HSN Classification
HSN 23 - Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder
Classification level: Chapter. Use this as a GST code-reference page and confirm rate/exemption treatment from current notifications before final filing.
Code details
- Code Type
- HSN
- Code
- 23
- Official Description
- Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder
Tax guide notes
- - GST rate is not embedded in HSN/SAC master data. Confirm the latest rate from GST rate notifications and official CBIC schedules.
- - Invoice accuracy matters: use the code that best matches the principal supply description to reduce notices and mismatch risk.
- - If supplies include both goods and services, document the dominant nature of supply before selecting HSN/SAC.
Compliance checklist
- - Keep product/service description on invoice aligned with the selected HSN/SAC code.
- - Review code selection whenever scope of work or product mix changes.
- - Cross-check applicable GST rate, exemptions, and reverse-charge conditions before filing returns.
Related codes
FLOURS, MEALS AND PELLETS, OF MEAT OR MEAT OFFAL, OF FISH OR OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION; GREAVES
BRAN, SHARPS AND OTHER RESIDUES, WHETHER OR NOT IN THE FORM OF PELLETS, DERIVED FROM THE SIFTING, MILLING OR OTHER WORKING OF CEREALS OR OF LEGUMINOUS PLANTS
RESIDUES OF STARCH MANUFACTURE AND SIMILAR RESIDUES, BEET-PULP, BAGASSE AND OTHER WASTE OF SUGAR MANUFACTURE, BREWING OR DISTILLING DREGS AND WASTE, WHETHER OR NOT IN THE FORM OF PELLETS
OIL-CAKE AND OTHER SOLID RESIDUES WHETHER OR NOT GROUND OR IN THE FORM OF PELLETS, RESULTING FROM THE EXTRACTION OF SOYABEAN OIL
OIL-CAKE AND OTHER SOLID RESIDUES, WHETHER OR NOT GROUND OR IN THE FORM OF PELLETS, RESULTING FROM THE EXTRACTION OF GROUND-NUT OIL
OIL-CAKE AND OTHER SOLID RESIDUES, WHETHER OR NOT GROUND OR IN THE FORM OF PELLETS, RESULTING FROM THE EXTRACTION OF VEGETABLE OR MICROBIAL FATS OR OILS, OTHER THAN THOSE OF HEADING 2304 OR 2305
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