2[CHAPTER 68
Articles Of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica Or Similar Materials.
(Section Notes)

Main Notes

1. This Chapter does not cover :

(a) goods of Chapter 25 ;

(b) coated, impregnated or covered paper and paperboard of heading 4810 or 4811 (for example, paper and paperboard coated with mica powder or graphite, bituminised or asphalted paper and paperboard) ;

(c) coated, impregnated or covered textile fabric of Chapter 56 or 59 (for example, fabric coated or covered with mica powder, bituminised or asphalted fabric) ;

(d) articles of Chapter 71 ;

(e) tools or parts of tools, of Chapter 82 ;

(f) lithographic stones of heading 8442 ;

(g) electrical insulators (heading 8546) or fittings of insulating material of heading 8547 ;

(h) dental burrs (heading 9018) ;

(ij) articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases)

(k) articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, luminaires and lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings) ;

(l) articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games and sports requisites) ;

(m) articles of heading 9602, if made of materials specified in Note 2 (b) to Chapter 96, or of heading 9606 (for example, buttons), of heading 9609 (for example, slate pencils), heading 9610 (for example, drawing slates) or of heading 9620(monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles); or;

(n) articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art).

2. In heading 6802, the expression ""worked monumental or building stone"" applies not only to the varieties of stone referred to in heading 2512.5 or 2516 but also to all other natural stone (for example, quartzite, flint, dolomite and steatite) similarly worked; it does not, however, apply to slate.

