HSN chapter guide
Chapter 18 — Cocoa & cocoa preparations
15 eight-digit tariff lines. Rates below are from the Indian Customs Tariff First Schedule. Use the AI HSN classifier if you only have a product description. Reviewed by the CustomsAI compliance desk · 24 August 2026.
Chapter notes
- This Chapter does not cover: (a) Food preparations containing more than 20% by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16); (b) Preparations of headings 04.03, 19.01, 19.02, 19.04, 19.05, 21.05, 22.02, 22.08, 30.03 or 30.04.
- Heading 18.06 includes sugar confectionery containing cocoa and, subject to Note 1 to this Chapter, other food preparations containing cocoa.
Sample 8-digit lines
| HSN | Description | BCD |
|---|---|---|
| 1801 00 00 | COCOA BEANS, WHOLE OR BROKEN, RAW OR ROASTED | 15% |
| 1802 00 00 | COCOA SHELLS, HUSKS, SKINS AND OTHER COCOA WASTE | 30% |
| 1803 10 00 | Not defatted | 30% |
| 1803 20 00 | Wholly or partly defatted | 30% |
| 1804 00 00 | COCOA BUTTER, FAT AND OIL | 30% |
| 1805 00 00 | COCOA POWDER, NOT CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR OR OTHER SWEETENING MATTER | 30% |
| 1806 10 00 | Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | 30% |
| 1806 20 00 | Other preparations in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg. or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg. | 30% |
| 1806 31 00 | Filled | 30% |
| 1806 32 00 | Not filled | 30% |
| 1806 90 10 | Chocolate and chocolate products | 30% |
| 1806 90 20 | Sugar confectionary containing cocoa | 30% |
| 1806 90 30 | Spreads containing cocoa | 30% |
| 1806 90 40 | Preparations containing cocoa for making beverages | 30% |
| 1806 90 90 | Other | 30% |