GST rate revision: List of all items in the 18% slab

The GST Council had on November 10 lowered the rates for 178 items in the highest tax slab of 28 per cent. Following the Friday meet, a GST rate of 18 per cent was fixed for the following items:  

ITEMS THAT WOULD ATTRACT 18% GST FROM NOV 15

• Wires, cables, insulated conductors, electrical insulators, electrical plugs, switches, sockets, fuses, relays, electrical connectors

• Electrical boards, panels, consoles, cabinets etc for electric control or distribution

• Particle/fibre boards and plywood; articles of wood, wooden frame, paving block

• Furniture, mattress, bedding and similar furnishing

• Trunk, suitcase, vanity cases, briefcases, travelling bags and other handbags, cases

• Detergents, washing and cleaning preparations 

• Liquid or cream for washing the skin

• Shampoos; Hair cream, Hair dyes (natural, herbal or synthetic) and similar other goods; henna powder or paste, not mixed with any other ingredient;

• Pre-shave, shaving or after-shave preparations, personal deodorants, bath preparations, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, room deodorizers

• Perfumes and toilet waters

• Beauty or make-up preparations 

• Fans, pumps, compressors

• Lamp and light fitting

• Primary cell and primary batteries

• Sanitary ware and parts thereof, of all kinds

• Articles of plastic, floor covering, baths, shower, sinks, washbasins, seats, sanitary ware of plastic

• Slabs of marbles and granite

• Goods of marble and granite such as tiles

• Ceramic tiles of all kinds

• Miscellaneous articles such as vacuum flasks, lighters

• Wristwatches, clocks, watch movements, watch cases, straps, parts

• Articles of apparel & clothing, accessories of leather, guts, furskin, artificial fur and other articles such as saddlery and harness for any animal

• Articles of cutlery, stoves, cookers and similar non-electric domestic appliances

• Razor and razor blades

• Multi-functional printers, cartridges 

• Office or desk equipment 

• Doors, windows and frames of aluminium

• Articles of plaster such as board, sheet

• Articles of cement or concrete or stone and artificial stone

• Articles of asphalt or slate 

• Articles of mica

• Ceramic flooring blocks, pipes, conduit, pipe fittings

• Wallpaper and wall covering

• Glass of all kinds and articles thereof such as mirror, safety glass, sheets, glassware

• Electrical, electronic weighing machinery

• Fire extinguishers and charges for fire extinguishers

• Forklifts, lifting and handling equipment

• Bulldozers, excavators, loaders, road rollers 

• Earth-moving and levelling machinery 

• Escalators

• Cooling towers, pressure vessels, reactors 

• Crankshaft for sewing machine, tailor’s dummies, bearing housings, gears and gearing; ball or roller screws; gaskets

• Electrical apparatus for radio and television broadcasting 

• Sound recording or reproducing apparatus

• Signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for transports

• Physical exercise equipment, festival and carnival equipment, swings, shooting galleries, roundabouts, gymnastic and athletic equipment

• All musical instruments and their parts

• Artificial flowers, foliage and artificial fruits

• Explosive, anti-knocking preparation, fireworks

• Cocoa butter, fat, oil powder

• Extract, essence and concentrates of coffee, miscellaneous food preparations

• Chocolates, chewing gum /bubble gum

• Malt extract and food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract

• Waffles and wafers coated with chocolate or containing chocolate

• Rubber tubes and miscellaneous articles of rubber

• Goggles, binoculars, telescope 

• Cinematographic cameras and projectors, image projector 

• Microscope, specified laboratory equipment, specified scientific equipment such as for meteorology, hydrology, oceanography, geology

• Solvent, thinners, hydraulic fluids, anti-freezing preparation

The new rates will come to force on Wednesday (November 15). Following the rate reduction, consumers would be charged a revised rate of 18 per cent on all 178 items. There would be a corresponding reduction in the minimum retail prices (MRPs) of these products.

Consumers have been advised to take note of reductions while making purchases.