HSN chapter guide
Chapter 83 — Miscellaneous base metal articles
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
- For the purposes of this Chapter, parts of base metal are to be classified with their parent articles. However, articles of iron or steel of heading 73.12, 73.15, 73.17, 73.18 or 73.20, or similar articles of other base metal (Chapters 74 to 76 and 78 to 81) are not to be taken as parts of articles of this Chapter.
- For the purposes of heading 83.02, the word 'castors' means those having a diameter (including, where appropriate, tyres) not exceeding 75 mm, or those having a diameter (including, where appropriate, tyres) exceeding 75 mm provided that the width of the wheel or tyre fitted thereto is less than 30 mm.
Sample 8-digit lines
| HSN | Description | BCD |
|---|---|---|
| 8301 10 00 | Padlocks | 20% |
| 8301 20 00 | Locks of a kind used for motor vehicles | 15% |
| 8301 30 00 | Locks of a kind used for furniture | 20% |
| 8301 40 10 | Combination locks | 20% |
| 8301 40 90 | Other | 20% |
| 8301 50 00 | Clasps and frames with clasps, incorporating locks | 20% |
| 8301 60 00 | Parts | 20% |
| 8301 70 00 | Keys presented separately | 20% |
| 8302 10 10 | Of steel | 15% |
| 8302 10 20 | Of brass | 15% |
| 8302 10 90 | Other | 15% |
| 8302 20 00 | Castors | 15% |
| 8302 30 10 | Curve drive stakes | 15% |
| 8302 30 90 | Other | 15% |
| 8302 41 10 | Fittings for doors and windows | 15% |
| 8302 41 20 | Tower bolts | 15% |
| 8302 41 90 | Other | 15% |
| 8302 42 00 | Other, suitable for furniture | 15% |
| 8302 49 00 | Other | 15% |
| 8302 50 00 | Hat-racks, hat-pegs, brackets and similar fixtures | 15% |
| 8302 60 00 | Automatic door closers | 15% |
| 8303 00 00 | ARMOURED OR REINFORCED SAFES, STRONG-BOXES AND DOORS AND SAFE DEPOSIT LOCKERS FOR STRONG-ROOMS, CASH OR DEED BOXES AND THE LIKE, OF BASE METAL | 10% |
| 8304 00 00 | FILING, CABINETS, CARD-INDEX CABINETS, PAPER TRAYS, PAPER RESTS, PEN TRAYS, OFFICE-STAMP STANDS AND SIMILAR OFFICE OR DESK EQUIPMENT, OF BASE METAL, OTHER THAN OFFICE FURNITURE OF HEADING 9403 | 20% |
| 8305 10 00 | Fittings for loose-leaf binders or files | 20% |
| 8305 20 00 | Staples in strips | 20% |
| 8305 90 10 | Pins (other than those of heading 7317) | 20% |
| 8305 90 20 | Clips | 20% |
| 8305 90 90 | Other | 20% |
| 8306 10 00 | Bells, gongs and the like | 20% |
| 8306 21 10 | Statuettes | 20% |
| 8306 21 20 | Trophies | 20% |
| 8306 21 90 | Other | 20% |
| 8306 29 10 | Statuettes | 20% |
| 8306 29 20 | Trophies | 20% |
| 8306 29 90 | Other | 20% |
| 8306 30 00 | Photograph, picture or similar frames; mirrors | 20% |
| 8307 10 00 | Of iron or steel | 10% |
| 8307 90 00 | Of other base metal | 10% |
| 8308 10 10 | Hooks and eyes | 10% |
| 8308 10 21 | For footwear | 10% |