GST HSN Classification
HSN Code or HS Code for Printing with GST Rates
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HSN Entries136
GST Rate0% – 18%
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HSN Code & GST Rate List for Printing
Showing 61 of 136 HS codes| HSN Code | Description | HS Code | Description | GST% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1301 | Other machinery used for making up paper pulp, paper or paperboard – manual tape dispenser | 130190 | Printing machines that work through plates, cylinders and other printing parts of heading 8442; also other printers, copiers and fax machines and their parts (hectograph, stencil duplicating, addressing and office printing machines of 8469–8472 excluded) – web cameras | 5% |
| 13011020 | Parts and accessories of plate, cylinder and component-based printing machinery – engraving machine, web cam | 5% | ||
| 13011010 | Flexographic printing machinery – web cameras | 5% | ||
| 13011060 | Parts of other printing machinery and machines used for work linked to printing – HP printer, anabond, toner cartridge, web cams | 5% | ||
| 3212 | Pigments including metallic powder and flakes dispersed in non-water media (liquid or paste) used for making paints; stamping foil used in printing book bindings or hatband leather; other colourants packed for retail sale | 321210 | Stamping foil used for printing book bindings or hatband leather | 18% |
| 3215 | Printing ink, writing ink, drawing ink and other inks, concentrated or solid or not | 32151190 | Other black printing ink – printer cartridge refilling, offset printing ink, digital printing | 12% |
| 321511 | Black printing ink, concentrated or solid or not – digital printing | 12% | ||
| 321519 | Printing ink other than black, concentrated or solid or not – sunpack | 12% | ||
| 321590 | Ink other than printing ink, concentrated or solid or not – stamp pad ink | 12% | ||
| 32151140 | Black screen printing ink | 12% | ||
| 32151940 | Screen printing ink in other colours | 12% | ||
| 32151990 | Other printing ink and printers' colours – ceramic tile adhesive, ink bottle, offset printing press, sunpack | 12% | ||
| 32159090 | Other ink not listed elsewhere – stamp pad, banner printing, whiteboard marker, stamp pad ink | 12% | ||
| 3705 | Photographic plates and film that are exposed and developed (paper, paperboard or textile-based products, cinema film and ready-to-use plates excluded) | 370500 | Exposed and developed photographic plates and film (paper, paperboard, textile items, cinematographic film and ready-to-use printing plates excluded) | 12% |
| 4016 | Vulcanised rubber articles not listed elsewhere, hard rubber excluded – car windshield glass, yoga mat, artificial grass | 40169940 | Rubber blankets – printing blanket | 5% |
| 4802 | Uncoated paper and paperboard used for writing, printing and other graphic work; non-perforated punch cards and punch tape paper in rolls or sheets of any size; handmade paper and paperboard (newsprint of 4801 and paper of 4803 excluded) | 480251 | Uncoated graphic paper and punch card or punch tape paper, in rolls up to 15 cm wide or sheets up to 36 cm × 15 cm, with 10% or less mechanically made fibre, weighing up to 40 g/m² | 12% |
| 480252 | Same class of uncoated graphic paper in rolls or sheets, with 10% or less mechanical fibre, weighing 40 g to 150 g/m² | 12% | ||
| 480253 | Same class of uncoated graphic paper in rolls or sheets, with 10% or less mechanical fibre, weighing 150 g/m² and above | 12% | ||
| 480254 | Uncoated graphic paper and punch card or punch tape paper in rolls or sheets of any size, with 10% or less mechanical or chemi-mechanical fibre, weighing up to 40 g/m² | 12% | ||
| 480255 | Uncoated graphic paper in rolls of any size, with 10% or less mechanical or chemi-mechanical fibre, weighing 40 g to 150 g/m² – currency exchange | 12% | ||
| 480256 | Uncoated graphic paper in sheets up to 435 mm × 297 mm, with 10% or less mechanical or chemi-mechanical fibre, weighing 40 g to 150 g/m² – photo glossy paper | 12% | ||
| 480257 | Uncoated graphic paper in sheets with one side 435 mm and the other side 297 mm, with 10% or less mechanical fibre, weighing 40 g to 150 g/m² | 12% | ||
| 480258 | Uncoated graphic paper in rolls or sheets of any size, with 10% or less mechanical fibre, weighing 150 g/m² and above | 12% | ||
| 480260 | Uncoated graphic paper in rolls up to 15 cm wide or sheets up to 36 cm × 15 cm, containing more than 10% mechanically made fibre | 12% | ||
| 480261 | Uncoated graphic paper in rolls of any size, containing more than 10% mechanical or chemi-mechanical fibre | 12% | ||
| 480262 | Uncoated graphic paper in sheets up to 435 mm × 297 mm, containing more than 10% mechanical or chemi-mechanical fibre | 12% | ||
| 480269 | Uncoated graphic paper in sheets with one side 435 mm and the other side 297 mm, containing more than 10% mechanical fibre – photostat | 12% | ||
| 48021010 | Hand-made paper – note book, A4 paper 70 GSM, xerox and printing | 12% | ||
| 48025570 | Security printing paper, currency paper and stamp paper | 12% | ||
| 48025670 | Security printing paper, currency paper and stamp paper | 12% | ||
| 48025770 | Security printing paper, currency paper and stamp paper | 12% | ||
| 48025850 | Security printing paper, currency paper and stamp paper | 12% | ||
| 48026130 | Printing paper dyed or marbled in mass | 12% | ||
| 48026160 | Security printing paper, currency paper and stamp paper | 12% | ||
| 48026230 | Printing paper dyed or marbled in mass | 12% | ||
| 48026260 | Security printing paper, currency paper and stamp paper | 12% | ||
| 48026290 | Other uncoated graphic paper – copier paper (A4 size), A4 printing paper | 12% | ||
| 48026930 | Printing paper dyed or marbled in mass – printer paper | 12% | ||
