Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
Chapter 36 of the Harmonised System covers Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations — 6 four-digit headings spanning explosives to matches that customs authorities worldwide use to classify these goods and set duty.
- India exports 2024
- $339.5M
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
Chapter 36 covers explosives, pyrotechnic products, matches and pyrophoric alloys. India has a long-established fireworks and matches industry centred on Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, which supplies both domestic and export demand. Trade in this chapter is tightly controlled, so classification here is bound up with licensing, safety and transport-of-dangerous-goods requirements.
How to read this code
36 is the two-digit HS chapter for explosives. 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 36
The Harmonised System breaks Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations into these 6 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Explosives; propellent powders
Prepared explosives, other than propellent powders
Safety fuses; detonating cords; percussion or detonating caps; igniters; electric detonators
Fireworks, signalling flares, rain rockets, fog signals and other pyrotechnic articles
Matches; other than pyrotechnic articles of heading no. 3604
Ferro-cerium and other pyrophoric alloys in all forms; articles of combustible materials n.e.c. in chapter 36
Top destinations for Chapter 36 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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