HSN (Harmonized System of Nomenclature) is a 6-digit uniform code that classifies 5000+ products and is accepted worldwide. It was developed by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and came into effect in 1988.

Why is HSN Code mandatory for GST?

Making HSN codes mandatory for GST brings uniformity to the systematic classification of goods, making it easier to gather data and analyze trade statistics. It helps in filing GST returns and claiming Input Tax Credit (ITC).

SAC (Services Accounting Code) is essentially the same as HSN but for services. While HSN codes are for goods, SAC codes classify the services involved.

How many digits are in an HSN Code?

In India, the HSN code structure typically uses 4, 6, or 8 digits. 4 digits for smaller turnovers ( 5Cr), and 8 digits for export/import.

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What is HSN Code?

HSN stands for Harmonized System of Nomenclature. It was developed by the World Customs Organization (WCO) efficiently categorizing over 5,000 products. It is accepted worldwide and has been in effect since 1988.

In India, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act has integrated the HSN code system to classify goods for taxation purposes. It ensures that GST invoices are consistent globally and helps in the systematic collection of data.

Structure of HSN Code in India

Example Code: 62141010	Description
62	Chapter Level (Apparel and Clothing)
14	Heading (Shawls, Scarves, Mufflers)
10	Sub-Heading (Of Silk or Silk Waste)
10	Tariff Item (Specific Product Code)

Services Accounting Code (SAC) in GST

While HSN is used for goods, Services are classified under SAC (Services Accounting Code). All services in India begin with the number 99.

For example, 9954 is for Construction Services, where '99' represents services and '54' represents the specific category of construction.

