GST tax rate on - 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 of plaster

HS Description Percentage
3402

Sulphonated castor oil, fish oil or sperm oil

CGST - 2.5%
SGST - 2.5%
IGST - 5%
CESS - Nil
3406

Candles, tapers and the like

CGST - 6%
SGST - 6%
IGST - 12%
CESS - Nil
3406

Handcrafted candles

CGST - 6%
SGST - 6%
IGST - 12%
CESS - Nil
3401

Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent

CGST - 9%
SGST - 9%
IGST - 18%
CESS - Nil
3402

Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 3401 [other than Sulphonated castor oil, fish oil or sperm oil]

CGST - 9%
SGST - 9%
IGST - 18%
CESS - Nil
3403

Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould release preparations, based on lubricants) and preparations of a kind used for the oil or grease treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials, but excluding preparations containing, as basic constituents, 70% or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals

CGST - 9%
SGST - 9%
IGST - 18%
CESS - Nil
3404

Artificial waxes and prepared waxes

CGST - 9%
SGST - 9%
IGST - 18%
CESS - Nil
3405

Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of heading 3404

CGST - 9%
SGST - 9%
IGST - 18%
CESS - Nil
3407

Modelling pastes, including those put up for children's amusement; Preparations known as “dental wax” or as “dental impression compounds”, put up in sets, in packings for retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes, sticks or similar forms; other preparations for use in dentistry, with a basis of plaster (of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate)

CGST - 9%
SGST - 9%
IGST - 18%
CESS - Nil

6 Digit HS Code for chapter 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 of plaster

  • 340111 - For toilet use (including medicated products)
  • 340490 - Other
  • 340119 - Bars and blocks of not less than 500 gm in weight
  • 340120 - Household and laundry soaps not elsewhere specified or included
  • 340130 - For toilet use (including medicated products)
  • 340290 - Washing preparations whether or not containing soaps
  • 340211 - Anionic
  • 340212 - Anionic
  • 340213 - Anionic
  • 340219 - Anionic
  • 340220 - Preparations put up for retail sale
  • 340319 - Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
  • 340391 - Other
  • 340399 - Other
  • 340420 - No product specified
  • 340540 - No product specified
  • 340590 - Other
  • 340600 - Candles, tapers and the like
  • 340530 - No product specified
  • 340700 - Modelling pastes, including those put up for children’s amusement; preparations known as “dental wax” or as “dental impression compounds”, put up in sets, in packings for retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes, sticks or similar forms; other preparations for use in dentistry, with a basis of plaster (of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate)
  • 340510 - No product specified
  • 340520 - No product specified
  • 340311 - Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals

4 Digit HS Code for chapter 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 of plaster

  • 3401 - SOAP; ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS FOR USE AS SOAP, IN THE FORM OF BARS, CAKES, MOULDED PIECES OR SHAPES, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING SOAP; ORGANIC SURFACE ACTIVE PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS FOR WASHING THE SKIN, IN THE FORM OF LIQUID OR CREAM AND PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING SOAP; PAPER, WADDING, FELT AND NONWOVENS, IMPREGNATED, COATED OR COVERED WITH SOAP OR DETERGENT
  • 3404 - ARTIFICIAL WAXES AND PREPARED WAXES
  • 3402 - ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS (OTHER THAN SOAP), SURFACE-ACTIVE PREPARATIONS, WASHING PREPARATIONS (INCLUDING AUXILIARY WASHING PREPARATIONS) AND CLEANING PREPARATIONS, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING SOAP, OTHER THAN THOSE OF HEADING 3401
  • 3403 - LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS (INCLUDING CUTTING-OIL PREPARATIONS, BOLT OR NUT RELEASE PREPARATIONS, ANTI-RUST OR ANTI-CORROSION PREPARATIONS AND MOULD RELEASE PREPARATIONS, BASED ON LUBRICANTS) AND PREPARATIONS OF A KIND USED FOR THE OIL OR GREASE TREATMENT OF TEXTILE MATERIALS, LEATHER, FURSKINS OR OTHER MATERIALS, BUT EXCLUDING PREPARATIONS CONTAINING, AS BASIC CONSTITUENTS, 70 % OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF PETROLEUM OILS OR OF OILS OBTAINED FROM BITUMINOUS MINERALS
  • 3405 - POLISHES AND CREAMS, FOR FOOTWEAR, FURNITURE,FLOORS, COACHWORK, GLASS OR METAL, SCOURING PASTES AND POWDERS AND SIMILAR PREPARATIONS (WHETHER OR NOT IN THE FORM OF PAPER, WADDING, FELT, NONWOVENS, CELLULAR PLASTICS OR CELLULAR RUBBER, IMPREGNATED, COATED OR COVERED WITH SUCH PREPARATIONS), EXCLUDING WAXES OF HEADING 3404
  • 3406 - CANDLES, TAPERS AND THE LIKE
  • 3407 - MODELLING PASTES, INCLUDING THOSE PUT UP FOR CHILDREN’S AMUSEMENT; PREPARATIONS KNOWN AS “DENTAL WAX” OR AS “DENTAL IMPRESSION COMPOUNDS”, PUT UP IN SETS, IN PACKINGS FOR RETAIL SALE OR IN PLATES, HORSESHOE SHAPES, STICKS OR SIMILAR FORMS; OTHER PREPARATIONS FOR USE IN DENTISTRY, WITH A BASIS OF PLASTER (OF CALCINED GYPSUM OR CALCIUM SULPHATE)

8 Digit HS Code for chapter 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 of plaster