Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
Chapter 33 of the Harmonised System covers Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations — 7 four-digit headings spanning essential oils, resinoids & extracted oleoresins to perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations that customs authorities worldwide use to classify these goods and set duty.
- India exports 2024
- $2.68B
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
Chapter 33 covers essential oils, resinoids, perfumery, cosmetic and toilet preparations. India is a historic exporter of essential and attar oils — mint, sandalwood, lemongrass and floral attars from Kannauj — alongside a growing branded cosmetics trade. Classification separates raw essential oils and extracts from finished perfumes, skincare, haircare and oral-care preparations.
How to read this code
33 is the two-digit HS chapter for essential oils and resinoids. 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 chemicals & allied industries lines — check our import guides for your market.
Headings under HS 33
The Harmonised System breaks Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations into these 7 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Essential oils, resinoids & extracted oleoresins
Odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for beverage manufacture
Perfumes and toilet waters
Cosmetic and toilet preparations; beauty, make-up and skin care preparations (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations), manicure or pedicure preparations
Hair preparations; for use on the hair
Oral or dental hygiene preparations; including fixative pastes and powders; yarn used to clean between the teeth (dental floss), in individual retail packages
Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations; pre-shave, shaving, after-shave, bath preparations; personal deodorants and depilatories; room deodorisers, perfumed or not with disinfectant properties or not
Products under HS 33 we source from India
These live sourcing categories map to HS 33, each with its own indicative FOB, minimum order and lead-time economics — request quotes directly.
Top destinations for Chapter 33 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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Indian exporters in this category
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