HSN chapter guide
Chapter 69 — Ceramic products
62 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 applies only to ceramic products which have been fired after shaping: (a) Headings 69.04 to 69.14 apply only to such products other than those classifiable in headings 69.01 to 69.03; (b) Articles heated to temperatures less than 800 °C for purposes such as curing of resins, accelerating hydration reactions, or for the removal of water or other volatile components, are not considered to be fired; (c) Ceramic articles are obtained by firing inorganic, non-metallic materials which have been prepared and shaped previously at, in general, room temperature.
- This Chapter does not cover: (a) Products of heading 28.44; (b) Articles of heading 68.04; (c) Articles of Chapter 71 (for example, imitation jewellery); (d) Cermets of heading 81.13; (e) Articles of Chapter 82; (f) Electrical insulators (heading 85.46) or fittings of insulating material of heading 85.47; (g) Artificial teeth (heading 90.21); (h) Articles of Chapter 91; (i) Articles of Chapter 94; (k) Articles of Chapter 95; (l) Buttons of heading 96.06 or smoking pipes of heading 96.14; or (m) Articles of Chapter 97.
Sample 8-digit lines
| HSN | Description | BCD |
|---|---|---|
| 6901 00 10 | Bricks | 7.5% |
| 6901 00 20 | Blocks | 7.5% |
| 6901 00 30 | Tiles | 7.5% |
| 6901 00 90 | Other | 7.5% |
| 6902 10 10 | Magnesite bricks and shapes | 7.5% |
| 6902 10 20 | Chrome magnesite bricks | 7.5% |
| 6902 10 30 | Magnesite chrome bricks and shapes | 7.5% |
| 6902 10 40 | Magnesia carbon bricks and shapes | 7.5% |
| 6902 10 50 | Direct bonded basic bricks and shapes | 7.5% |
| 6902 10 90 | Other | 7.5% |
| 6902 20 10 | Silica bricks and shapes | 7.5% |
| 6902 20 20 | High alumina bricks and shapes | 7.5% |
| 6902 20 30 | Alumina carbon bricks and shapes | 7.5% |
| 6902 20 40 | Silicon Carbide bricks and shapes | 7.5% |
| 6902 20 50 | Mullite bricks | 7.5% |
| 6902 20 90 | Other | 7.5% |
| 6902 90 10 | Fire clay bricks and shapes | 7.5% |
| 6902 90 20 | Graphite bricks and shapes | 7.5% |
| 6902 90 30 | Vermiculite insulation bricks | 7.5% |
| 6902 90 40 | Clay graphite stopper heads | 7.5% |
| 6902 90 90 | Other | 7.5% |
| 6903 10 00 | Containing by weight more than 50% of free carbon | 7.5% |
| 6903 20 10 | Silicon carbide crucibles | 7.5% |
| 6903 20 90 | Other | 7.5% |
| 6903 90 10 | Zircon or zircon-mullite refractories | 7.5% |
| 6903 90 20 | Basalt tiles | 7.5% |
| 6903 90 30 | Ceramic fibres | 7.5% |
| 6903 90 40 | Monolithics or castables (fire-clay, basic, silica, high alumina, insulating) | 7.5% |
| 6903 90 90 | Other | 7.5% |
| 6904 10 00 | Building bricks | 10% |
| 6904 90 00 | Other | 10% |
| 6905 10 00 | Roofing tiles | 15% |
| 6905 90 00 | Other | 15% |
| 6906 00 00 | CERAMIC PIPES, CONDUITS, GUTTERING AND PIPE FITTINGS | 10% |
| 6907 21 00 | Of a water absorption coefficient by weight not exceeding 0.5% | 15% |
| 6907 22 00 | Of a water absorption coefficient by weight exceeding 0.5% but not exceeding 10% | 15% |
| 6907 23 00 | Of a water absorption coefficient by weight exceeding 10% | 15% |
| 6907 30 00 | Mosaic cubes and the like, other than those of sub-heading 6907 40 | 15% |
| 6907 40 00 | Furnishing ceramics | 15% |
| 6909 11 00 | Of porcelain or china | 10% |