HSN code · Customs Tariff of India · GST rate
06012021 is the 8-digit HSN code for “Chicory plants and roots: Plants”: tariff item 0601 20 21 under heading 0601 of the Customs Tariff of India. The GST rate depends on the goods: the entries for this code carry 18% or nil. The full 8-digit code is 06012021; the leading 0 is part of the code. Search a code or product below, or copy the code for your invoice.
This code
Chapter 06Heading 0601Sub-heading 0601 20Tariff item 0601 20 21
Chicory plants and roots: Plants
Tariff item 0601 20 21 · Heading 0601 · Chapter 06, 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.
06012021The full 8-digit code is 06012021; the leading 0 is part of the code.0601 20 21PlantsHow 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 06 covers live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like cut flowers; and ornamental foliage. It sits in Section II, vegetable products. The full 8-digit code is 06012021; the leading 0 is part of the code.
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading 1212.
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots. Between the heading and this item the tariff also prints the line “Chicory plants and roots”.
Plants. 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
1 entry of the GST rate notifications names this code's chapter or particular goods in its chapter, and it carries carry 18% or nil. No single rate is stated for 06012021 here; read each entry's official description against your goods.
| Entry | Tariff column, as printed | Description, as printed | GST rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry that cites 06 (this code's chapter) | |||
| S. No. 26Notification No. 10/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate) (exemption)Central Tax: Notification No. 10/2025-Central Tax (Rate) | 06 | Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage | Nilexempt · IGST, CGST and SGST/UTGST nilFrom 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. Exemptions: Notification No. 10/2025-Central Tax (Rate).
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, 0601, on B2B tax invoices.
Above ₹5 crore, at least the sub-heading, 060120, goes on B2B tax invoices.
Many businesses show the full 06012021, the tariff item itself. The full 8-digit code is 06012021; the leading 0 is part of the code.
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; exemptions under Notification No. 10/2025. The 1 entry in force from this date is 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 0601, bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading 1212. The codes below sit closest to 06012021 in the Customs Tariff of India: the other tariff items under heading 0601 and codes elsewhere in chapter 06. 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.
06012021, this page's code, is tariff item 0601 20 21 under the same heading.
06021000Heading 0602 · tariff item 0602 10 0006022020Heading 0602 · tariff item 0602 20 20Codes under other headings of chapter 06, live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like cut flowers; and ornamental foliage. Each page shows that code's own heading and GST rate entries.
Questions
It depends on the goods: 1 entry of the rate notifications names this code's chapter or particular goods in its chapter, and it carries 18% or nil: Notification 10/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate), S. No. 26 (nil). 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 0601 or 060120; many businesses use the full 06012021.
Tariff item 0601 20 21 of the Customs Tariff of India, First Schedule: “Plants”, under the line “Chicory plants and roots”, sub-heading 0601 20 (“Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots”), heading 0601 (“Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading 1212”), in chapter 06 (live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like cut flowers; and ornamental foliage), Section II (vegetable products). Unit of quantity: kg. The full 8-digit code is 06012021; the leading 0 is part of the code.
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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