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HSN Code 29171921: Malonic acid

HSN 2917 19 21 is malonic acid, a tariff item of heading 2917 (polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids). GST: 5% / 18%. Basic customs duty: 7.5%. Export policy: Not shown.

Checked against the official files on 2 October 2026Heading 2917Chapter 29 · Organic chemicals
GST rate5% / 18%

More than one entry reaches this code. The description of the goods decides the rate.

Notfn 9/2025-CT (Rate) · 2 entries
Basic customs duty7.5%

Standard rate, unit kg.. Set by the Finance Act 2026.

Customs Tariff · First Schedule · Ch. 29
Export policyNot shown

The policy word could not be read from the Schedule text.

ITC(HS) 2022 · Schedule 2
RoDTEPNot listed

This code is not in Appendix 4R.

Appendix 4R · w.e.f. 10 Oct 2024
Classification

Where HSN 2917 19 21 Sits

Use the eight-digit code on the bill of entry, the shipping bill and, where your turnover requires it, on the GST invoice. The first four digits are the heading; the last four narrow it to this line.

Chapter
29 · Organic chemicals
Heading
2917 · Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
Tariff item
2917 19 21 · Malonic acid
Unit
kg.
GST

GST Rate on HSN 2917 19 21

GST on goods is fixed by the entries of Notification No. 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate), in force from 22 September 2025 and amended up to 30 April 2026. The entries below are the ones that reach this code. Match the goods to the description in the entry before you invoice.

GST rateEntryCodes namedGoods covered by the entry
5%Schedule I, S. No. 22229 or 3808 93Gibberellic acid (chapter-wide entry)
18%Schedule II, S. No. 3629All organic chemicals other than giberellic acid (chapter-wide entry)
18%Schedule II, S. No. 639Any ChapterGoods which are not specified in Schedule I, III, IV, V, VI or VII (residual entry)

Goods that fall under no specific entry take the residual entry, unless they are exempt under the exemption notification issued with the rate notification.

Import

Customs Duty on HSN 2917 19 21

An import pays basic customs duty at the tariff rate, social welfare surcharge at 10% of that duty (unless exempted for the goods), and IGST at the GST rate on the value plus both duties.

Basic customs duty at
Social welfare surcharge, 10% of the duty
IGST at on value plus both
Total duty and tax
As a share of the value

Standard rates only: no exemption notification, anti-dumping or safeguard duty, or trade-agreement rate is applied, and the surcharge is taken at 10% although some goods are exempted from it. A registered importer takes credit of the IGST.

Export

Export Policy and RoDTEP for HSN 2917 19 21

Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) 2022 marks this tariff item Not shown. The code is not listed in Appendix 4R, so RoDTEP is not available on it.

Same heading

Other Codes Under HSN 2917

Tariff itemDescriptionBasic customs duty
2917 11 10Oxalic acidOxalic acid, its salts and esters7.5%
2917 11 20Calcium oxalateOxalic acid, its salts and esters7.5%
2917 11 30Strontium oxalateOxalic acid, its salts and esters7.5%
2917 11 40Diethyl oxalateOxalic acid, its salts and esters7.5%
2917 11 90OtherOxalic acid, its salts and esters7.5%
2917 12 00Adipic acid, its salts and esters7.5%
2917 13 10Sebacic AcidAzelaic acid, sebacic acid, their salts and esters7.5%
2917 13 90OtherAzelaic acid, sebacic acid, their salts and esters7.5%
2917 14 00Maleic anhydride7.5%
2917 19 10Maleic acidOther7.5%
2917 19 21Malonic acid7.5%
2917 19 22Diethyl malonate5%
2917 19 29Other7.5%
2917 19 30Succinic acidOther7.5%
2917 19 40Ferrous fumarateOther7.5%
2917 19 50Fumaric acidOther7.5%
2917 19 60Itaconic acidOther7.5%
2917 19 70Ethoxy methylene malonate, diethyl malonateOther7.5%
2917 19 80Isoprothiolane7.5%
2917 19 90OtherOther7.5%
2917 20 00Cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic, polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives7.5%
2917 32 00Dioctyl orthophthalates7.5%
2917 33 00Dinonyl or didecyl orthophthalates7.5%
2917 34 00Other esters of orthophthalic acid7.5%
2917 35 00Phthalic anhydride7.5%
2917 36 00Terephthalic acid and its salts5%
2917 37 00Dimethyl terephthalate5%
2917 39 10Dibutyl phthalateOther7.5%
2917 39 20Dioctyl isophthalate and dioctyl terephthalateOther7.5%
2917 39 30Phthalic acidOther7.5%
2917 39 40Dimethyl phthalateOther7.5%
2917 39 50Trimellitic anhydrideOther7.5%
2917 39 60Isophthalic acidOther7.5%
2917 39 90OtherOther7.5%
Not shown on this page
  • The item-wise import policy (Free, Restricted or Prohibited) of ITC(HS) Schedule 1.
  • Exemption notifications, anti-dumping and safeguard duties, and preferential rates under trade agreements. The duty shown is the tariff rate.
  • The GST exemption notification. Goods exempt under it pay no GST even if a rate entry names the code.

Official documents behind this page

  1. Notification No. 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate), 17 September 2025GST rate Schedules I to VI, in force from 22 September 2025, as amended by Notification No. 19/2025-Central Tax (Rate) of 31 December 2025 (Schedule VII omitted from 1 February 2026) and No. 01/2026 of 30 April 2026.
  2. Customs Tariff, First ScheduleCBIC Customs Tariff as on 30 June 2024, with the First Schedule amendments of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2024, the Finance Act, 2025 and the Finance Act, 2026 applied.
  3. ITC(HS) 2022, Schedule 2, Export PolicyDGFT: the export policy and policy condition of each tariff item.
  4. Appendix 4R and Appendix 4RE, RoDTEP ScheduleDGFT, with effect from 10 October 2024 (Notification No. 32/2024-25); the 2026 changes are in Notifications 60, 66 and 74 of 2025-26 and 41 of 2026-27.

Disclaimer: This guide is general information based on the law and notifications in force when it was last updated. It is not professional advice for your case — rates, thresholds and due dates change, so check the current position with the official source before you act on it.

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Questions, answered

Short, direct answers to the 4 questions readers ask most on this topic.

HSN 2917 19 21 is the tariff item for malonic acid, under heading 2917 (Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids) of Chapter 29.

The entries of Notification No. 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate) that reach this code give 5% / 18%. The rate depends on the description in the entry.

The basic customs duty in the Customs Tariff is 7.5%. Social welfare surcharge at 10% of the duty and IGST at the GST rate are added. An exemption notification or a trade agreement can reduce the duty actually payable.

No. The code is not listed in Appendix 4R.