HSN Code
HSN Code 3004 — Medicaments (Packaged Medicines)
HSN heading 3004 covers packaged, retail-ready medicines — but not bulk pharmaceutical ingredients or medical devices, which fall under different headings.
Chapter30 — Pharmaceutical products
Heading (4-digit)3004 — Medicaments in measured doses or retail packing
CoversPackaged, retail-ready medicines — tablets, capsules, syrups, and similar
Exact code needed for filing6 or 8 digits — depends on turnover; see below
GST rateNil, 5% or 18% (by product — see below)
3004 is specifically for medicines in their final, retail-ready form — measured doses (tablets, capsules) or packaging meant for retail sale (bottles, strips, boxes) — as opposed to bulk pharmaceutical chemicals that haven't yet been formulated and packaged into a usable dose.
The 8-digit lines within 3004 generally split by therapeutic category and sometimes by whether a medicine is a branded/patented formulation, a generic, or falls under specific government health-scheme categories — these distinctions matter for GST treatment far more than for goods HSN codes generally.
Ayurvedic, homeopathic, and other traditional-system medicines have their own classification path within Chapter 30 depending on formulation, and can carry different GST treatment from allopathic medicines even when they look similarly "packaged and dosed." Confirm the exact line for your specific product on the GST portal rather than assuming all packaged medicines share one code or rate.
GST rate for 3004
GST rate: Nil, 5% or 18% — depends on exactly what the goods are
- 5%Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings f or retail sale, including Ayurvedic, Unani, homoeopathic siddha or Bio-chemic systems medicaments, put up for retail saleNotification 9/2025, Schedule I, S. No. 234 — covers 3004
- NilDrugs or medicines listed in Annexure INotification 10/2025, S. No. 113 — covers 30 or any other Chapter
- 5%Following goods from Natural Menthol namely:-a. Menthol and menthol crystals, b. Peppermint (Mentha Oil), c. Fractionated / de-terpenated mentha oil (DTMO) d. De-mentholised oil (DMO), e. Spearmint oil f. Mentha piperita oilNotification 9/2025, Schedule I, S. No. 224 — covers 2906 11 10, 30, 3301
- 5%Insulin, Cyclosporin, Desferrioxamine injection or deferiprone, Oral re-hydration saltsNotification 9/2025, Schedule I, S. No. 225 — covers 30
- 5%All Drugs and medicines including their salts and esters and diagnostic test kits; formulations manufactured from bulk drugs [other than those specified at nil at S. No. 113 of notification No. 10/2025 -Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 17th September, 2025]Notification 9/2025, Schedule I, S. No. 226 — covers 30 or any Chapter
- 5%Diagnostic kits for detection of all types of hepatitisNotification 9/2025, Schedule I, S. No. 227 — covers 30
- 5%Medicaments (including veterinary medicaments) used in bio-chemic systemsNotification 9/2025, Schedule I, S. No. 228 — covers 30
- 5%Medicaments (including those used in Ayurvedic, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathic or Bio-chemic systems), manufactured exclusively in accordance with the formulae described in the authoritative books specified in the First Schedule to the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 (23 of 1940) or Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of India or the United States of America or the United Kingdom or the German Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia, as the case may be, and sold under the name as specified in such books or pharmacopoeiaNotification 9/2025, Schedule I, S. No. 229 — covers 30
- 18%Following goods made from other than natural menthol, namely:-a. Menthol and menthol crystals, b. Peppermint (Mentha Oil) c. Fractionated / de-terpenated mentha oil (DTMO) d. De-mentholised oil (DMO) e. Spearmint oil f. Mentha piperita oilNotification 9/2025, Schedule II, S. No. 38 — covers 29061190, 30, 3301
Full GST (IGST; split equally into CGST and SGST within a state), from Notification 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate), as amended by 19/2025-IT(Rate) and 01/2026-IT(Rate), Notification 10/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate) and Notifications 02/2026 and 03/2026-Integrated Tax (Rate), 27 October 2026 (from 1 November 2026). The table below shows the rates each more specific code can carry.