Chapter-wise Distribution of Goods

Complete list of 98 Chapters

Chapter	Title	Description	View
1	Live Animals and poultry	This chapter covers all live animals except fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic...	View Codes
2	Animal Meat and edible offals	This chapter covers meat and edible meat offal of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, fresh,...	View Codes
3	Fish, fillets and other aquatic animals meat	This chapter covers fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, live, fresh,...	View Codes
4	Honey, Eggs and Dairy Products	This chapter covers dairy produce such as milk, cream, butter, cheese, yoghurt, etc.; birds'...	View Codes
5	Inedible animal products (unspecified)	This chapter covers products of animal origin not elsewhere specified or included such as human...	View Codes
6	Flowers, Live trees and plants	This chapter covers live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and...	View Codes
7	Vegetables	This chapter covers edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers.	View Codes
8	Fruits	This chapter covers edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruits or melons.	View Codes
9	Tea, coffee, spices	This chapter covers coffee, tea, mate and spices.	View Codes
10	Cereals and Grains	This chapter covers cereals such as wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, etc.	View Codes
11	Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten	- This chapter covers products of the milling industry such as flour, meal, groats, flakes,...	View Codes
12	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder	This chapter covers oil seeds and oleaginous fruits such as soybeans, groundnuts, sunflower...	View Codes
13	Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts	This chapter covers lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts such as gum arabic,...	View Codes
14	Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included	This chapter covers vegetable plaiting materials such as bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier,...	View Codes
15	Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes	This chapter covers animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products such as butter...	View Codes
16	Meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; preparations thereof	This chapter covers preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic...	View Codes
17	Sugars and sugar confectionery	This chapter covers sugars and sugar confectionery such as cane or beet sugar, molasses, caramel,...	View Codes
18	Cocoa and cocoa preparations	This chapter covers cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted; cocoa shells, husks, skins and...	View Codes
19	Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products	This chapter covers preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk such as bread, pastry, cakes,...	View Codes
20	Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants	This chapter covers preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants such as...	View Codes
21	Miscellaneous edible preparations	This chapter covers miscellaneous edible preparations such as soups, broths, homogenised...	View Codes
22	Beverages, spirits and vinegar	This chapter covers beverages, spirits and vinegar such as water, fruit or vegetable juices,...	View Codes
23	Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder	This chapter covers residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder such as...	View Codes
24	Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes	This chapter covers tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes such as cigars, cigarettes,...	View Codes
25	Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement	This chapter covers salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement such...	View Codes
26	Ores, slag and ash	This chapter covers ores, slag and ash such as iron ores, copper ores, manganese ores, aluminium...	View Codes
27	Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes	This chapter covers mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous...	View Codes
28	Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes	This chapter covers inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of...	View Codes
29	Organic chemicals	This chapter covers organic chemicals such as hydrocarbons, oxygen-function amino-compounds,...	View Codes
30	Pharmaceutical products	This chapter covers pharmaceutical products such as medicaments, therapeutic or prophylactic...	View Codes
31	Fertilisers	This chapter covers fertilisers such as animal or vegetable fertilisers, mineral or chemical...	View Codes
32	Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks	This chapter covers tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and...	View Codes
33	Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations	This chapter covers essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations such...	View Codes
34	Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis	This chapter covers soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating...	View Codes
35	Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes	This chapter covers albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes such as gelatin,...	View Codes
36	Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations	This chapter covers explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain...	View Codes
37	Photographic or cinematographic goods	This chapter covers photographic or cinematographic goods such as photographic plates, film,...	View Codes
38	Miscellaneous chemical products	This chapter covers miscellaneous chemical products such as artificial graphite, activated...	View Codes
39	Plastics and articles thereof	This chapter covers plastics and articles thereof such as polymers, polyethylene, polypropylene,...	View Codes
40	Rubber and articles thereof	This chapter covers rubber and articles thereof such as natural rubber, synthetic rubber, etc.	View Codes
41	Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather	This chapter covers raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather such as raw hides and...	View Codes
42	Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)	This chapter covers articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar...	View Codes
43	Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof	This chapter covers furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof such as furskins,...	View Codes
44	Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal	This chapter covers wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal such as wood in the rough, railway...	View Codes
45	Cork and articles of cork	This chapter covers cork and articles of cork such as natural cork, agglomerated cork, articles...	View Codes
46	Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork	This chapter covers manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware...	View Codes
47	Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof	This chapter covers pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and...	View Codes
48	Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard	This chapter covers paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard such...	View Codes
49	Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans	This chapter covers printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing...	View Codes
50	Silk	This chapter covers silk such as silk yarn, silk-worm gut, raw silk, silk waste, etc.	View Codes
51	Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric	This chapter covers wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric such as...	View Codes
52	Cotton	This chapter covers cotton such as cotton, cotton yarn, cotton waste, etc.	View Codes
53	Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn	This chapter covers other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabric of paper yarn...	View Codes
54	Man-Made Filaments	This chapter covers man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials. It...	View Codes
55	Man-made staple fibres	This chapter covers man-made staple fibres, which are short fibres of synthetic or artificial...	View Codes
56	Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof	This chapter covers wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables...	View Codes
57	Carpets and other textile floor coverings	This chapter covers carpets and other textile floor coverings such as carpets and other textile...	View Codes
58	Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery	This chapter covers special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings;...	View Codes
59	Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use	This chapter covers impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles...	View Codes
60	Knitted or crocheted fabrics	This chapter covers knitted or crocheted fabrics such as knitted or crocheted fabrics, etc.	View Codes
61	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted	This chapter covers articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted such as...	View Codes
62	Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted	This chapter covers articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted such...	View Codes
63	Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags	This chapter covers other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile...	View Codes
64	Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles	This chapter covers footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles such as footwear,...	View Codes
65	Headgear and parts thereof	This chapter covers headgear and parts thereof such as headgear and parts thereof, etc.	View Codes
66	Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof	This chapter covers umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops...	View Codes
67	Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair	This chapter covers prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down;...	View Codes
68	Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials	This chapter covers articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials such...	View Codes
69	Ceramic products	This chapter covers ceramic products such as ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household...	View Codes
70	Glass and glassware	This chapter covers glass and glassware such as glass in balls, rods or tubes, unworked, glass in...	View Codes
71	Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin	This chapter covers natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious...	View Codes
72	Iron and steel	This chapter covers iron and steel such as pig iron, ferro-alloys, ferrous products obtained by...	View Codes
73	Articles of iron or steel	This chapter covers articles of iron or steel such as cast articles of iron or steel, iron or...	View Codes
74	Copper and articles thereof	This chapter covers copper and articles thereof such as copper mattes, cement copper, etc.	View Codes
75	Nickel and articles thereof	This chapter covers nickel and articles thereof such as nickel mattes, nickel oxide sinters and...	View Codes
76	Aluminium and articles thereof	This chapter covers aluminium and articles thereof such as unwrought aluminium, aluminium powders...	View Codes
78	Lead and articles thereof	This chapter covers lead and articles thereof such as unwrought lead, lead powders and flakes,...	View Codes
79	Zinc and articles thereof	This chapter covers zinc and articles thereof such as unwrought zinc, zinc powders and flakes,...	View Codes
80	Tin and articles thereof	This chapter covers tin and articles thereof such as unwrought tin, tin powders and flakes, tin...	View Codes
81	Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof	This chapter covers other base metals; cermets; articles thereof such as unwrought bismuth,...	View Codes
82	Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal	This chapter covers tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of...	View Codes
83	Miscellaneous articles of base metal	This chapter covers miscellaneous articles of base metal such as metal scouring pads, metal...	View Codes
84	Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof	This chapter covers nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof...	View Codes
85	Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles	This chapter covers electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and...	View Codes
86	Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds	This chapter covers railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or...	View Codes
87	Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof	This chapter covers vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and...	View Codes
88	Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof	This chapter covers aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof such as aircraft, spacecraft, and...	View Codes
89	Ships, boats and floating structures	This chapter covers ships, boats and floating structures such as cruise ships, cargo ships,...	View Codes
90	Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof	This chapter covers optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision,...	View Codes
91	Clocks and watches and parts thereof	This chapter covers clocks and watches and parts thereof such as clocks, watches, etc.	View Codes
92	Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles	This chapter covers musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles such as pianos,...	View Codes
93	Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof	This chapter covers arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof such as revolvers and...	View Codes
94	Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings	This chapter covers furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar...	View Codes
95	Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof	This chapter covers toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof such as...	View Codes
96	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	This chapter covers miscellaneous manufactured articles such as buttons, press-fasteners,...	View Codes
97	Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques	This chapter covers works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques such as original engravings,...	View Codes
98	Special Classification Provisions	This chapter covers special classification provisions such as special classification provisions,...	View Codes
99	Commodities not elsewhere specified	This chapter covers commodities not elsewhere specified such as commodities not elsewhere...	View Codes

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Structure of HSN Code in India

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Chapter-wise Distribution of Goods

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