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HS 29 Chapter · Chemicals & Allied Industries

Organic chemicals

Chapter 29 of the Harmonised System covers Organic chemicals. It groups 42 four-digit headings used worldwide to classify these goods for customs and duty.

Sourcing this category from India

Products classified under HS 29 can be sourced from India across a range of clusters and price points. Use this page to understand where Organic chemicals sits in the tariff schedule, then explore the Indian sectors and products that supply it.

How to read this code

29 is the two-digit HS chapter. Your destination country extends it to 8–10 digits and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty for many goods — check our import guides for your market.

Headings under HS 29

The Harmonised System breaks Organic chemicals into these 42 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.

29.01 6 subheadings

Acyclic hydrocarbons

29.02 12 subheadings

Cyclic hydrocarbons

29.03 42 subheadings

Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons

29.04 10 subheadings

Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons; whether or not halogenated

29.05 20 subheadings

Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.06 6 subheadings

Alcohols; cyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.07 9 subheadings

Phenols; monophenols, polyphenols, and phenol-alcohols

29.08 5 subheadings

Phenols or phenol-alcohols; halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.09 10 subheadings

Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides, ketone peroxides (chemically defined or not), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.10 6 subheadings

Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers; with a three-membered ring and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.11 1 subheadings

Acetals and hemiacetals; whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrostated derivatives

29.12 10 subheadings

Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of aldehydes; paraformaldehyde

29.13 1 subheadings

Aldehydes; halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products of heading no. 2912

29.14 16 subheadings

Ketones and quinones; whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrostated derivatives

29.15 16 subheadings

Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.16 12 subheadings

Acids; unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic, cyclic monocarboxylic, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.17 13 subheadings

Acids; polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxy-acids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.18 16 subheadings

Acids; carboxylic acid with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.19 2 subheadings

Esters; phosphoric, and their salts, including lactophosphates, their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.20 9 subheadings

Esters of other inorganic acids of non-metals (other than of hydrogen halides) and their salts, their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.21 18 subheadings

Amine-function compounds

29.22 18 subheadings

Oxygen-function amino-compounds

29.23 5 subheadings

Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not chemically defined

29.24 8 subheadings

Carboxyamide-function compounds; amide-function compounds of carbonic acid

29.25 5 subheadings

Carboxyimide-function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine-function compounds

29.26 5 subheadings

Nitrile-function compounds

29.27 1 subheadings

Diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds

29.28 1 subheadings

Organic derivatives of hydrazine or of hydroxylamine

29.29 2 subheadings

Nitrogen-function compounds, n.e.c. in chapter 29

29.30 8 subheadings

Organo-sulphur compounds

29.31 17 subheadings

Other organo-inorganic compounds

29.32 13 subheadings

Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only

29.33 27 subheadings

Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only

29.34 6 subheadings

Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; other heterocyclic compounds

29.35 6 subheadings

Sulphonamides

29.36 10 subheadings

Provitamins, vitamins; natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates) derivatives thereof used as vitamins, and intermixtures of the fore-going, whether or not in any solvent

29.37 9 subheadings

Hormones, prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes, natural or reproduced by synthesis; derivatives and structural analogues thereof, including chain modified polypeptides, used primarily as hormones.

29.38 2 subheadings

Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives

29.39 19 subheadings

Alkaloids; natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives

29.40 1 subheadings

Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose; sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar esters, and their salts, other than the products of heading 29.37, 29.38, or 29.39

29.41 6 subheadings

Antibiotics

29.42 1 subheadings

Organic compounds; n.e.c. in chapter 29

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Last updated 28 Jun 2026 Figures are indicative sourcing benchmarks compiled from exporter quotes, India trade-scheme notifications and public customs tariffs. Confirm live pricing and HS classification before contracting.
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