HSN Code & GST Rate Finder

HSN code and GST rate of common items

These are the items people ask about most. Every rate below was checked against the notification entry shown in the last column. Rates are the full GST (IGST); within a State, half is CGST and half SGST.

How to read an HSN code

HSN is the World Customs Organization's code list, and India uses it for GST. The first 2 digits are the chapter (25 is salt, stone and cement), 4 digits the heading (2523 is cement), 6 digits the sub-heading and 8 digits the tariff item. Rate notifications usually list goods at 4 digits, sometimes at 6 or 8 when one heading has two rates.

On your invoices, businesses with turnover up to ₹5 crore must show at least 4 digits on B2B invoices; above ₹5 crore, 6 digits (Notification 78/2020-CT). Our GST invoice maker has an HSN column for this.

Why the same HSN can have two rates

The description decides, not just the number. Rice under 1006 is 0% when sold loose and 5% when pre-packaged and labelled. Garments under chapters 61 and 62 are 5% up to ₹2,500 a piece and 18% above. Motorcycles under 8711 are 18% up to 350 cc and 40% above. Read the description in the search result before you pick a rate.

Item not found?

Goods not named in any schedule fall in a catch-all entry at 18% (Schedule II, entry 639 of Notification 9/2025). That's why steel bars, for example, carry 18% even though no line mentions them. For services, the codes are SAC (starting with 99) and the rates sit in a different notification, 11/2017-CT(R).

Data: Notification 9/2025-CT(R) dated 17-09-2025 as amended by 19/2025-CT(R) and 01/2026-CT(R); Notification 10/2025-CT(R) (exempt goods, as issued); Notification 14/2025-CT(R) (bricks). Descriptions in the finder are extracted automatically from the notification text and may contain small formatting slips; the notification itself is the legal authority.