Chapter 40 of the HSN Code

Chapter 40 of the HSN Code deals with rubber and rubber products. It includes natural rubber and similar natural gums like balata, gutta-percha, and chicle in primary forms or plates, sheets, or strips (HSN Code 4001), as well as synthetic rubber and mixtures of synthetic and natural rubber in primary forms (HSN Code 4002). The chapter also covers reclaimed rubber in primary forms or plates, sheets, or strips (HSN Code 4003) and waste, parings, and scrap of soft rubber (HSN Code 4004). Additionally, it includes compounded unvulcanised rubber in primary forms or plates (HSN Code 4005), and rods, bars, tubes, and other forms of unvulcanised rubber (HSN Code 4006). Further, the chapter includes vulcanised rubber products like rubber thread and cord (HSN Code 4007), vulcanised rubber plates, sheets, strips, and rods (HSN Code 4008), and tubes, pipes, and hoses of vulcanised rubber (HSN Code 4009). Conveyor belts made of vulcanised rubber (HSN Code 4010) and new pneumatic tyres of rubber (HSN Code 4011) are also covered. Other items include retreaded or used tyres (HSN Code 4012), inner tubes of rubber (HSN Code 4013), and hygienic or pharmaceutical articles made from vulcanised rubber (HSN Code 4014). The chapter further includes articles of apparel and accessories made from vulcanised rubber, such as gloves (HSN Code 4015), and other miscellaneous articles of vulcanised rubber (HSN Code 4016). Lastly, hard rubber products, including waste and scrap, are categorized under HSN Code 4017.