg. 10% - IGST: 18%
3401 30 90 -- Other Kg. 10% - IGST: 18%
3402 Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of Heading No. 3401        
  - Anionic organic surface active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale:        
3402 31 00 -- Linear alkylbenzene sulphonic acids and their salts Kg. 10% 10% IGST: See Extract
3402 39 00 -- Other Kg. 10% 10% IGST: See Extract
  -- Other organic surface active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale        
3402 41 00 -- Cationic Kg. 10% 10% BCD: 5% for specified countries
IGST: See Extract
3402 42 00 -- Non-ionic Kg. 10% 10% BCD: 5% for specified countries
IGST: See Extract
3402 49 00 -- Other Kg. 10% 10% BCD: Nil for specified countries
IGST: See Extract
3402 50 00 -- Preparations put up for retail sale Kg. 10% 10% BCD: Nil for specified countries
IGST: See Extract
deleted[ - Organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for  retail sale :        
3402 11 -- Anionic:         
3402 11 10 -- Silicon surfactant Kg. 10% 10% IGST: See Extract
3402 11 90 -- Other Kg. 10% 10% IGST: See Extract
3402 12 00  -- Cationic  Kg. 10% 10% IGST: See Extract
3402 13 00  -- Non-ionic  Kg. 10% 10% IGST: See Extract
3402 19 00  -- Other  Kg. 10% 10% IGST: See Extract
3402 20  - Preparations put up for retail sale :        
3402 20 10 -- Washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, having a basis of soap or other organic surface active agents Kg. 10% - IGST: See Extract
3402 20 20 -- Cleaning or degreasing preparations not having a basis of soap or other organic surface active agents Kg. 10% - IGST: See Extract
3402 20 90 -- Other Kg. 10% - IGST: See Extract]
3402 90 - Other :        
  -- Synthetic detergents :        
3402 90 11 -- Washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, having a basis of soap or other organic surface active agents Kg. 10% - BCD: 80% concession on specified countries
IGST: See Extract
3402 90 12 -- Cleaning or degreasing preparations not having a basis of soap or other organic surface active agents Kg. 10% - BCD: 80% concession on specified countries
IGST: See Extract
3402 90 19 -- Other Kg. 10% - BCD: 80% concession on specified countries
IGST: See Extract
3402 90 20 -- Sulphonated or sulphated or oxidized or chlorinated castor oil; sulphonated or sulphated or oxidized or chlorinated fish oil; sulphonated or sulphated or oxidized or chlorinated sperm oil; sulphonated or sulphated or oxidized or chlorinated neats foot oil Kg. 10% - IGST: See Extract
3402 90 30 -- Penetrators Kg. 10% - IGST: See Extract
  -- Wetting agents :        
3402 90 41 -- Washing preparations including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, having a basis of soap of other organic surface active agents. Kg. 10% - BCD: 80% concession on specified countries
IGST: See Extract
3402 90 42 -- Cleaning or degreasing preparations not having a basis of soap or other organic surface active agents Kg. 10% - BCD: 80% concession on specified countries
IGST: See Extract
3402 90 49 -- Other Kg. 10% - BCD: 80% concession on specified countries
IGST: See Extract
  -- Washing preparations whether or not containing soap : Kg. 10% - IGST: See Extract
3402 90 51 -- Washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, having a basis of soap or other organic surface active agents Kg. 10% - BCD: 80% concession on specified countries
IGST: See Extract
3402 90 52 -- Cleaning or degreasing preparations not having a basis of soap or other organic surface active agents Kg. 10% - BCD: 80% concession on specified countries
IGST: See Extract
3402 90 59 -- Other Kg. 10% - BCD: 80% concession on specified countries
IGST: See Extract
  -- Other :        
3402 90 91 -- Washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, having a basis of soap or other organic surface active agents. Kg. 10% - BCD: 80% concession on specified countries
IGST: See Extract
3402 90 92 -- Cleaning or degreasing preparations not having a basis of soap or other organic surface active agents. Kg. 10% - BCD: 80% concession on specified countries
IGST: See Extract
3402 90 99 -- Other Kg. 10% - BCD: 80% concession on specified countries
IGST: See Extract
