Metal; miscellaneous products of base metal
Chapter 83 of the Harmonised System covers Metal; miscellaneous products of base metal. It groups 11 four-digit headings used worldwide to classify these goods for customs and duty.
Sourcing this category from India
Products classified under HS 83 can be sourced from India across a range of clusters and price points. Use this page to understand where Metal; miscellaneous products of base metal sits in the tariff schedule, then explore the Indian sectors and products that supply it.
How to read this code
83 is the two-digit HS chapter. Your destination country extends it to 8–10 digits and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty for many goods — check our import guides for your market.
Headings under HS 83
The Harmonised System breaks Metal; miscellaneous products of base metal into these 11 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Padlocks & locks; clasps with locks, of base metal
Base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles for furniture, doors, staircases, windows, trunks, chests etc, castors with mountings of base metal, automatic door closers of base metal
Safes; armoured or reinforced, strong-boxes, doors and safe deposit lockers for strong-rooms, cash or deed boxes and the like, of base metal
Office equipment; filing cabinets, card-index cabinets, paper trays and rests, pen trays, office-stamp stands and the like, of base metal, other than office furniture of heading no. 9403
Stationery; fittings for loose-leaf binders or files, letter clips, letter corners, paper clips, indexing tags and the like, staples in strips (for offices, upholstery, packaging), of base metal
Bells, statuettes & ornaments of base metal
Tubing; flexible, with or without fittings, of base metal
Clasps, frames with clasps, buckles, buckle-clasps, hooks, eyes, eyelets etc for clothing & accessories, footwear, jewellery, wrist-watches, books, awnings, leather goods, travel goods, saddlery etc, tubular etc rivets, beads, spangles, of base metal
Stoppers, caps, lids (including crown corks, screw caps, pouring stoppers); capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packaging accessories, of base metal
Sign plates, name plates, address plates and similar plates, numbers, letters and other symbols, of base metal, excluding those of heading no. 9405
Wires, rods, tubes, plates, electrodes of base metal or metal carbides; of a kind used for soldering, brazing, welding; wires and rods for metal spraying
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