HSN chapter guide
Chapter 37 — Photographic/cinematographic goods
101 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 waste or scrap.
- In this Chapter the word 'photographic' relates to the process by which visible images are formed, directly or indirectly, by the action of light or other forms of radiation on photosensitive, including thermosensitive, surfaces.
Sample 8-digit lines
| HSN | Description | BCD |
|---|---|---|
| 3701 10 10 | Medical | 10% |
| 3701 10 90 | Other | 10% |
| 3701 20 00 | Instant print film | 10% |
| 3701 30 00 | Other plates and film, with any side exceeding 255 mm | 10% |
| 3701 91 10 | Cinematographic film | 10% |
| 3701 91 90 | Other | 10% |
| 3701 99 10 | Cinematographic film | 10% |
| 3701 99 90 | Other | 10% |
| 3702 10 00 | For X-ray | 10% |
| 3702 31 10 | Cinematographic film | 10% |
| 3702 31 90 | Other | 10% |
| 3702 32 10 | Cinematographic film | 10% |
| 3702 32 90 | Other | 10% |
| 3702 39 10 | Cinematographic film | 10% |
| 3702 39 90 | Other | 10% |
| 3702 41 10 | Cinematographic film | 10% |
| 3702 41 90 | Other | 10% |
| 3702 42 10 | Photographic film of a width 620 mm in rolls | 10% |
| 3702 42 20 | Cinematographic film | 10% |
| 3702 42 90 | Other | 10% |
| 3702 43 10 | Photographic films (black and white) of a width 620 mm | 10% |
| 3702 43 20 | Cinematographic film | 10% |
| 3702 43 90 | Other | 10% |
| 3702 44 10 | Photographic films of a width 120 mm in rolls | 10% |
| 3702 44 20 | Cinematographic film | 10% |
| 3702 44 90 | Other | 10% |
| 3702 52 10 | Finished rolls of cinematographic positive | 10% |
| 3702 52 20 | Other cinematographic film | 10% |
| 3702 52 90 | Other | 10% |
| 3702 53 00 | Of a width exceeding 16 mm but not exceeding 35 mm and of a length not exceeding 30 m, for slides | 10% |
| 3702 54 10 | Finished rolls of cinematographic positive | 10% |
| 3702 54 20 | Other cinematographic film | 10% |
| 3702 54 90 | Other | 10% |
| 3702 55 10 | Finished rolls of cinematographic positive | 10% |
| 3702 55 20 | Other cinematographic film | 10% |
| 3702 55 90 | Other | 10% |
| 3702 56 10 | Finished rolls of cinematographic positive | 10% |
| 3702 56 20 | Other cinematographic film | 10% |
| 3702 56 90 | Other | 10% |
| 3702 96 11 | Not exceeding 16 mm | 10% |