HSN Code and GST Tax rate for Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastry cooks’ products under section-4 chapter-19
If the trader’s trades for Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk pastry cooks’ products then they will have to use the HSN CODE for the Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastry cooks’ products in the invoice or in the GST Returns for identifications of the Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastry cooks’ products.
According to the chapter-19 of section-4 – Notes
1- This Chapter does not cover :
- (a) except in the case of stuffed products of heading 1902, food preparations containing more than 20% by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, fish or crustaceans, mollusks or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16);
- (b) biscuits or other articles made from flour or from starch, specially prepared for use in animal feeding (heading 2309); or
- (c) medicaments or other products of Chapter 30.
2- For the purposes of heading 1901:
- (a) the term “groats” means cereal groats of Chapter 11;
- (b) the terms “flour” and “meal” means :
(1) cereal flour and meal of Chapter 11, and
(2) flour, meal, and powder of vegetable origin of any Chapter, other than flour, meal, or powder of dried vegetables (heading 0712), of potatoes (heading 1105), or of dried leguminous vegetables (heading 1106).
3- Heading 1904 does not cover preparations containing more than 6% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis or completely coated with chocolate or other food preparations containing cocoa of heading 1806 (heading 1806).
4- For the purposes of heading 1904, the expression “otherwise prepared” means prepared or processed to an extent beyond that provided for in the headings of, or Notes to, Chapter 10 or 11.
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HSN Code for Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastry cooks’ products
GOODS DESCRIPTION | HSN CODE Chapter/ Heading |
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Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included | 1901 |
Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared | 1902 |
Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms | 1903 |
Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, corn flakes); cereals [other than maize (corn) ] in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats, and meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or included | 1904 |
Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits, and other bakers’ wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper, and similar products | 1905 |
GST Tax rate for Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastry cooks’ products
GOODS DESCRIPTION | HSN CODE Chapter/ Heading | GST TAX RATE |
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Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included | 1901 | |
Malt extract, food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of heading 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis not elsewhere specified or included [other than mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers’ wares of heading 1905] | 1901 | 18% |
Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bread, pastry, and other baker’s wares | 1901 20 00 | 5% |
Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared | 1902 | |
Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared | 1902 | 12% |
Seviyan (vermicelli) | 1902 | 5% |
Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms | 1903 | 5% |
Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, corn flakes); cereals [other than maize (corn) ] in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats, and meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or included | 1904 | |
Puffed rice, commonly known as Muri, flattened or beaten rice, commonly known as Chira, parched rice, commonly known as Khoi, parched paddy or rice coated with sugar or Gur, commonly known as Murki | 1904 | NIL |
All goods i.e. Corn flakes, bulgar wheat, prepared foods obtained from cereal flakes [other than Puffed rice, commonly known as Muri, flattened or beaten rice, commonly known as Chira, parched rice, commonly known as Khoi, parched paddy or rice coated with sugar or Gur, commonly known as Murki] | 1904 other than 1904 10 20 | 18% |
Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits, and other bakers’ wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper, and similar products | 1905 | |
Pappad, by whatever name it is known, except when served for consumption Bread (branded or otherwise), except when served for consumption and pizza bread | 1905 | NIL |
Pizza bread Khakhra, plain chapatti or roti Rusks, toasted bread, and similar toasted products | 1905 | 5% |
Pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers’ wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper, and similar products[other than pizza bread, khakhra, plain chapatti or roti, bread, rusks, toasted bread, and similar toasted products | 1905 | 18% |
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