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HSN 38214-Digit Heading

HSN 3821: Prepared culture media for development or maintenance – GST Rate

HSN 3821 covers prepared culture media for development or maintenance of micro-organism (including viruses and the like) or of plant human or animal cells. GST on HSN 3821 is 18% (rates effective 22 September 2025). This heading has 1 tariff items, for example 3821 00 00.

Chapter 38: Miscellaneous chemical products

GST rates as per CBIC Notifications 09/2025 and 10/2025 (Central Tax - Rate), effective 22 September 2025. Last updated: October 2026. Always verify on the official GST portal before filing.

GST Rates for Heading 3821

18%CGST 9% + SGST 9% / IGST 18%

Prepared culture media for development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells

Reference: Schedule II, S. No. 108 (Spec: 3821)

Sub-Headings & Tariff Items Under 3821

Showing 2 sub-classification codes with complete hierarchy descriptions.

3821006-Digit Sub-heading

382100008-Digit Tariff Item

Chain: Miscellaneous chemical products > Prepared Culture Media For Development Or Maintenance Of Micro-Organism (Including Viruses And The Like) Or Of Plant Human Or Animal Cells > Prepared Culture Media For Development Or Maintenance Of Micro-Organism (Including Viruses And The Like) Or Of Plant Human Or Animal Cells > Prepared Culture Media For Development Or Maintenance Of Micro-Organism (Including Viruses And The Like) Or Of Plant Human Or Animal Cells

Other Headings in Chapter 38

HSN 3801

Artificial Graphite, Colloidal Or Semi-Colloidal Graphite, Preparations Based On Graphite Or Other Carbon In The Form Of Pastes, Blocks, Plates Or Other Semi-Manufactures

HSN 3802

Activated Carbon; Activated Natural Mineral Products; Animal Black, Including Spent Animal Black

HSN 3803

Tall Oil, Whether Or Not Refined

HSN 3804

Residual Lyes From The Manufacture Of Wood Pulp, Whether Or Not Concentrated, Desugared Or Chemically Treated, Including Lignin Sulphonates, But Excluding Tall Oil Of Heading 3802

HSN 3805

Gum, Wood Or Sulphate Turpentine And Other Terpenic Oils Produced By The Distillation Or Other Treatment Of Coniferous Woods, Crude Dipentene, Sulphite Turpentine And Other Crude Para-Cymene, Pine Oil Containing Alpha-Terpineol As The Main Constituent

HSN 3806

Rosin And Resin Acids, And Derivatives Thereof; Rosin Spirit And Rosin Oils; Run Gums

HSN 3807

Wood Tar, Wood Tar Oils, Wood Creosote, Wood Naphtha, Vegetable Pitch, Brewers' Pitch And Similar Preparations Based On Rosin, Resin Acids Or On Vegetable Pitch

HSN 3808

Insecticides, Rodenticides, Fungicides, Herbicides, Anti-Sprouting Products And Plant-Growth Regulators, Disinfectants And Similar Products, Put Up In Forms Or Packings For Retail Sale Or As Preparations Or Articles (For Example, Sulphurtreated Bands, Wicks And Candles, And Fly-Papers)

HSN 3809

Finishing Agents, Dye Carriers To Accelerate The Dyeing Or Fixing Of Dye-Stuffs And Other Products And Preparations (For Example, Dressings And Mordants), Of A Kind Used In The Textile, Paper, Leather Or Like Industries, Not Elsewhere Specified Or Included

HSN 3810

Pickling Preparations For Metal Surfaces, Fluxes And Other Auxiliary Preparations For Soldering, Brazing Or Welding, Soldering, Brazing Or Welding Powders And Pastes Consisting Of Metal And Other Materials, Preparations Of A Kind Used As Cores Or Coatings For Welding Electrodes Or Rods

HSN 3811

Anti-Knock Preparations, Oxidation Inhibitors, Gum Inhibitors, Viscosity Improvers, Anti-Corrosive Preparations And Other Prepared Additives, For Mineral Oils (Including Gasoline) Or For Other Liquids Used For The Same Purposes As Mineral Oils

HSN 3812

Prepared Rubber Accelerators; Compound Plasticisers For Rubber Or Plastics, Not Elsewhere Specified Or Included; Anti-Oxidising Preparations And Other Compound Stabilisers For Rubber Or Plastics

HSN 3813

Preparations And Charges For Fire-Extinguishers; Charged Fire-Extinguishing Grenades

HSN 3814

Organic Composite Solvents And Thinners, Not Elsewhere Specified Or Included; Prepared Paint Or Varnish Removers

HSN 3815

Reaction Initiators, Reaction Accelerators And Catalytic Preparations, Not Elsewhere Specified Or Included

HSN 3816

Refractory Cements, Mortars, Concretes And Similar Compositions, Including Dolomite Ramming Mix, Other Than Products Of Heading 3800

HSN 3817

Mixed Alkylbenzenes And Mixed Alkylnaphthalenes, Other Than Those Of Heading 2707 Or 2902

HSN 3818

Chemical Elements Doped For Use In Electronics, In The Form Of Discs, Wafers Or Similar Forms, Chemical Compounds Doped For Use In Electronics

HSN 3819

Hydraulic Brake Fluids And Other Prepared Liquids For Hydraulic Transmission, Not Containing Or Containing Less Than 70% By Weight Of Petroleum Oils Or Oils Obtained From Bituminous Minerals

HSN 3820

Anti-Freezing Preparations And Prepared De-Icing Fluids

HSN 3822

Diagnostic Or Laboratory Reagents On A Backing, Prepared Diagnostic Or Laboratory Reagents Whether Or Not On A Backing, Whether Or Not Put Up In The Form Of Kits, Other Than Those Of Heading 3006; Certified Reference Materials

HSN 3823

Industrial Monocarboxylic Fatty Acids; Acid Oils From Refining; Industrial Fatty Alcohols

HSN 3824

Prepared Binders For Foundry Moulds Or Cores; Chemical Products And Preparations Of The Chemical Or Allied Industries (Including Those Consisting Of Mixtures Of Natural Products), Not Elsewhere Specified Or Included

HSN 3825

Residual Products Of The Chemical Or Allied Industries, Not Elsewhere Specified Or Included, Municipal Waste, Sewage Sludge, Other Wastes Specified In Note 6 To This Chapter

HSN 3826

Biodiesel And Mixtures Thereof, Not Containing Or Containing Less Than 70 % By Weight Of Petroleum Oils And Oils Obtained From Bituminous Minerals

HSN 3827

Mixtures Containing Halogenated Derivatives Of Methane, Ethane Or Propane, Not Elsewhere Specified Or Included

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