HSN code · Customs Tariff of India · GST rate
14049050 is the 8-digit HSN code for “Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included: Other: Indian katha”: tariff item 1404 90 50 under heading 1404 of the Customs Tariff of India. The GST rate depends on the goods: the entries for this code carry 5% or 18%. Search a code or product below, or copy the code for your invoice.
This code
Chapter 14Heading 1404Sub-heading 1404 90Tariff item 1404 90 50
Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included: Other: Indian katha
Tariff item 1404 90 50 · Heading 1404 · Chapter 14, Customs Tariff of India
The code
What the code covers in the Customs Tariff of India, and the GST rate entries that apply to it.
140490508 digits: 14 + 04 + 90 + 501404 90 50Indian kathaHow to read it
An HSN code is built in layers. Each pair of digits narrows the one before it: 2 digits = chapter, 4 = heading, 6 = sub-heading, 8 = tariff item in the Customs Tariff of India.
The broadest layer. Chapter 14 covers vegetable plaiting materials,vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included. It sits in Section II, vegetable products.
Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included.
Other.
Indian katha. The full 8-digit code used in the Customs Tariff of India and on invoices that show the complete HSN.
Unit of quantity: kg.
GST rate
2 entries of the GST rate notifications name this code's heading or particular goods in its chapter, and they carry 5% or 18%. No single rate is stated for 14049050 here; read each entry's official description against your goods.
| Entry | Tariff column, as printed | Description, as printed | GST rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entries that cite 1404 [other than 1404 90 40, 1404 90 60]; 1404 or 3305 (this code's heading) | |||
| Schedule I, S. No. 76Notification No. 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Central Tax: Notification No. 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate) | 1404 [other than 1404 90 40, 1404 90 60] | Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included such as, Cotton linters, Soap nuts, Hard seeds, pips, hulls and nuts, of a kind used primarily for carving, Rudraksha seeds, bidi wrapper leaves(tendu), Indian katha [other than betel leaves, coconut shell unworked] | 5%IGST 5% · CGST 2.5% · SGST/UTGST 2.5%From 22 September 2025 |
| Schedule I, S. No. 77Notification No. 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)Central Tax: Notification No. 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate) | 1404 or 3305 | Mehendi paste in cones | 5%IGST 5% · CGST 2.5% · SGST/UTGST 2.5%From 22 September 2025 |
Each entry applies only to the goods it describes. If none describes your goods, the entry for goods not specified elsewhere applies: Schedule II, S. No. 639, 18%: “Goods which are not specified in Schedule I, III, IV, V, VI or VII”.
Rates are IGST on inter-State supplies; on supplies within a State the same rate is split equally between CGST and SGST/UTGST, under Notification No. 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate) with the same S. Nos.
On your invoice
Notification No. 78/2020-Central Tax dated 15.10.2020 sets the minimum number of HSN digits on B2B tax invoices from 1 April 2021, by the business's aggregate turnover in the previous year.
Businesses with aggregate turnover up to ₹5 crore in the previous year show at least the heading, 1404, on B2B tax invoices.
Above ₹5 crore, at least the sub-heading, 140490, goes on B2B tax invoices.
Many businesses show the full 14049050, the tariff item itself.
Rate history
Rate depends on the goods
Notification No. 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate) and No. 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate) dated 17.09.2025 (as corrected 18.09.2025), which superseded Notification No. 1/2017-Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017. The 2 entries in force from this date are listed in the GST rate section above.
Earlier rates under Notification 1/2017 are not shown here
Notification No. 1/2017-Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 28.06.2017 applied until it was superseded by Notification 9/2025.
Related codes
Heading 1404, vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included. The codes below sit closest to 14049050 in the Customs Tariff of India: the other tariff items under heading 1404. Each is shown in the official wording and has its own page with its GST rate entries. Use the search above for any other code.
14049060Tariff item 1404 90 6014049070Tariff item 1404 90 7014049090Tariff item 1404 90 9014049010Tariff item 1404 90 1014049050, this page's code, is tariff item 1404 90 50 under the same heading. 4 of the codes listed share its sub-heading, 1404 90.
Questions
It depends on the goods: 2 entries of the rate notifications name this code's heading or particular goods in its chapter, and they carry 5% or 18%: Schedule I, S. No. 76 (5%); Schedule I, S. No. 77 (5%). Each entry applies only to the goods it describes; if none describes your goods, Schedule II, S. No. 639 (18%) applies. The full wording of every entry is in the GST rate section above.
At least 4 digits if your aggregate turnover in the previous year was up to ₹5 crore, and at least 6 digits above ₹5 crore, on B2B tax invoices (Notification No. 78/2020-Central Tax dated 15.10.2020, from 1 April 2021). For this code that is 1404 or 140490; many businesses use the full 14049050.
Tariff item 1404 90 50 of the Customs Tariff of India, First Schedule: “Indian katha”, under sub-heading 1404 90 (“Other”), heading 1404 (“Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included”), in chapter 14 (vegetable plaiting materials,vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included), Section II (vegetable products). Unit of quantity: kg.
About this page
The section, chapter, heading, sub-heading and tariff item on this page are taken from the Customs Tariff of India, First Schedule (Customs Tariff Act, 1975), CBIC edition as on 30 June 2024, with the tariff-line changes of the Finance (No. 2) Act 2024, Finance Act 2025 and Finance Act 2026 applied. The GST entries are taken from Notification No. 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate) and No. 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate) dated 17.09.2025 (as corrected 18.09.2025), as amended by Notifications 19/2025 and 01/2026; exemptions: Notification No. 10/2025.
This is reference information for classification and invoicing. It is not advice on how your own goods should be classified, and the official tariff and notifications prevail if the two ever differ. A change in the tariff or in a rate notification re-opens this page for an update.
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