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HSN Chapter 81: Metals; n.e.c., cermets and articles thereof

Every heading of Chapter 81 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
Headings12

Four-digit headings in this chapter.

Customs Tariff · First Schedule · Ch. 81
Eight-digit codes83

Tariff items under those headings.

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GST rates in the chapter18%

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

Notfn 9/2025-CT (Rate)
Basic customs dutyFree – 10%

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

CBIC tariff · 30 June 2024
Chapter 81

Headings in HSN Chapter 81

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
8101Tungsten (wolfram) and articles thereof, including waste and scrap18%Free / 5% / 10%7
8102Molybdenum and articles thereof, including waste and scrap18%Free / 5% / 10%7
8103Tantalum and articles thereof, including waste and scrap18%Free / 10%5
8104Magnesium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap18%5% / 10%10
8105Cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy; cobalt and articles thereof, including waste and scrap18%Free / 2.5% / 10%5
8106Bismuth and articles thereof, including waste and scrap18%Free / 5% / 10%5
8108Titanium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap18%5% / 10%4
8109Z, irconium and articles thereof including waste and scrap18%Free / 10%6
8110Antimony and articles thereof, including waste and scrap18%Free / 10%3
8111Manganese and articles thereof, including waste and scrap18%5% / 10%4
8112Beryllium, chromium, hafnium, rhenium, thallium, cadmium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, indium and niobium (columbium and), articles of these metals, including waste and scrap18%Free / 5% / 10%23
8113Cermets and articles thereof, including waste and scrap18%10%4

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 2024, with the First Schedule amendments of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2024, the Finance Act, 2025 and 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 81 (Metals; n.e.c., cermets and articles thereof) has 12 four-digit headings and 83 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.