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HSN 96094-Digit Heading

HSN 9609: Pencils – GST Rate

HSN 9609 covers pencils (other than pencils of heading 9608), crayons, pencil leads, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailors chalk. GST on HSN 9609 is 0% (Nil / exempt) (rates effective 22 September 2025). This heading has 6 tariff items, for example 9609 10 00, 9609 20 00 and 9609 90 10.

Chapter 96: Miscellaneous manufactured articles

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 9609

0% (Nil / exempt)CGST Nil + SGST Nil / IGST Nil

Pencils (including propelling or sliding pencils), crayons, pastels, drawing charcoals, writing or drawing chalks and tailor‘s chalk; Slate pencils and chalk sticks

Reference: Schedule EXEMPT, S. No. 163 (Spec: 9608,9609)

Sub-Headings & Tariff Items Under 9609

Showing 9 sub-classification codes with complete hierarchy descriptions.

9609106-Digit Sub-heading

Chain: Miscellaneous manufactured articles > Pencils (Other Than Pencils Of Heading 9608), Crayons, Pencil Leads, Pastels, Drawing Charcoals, Writing Or Drawing Chalks And Tailors Chalk > Pencils And Crayons, With Leads Encased In A Sheath

960910008-Digit Tariff Item

Chain: Miscellaneous manufactured articles > Pencils (Other Than Pencils Of Heading 9608), Crayons, Pencil Leads, Pastels, Drawing Charcoals, Writing Or Drawing Chalks And Tailors Chalk > Pencils And Crayons, With Leads Encased In A Sheath > Pencils And Crayons, With Leads Encased In A Sheath

9609206-Digit Sub-heading

Chain: Miscellaneous manufactured articles > Pencils (Other Than Pencils Of Heading 9608), Crayons, Pencil Leads, Pastels, Drawing Charcoals, Writing Or Drawing Chalks And Tailors Chalk > Pencil Leads, Black Or Coloured

960920008-Digit Tariff Item

Chain: Miscellaneous manufactured articles > Pencils (Other Than Pencils Of Heading 9608), Crayons, Pencil Leads, Pastels, Drawing Charcoals, Writing Or Drawing Chalks And Tailors Chalk > Pencil Leads, Black Or Coloured > Pencil Leads, Black Or Coloured

9609906-Digit Sub-heading

Chain: Miscellaneous manufactured articles > Pencils (Other Than Pencils Of Heading 9608), Crayons, Pencil Leads, Pastels, Drawing Charcoals, Writing Or Drawing Chalks And Tailors Chalk > Other :

960990108-Digit Tariff Item

Chain: Miscellaneous manufactured articles > Pencils (Other Than Pencils Of Heading 9608), Crayons, Pencil Leads, Pastels, Drawing Charcoals, Writing Or Drawing Chalks And Tailors Chalk > Other : > Slate Pencils

960990208-Digit Tariff Item

Chain: Miscellaneous manufactured articles > Pencils (Other Than Pencils Of Heading 9608), Crayons, Pencil Leads, Pastels, Drawing Charcoals, Writing Or Drawing Chalks And Tailors Chalk > Other : > Other Pencils

960990308-Digit Tariff Item

Chain: Miscellaneous manufactured articles > Pencils (Other Than Pencils Of Heading 9608), Crayons, Pencil Leads, Pastels, Drawing Charcoals, Writing Or Drawing Chalks And Tailors Chalk > Other : > Pastels, Drawing Charcoals And Writing Or Drawing Chalks And Tailors Chalks

960990908-Digit Tariff Item

Chain: Miscellaneous manufactured articles > Pencils (Other Than Pencils Of Heading 9608), Crayons, Pencil Leads, Pastels, Drawing Charcoals, Writing Or Drawing Chalks And Tailors Chalk > Other : > Other

Other Headings in Chapter 96

HSN 9601
Worked Ivory, Bone, Tortoise-Shell, Horn, Antlers, Coral, Mother-Of-Pearl And Other Animal Carving Material, And Articles Of These Materials (Including Articles Obtained By Moulding)
HSN 9602
Worked Vegetable Or Mineral Carving Material And Articles Of These Materials Moulded Or Carved Articles Of Wax, Of Stearin, Of Natural Gums Or Natural Resins Or Of Modelling Pastes, And Other Moulded Or Carved Articles, Not Elsewhere Specified Or Included; Worked, Unhardened Gelatin (Except Gelatin Of Heading 3503) And Articles Of Unhardened Gelatin
HSN 9603
Brooms, Brushes (Including Brushes Constituting Parts Of Machines, Appliances Or Vehicles), Hand- Operated Mechanical Floor Sweepers, Not Motorised, Mops And Feather Dusters, Prepared Knots And Tufts For Broom Or Brush Making, Paint Pads And Rollers, Squeegees (Other Than Roller Squeegees)
HSN 9604
Hand Sieves And Hand Riddles
HSN 9605
Travel Sets For Personal Toilet, Sewing Or Shoe Or Clothes Cleaning
HSN 9606
Buttons, Press-Fasteners, Snap-Fasteners And Press-Studs, Button Moulds And Other Parts Of These Articles; Button Blanks
HSN 9607
Slide Fasteners And Parts Thereof
HSN 9608
Ball Point Pens; Felt Tipped And Other Poroustipped Pens And Markers; Fountain Pens; Stylograph Pens And Other Pens; Duplicating Stylos; Propelling Or Sliding Pencils; Pen Holders, Pencil Holders And Similar Holders; Parts (Including Caps And Clips) Of The Foregoing Articles, Other Than Those Of Heading 9609
HSN 9610
Slates And Boards, With Writing Or Drawing Surfaces, Whether Or Not Framed
HSN 9611
Date, Sealing Or Numbering Stamps, And The Like (Including Devices For Printing Or Embossing Labels), Designed For Operating In The Hand; Hand-Operated Composing Sticks And Hand Printing Sets Incorporating Such Composing Sticks
HSN 9612
Typewriter Or Similar Ribbons, Inked Or Otherwise Prepared For Giving Impressions, Whether Or Not On Spools Or In Cartridges; Ink-Pads, Whether Or Not Inked, With Or Without Boxes
HSN 9613
Cigarette Lighters And Other Lighters, Whether Or Not Mechanical Or Electrical, And Parts Thereof Other Than Flints And Wicks
HSN 9614
Smoking Pipes (Including Pipe Bowls) And Cigar Or Cigarette Holders And Parts Thereof
HSN 9615
Combs, Hair-Slides And The Like, Hairpins, Curling Pins, Curling Grips, Hair-Curlers And The Like, Other Than Those Of Heading 8516, And Parts Thereof
HSN 9616
Scent Sprays And Similar Toilet Sprays, And Mounts And Heads Therefor; Powder-Puffs And Pads For The Application Of Cosmetics Or Toilet Preparations
HSN 9617
Vacuum Flasks And Other Vacuum Vessels, Complete, Parts Thereof Other Than Glass Inners
HSN 9618
Tailors Dummies And Other Lay Figures, Automata And Other Animated Displays, Used For Shop Window Dressing
HSN 9619
Sanitary Towels (Pads) And Tampons, Napkins (Diapers), Napkin Liners And Similar Articles,Of Any Material
HSN 9620
Monopods, Bipods, Tripods And Similar Articles
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