What's included
- Tablets, capsules, and other measured-dose medicines
- Syrups, ointments, and other retail-packaged medicines
- Vaccines and other packaged pharmaceutical preparations
Commonly confused — classified elsewhere
- Bulk active pharmaceutical ingredients (unformulated) — Chapter 29
- Medical, surgical, and diagnostic instruments/equipment — 90 (e.g. 9018)
- Diagnostic reagents and test kits — 3822
All 162 codes under 3004
6-digit subheadings in bold, with their 8-digit tariff items beneath. From the GST portal's official HSN/SAC master, updated 3 Jun 2026.
| Code | Description | GST |
|---|---|---|
| 300410 | Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30041010 | Penicillins | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30041020 | Ampicillin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30041030 | Amoxycillin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30041040 | Becampicillin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30041050 | Cloxacillin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30041060 | Ampicillin and cloxacillin combinations | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30041070 | Streptomycin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30041090 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 300420 | Other containing antibiotics | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042011 | Cefazolin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042012 | Cephalexin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042013 | Ciprofloxacin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042014 | Cefoxitin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042019 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042020 | Sulfonamides and cotrimoxazole | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042031 | Norfloxacin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042032 | Nalidixic acid | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042033 | Ciprofloxacin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042034 | Ofloxacin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042039 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042041 | Chlortetracycline | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042042 | Oxytetracycline | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042049 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042050 | Chloramphenicol | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042061 | Erythromycin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042062 | Roxithromycin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042063 | Clarithromycin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042064 | Azithromycin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042069 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042070 | Cefadroxil | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042091 | Isoniazid | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042092 | Rifampicin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042093 | Pyrazinamide | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042094 | Ethambutol | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042095 | Clindamycin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042096 | Vancomycin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042097 | Polymyxin b and colistin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30042099 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 300431 | Containing insulin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30043110 | Insulin injection | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30043190 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 300432 | Containing corticosteroid hormones, their derivatives or structural analogues | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30043200 | Containing corticosteroid hormones, their derivatives or structural analogues | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 300439 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30043911 | Pituitary hormones | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30043912 | Prednisolone | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30043913 | Dexamethasone | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30043914 | Danazol | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30043919 | Other progestogen and oestogen group hormones | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30043921 | Gonadotrophins | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30043922 | Luteinising hormone | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30043990 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 300440 | Containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof but not containing hormones, other products of heading 2937 or antibiotics | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30044010 | Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof but not containing hormones, other products of heading 2937 or antibiotics : atropin and salts thereof | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30044020 | Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof but not containing hormones, otherproducts of heading 2937 or antibiotics caffein and salts thereof | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30044030 | Codeine and its derivatives, with or without ephedrine hydrochloride | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30044040 | Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof but not containing hormones, other products of heading 2937 or antibiotics: ergot preperations, ergotamine and salts thereof | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30044050 | Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof but not containing hormones, other products of heading 2937 or antibiotics papaverine hydrochloride | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30044060 | Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof but not containing hormones, other products of heading 2937 or antibiotics bromohexin and solbutamol | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30044070 | Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof but not containing hormones, other products of heading 2937 or antibiotics theophylline and ephedrine | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30044090 | Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof but not containing hormones, other products of heading 2937 or antibiotics other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 300441 | Containing ephedrine or its salts | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30044100 | Containing ephedrine or its salts | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 300442 | Containing pseudoephedrine (inn) or its salts | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30044200 | Containing pseudoephedrine (INN) or its salts | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 300443 | Containing norephedrine or its salts | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30044300 | Containing norephedrine or its salts | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 300449 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30044910 | Atropin and salts thereof | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30044920 | Caffein and salts thereof | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30044930 | Codeine and derivatives, with or without ephidrine hydrochloride | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30044940 | Ergot preparations, ergotamine and salts thereof | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30044950 | Papavarine hydrochloride | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30044960 | Bromohexin and solbutamol | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30044970 | Theophylline and salts thereof | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30044990 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 300450 | Other containing vitamins or other products of heading 2936 | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30045010 | Heamatinics and erythropoietin preparations | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30045020 | Preparations of minerals and their supplements | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30045031 | Of vitamin a | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30045032 | Of vitamin b1 and b2 and salts thereof | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30045033 | Of vitamin b9 | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30045034 | Of vitamin b12 | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30045035 | Of vitamin c | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30045036 | Of vitamin d | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30045037 | Of vitamin e | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30045039 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30045090 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 300460 | Other, containing antimalarial active principles described in sub-heading note 2 to this chapter | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30046000 | Other, containing antimalarial active principles described in Sub-heading Note 2 to this Chapter | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 300490 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049011 | Of ayurvedic system | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049012 | Of unani system | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049013 | Of siddha system | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049014 | Of homoeopathic system | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049015 | Of bio-chemic system | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049021 | Anthelmintics and preparations thereof | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049022 | Metronidazole | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049023 | Tinidazole | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049024 | Secnidazole | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049025 | Diluxamide furoate | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049026 | Sodium stibogluconate | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049027 | Pentamidine | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049029 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049031 | Promethazine, chlorpheniramine, astemizole and ceteirizine | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049032 | Sodium bicarbonate, magnesium hydroxide (milk of magnesia), magnesium carbonate, magnesium trisilicate, aluminium hydroxide gel, magaldarate and combinations thereof | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049033 | Cimetidine, rantidine, nizatidine and roxatidine | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049034 | Omeprazole and lansoprazole | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049035 | Dicyclomine, metoclopramide and dexame thasone and ondansetron | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049036 | Chenodiol and ursodiol | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049039 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049041 | Cyclophosphamide | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049042 | Methotrexate, 5-fluorouracil(5-fu) and ftorafur | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049043 | Bincristine and vinblastine | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049044 | Paclitaxel and docetaxel | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049045 | Etoposide | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049046 | Actinomycin d dactinomycin and doxorubicin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049047 | L-asparaginase, cisplatin and carboplatin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049048 | Tamoxifen | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049049 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049051 | Isoniazid | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049052 | Rifampicin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049053 | Pyrazinamide and ethambutol | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049054 | Streptomycin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049055 | Dapsone (dds), acedapsone (dadds), solopsone and clofazimine | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049056 | Chloroquine, amodiaquine, mefloquine, quinine, chloroguamide, pyrimethamine | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049057 | Other antitubercular drugs | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049058 | Other antileprotic drugs | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049059 | Other antimalarial drugs | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049061 | Analgin with or without other compounds such as paracetamol | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049062 | Acetyl salicylic acid (aspirin) and formulations thereof | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049063 | Ibuprofen with or without paracetamol or other compounds | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049064 | Oxyphen butazone, phenyl butazone and formulations thereof | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049065 | Indomethacin | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049066 | Mephenamic acid, dactofenac sodium, piroxicam, tenoxicam and meloxicam | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049067 | Ketorolac, nimesulide, nabumetone and nefopam | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049069 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049071 | Captopril, enalapril, lisinopril, perindopril and ramipril | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049072 | Verapamil, nifedipine, amlodipine and lacidipine | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049073 | Losartan | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049074 | Propranolol, metoprolol, atenolol and labetalol | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049075 | Prazosin, terazosin, phentolamine and phenoxybenzamine | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049076 | Clonidine, methyldopa | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049077 | Hydralazine, minoxidil and diazoxide | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049079 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049081 | Phenobarbitone, mephobarbitone, primidone, phenytoin, carbamazepine, ethosuccimide, valporic acid (sodium valporate), diazepam, lamotrigine, gabapentin, bigabatrin, phenacemide, trimethadione and acetazolamide | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049082 | Other antiepileptic drugs | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049083 | Sulpha drugs not elsewhere specified or included | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049084 | Preparations of enzymes | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049085 | Veterinary medicinal preparations, not for human use, not elsewhere specified or included | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049086 | Oral rehydration salts | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049087 | Antibacterial formulations, not elsewhere specified or included | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049088 | Sedatives | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049089 | Tranquilizers | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049091 | Salbutamol, terbutaline, ephedrine, salmeteroland methyl xanthimes | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049092 | Plasma expanders | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049093 | Chloropheniramine maleate, with or without other compounds (excluding steriods and alkaloids) | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049094 | Theophylline, aminophylline and other broncho dilators | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049095 | Carcino-chemotherapeutic drugs not elsewhere specified or included | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049096 | Ketamine | Nil / 5% / 18% |
| 30049099 | Other | Nil / 5% / 18% |
Check the entry's conditions, then confirm on the portal
- Go to the GST portal's HSN/SAC search page and pick the "HSN Code" tab.
- Pick the most specific code from the list above that matches your product or service, and search for it.
- Check the GST rate shown there — it's tied to the exact line, not the 4-digit heading, and can change.
Frequently asked questions
Do branded and generic medicines use different HSN codes?
The 4-digit heading (3004) is the same, but branded/patented and generic formulations, and different therapeutic categories, can sit on different 8-digit lines and can carry different GST treatment. Confirm the specific line for your product on the GST portal.
Are Ayurvedic or herbal medicines also 3004?
It depends on the formulation — some Ayurvedic and traditional-medicine products fall within Chapter 30 alongside allopathic medicines, others are classified differently. This can also affect the applicable GST treatment, so confirm the specific product's classification rather than assuming.
Does 3004 cover medical equipment like thermometers or syringes?
No — medical, surgical, and diagnostic instruments and equipment are classified separately, mainly under Chapter 90 (e.g. 9018), not under 3004, which is specifically for the medicines themselves.