Metals; n.e.c., cermets and articles thereof
Chapter 81 of the Harmonised System covers Metals; n.e.c., cermets and articles thereof — 12 four-digit headings spanning tungsten (wolfram) to cermets that customs authorities worldwide use to classify these goods and set duty.
- India exports 2024
- $127.1M
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
Chapter 81 covers other base metals, cermets and articles thereof — tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, magnesium, cobalt, titanium and similar. India exports selected products in this group, including tungsten and titanium articles, to specialised industrial buyers. Classification separates each metal and its articles, grouping these less common base metals that fall outside the major-metal chapters.
How to read this code
81 is the two-digit HS chapter for metals. 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 81
The Harmonised System breaks Metals; n.e.c., cermets and articles thereof into these 12 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Tungsten (wolfram); articles thereof, including waste and scrap
Molybdenum; articles thereof, including waste and scrap
Tantalum; articles thereof, including waste and scrap
Magnesium; articles thereof, including waste and scrap
Cobalt; mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, cobalt and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
Bismuth; articles thereof, including waste and scrap
Titanium; articles thereof, including waste and scrap
Zirconium; articles thereof, including waste and scrap
Antimony; articles thereof, including waste and scrap
Manganese; articles thereof, including waste and scrap
Beryllium, chromium, hafnium, rhenium, thallium, cadmium, germanium, vanadium, gallium, indium and niobium (columbium), articles of these metals, including waste and scrap
Cermets; articles thereof, including waste and scrap
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Top destinations for Chapter 81 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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