HSN chapter guide
Chapter 33 — Essential oils & cosmetics
128 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) Natural oleoresins or vegetable extracts of heading 13.01 or 13.02; (b) Soap or other products of heading 34.01; (c) Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine or other products of heading 38.05.
- The expression 'odoriferous substances' in heading 33.02 refers only to the substances of heading 33.01, to odoriferous constituents isolated from those substances or to synthetic aromatics.
- Headings 33.03 to 33.07 apply, inter alia, to products, whether or not mixed (other than aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils), suitable for use as goods of these headings and put up in packings of a kind sold by retail for such use.
- The expression 'perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations' in heading 33.07 applies, inter alia, to the following products: scented sachets; odoriferous preparations which operate by burning; perfumed papers and papers impregnated or coated with cosmetics; contact lens or artificial eye solutions; wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with perfume or cosmetics; animal toilet preparations.
Sample 8-digit lines
| HSN | Description | BCD |
|---|---|---|
| 3301 12 00 | Of orange | 20% |
| 3301 13 00 | Of lemon | 20% |
| 3301 19 10 | Citronella oil | 20% |
| 3301 19 90 | Other | 20% |
| 3301 24 00 | Of peppermint (Mentha piperita) | 20% |
| 3301 25 10 | Spearmint oil (ex-mentha spicata) | 20% |
| 3301 25 20 | Water mint-oil (ex-mentha aquatic) | 20% |
| 3301 25 30 | Horsemint oil (ex-mentha sylvestries) | 20% |
| 3301 25 40 | Bergament oil (ex-mentha citrate) | 20% |
| 3301 25 90 | Other | 20% |
| 3301 29 11 | Anise oil (aniseed oil) | 20% |
| 3301 29 12 | Cajeput oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 13 | Cananga oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 14 | Caraway oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 15 | Cassia oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 16 | Cedarwood oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 17 | Cinnamon bark oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 18 | Cinnamon leaf oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 21 | Clove leaf or stem, oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 22 | Coriander seed oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 23 | Dill oil (anethum oil) | 20% |
| 3301 29 24 | Eucalyptus oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 25 | Fennel seed oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 26 | Ginger oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 27 | Ginger grass oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 28 | Clove bud oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 31 | Tuberose concentrate | 20% |
| 3301 29 32 | Nutmeg oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 33 | Palmarosa oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 34 | Patchouli oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 35 | Pepper oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 36 | Petitgrain oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 37 | Sandalwood oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 38 | Rose oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 41 | Camphor oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 42 | Lemon grass oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 43 | Ylang ylang oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 44 | Davana oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 45 | Cumin oil | 20% |
| 3301 29 46 | Celery seed oil | 20% |