Chapter Number ITC(HS)
Code
Description Dashes Export Policy Policy Condition Notification No Notification Date
68 68 Articles Of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica Or Similar Materials.          
68 68010000 Setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate).   Free      
68 6802 WORKED MONUMENTAL OR BUILDING STONE (EXCEPT SLATE) AND ARTICLES THEREOF, OTHER THAN GOODS OF HEADING 6801; MOSAICCUBES AND THE LIKE, OF NATURAL STONE (INCLUDING SLATE), WHETHER OR NOT ON A BACKING; ARTIFICIALLY COLOURED GRANULES, CHIPPINGS AND POWDER, OF NATURAL STONE (INCLUDING SLATE)          
68 68021000 Tiles, cubes and similar articles, whether or not rectangular (including square), the largest surface area of which is capable of being enclosed in a square the side of which is less than 7 cm; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder - Free      
68 680221 Other monumental or building stone and articles thereof, simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface :
-- Marble, travertine and alabaster
-        
68 68022110 Marble blocks or tiles --- Free      
68 68022120 Marble monumental stone --- Free      
68 68022190 Other --- Free      
68 680223 Other monumental or building stone and articles thereof, simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface :
-- Granite
-        
68 68022310 Granite blocks or tiles --- Free      
68 68022390 Other --- Free      
68 68022900 Other monumental or building stone and articles thereof, simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface :
-- Other stone
- Free      
68 68029100 Other :
-- Marble, travertine and alabaster
- Free      
68 68029200 Other :
-- Other calcareous stone
- Free      
68 68029300 Other :
-- Granite
- Free      
68 68029900 Other :
-- Other stone
- Free      
68 68030000 Worked slate and articles of slate or of agglomerated slate.   Free      
68 6804 Millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for grinding, sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, hand sharpening or polishing stones, and parts thereof, of natural stone, of agglomerated natural or artificial abrasives, or of ceramics, with or without parts of other materials.          
68 68041000 Millstones and grindstones for milling, grinding or pulping - Free      
68 680421 Other millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like :
-- Of agglomerated synthetic or natural diamond
-        
68 68042110 Diamond impregnated wheels --- Free      
68 68042190 Other --- Free      
68 680422 Other millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like :
-- Of other agglomerated abrasives or of ceramics
-        
68 68042210 Grinding wheels of synthetic abrasive --- Free      
68 68042220 Grinding wheels of other materials --- Free      
68 68042290 Other --- Free      
68 680423 Other millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like :
-- Of natural stone
-        
68 68042310 Grinding wheels made of natural stone --- Free      
68 68042390 Other --- Free      
68 680430 Hand sharpening or polishing stones -        
68 68043010 Polishing stones --- Free      
68 68043020 Sharpening stones --- Free      
68 6805 Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of textile material, of paper, of paperboard or of other materials, whether or not cut to shape or sewn or otherwise made up.          
68 680510 On a base of woven textile fabric only -        
68 68051010 Abrasive cloths --- Free      
68 68051090 Other --- Free      
68 680520 on a base of paper or paperboard only -        
68 68052010 Emery or corundum coated paper --- Free      
68 68052020 Flint coated paper --- Free      
68 68052030 Glass or sand coated paper --- Free      
68 68052040 Other abrasive paper --- Free      
68 68052090 Other --- Free      
68 68053000 On a base of other materials - Free      
68 6806 Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials; mixtures and articles of heat- insulating, sound-insulating or sound-absorbing mineral materials, other than those of heading 68.11 or 68.12 or of Chapter 69.          
68 68061000 Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools (including intermixtures thereof), in bulk, sheets or rolls - Free      
68 68062000 Exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials (including intermixtures thereof) - Free      
68 68069000 Other - Free      
68 6807 Articles of asphalt or of similar material (for example, petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch).          
68 680710 In rolls -        
68 68071010 Tarfelt roofing --- Free      
68 68071090 Other --- Free      
68 680790 Other -        
68 68079010 Tarfelt roofing --- Free      
68 68079090 Other --- Free      
68 68080000 Panels, boards, tiles, blocks and similar articles of vegetable fibre, of straw or of shavings, chips, particles, sawdust or other waste, of wood, agglomerated with cement, plaster or other mineral binders.   Free      
68 6809 Articles of plaster or of compositions based on plaster.          
68 68091100 Boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles, not ornamented :
-- Faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only
- Free      
68 68091900 Boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles, not ornamented :
-- Other
- Free      
68 68099000 Other articles - Free      
68 6810 Articles of cement, of concrete or of artificial stone, whether or not reinforced.          
68 681011 Tiles, flagstones, bricks and similar articles :
-- Building blocks and bricks
-        
68 68101110 Cement bricks --- Free      
68 68101190 Other --- Free      
68 681019 Tiles, flagstones, bricks and similar articles :
-- Other
-        
68 68101910 Cement tiles for mosaic --- Free      
68 68101990 Other --- Free      
68 68109100 Other articles :
-- Prefabricated structural components for building or civil engineering
- Free      
68 681099 Other articles :
-- Other
-        
68 68109910 Concrete boulder --- Free      
68 68109990 Other --- Free      
68 6811 Articles of asbestos-cement, of cellulose fibre-cement or the like.          
68 681140 Containing asbestos -        
68 68114010 Asbestos - cement sheets --- Free      
68 68114020 Asbestos - cement tiles --- Free      
68 68114090 Other --- Free      
68 68118100 Not containing asbestos :
-- Corrugated sheets
- Free      
68 68118200 Not containing asbestos :
-- Other sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles
- Free      
68 681189 Not containing asbestos :
-- Other articles
-        
68 68118910 Tubes, pipes and tube or pipe fittings --- Free      
68 68118990 Other --- Free      
68 6812 Fabricated asbestos fibres; mixtures with a basis of asbestos or with a basis of asbestos and magnesium carbonate; articles of such mixtures or of asbestos (for example, thread, woven fabric, clothing, headgear, footwear, gaskets), whether or not reinforced, other than goods of heading 68.11 or 68.13.          
68 68128000 Of crocidolite - Free      
68 68129100 Other :
-- Clothing, clothing accessories, footwear and headgear
- Free      
68 68129911 Lagging compounds:
----Asbestos
- Free      
68 68129919 Lagging compounds:
----Other
--- Free      
68 68129921 Asbestos packing joints and gaskets:
----Packing joints
--- Free      
68 68129922 Asbestos packing joints and gaskets:
----Gaskets
--- Free      
68 68129990 Asbestos packing joints and gaskets:
----Other
- Free      
68 6813 Friction material and articles thereof (for example, sheets, rolls, strips, segments, discs, washers, pads), not mounted, for brakes, for clutches or the like, with a basis of asbestos, of other mineral substances or of cellulose, whether or not combined with textile or other materials. -        
68 681320 Containing asbestos ---        
68 68132010 Brake lining and pads --- Free      
68 68132090 Asbestos friction materials --- Free      
68 68138100 Not containing asbestos :
-- Brake linings and pads
--- Free      
68 68138900 Not containing asbestos :
-- Other
--- Free      
68 6814 Worked mica and articles of mica, including agglomerated or reconstituted mica, whether or not on a support of paper, paperboard or other materials.          
68 681410 Plates, sheets and strips of agglomerated or reconstituted mica, whether or not on a support -        
68 68141010 Cut mica condenser films or plates --- Free      
68 68141020 Sheets and strips cut to shape --- Free      
68 68141030 Washers and discs - Free      
68 68141090 Other - Free      
68 681490 Other          
68 68149010 Mica stacked units - Free      
68 68149020 Silvered mica, capacitor plates or silvered mica plates --- Free      
68 68149030 Micanite and all sorts of built up mica --- Free      
68 68149040 Mica paper or reconstituted mica paper --- Free      
68 68149050 Moulded glass bonded or glass bonded mica --- Free      
68 68149060 Mica bricks - Free      
68 68149090 Other --- Free      
68 6815 Articles of stone or of other mineral substances (including carbon fibres, articles of carbon fibres and articles of peat), not elsewhere specified or included. ---        
68 68151100 Carbon fibres; articles of carbon fibres for non-electrical uses; other articles of graphite or other carbon for non-electrical uses:
- - Carbon fibres
--- Free      
68 68151200 Fabrics of carbon fibres --- Free      
68 68151300 Carbon fibres; articles of carbon fibres for non-electrical uses; other articles of graphite or other carbon for non-electrical uses:
- - Other articles of carbon fibres
--- Free      
68 68151900 Carbon fibres; articles of carbon fibres for non-electrical uses; other articles of graphite or other carbon for non-electrical uses:
- - Other
--- Free      
68 68152000 Articles of peat --- Free      
68 68159100 Other articles :- - Containing magnesite, magnesia in the form of periclase, dolomite including in the form of dolime, or chromite   Free      
68 681599 Other articles :
-- Other
-        
68 68159910 Bricks and tiles of fly ash --- Free      
68 68159920 Sanitary wares, kitchen wares and other made up articles of fly ash --- Free      
68 68159930 Basalt fibre, filament and articles thereof conforming to ASTM D3039, C1185
;
--- Free      
68 68159990 Other - Free      

