HSN Code 3808 – Insecticides, Rodenticides, Fungicides, Herbicides,…

What is HSN Code 3808?

HSN code 3808 is the Harmonized System of Nomenclature classification for Insecticides, Rodenticides, Fungicides, Herbicides, Anti-Sprouting Products And… under India's Goods and Services Tax (GST). It is a 4-digit code sitting at the heading (4-digit) level of the HSN hierarchy.

This code belongs to Chapter 38 — Miscellaneous Chemical Products, which is part of Section VI: Chemical Products. Every GST-registered business supplying insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and… must quote HSN 3808 (or the digit-length required for its turnover) on tax invoices and in GSTR-1.

Classification breakdown of 3808

Level	Code	Description
Chapter	38	miscellaneous chemical products
Heading	3808	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers)

GST rate for HSN 3808

Goods under HSN 3808 attract GST at one of the five standard slabs. The exact rate depends on the specific product and the latest GST Council notification — always confirm before invoicing.

Nil / Exempt

Fresh produce, milk, cereals, books

Merit rate

Essentials, packaged food, transport

12%

Standard-low

Processed food, mobiles, apparel > ₹1,000

18%

Standard

Most goods, electronics, services

28%

Demerit / luxury

Cars, cement, aerated drinks, tobacco

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Sub-codes under this classification

HSN Code	Description
38081011	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: aldrin, aluminium phosphite, calcium cyanide, chlordane, chloro benzilate, ddvp,ddt: aldrin
38081012	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: aldrin, aluminium phosphite, calcium cyanide, chlordane, chloro benzilate, ddvp,ddt: aluminium phosphite (for example phostoxin)
38081013	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: aldrin, aluminium phosphite, calcium cyanide, chlordane, chloro benzilate, ddvp,ddt: calcium cyanide
38081014	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: aldrin, aluminium phosphite, calcium cyanide, chlordane, chloro benzilate, ddvp,ddt: chlordane
38081015	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: aldrin, aluminium phosphite, calcium cyanide, chlordane, chloro benzilate, ddvp,ddt: chloro benzilate
38081016	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: aldrin, aluminium phosphite, calcium cyanide, chlordane, chloro benzilate, ddvp,ddt: d.d.v.p (dimethyl dichloro vinyl phosphate)
38081017	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: aldrin, aluminium phosphite, calcium cyanide, chlordane, chloro benzilate, ddvp,ddt: d.d.t. (excluding d.d.t. of heading 2903 62)
38081021	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: diaginal, heptachlor, lindane, methyl bromide, parathion methyl, dimethoate technical, malathion: diaginal
38081022	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: diaginal, heptachlor, lindane, methyl bromide, parathion methyl, dimethoate technical, malathion: heptachlor
38081023	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: diaginal, heptachlor, lindane, methyl bromide, parathion methyl, dimethoate technical, malathion: lindane
38081024	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: diaginal, heptachlor, lindane, methyl bromide, parathion methyl, dimethoate technical, malathion: methyl bromide
38081025	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: diaginal, heptachlor, lindane, methyl bromide, parathion methyl, dimethoate technical, malathion: parathion, methyl
38081026	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: diaginal, heptachlor, lindane, methyl bromide, parathion methyl, dimethoate technical, malathion: dimethoate, technical grade
38081027	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: diaginal, heptachlor, lindane, methyl bromide, parathion methyl, dimethoate technical, malathion: malathion
38081031	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: endosulphan technical, quinal phos, isoproturon, fenthion, cipermethrin technical, allethrin, synthetic pyrethrum endosulphan, technical grade
38081032	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: endosulphan technical, quinal phos, isoproturon, fenthion, cipermethrin technical, allethrin, synthetic pyrethrum quinal phos
38081033	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: endosulphan technical, quinal phos, isoproturon, fenthion, cipermethrin technical, allethrin, synthetic pyrethrum isoproturon
38081034	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: endosulphan technical, quinal phos, isoproturon, fenthion, cipermethrin technical, allethrin, synthetic pyrethrum fenthion
38081035	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: endosulphan technical, quinal phos, isoproturon, fenthion, cipermethrin technical, allethrin, synthetic pyrethrum cipermethrin, technical grade
38081036	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: endosulphan technical, quinal phos, isoproturon, fenthion, cipermethrin technical, allethrin, synthetic pyrethrum allethrin
38081037	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: endosulphan technical, quinal phos, isoproturon, fenthion, cipermethrin technical, allethrin, synthetic pyrethrum synthetic pyrethrum
38081091	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: other: repellants for insects such as flies, mosquito
38081092	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: other: paper impregnated or coated with insecticide such as d.d.t. coated paper
38081099	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) insecticides: other: other
38082010	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) fungicides: maneb
38082020	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) fungicides: sodium penta chlorophenate (santobrite)
38082030	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) fungicides: thiram (tetramethyl thiuram disulphide)
38082040	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) fungicides: zineb
38082050	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) fungicides: copper oxychloride
38082090	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) fungicides: other
38083010	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators: chloromethyl phenozy acetic acid (m.c.p.a.)
38083020	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators: 2:4 dichlorophenozy acetic acid and its esters
38083030	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators: gibberellic acid
38083040	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators: plantgrowth regulators
38083050	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators: weedicides and weed killing agents
38083090	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators: other
38084000	insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphurtreated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) disinfectants
380850	aldrin (iso); binapacryl (iso); camphechlor(iso) (toxaphene); captafol (iso); chlordane (iso); chlordimeform (iso); chlorobenzilate (iso); ddt (iso) (clofenotane (inn), 1, 1, 1-trichloro-2,2- bis(p-chlorphenyl) ethane); dieldrin (iso,inn), dinoseb (iso), its salts or its esters; ethylene dibromide (iso) (1,2-dibromoethane); ethylene dichloride (iso); (1,2dicholoroethane);fluroacetamide (iso); heptachlor(iso); hexachlorobenzene (iso); 1,2,3,4,5,6,-hexachlorocyclohexane (hch (iso)), including lindane (iso, inn); mercury compounds; methamidophos (iso; monocrotophos (iso); oxirane parathion-methyl (iso) (methyl-parathion (iso); pentachlorophenol (iso); phosphamidon (iso); 2,4,5-t ((iso) (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid, its salts or its esters;
380852	ddt (iso) (clofenotane (inn)), in packings of a net weight content not exceeding 300 g
380859	other

HSN Code 3808 — FAQs

What is HSN code 3808?

HSN code 3808 classifies "Insecticides, Rodenticides, Fungicides, Herbicides, Anti-Sprouting Products And…" under India's GST regime. It falls under Chapter 38 (Miscellaneous Chemical Products) of the Harmonized System of Nomenclature.

How many digits is HSN code 3808?

3808 is a 4-digit HSN code — a heading (4-digit). Businesses declare 4-digit HSN (turnover up to ₹5 crore) or 6-digit HSN (above ₹5 crore) on GST invoices; 8-digit codes are used for exports and imports.

What is the GST rate for HSN code 3808?

Goods under HSN 3808 are taxed at one of the GST slabs — 0%, 5%, 12%, 18% or 28% — depending on the exact product and the latest GST Council notification. Use the Laabam.One GST Rate Finder to confirm the current rate for Insecticides, Rodenticides, Fungicides, Herbicides, Anti-Sprouting Products And….

Which chapter does HSN code 3808 belong to?

HSN 3808 belongs to Chapter 38 — Miscellaneous Chemical Products, part of Section VI: Chemical Products.

HSN Code 3808 – Insecticides, Rodenticides, Fungicides, Herbicides, Anti-Sprouting Products And…