Overview of HSN :
Following is broad grouping of goods in HSN.
♦ Animal Products (Section I – Chapters 1 to 6)
♦ Vegetable Products (Section II – Chapters 6 to 14)
♦ Animal or vegetable fats and oils (Section III – Chapter 15)
♦ Prepared foodstuffs, beverages (Section IV – Chapters 16 to 24)
♦ Mineral Products (Section V – Chapters 25 to 27)
♦ Products of Chemicals and allied industries (Section VI – Chapters 28 to 38)
♦ Plastics and Rubber and their articles (Section VII – Chapters 39 and 40)
♦ Raw hides and Skins, Leather and articles (Section VIII – Chapters 41 to 43)
♦ Wood, cork, straw and their articles (Section IX – Chapters 44 and 46)
♦ Pulp of wood, Paper, Paper-board and articles (Section X – Chapters 47 to 49)
♦ Textile and Textile Products (Section XI – Chapters 50 to 63)
♦ Footwear, Headgear, Umbrellas, Articles of human hair (Section XII – Chapters 64 to 67).
♦ Articles of stone, plaster, ceramic, mica, glass (Section XIII – Chapters 68 to 70)
♦ Pearls, precious metals (Section XIV – Chapter 71)
♦ Base metals and articles of base metal (Iron, Steel, Copper, Nickel, Zinc, Tin etc.). (Section XV – Chapters 72 to 83)
♦ Machinery and mechanical appliances, electrical equipments, television etc. (Section XVI – Chapters 84 and 85)
♦ Vehicles, Aircrafts, vessels and associated transport equipment (Section XVII – Chapters 86 to 89)
♦ Optical, photographic, medical, surgical instruments, clocks, musical instruments (Section XVIII – Chapters 90 to 92)
♦ Arms and Ammunition (Section XIX – Chapter 93)
♦ Misc. Manufactured articles like Furniture, toys etc. (Section XX – Chapters 94 to 96)
♦ Works of Art, collectors’ pieces and antiques (Section XXI – Chapters 97 to 99).