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[helldodold[1[CHAPTER 68

Articles Of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica Or Similar Materials.

Chapter Number ITC(HS) Code Description Export Policy Policy Condition Notification No Notification Date
68 68 Articles Of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica Or Similar Materials.        
68 68010000 Setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate). Free      
68 6802 WORKED MONUMENTAL OR BUILDING STONE (EXCEPT SLATE) AND ARTICLES THEREOF, OTHER THAN GOODS OF HEADING 6801; MOSAICCUBES AND THE LIKE, OF NATURAL STONE (INCLUDING SLATE), WHETHER OR NOT ON A BACKING; ARTIFICIALLY COLOURED GRANULES, CHIPPINGS AND POWDER, OF NATURAL STONE (INCLUDING SLATE)        
68 68021000 Tiles, cubes and similar articles, whether or not rectangular (including square), the largest surface area of which is capable of being enclosed in a square the side of which is less than 7 cm; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder Free      
68 680221 Other monumental or building stone and articles thereof, simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface :
-- Marble, travertine and alabaster
       
68 68022110 Marble blocks or tiles Free      
68 68022120 Marble monumental stone Free      
68 68022190 Other Free      
68 680223 Other monumental or building stone and articles thereof, simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface :
-- Granite
       
68 68022310 Granite blocks or tiles Free      
68 68022390 Other Free      
68 68022900 Other monumental or building stone and articles thereof, simply cut or sawn, with a flat or even surface :
-- Other stone
Free      
68 68029100 Other :
-- Marble, travertine and alabaster
Free      
68 68029200 Other :
-- Other calcareous stone
Free      
68 68029300 Other :
 -- Granite
Free      
68 68029900 Other :
 -- Other stone
Free      

68

68030000

Worked slate and articles of slate or of agglomerated slate.

