HSN chapter guide
Chapter 68 — Articles of stone/cement
87 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) Goods of Chapter 25; (b) Coated, impregnated or covered paper and paperboard of heading 48.10 or 48.11; (c) Coated, impregnated or covered textile fabric of Chapter 56 or 59; (d) Articles of Chapter 71; (e) Tools or parts of tools, of Chapter 82; (f) Lithographic stones of heading 84.42; (g) Electrical insulators (heading 85.46) or fittings of insulating material of heading 85.47; (h) Dental burrs (heading 90.18); (i) Articles of Chapter 91; (k) Articles of Chapter 94; (l) Articles of Chapter 95; (m) Articles of heading 96.02, 96.06, 96.09, 96.10 or 96.20; or (n) Articles of Chapter 97.
- In heading 68.02 the expression 'worked monumental or building stone' applies not only to the varieties of stone referred to in heading 25.15 or 25.16 but also to all other natural stone (for example, quartzite, flint, dolomite and steatite) similarly worked; it does not, however, apply to slate.
Sample 8-digit lines
| HSN | Description | BCD |
|---|---|---|
| 6801 00 00 | SETTS, CURBSTONES AND FLAGSTONES, OF NATURAL STONE (EXCEPT SLATE) | 10% |
| 6802 10 00 | Tiles, cubes and similar articles, whether or not rectangular (including square), the largest face of which is capable of being enclosed in a square the side of which is less than 7 cm; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder | 10% |
| 6802 21 10 | Marble blocks or tiles | 10% |
| 6802 21 20 | Marble monumental stone | 10% |
| 6802 21 90 | Other | 10% |
| 6802 23 10 | Granite blocks or tiles | 10% |
| 6802 23 90 | Other | 10% |
| 6802 29 00 | Other stone | 10% |
| 6802 91 00 | Marble, travertine and alabaster | 10% |
| 6802 92 00 | Other calcareous stone | 10% |
| 6802 93 00 | Granite | 10% |
| 6802 99 00 | Other stone | 10% |
| 6803 00 00 | WORKED SLATE AND ARTICLES OF SLATE OR OF AGGLOMERATED SLATE | 10% |
| 6804 10 00 | Millstones and grindstones for milling, grinding or pulping | 10% |
| 6804 21 10 | Diamond impregnated wheels | 10% |
| 6804 21 90 | Other | 10% |
| 6804 22 10 | Grinding wheels of synthetic abrasives | 10% |
| 6804 22 20 | Grinding wheels of other materials | 10% |
| 6804 22 90 | Other | 10% |
| 6804 23 10 | Grinding wheels made of natural stone | 10% |
| 6804 23 90 | Other | 10% |
| 6804 30 10 | Polishing stones | 10% |
| 6804 30 20 | Sharpening stones | 10% |
| 6805 10 10 | Abrasive cloth | 10% |
| 6805 10 90 | Other | 10% |
| 6805 20 10 | Emery or corundum coated paper | 10% |
| 6805 20 20 | Flint coated paper | 10% |
| 6805 20 30 | Glass or sand coated paper | 10% |
| 6805 20 40 | Other abrasive paper | 10% |
| 6805 20 90 | Other | 10% |
| 6805 30 00 | On a base of other materials | 10% |
| 6806 10 00 | Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools (including intermixtures thereof), in bulk, sheets or rolls | 10% |
| 6806 20 00 | Exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials (including intermixtures thereof) | 10% |
| 6806 90 00 | Other | 10% |
| 6807 10 10 | Tarfelt roofing | 10% |
| 6807 10 90 | Other | 10% |
| 6807 90 10 | Tarfelt roofing | 10% |
| 6807 90 90 | Other | 10% |
| 6808 00 00 | PANELS, BOARDS, TILES, BLOCKS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES OF VEGETABLE FIBRE, OF STRAW OR OF SHAVINGS, CHIPS, PARTICLES, SAWDUST OR OTHER WASTE, OF WOOD, AGGLOMERATED WITH CEMENT, PLASTER OR OTHER MINERAL BINDERS | 10% |
| 6809 11 00 | Faced or reinforced with paper or paperboard only | 10% |