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HSN Chapter 30: Pharmaceutical products

Every heading of Chapter 30 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
Headings6

Four-digit headings in this chapter.

Customs Tariff · First Schedule · Ch. 30
Eight-digit codes226

Tariff items under those headings.

Customs Tariff · First Schedule · Ch. 30
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 dutyFree / 10%

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

CBIC tariff · 30 June 2025
Chapter 30

Headings in HSN Chapter 30

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
3001Glands and other organs for organo- therapeutic uses, dried, whether or not powdered; extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions for organo- therapeutic uses; heparin and its…5% / 18%10%7
3002Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means…5% / 18%10%32
3003Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of two or more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not put up in…5% / 18%10%23
3004Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the…5% / 18%10%141
3005Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in forms or packings for…5% / 18%10%11
3006Pharmaceutical goods specified in note 4 to this chapter5% / 18%Free / 10%12

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 with the official source before you act on it.

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Chapter 30 (Pharmaceutical products) has 6 four-digit headings and 226 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.