Metal; miscellaneous products of base metal
Chapter 83 of the Harmonised System covers Metal; miscellaneous products of base metal — 11 four-digit headings spanning padlocks & locks to tubing that customs authorities worldwide use to classify these goods and set duty.
- India exports 2024
- $937.8M
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
Chapter 83 covers miscellaneous articles of base metal — locks, fittings, mountings, safes, signs and clasps. India exports builders' hardware, locks from Aligarh, decorative metal fittings and a wide range of finished base-metal goods. This chapter classifies the assorted hardware and fittings that don't belong to a specific single-metal chapter.
How to read this code
83 is the two-digit HS chapter for metal. 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 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
Products under HS 83 we source from India
These live sourcing categories map to HS 83, 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 83 maps to live sourcing categories — jump straight to the sector and products we ship under it.
Top destinations for Chapter 83 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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