Free

     

68

6804

Millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for grinding, sharpening, polishing, trueing or cutting, hand sharpening or polishing stones, and parts thereof, of natural stone, of agglomerated natural or artificial abrasives, or of ceramics, with or without parts of other materials.

       

68

68041000

Millstones and grindstones for milling, grinding or pulping

Free

     

68

680421

Other millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like :
-- Of agglomerated synthetic or natural diamond

       

68

68042110

Diamond impregnated wheels

Free

     

68

68042190

Other

Free

     

68

680422

Other millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like :
 -- Of other agglomerated abrasives or of ceramics

       

68

68042210

Grinding wheels of synthetic abrasive

Free

     

68

68042220

Grinding wheels of other materials

Free

     

68

68042290

Other

Free

     

68

680423

Other millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like : 
-- Of natural stone

       

68

68042310

Grinding wheels made of natural stone

Free

     

68

68042390

Other

Free

     

68

680430

Hand sharpening or polishing stones

       

68

68043010

Polishing stones

Free

     

68

68043020

Sharpening stones

Free

     

68

6805

Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of textile material, of paper, of paperboard or of other materials, whether or not cut to shape or sewn or otherwise made up.

       

68

680510

 On a base of woven textile fabric only

       

68

68051010

Abrasive cloths

Free

     

68

68051090

Other

Free

     

68

680520

 on a base of paper or paperboard only

       

68

68052010

Emery or corundum coated paper

Free

     

68

68052020

Flint coated paper

Free

     

68

68052030

Glass or sand coated paper

Free

     

68

68052040

Other abrasive paper

Free

     

68

68052090

Other

Free

     

68

68053000

On a base of other materials

Free

     

68

6806

Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials; mixtures and articles of heat-insulating, soundinsulating or sound-absorbing mineral materials, other than those of heading 68.11 or 68.12 or of Chapter 69.

       

68

68061000

Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools (including intermixtures thereof), in bulk, sheets or rolls

Free

     

68

68062000

Exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials (including intermixtures thereof)

Free

     

68

68069000

Other

Free

     

68

6807

Articles of asphalt or of similar material (for example, petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch).

       

68

680710

In rolls

       

68

68071010

Tarfelt roofing

Free

     

68

68071090

Other

Free

     

68

680790

Other

       

68

68079010

Tarfelt roofing

Free

     

68

68079090

Other

Free

     

68

68080000

Panels, boards, tiles, blocks and similar articles of vegetable fibre, of straw or of shavings, chips, particles, sawdust or other waste, of wood, agglomerated with cement, plaster or other mineral binders.

Free

     

68

6809

Articles of plaster or of compositions based on plaster.

       

68

68091100

Boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles, not ornamented :
-- Faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only

Free

     

68

68091900

Boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles, not ornamented :
-- Other

Free

     

68

68099000

Other articles

Free

     

68

6810

Articles of cement, of concrete or of artificial stone, whether or not reinforced.

       

68

681011

Tiles, flagstones, bricks and similar articles : -- Building blocks and bricks

       

68

68101110

Cement bricks

Free

     

68

68101190

Other

Free

     

68

681019

Tiles, flagstones, bricks and similar articles : -- Other

       

68

68101910

Cement tiles for mosaic

Free

     

68

68101990

Other

Free

     

68

68109100

Other articles :
-- Prefabricated structural components for building or civil engineering

Free

     

68

681099

Other articles :
-- Other

       

68

68109910

Concrete boulder

Free

     

68

68109990

Other

Free

     

68

6811

Articles of asbestos-cement, of cellulose fibrecement or the like.

