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HSN Chapter 23: Food industries, residues and wastes thereof; prepared animal fodder

Every heading of Chapter 23 with its GST rate and basic customs duty. Open a heading for the eight-digit codes, export policy and RoDTEP.

Checked against the official files on 2 October 2026
Headings9

Four-digit headings in this chapter.

Customs Tariff · First Schedule · Ch. 23
Eight-digit codes66

Tariff items under those headings.

Customs Tariff · First Schedule · Ch. 23
GST rates in the chapter5% / 18%

Rates at which the rate Schedules, as amended to April 2026, name these headings.

Notfn 9/2025-CT (Rate)
Basic customs duty15% / 20%

Standard tariff rates across the chapter, with Finance Act changes applied.

CBIC tariff · 30 June 2025
Chapter 23

Headings in HSN Chapter 23

The GST column shows the rate or rates at which Notification 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate) names the heading; a heading named nowhere takes the residual 18%. The duty column is the basic customs duty in the Customs Tariff.

HeadingDescriptionGST rateBasic customs dutyCodes
2301Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves5%15%5
2302Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants5%15%5
2303Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets5%15%3
2304Oil-cake and other solid residues whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soyabean oil5%15%4
2305Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of ground-nut oil5%15%3
2306Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading 2304 or…5%15%37
2307Wine lees; argol5%15%1
2308Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and bi-products; whether or not in the form of pellets, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included18%See tariff1
2309Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding5%15% / 20%7

Where a heading shows more than one rate, the rate depends on the description of the goods. Open the heading to read the entries.

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 2025, with the First Schedule amendments of the Finance Act, 2026 applied.

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 or speak to our CA team before you act on it.

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Chapter 23 (Food industries, residues and wastes thereof; prepared animal fodder) has 9 four-digit headings and 66 eight-digit tariff items in the Customs Tariff.

Find the four-digit heading that describes the product, open it, and match the product to the entry of Notification No. 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate) shown there. If no entry names the goods, the residual 18% entry applies unless the goods are exempt.