Export Spectacle lenses of other materials from India
Export policy, GST, RoDTEP and Duty Drawback for ITC-HS 90015000, taken from the notifications that set them. Unit of quantity: -.
Can you export it?
What India ships
India exported $164.0 mn under ITC-HS 90015000 in FY 2025-26. That is up 3% on the previous year. National total across every state; it does not say which countries bought it.
What India pays back
GST—GST rate for HSN 9001 depends on the specific item: 5% (Schedule I) or 18% (Schedule II). This heading has more than one rate in the notification — commonly a value or end-use split (e.g. apparel is 5% below a price threshold, 18% above it). Confirm which applies with a GST practitioner.
RoDTEP—RoDTEP notified rate 0.9% of FOB. DGFT has limited benefits under Appendix 4R and 4RE to 50% of the notified rates and value caps. Rates below are the NOTIFIED rates. This limitation has been extended once already. Confirm whether it is still in force before quoting an effective rate.
Duty drawback—Duty Drawback for HS heading 9001 depends on the drawback item: 900101 1% (Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables other than those of heading 8544); 900199 1.2% (Others). The Drawback Schedule uses its own tariff-item numbering below the 4-digit heading and does NOT align with 8-digit ITC-HS codes. A rate here cannot be attributed to a specific ITC-HS line without a broker confirming which drawback item the goods fall under.
Where this code sits
- 90Chapter
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories
- 9001Heading
- Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables not of heading no. 8544; sheets, plates of polarising material; lenses, prisms, mirrors, of any material; unmounted; not non optical glass
- 900150Subheading
- Lenses, spectacle; unmounted, of materials other than glass
- 90015000Tariff line
- Spectacle lenses of other materials
The first six digits are the same in every country you ship to. The last two are India's alone.
What your buyer pays
Import duty, VAT and trade-agreement eligibility depend on where you ship. Run this line against 80 markets — or price a single one — in the toolkit.
Export values from Trade Intelligence and Analytics (TIA) Portal, DGCIS — Department of Commerce, Government of India, USD million. Tariff line and export policy from DGFT ITC(HS) 2022. GST from Notification 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate). RoDTEP from DGFT Appendix 4R. Duty Drawback from CBIC 77/2023-Cus (N.T.). Bundled and updated periodically, never fetched live — rates change by notification, so confirm before you ship or file. Nothing here is legal or tax advice.