HSN chapter guide
Chapter 26 — Ores, slag & ash
77 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) Slag or similar industrial waste prepared as macadam (heading 25.17); (b) Natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite), whether or not calcined (heading 25.19); (c) Sludges from the storage tanks of petroleum oils consisting mainly of such oils (heading 27.10); (d) Basic slag of Chapter 31; (e) Slag wool, rock wool or similar mineral wools (heading 68.06); (f) Waste or scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal; other waste or scrap containing precious metal or precious metal compounds, of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal (heading 71.12 or 85.49); (g) Copper, nickel or cobalt mattes produced by any process of smelting (Section XV).
- For the purposes of headings 26.01 to 26.17, the term 'ores' means minerals of mineralogical species actually used in the metallurgical industry for the extraction of mercury, of the metals of heading 28.44 or of the metals of Section XIV or XV, even if they are intended for non-metallurgical purposes. Headings 26.01 to 26.17 do not, however, include minerals which have been submitted to processes not normal to the metallurgical industry.
- Heading 26.20 applies only to: (a) Slag, ash and residues of a kind used in industry either for the extraction of metals or as a basis for the manufacture of chemical compounds of metals, excluding ash and residues from the incineration of municipal waste (heading 26.21); and (b) Slag, ash and residues containing arsenic, whether or not containing metals, of a kind used either for the extraction of arsenic or metals or for the manufacture of their chemical compounds.
Sample 8-digit lines
| HSN | Description | BCD |
|---|---|---|
| 2601 11 11 | 60% Fe or more but below 62% Fe | 2.5% |
| 2601 11 12 | 62% Fe or more but below 65% | 2.5% |
| 2601 11 19 | 65% Fe and above | 2.5% |
| 2601 11 21 | below 55% Fe | 2.5% |
| 2601 11 22 | 55% Fe or more but below 58% Fe | 2.5% |
| 2601 11 29 | 58% Fe or more but below 60% Fe | 2.5% |
| 2601 11 31 | 62% Fe or more but below 65% Fe | 2.5% |
| 2601 11 39 | 65% Fe and above | 2.5% |
| 2601 11 41 | below 55% Fe | 2.5% |
| 2601 11 42 | 55% Fe or more but below 58% Fe | 2.5% |
| 2601 11 43 | 58% Fe or more but below 60% Fe | 2.5% |
| 2601 11 49 | 60% Fe or more below 62% Fe | 2.5% |
| 2601 11 50 | Iron ore concentrates | 2.5% |
| 2601 11 90 | Others | 2.5% |
| 2601 12 10 | Iron ore pellets | 2.5% |
| 2601 12 90 | Other | 2.5% |
| 2601 20 00 | Roasted iron pyrites | 2.5% |
| 2602 00 10 | Manganese ore (46% or more) | 2.5% |
| 2602 00 20 | Manganese ore (44% or more but below 46%) | 2.5% |
| 2602 00 30 | Manganese ore (40% or more but below 44%) | 2.5% |
| 2602 00 40 | Manganese ore (35% or more but below 40%) | 2.5% |
| 2602 00 50 | Manganese ore (30% or more but below 35%) | 2.5% |
| 2602 00 60 | Ferruginous (10% or more but below 30%) | 2.5% |
| 2602 00 70 | Manganese ore sinters, agglomerated | 2.5% |
| 2602 00 90 | Other | 2.5% |
| 2603 00 00 | COPPER ORES AND CONCERTRATES | 0% |
| 2604 00 00 | NICKEL ORES AND CONCENTRATES | 0% |
| 2605 00 00 | COBALT ORES AND CONCENTRATES | 0% |
| 2606 00 10 | Bauxite (natural), not calcined | 2.5% |
| 2606 00 20 | Bauxite (natural), calcined | 2.5% |
| 2606 00 90 | Other aluminium ores and concentrates | 2.5% |
| 2607 00 00 | LEAD ORES AND CONCENTRATES | 2.5% |
| 2608 00 00 | ZINC ORES AND CONCENTRATES | 2.5% |
| 2609 00 00 | TIN ORES AND CONCENTRATES | 0% |
| 2610 00 10 | Chrome ore lumps, containing 47% Cr2O3 and above | 2.5% |
| 2610 00 20 | Chrome ore lumps, containing 40% or more but less than 47% Cr2O3 | 2.5% |
| 2610 00 30 | Chrome ore lumps below 40% Cr2O3 | 2.5% |
| 2610 00 40 | Chrome ore friable and concentrates fixes containing 47% Cr2O3 and above | 2.5% |
| 2610 00 90 | Other | 2.5% |
| 2611 00 00 | TUNGSTEN ORES AND CONCENTRATES | 0% |