Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
Chapter 27 of the Harmonised System covers Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes — 16 four-digit headings spanning coal to electrical energy that customs authorities worldwide use to classify these goods and set duty.
- India exports 2024
- $74.27B
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
Chapter 27 covers mineral fuels, mineral oils, distillation products, bituminous substances and mineral waxes. Refined petroleum products are among India's largest exports by value, shipped from its world-scale coastal refineries. Classification separates crude oils from refined fractions — petrol, diesel, jet fuel, naphtha, bitumen and waxes — each carrying distinct tariff and regulatory treatment.
How to read this code
27 is the two-digit HS chapter for mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their. To clear customs your destination country extends it to a full 8–10 digit code and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty on many mineral products lines — check our import guides for your market.
Headings under HS 27
The Harmonised System breaks Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes into these 16 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal
Lignite; whether or not agglomerated, excluding jet
Peat; (including peat litter), whether or not agglomerated
Coke and semi-coke; of coal, lignite or peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon
Coal gas, water gas, producer gas and similar gases, other than petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
Tar distilled from coal, from lignite, peat and other mineral tars, whether or not dehydrated or partially distilled; including reconstituted tars
Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar products in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents
Pitch and pitch coke; obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals; crude
Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, micro-crystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, similar products obtained by synthesis, other processes; coloured or not
Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen; other residues of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks
Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt; on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (e.g. bituminous mastics, cut-backs)
Electrical energy
Top destinations for Chapter 27 exports
India's largest buyers of goods in this HS chapter in 2024, ranked by export value.
Chapter-level destination mix — your specific HS line may skew differently. Source: UN Comtrade, 2024.
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