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Published on: Mar 28, 2026
HSN and GST on Cork and Cork Products - HSN Chapter 45
GST on cork and other cork products has been fixed by the GST Council. The GST Council fixed the GST rate for cork and cork products fixed as per the allotted rates of Nil, 5%, 12%, 18%, 28%. HSN Chapter 45 includes products such as natural cork, shuttlecock, sheets, stoppers and others. In this article, let us look at the HSN code and GST rate for cork and cork related products which fall under Chapter 45 of HSN Code. This Chapter does not cover the following:
- Footwear or parts of footwear of Chapter 64;
- Headgear or parts of headgear of Chapter 65; or
- Articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites).
GST rate and HSN Codes for HSN and GST Rate for Cork and related Products - HSN Chapter 45
| HSN Code | HSN Item Description | Policy | Policy Conditions | GST Rate in Percentage |
| 4501 | NATURAL CORK, RAW OR SIMPLY PREPARED; WASTE CORK; CRUSHED, GRANULATED OR GROUND CORK | |||
| 4501 10 00 | Natural Cork, raw or simply prepared | Free | 5 | |
| 4501 90 00 | Other | Free | 5 | |
| 4502 00 00 | Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks, plates, sheets or strip (including sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers) | Free | 12 | |
| 4503 | ARTICLES OF NATURAL CORK | |||
| 4503 10 00 | Corks and stoppers | Free | 12 | |
| 4503 90 | Other: | |||
| 4503 90 10 | Shuttlecock cork bottom | Free | 12 | |
| 4503 90 90 | Other | Free | 12 | |
| 4504 | AGGLOMERATED CORK (WITH OR WITHOUT A BINDING SUBSTANCE) AND ARTICLES OF AGGLOMERATED CORK | |||
| 4504 10 | Blocks, plates, sheets and strip; tiles of any shape; solid cylinders, including discs: | |||
| 4504 10 10 | Sheets | Free | 12 | |
| 4504 10 20 | Slabs | Free | 12 | |
| 4504 10 90 | Other | Free | 12 | |
| 4504 90 00 | Other | Free | 12 | |