| 48026960 | Security printing paper, currency paper and stamp paper | 12% | ||
| 4810 | Paper and paperboard coated on one or both sides with kaolin (China clay) or other inorganic material, with or without binder and with no other coating; surface-coloured, decorated or printed or not, in rolls or sheets of any size (all other coated papers excluded) | 481022 | Lightweight coated paper for graphic work, total weight up to 72 g/m² and coating up to 15 g/m² per side, base containing 50% or more mechanical fibre, coated both sides with kaolin, in rolls or sheets of any size – offset printing | 12% |
| 481011 | Graphic paper and paperboard with 10% or less mechanical fibre, coated with kaolin or other inorganic material, in rolls up to 15 cm wide or sheets up to 36 cm × 15 cm, weighing up to 150 g/m² | 12% | ||
| 481012 | Graphic paper and paperboard with 10% or less mechanical fibre, coated with kaolin, in rolls up to 15 cm wide or sheets up to 36 cm × 15 cm, weighing 150 g/m² and above | 12% | ||
| 481013 | Graphic paper and paperboard with 10% or less mechanical or chemi-mechanical fibre, coated with kaolin, in rolls of any size – sublimation paper | 12% | ||
| 481014 | Graphic paper and paperboard with 10% or less mechanical fibre, coated with kaolin, in sheets up to 435 mm × 297 mm | 12% | ||
| 481019 | Graphic paper and paperboard with 10% or less mechanical fibre, coated with kaolin, in sheets with one side 435 mm and the other side 297 mm | 12% | ||
| 481029 | Graphic paper and paperboard containing more than 10% mechanical fibre, coated with kaolin, in rolls or sheets of any size (lightweight paper excluded) | 12% | ||
| 481031 | Uniformly bleached kraft paper and paperboard with 95% or more chemically processed wood fibre, coated with kaolin, in rolls or sheets of any size, weighing up to 150 g/m² (graphic-purpose paper excluded) | 12% | ||
| 481032 | Uniformly bleached kraft paper and paperboard with 95% or more chemically processed wood fibre, coated with kaolin, weighing 150 g/m² and above (graphic-purpose paper excluded) | 12% | ||
| 481039 | Other kraft paper and paperboard coated with kaolin or other inorganic material, in rolls or sheets of any size (graphic-purpose and uniformly bleached kraft excluded) | 12% | ||
| 481091 | Multi-ply paper and paperboard coated with kaolin, in rolls up to 15 cm wide or sheets up to 36 cm × 15 cm (graphic-purpose paper and kraft paper excluded) | 12% | ||
| 481092 | Multi-ply paper and paperboard coated with kaolin, in rolls or sheets of any size (graphic-purpose paper and kraft paper excluded) | 12% | ||
| 481099 | Other paper and paperboard coated with kaolin or other inorganic material, surface-coloured, decorated or printed or not, in rolls or sheets of any size – cyber cafe | 12% | ||
| 48102200 | Lightweight coated paper for other graphic use, with more than 10% of total fibre made by a mechanical process – offset printing | 12% | ||
| 4817 | Envelopes, letter cards, plain postcards and correspondence cards of paper or paperboard; boxes, pouches, wallets and writing compendiums holding assorted paper stationery (items with printed postage stamps excluded) | 48173090 | Other paper stationery packs for correspondence holding only assorted paper stationery – business card, printed letterhead, printing visiting cards | 12% |
| 4820 | Registers, account books, note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memo pads, diaries, exercise books, blotting pads, binders, folders, file covers, manifold business forms, interleaved carbon sets and other paper stationery; sample or collection albums and book covers – A4 xerox paper | 482040 | Manifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets of paper or paperboard – stationery printing | 12% |
| 482090 | Blotting pads, similar paper stationery and book covers of paper or paperboard (registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memo pads, diaries, exercise books, binders, folders, file covers, business forms, carbon sets and albums excluded) – envelope printing | 12% | ||
| 48204000 | Manifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets – stationery printing | 12% | ||
| 48209090 | Other paper stationery items – masking tape, air ticket booking, application form, new year diary, paper file, dak pad, clipboard, envelope printing | 12% | ||
| 4821 | Paper or paperboard labels of every kind, printed or plain | 48211090 | Other printed paper or paperboard labels – butter paper, coupon, printing and stationery items, printing stationery | 18% |
| 4823 | Paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibre in strips or rolls up to 36 cm wide, in sheets with no side over 36 cm when unfolded, or cut to non-rectangular shapes; also articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or cellulose fibre webs not listed elsewhere | 482351 | Graphic paper and paperboard in strips or rolls up to 15 cm wide, sheets with no side over 36 cm unfolded, or cut to non-rectangular shapes, printed and embossed or perforated | 5% |
| 482359 | Graphic paper and paperboard in strips or rolls up to 15 cm wide, sheets with no side over 36 cm unfolded, or cut to non-rectangular shapes (printed, embossed or perforated paper excluded) | 5% | ||
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Everything you need to know about the HSN code and GST rate for Printing.
SAC (often searched as HSN) code 998912 covers printing and reproduction services of recorded media on a fee or contract basis. The applicable GST rate for SAC 998912 is generally 18%. This code is commonly used for commercial printing services such as book printing, newspaper printing, and printing on materials like plastic, glass, metal, wood, or ceramics.