3403 Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould release preparations, based on lubricants) and preparations of a kind used for the oil or grease treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials, but excluding preparations containing, as basic constituents, 70% or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals:        
  - Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals :        
3403 11 00  --Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials  Kg. 10% - BCD: 7.5%
IGST: 18%
3403 19 00  -- Other  Kg. 10% - BCD: 7.5%
IGST: 18%
  - Other:        
3403 91 00  -- Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials  Kg. 10% - BCD: 7.5%
IGST: 18%
3403 99 00  -- Other  Kg. 10% - BCD: 7.5%
BCD: 5% for specified countries
IGST: 18%
3404 Artificial waxes and prepared waxes        
3404 20 00  - Of poly (oxyethylene) (polyethylene glycol)  Kg. 10% - BCD: 7.5% upto 01/02/2022 Condition
IGST: 18%
3404 90  -Other  :        
3404 90 10 -- Sealing wax (including bottle sealing wax) in sticks, cakes or similar forms Kg. 10% - BCD: Nil for specified countries
IGST:
18%
3404 90 20 -- Polyethylene wax Kg. 10% - BCD: Nil for specified countries
IGST:
18%
  -- Artificial waxes (including water soluble waxes) prepared waxes, not emulsified or containing solvents :        
3404 90 31 -- Poly brominated biphenyls Kg. 10% - BCD: Nil for specified countries
IGST:
18%
3404 90 32 -- Poly chlorinated biphenyls Kg. 10% - BCD: Nil for specified countries
IGST:
18%
3404 90 33 -- Poly chlorinated terphenyls Kg. 10% - BCD: Nil for specified countries
IGST:
18%
3404 90 39 -- Other Kg. 10% - BCD: Nil for specified countries
IGST:
18%
3404 90 90 -- Other Kg. 10% - BCD: Nil for specified countries
IGST:
18%
3405 Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, non-wovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of Heading No. 3404        
3405 10 00  - Polishes, creams and similar preparations for footwear or leather  Kg. 10% - BCD: 20% concession on specified countries
IGST:
18%
3405 20 00  - Polishes, creams and similar preparations for the maintenance of wooden furniture, floors or other wood work  Kg. 10% - IGST: 18%
3405 30 00  - Polishes and similar preparations for coach-work, other than metal polishes  Kg. 10% - IGST: 18%
3405 40 00  - Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations  Kg. 10% - BCD: 50% concession on specified countries
IGST:
18%
3405 90  -Other :        
3405 90 10 -- Polishes and compositions for application to metal including diamond polishing powder or paste Kg. 10% - IGST: 18%
3405 90 90 -- Other Kg. 10% - IGST: 18%
3406 Candles, tapers and the like         
3406 00 -- Candles, tapers and the like :        
3406 00 10 -- Candles Kg. 25% - IGST: 12%
3406 00 90 -- Other Kg. 25% - IGST: 12%
3407 Modelling pastes, including those put up for children's amusement; preparations known as "dental wax" or as "dental impression compounds", put up in sets, in packings for retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes, sticks or simi-lar forms; other preparations for use in dentistry, with a basis of plaster (of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate)     -  
3407 00 -- Modelling pastes, including those put up for children's amusement; preparations known as "dental wax" or as "dental impression compounds", put up in sets, in packings for retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes, sticks or similar forms; other preparations for use in dentistry, with a basis of plaster (of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) :        
3407 00 10 -- Modelling pastes, including those put up for children's amusement Kg. 10% - IGST: 18%
3407 00 90 -- Other Kg. 10% - IGST: 18%

Note:-Additional Duty exempted on all goods except (Petroleum Crude, Motor spirit known as petrol; High speed diesel; Aviation  Turbine Fuel; Liquefied natural gas and Natural Gas) w.e.f. 01.07.2017 vide Notification No.53/2017-cus. dated 30.06.2017.

Conditions

1. If the importer follows the procedure set out in the Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty) Rules, 2017. (Vide:- Notification No.50/2017-Condition No- 9)