HSN code 38

Chapter

HSN code

Miscellaneous chemical products

Classification

Code type	HSN — Harmonized System of Nomenclature
Level	Chapter (2 digits)
Section	Section VI — Chemical and allied products
Chapter 38	Miscellaneous chemical products

27 codes under HSN 38

HSN code	Description
`3801`	Artificial graphite, colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite, preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other…
`3802`	Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black
`3803`	Tall oil, whether or not refined
`3804`	Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding…
`3805`	Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods, crude dipentene, sulphite…
`3806`	Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums
`3807`	Wood tar, wood tar oils, wood creosote, wood naphtha, vegetable pitch, brewers' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch
`3808`	Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms…
`3809`	Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dye-stuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of…
`3810`	Pickling preparations for metal surfaces, fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding, soldering, brazing or welding powders and…
`3811`	Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils…
`3812`	Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, not elsewhere specified or included; anti-oxidising preparations and other…
`3813`	Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades
`3814`	Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers
`3815`	Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included
`3816`	Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, including dolomite ramming mix, other than products of heading 3800
`3817`	Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading 2707 or 2902
`3818`	Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms, chemical compounds doped for use in electronics
`3819`	Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils…
`3820`	Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids
`3821`	Prepared culture media for development or maintenance of micro-organism (including viruses and the like) or of plant human or animal cells
`3822`	Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of…
`3823`	Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols
`3824`	Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures…
`3825`	Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included, municipal waste, sewage sludge, other wastes specified in note 6…
`3826`	Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals
`3827`	Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane, not elsewhere specified or included

Using HSN 38 in GST

The GST rate depends on the exact goods or service and any conditions in the rate notification, so it is not listed here. Check the official CBIC GST rate finder, then work out the tax with the GST calculator or make a bill with the GST invoice generator.

Frequently asked questions

What is HSN code 38?

HSN code 38 is the chapter for: Miscellaneous chemical products.

What is the GST rate for HSN 38?

GST rates are set by CBIC rate notifications and can depend on conditions, so check the CBIC GST rate finder for HSN 38 before invoicing.

How many codes are under HSN 38?

27 more detailed codes are listed directly under HSN 38 in the GST list.