Iron and steel
Chapter 72 of the Harmonised System covers Iron and steel — 29 four-digit headings spanning ferro-alloys to wire of other alloy steel that customs authorities worldwide use to classify these goods and set duty.
- India exports 2024
- $10.18B
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
Chapter 72 covers iron and steel in primary and semi-finished forms. India is one of the world's largest steel producers and a significant exporter of pig iron, ingots, semis, flat and long products. Subheadings are organised by product form and by carbon and alloy content, from primary materials through to bars, rods, plates and sheets.
How to read this code
72 is the two-digit HS chapter for iron and steel. 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 base metals & articles lines — check our import guides for your market.
Headings under HS 72
The Harmonised System breaks Iron and steel into these 29 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms
Ferro-alloys
Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or the like; iron having a minimum purity of 99.94%, in lumps, pellets or similar forms
Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel
Granules and powders, of pig iron, spiegeleisen, iron or steel
Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading no. 7203)
Iron or non-alloy steel; semi-finished products thereof
Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products of a width of 600mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated
Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated
Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width 600mm or more, clad, plated or coated
Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width less than 600mm, not clad, plated or coated
Iron or non-alloy steel; flat-rolled products, width less than 600mm, clad, plated or coated
Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils
Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling
Iron or non-alloy steel; bars and rods, n.e.c. in chapter 72
Iron or non-alloy steel, angles, shapes and sections
Wire of iron or non-alloy steel
Stainless steel in ingots or other primary forms; semi-finished products of stainless steel
Stainless steel; flat-rolled products of width of 600mm or more
Stainless steel; flat-rolled products of width less than 600mm
Stainless steel bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils
Stainless steel bars and rods, angles, shapes and sections
Stainless steel wire
Alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms, semi-finished products of other alloy steel
Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width 600mm or more
Alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width of less than 600mm
Steel, alloy; bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils
Alloy steel bars, rods, shapes and sections; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel
Wire of other alloy steel
Turn this code into a sourcing plan
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Top destinations for Chapter 72 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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