GST Rate Changes for Wood and Handicraft Sector

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Shubham Sinha

September 4, 2025

Wood Sector

(12% to 5%)

S. No. Chapter / Heading / Sub-heading / Tariff item Description of Goods
1. 44 or any Chapter The following goods, namely: —
a.  Cement Bonded Particle Board;
b.  Jute Particle Board;
c.  Rice Husk Board;
d.  Glass-fibre Reinforced Gypsum Board (GRG)
e.  Sisal-fibre Boards;
f.  Bagasse Board; and
g.  Cotton Stalk Particle Board
h.  Particle/fibre board manufactured from agricultural crop residues
2. 4404 Hoopwood; split  poles; piles, pickets  and stakes  of  wood, pointed  but  not  sawn  lengthwise;  wooden  sticks,  roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for   the   manufacture   of   walking-sticks,   umbrellas,   tool
handles or the like
3. 4405 Wood wool; wood flour
4. 4406 Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood
5. 4408 Sheets  for  veneering  (including  those  obtained  by  slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness
not exceeding 6 mm [for match splints]
6. 4409 Bamboo flooring
7. 4415 Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of
wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood
8. 4416 Casks, barrels, vats, tubs  and other coopers’ products  and
parts thereof, of wood, including staves
9. 4417 Tools, tool bodies, tool handles, broom or brush bodies and
handles, of wood; boot or shoe lasts and trees, of wood
10. 4418 Bamboo wood building joinery
11. 4420 Wood  marquetry  and  inlaid  wood;  caskets  and  cases  for jewellery or cutlery, and similar articles, of wood; statuettes and other ornaments, of wood; wooden articles of furniture
not falling in Chapter 94
12. 4421 Other  articles  of  wood;  such  as  clothes  hangers,  Spools, cops,   bobbins,   sewing thread reels and the like of turned wood  for  various  textile  machinery,  Match  splints,  Pencil slats, Parts of wood,  namely oars,  paddles and rudders for ships,  boats  and  other  similar  floating  structures,  Parts  of domestic    decorative    articles    used    as    tableware    and kitchenware  [other  than  Wood  paving  blocks,  articles  of densified wood not elsewhere included or specified, Parts of domestic    decorative    articles    used    as    tableware    and
kitchenware]
13. 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)
14. 4503 Articles   of   natural   cork   such   as   Corks   and   Stoppers,
Shuttlecock cork bottom
15. 4504 Agglomerated  cork  (with  or  without  a  binding  substance) and articles of agglomerated cork

 

Handicraft Sector

(12% to 5%)

S. No. Chapter / Heading / Sub-heading / Tariff item Description of Goods
1. 44, 68, 83 Idols of wood, stone [including marble] and metals  [other
than those made of precious metals]
2. 6802 Statues,  statuettes,  pedestals;  high  or  low  reliefs,  crosses, figures   of  animals,  bowls,  vases,  cups,  cachou   boxes, writing  sets,  ashtrays,  paper  weights,  artificial  fruit  and
foliage, etc.; other ornamental goods essentially of stone
3. 6913 Statues and other ornamental articles
4. 9601 Worked ivory, bone, tortoise shell, horn, antlers, mother of pearl, and other animal carving material and articles of these materials,  articles  of  coral  (including  articles  obtained  by
moulding)
5. 9701 Paintings,  drawings  and   pastels,   executed   entirely   by hand,  other  than  drawings  of  heading  4906 and    other than    hand-painted    or    hand-decorated    manufactured
articles; collages, mosaics and similar decorative plaques
6. 9702 Original engravings, prints and lithographs
7. 9703 Original sculptures and statuary, in any material
8. 9705 Collections and collectors' pieces of zoological, botanical, mineralogical,     anatomical,     historical,     archaeological, paleontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest [other
than numismatic coins]
9. 9706 Antiques of an age exceeding one hundred years
10. 3406 Handcrafted candles
11. 4202 22,4202 29,
4202 31 10,
4202 31 90,
4202 32,4202 39
Handbags        including         pouches           and      purses; jewellery box
12. 4416,
4421 99 90
Carved wood   products,         art        ware/decorative
articles of wood (including inlay work, casks, barrel, vats)
13. 4414 Wooden           frames for       painting,          photographs,
mirrors etc
14. 4420 Statuettes & other ornaments of wood, wood marquetry & inlaid,   jewellery   box,   wood   lathe   and   lacquer   work
[including lathe and lacquer work, ambadi sisal craft]
15. 4503 90 90
4504 90
Art ware of cork [including articles of sholapith]
16. 6117, 6214 Handmade/hand    embroidered  shawls   of   sale
value exceeding Rs. 2500 per piece
17. 6802 Carved  stone  products  (e.g.,  statues,  statuettes, figures of animals,  writing  sets,  ashtray,  candle
stand)
18. 68159990 Stone art ware, stone inlay work
19. 691200  10, 6912 00
20
Tableware and kitchenware of clay and terracotta, other clay
articles
20. 6913 90 00 Statuettes  &  other  ornamental  ceramic  articles
(incl blue potteries)
21. 7009 92 00 Ornamental framed mirrors
22. 7018 90 10 Glass statues [other than those of crystal]
23. 7020 00 90 Glass art ware [ incl. pots, jars, votive, cask, cake
cover, tulip bottle, vase ]
24. 7326 90 99 Art ware of iron
25. 7419 80 Art ware of brass, copper/ copper alloys, electro plated with
nickel/silver
26. 7616 99 90 Aluminium art ware
27. 8306 Bells, gongs and like, non-electric, of base metal; statuettes, and other ornaments, of base metal; photograph, picture or similar  frames,  of  base  metal;   mirrors   of   base   metal; (including Bidriware, Panchloga artware, idol, Swamimalai
bronze icons, dhokra jaali)
28. 940510 Handcrafted lamps (including panchloga lamp)
29. 940150,
9403 80
Furniture of bamboo, rattan and cane
30. 9503 Dolls  or  other  toys  made  of  wood  or  metal  or
textile    material    [incl    wooden    toys    of    sawantwadi, Channapatna toys, Thanjavur doll)
31. 9504 Ganjifa card
32. 9601 Worked  articles  of  ivory,  bone,  tortoise  shell, horn,
antlers,  coral,               mother  of  pearl,  seashell other animal carving material
33. 9602 Worked  vegetable  or  mineral  carving,  articles thereof,
    articles  of  wax,  of  stearin,  of  natural
gums or natural resins or of modelling pastes etc, (including articles of lac, shellac)
34. 9701 Hand   paintings         drawings         and      pastels (incl
Mysore painting,         Rajasthan painting, Tanjore painting, Palm leaf painting, basoli etc)
35. 9703 Original  sculptures  and  statuary,  in  metal,  stone  or  any
material
36. 4802 Handmade Paper and Paper board
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