Glass and glassware
Chapter 70 of the Harmonised System covers Glass and glassware — 19 four-digit headings that customs authorities worldwide use to classify these goods and set duty.
- India exports 2024
- $1.12B
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
Chapter 70 covers glass and glassware. India exports container glass, tableware, decorative and craft glass — notably the bangles and beads of Firozabad — and technical and laboratory glass. Subheadings move from raw and worked flat glass through bottles and tableware to glass fibre and specialised optical and laboratory glassware.
How to read this code
70 is the two-digit HS chapter for glass and glassware. 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 stone, ceramic & glass lines — check our import guides for your market.
Headings under HS 70
The Harmonised System breaks Glass and glassware into these 19 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Glass; cullet and other waste and scrap of glass, excluding glass from cathode ray tubes or other activated glass of heading 85.49, glass in the mass
Glass in balls (other than microspheres of heading no. 7018), rods or tubes, unworked
Glass; cast glass and rolled glass in sheets or profiles, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked
Glass; drawn glass and blown glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked
Glass; float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked
Glass of heading no. 7003, 7004 or 7005, bent, edge-worked, engraved, drilled, enamelled or otherwise worked, not framed or fitted with other materials
Safety glass, consisting of toughened (tempered) or laminated glass
Glass; multiple-walled insulating units of glass
Glass mirrors; whether or not framed, including rear-view mirrors
Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules, containers of glass of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods; preserving jars of glass; stoppers, lids and other closures of glass
Glass envelopes (including bulbs and tubes), open and glass parts thereof, without fittings, for electric lamps and light sources, cathode-ray tubes or the like
Glassware of a kind used for table, kitchen, toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar purposes (other than of heading no. 7010 or 7018)
Signalling glassware and optical elements of glass (other than those of heading no. 7015), not optically worked
Clock, watch and similar glasses, glasses for non-corrective or corrective spectacles, curved, bent, hallowed etc, not optically worked; hollow glass spheres and their segments for manufacture
Glass; paving blocks, slabs, bricks, tiles etc, of pressed, moulded glass, whether or not wired, glass smallwares for decorative purposes leaded lights and the like; multicellular or foam glass
Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated
Glass beads, imitation pearls & small glassware
Glass fibres (including glass wool) and articles thereof (e.g. yarn, rovings, woven fabrics)
Glass; articles n.e.c. in chapter 70
Products under HS 70 we source from India
These live sourcing categories map to HS 70, each with its own indicative FOB, minimum order and lead-time economics — request quotes directly.
Where these are made in India
The categories above are produced across these clusters, each with its own factory base and export track record.
Turn this code into a sourcing plan
HS 70 maps to live sourcing categories — jump straight to the sector and products we ship under it.
Top destinations for Chapter 70 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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