Chapter 38 · Section VI

HSN Code Chapter 38: Insecticides and other miscellaneous chemical products

Miscellaneous chemical products

Rate distribution

18%: 20 headings
Varies: 5 headings
5%: 2 headings

Headings in Chapter 38

Code	Description	GST rate
3801	Artificial graphite, colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite	18%
3802	Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products	18%
3803	Tall oil, whether or not refined	5%
3804	Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp	18%
3805	Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine and other terpenic oils	18%
3806	Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof	18%
3807	Wood tar, wood tar oils, wood creosote, wood naphtha	18%
3808	Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides	Varies
3809	Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing	18%
3810	Pickling preparations for metal surfaces, fluxes and other	18%
3811	Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum	18%
3812	Prepared rubber accelerators	18%
3813	Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers	18%
3814	Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere	18%
3815	Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic	18%
3816	Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar	Varies
3817	Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than	18%
3818	Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form	Varies
3819	Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids	18%
3820	Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids	18%
3821	Prepared culture media for development or maintenance	18%
3822	Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared	5%
3823	Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids	18%
3824	Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores	18%
3825	Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not	Varies
3826	Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, not containing	Varies
3827	Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane	18%

Nearby chapters in Section VI

28Industrial gases and inorganic chemicals 37Photographic film and cinematographic goods 29Organic chemicals and chemical compounds 36Explosives, fireworks and matches 30Medicines, vaccines and pharmaceutical products 35Glues, enzymes and albuminoidal substances

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Rates as per Notifications No. 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate) and 10/2025-Central Tax (Rate), as amended, as of 7 October 2026. For guidance only — verify with your tax advisor.