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Chapter 19 of the HSN tariff covers Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products. It has 5 headings (4-digit codes) and 37 tariff items (8-digit codes), each with its GST rate today. Tap a code to open it in the BooksOn HSN app with its conditions and the CBIC notification entry.
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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 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
GST: Nil or 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
190110 | Preparations suitable for infants or young children, put up for retail sale | Nil or 5% |
19011010 | Malted milk (including powder) | Nil or 5% (by packing) |
19011090 | Other | Nil or 5% (by packing) |
190120 | Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading 1904 | Nil or 5% |
19012000 | Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading 1904 | 5% |
190190 | Other | Nil or 5% |
19019010 | Malt extract | Nil or 5% (by packing) |
19019090 | Other | Nil or 5% (by packing) |
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
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
190211 | Containing eggs | 5% |
19021100 | Containing eggs | 5% |
190219 | Other | 5% |
19021900 | Other | 5% |
190220 | Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared | 5% |
19022010 | Cooked | 5% |
19022090 | Other | 5% |
190230 | Other pasta | 5% |
19023010 | DRIED | 5% |
19023090 | Other | 5% |
190240 | Couscous | 5% |
19024010 | Unprepared | 5% |
19024090 | Other | 5% |
1903 Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms
GST: 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
190300 | Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms | 5% |
19030000 | Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms | 5% |
1904 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
GST: Nil or 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
190410 | Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products | Nil or 5% |
19041010 | Corn flakes | 5% |
19041020 | Paws, mudi and the like | Nil or 5% |
19041030 | Bulgur wheat | 5% |
19041090 | Other | 5% |
190420 | Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals | Nil or 5% |
19042000 | 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 prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals | 5% |
19042010 | With millet content 15% or more by weight | 5% |
19042090 | Other | 5% |
190430 | Bulgur wheat | Nil or 5% |
19043000 | Bulgur wheat | 5% |
190490 | Other | Nil or 5% |
19049000 | Other | 5% |
1905 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
GST: Nil or 5%
| HSN code | Description | GST rate |
|---|---|---|
190510 | Crispbread | Nil or 5% |
19051000 | Crispbread | Nil or 5% |
190520 | Gingerbread and the like sweet biscuits, waffles and wafers | Nil or 5% |
19052000 | Gingerbread and the like sweet biscuits, waffles and wafers | 5% |
190531 | Sweet biscuits | Nil or 5% |
19053100 | Sweet biscuits | 5% |
190532 | Waffles and wafers | Nil or 5% |
19053211 | Coated with chocolate or containing chocolate | 5% |
19053219 | Other | 5% |
19053290 | Other | 5% |
190540 | Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products | Nil or 5% |
19054000 | Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products | 5% |
190590 | Other | Nil or 5% |
19059010 | Pastries and cakes | 5% |
19059020 | Biscuits not elsewhere specified or included | 5% |
19059030 | Extruded or expanded products, savoury or salted | 5% |
19059040 | PAPAD | Nil |
19059051 | Coated with chocolate or containing chocolate | 5% |
19059059 | Other | 5% |
19059090 | Other | Nil or 5% |
Codes and descriptions from the BooksOn HSN dataset (version 7, 2026-10-19), compiled from the Customs Tariff and CBIC notifications. Reference only; see Sources & disclaimer.