       

68

681140

Containing asbestos

       

68

68114010

Asbestos - cement sheets     

Free

     

68

68114020

Asbestos - cement tiles

Free

     

68

68114090

Other

Free

     

68

68118100

Not containing asbestos :
-- Corrugated sheets

Free

     

68

68118200

Not containing asbestos :
-- Other sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles

Free

     

68

681189

Not containing asbestos :
-- Other articles

       

68

68118910

Tubes, pipes and tube or pipe fittings

Free

     

68

68118990

Other

Free

     

68

6812

Fabricated asbestos fibres; mixtures with a basis of asbestos or with a basis of asbestos and magnesium carbonate; articles of such mixtures or of asbestos (for example, thread, woven fabric, clothing, headgear, footwear, gaskets), whether or not reinforced, other than goods of heading 68.11 or 68.13.

       

68

68128000

Of crocidolite

Free

     

68

68129100

Other :
-- Clothing, clothing accessories, footwear and headgear

Free

     

68

68129911

Lagging compounds:
----Asbestos

Free

     

68

68129919

Lagging compounds:
----Other

Free

     

68

68129921

Asbestos packing joints and gaskets:
----Packing joints

Free

     

68

68129922

Asbestos packing joints and gaskets:
----Gaskets

Free

     

68

68129990

Asbestos packing joints and gaskets:
----Other

Free

     

68

6813

Friction material and articles thereof (for example, sheets, rolls, strips, segments, discs, washers, pads), not mounted, for brakes, for clutches or the like, with a basis of asbestos, of other mineral substances or of cellulose, whether or not combined with textile or other materials.

       

68

681320

Containing asbestos

       

68

68132010

Brake lining and pads

Free

     

68

68132090

Asbestos friction materials  

Free

     

68

68138100

Not containing asbestos :
-- Brake linings and pads

Free

     

68

68138900

Not containing asbestos :
-- Other

Free

     

68

6814

Worked mica and articles of mica, including agglomerated or reconstituted mica, whether or not on a support of paper, paperboard or other materials.

       

68

681410

Plates, sheets and strips of agglomerated or reconstituted mica, whether or not on a support

       

68

68141010

Cut mica condenser films or plates

Free

     

68

68141020

Sheets and strips cut to shape

Free

     

68

68141030

Washers and discs

Free

     

68

68141090

Other

Free

     

68

681490

Other

       

68

68149010

Mica stacked units

Free

     

68

68149020

Silvered mica, capacitor plates or silvered mica plates

Free

     

68

68149030

Micanite and all sorts of built up mica

Free

     

68

68149040

Mica paper or reconstituted mica paper

Free

     

68

68149050

Moulded glass bonded or glass bonded mica

Free

     

68

68149060

Mica bricks

Free

     

68

68149090

Other

Free

     

68

6815

Articles of stone or of other mineral substances (including carbon fibres, articles of carbon fibres and articles of peat), not elsewhere specified or included.

       

68

68151100

Carbon fibres; articles of carbon fibres for nonelectrical uses; other articles of graphite or other carbon for non-electrical uses:
-- Carbon fibres

Free

     

68

68151200

Fabrics of carbon fibres

Free

     

68

68151300

Carbon fibres; articles of carbon fibres for nonelectrical uses; other articles of graphite or other carbon for non-electrical uses:
-- Other articles of carbon fibres

Free

     

68

68151900

Carbon fibres; articles of carbon fibres for nonelectrical uses; other articles of graphite or other carbon for non-electrical uses:
- - Other

Free

     

68

68152000

Articles of peat

Free

     

68

68159100

Other articles :
-- Containing magnesite, magnesia in the form of periclase, dolomite including in the form of dolime, or chromite

Free

     

68

681599

Other articles :
-- Other

       

68

68159910

Bricks and tiles of fly ash

Free

     

68

68159920

Sanitary wares, kitchen wares and other made up articles of fly ash

Free

     

68

68159930

Basalt fibre, filament and articles thereof conforming   to ASTM D3039, C1185 ;

Free

     

68

68159990

Other

Free

     

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1. Inserted vide:- Trade Notice No. 11/2024-25 dt. 02.08.2024

2. Substituted Vide Notification No. 50/2024-25 dt. 13.01.2025