Consumer goods

Import glassware

20% BCD, 10% SWS and 18% IGST. Anti-dumping duty applies to opal glassware from China and the UAE.

Free to importHS 7013

Basic customs duty: 20%
Social welfare surcharge: 10% of BCD
IGST: 18%
India’s imports, 2025-26: US$ 134 mn

The CBIC tariff shows 20% on every line of 7013 — glass-ceramics, stemware, tumblers, table and kitchen glassware and other glassware, including lead crystal. Budget 2025–26 and 2026–27 made no change to chapter 70 for these lines. IGST is 18% (Schedule II entry for 7013, Notification 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate)). Ceramic or porcelain tableware is a different heading (6911, 6912) with a different IGST rate, so describe the material accurately. CBIC — Customs Tariff, import tariff by chapter ↗

What is imported

Drinking glasses, borosilicate storage and bakeware, opal dinner sets, crystal and decorative glass are imported by kitchenware brands, hotel suppliers, retailers and online sellers. TradeStat shows about US$ 134 million of 7013 imports in 2025–26; China supplies about two-thirds, followed by Thailand, Malaysia, Italy, the UAE and Austria. Breakage, anti-dumping duty on opal ware and valuation checks are the main risks.

Import policy · Free to import

Free under ITC(HS) Schedule 1.

Anti-dumping and safeguard duty

Anti-dumping duty on opal glassware from China and the UAE, continued for five years by Notification 24/2022-Customs (ADD) dated 3 August 2022. Rates differ by country and producer; check the notification and any later review on CBIC and DGTR.

Licences and registrations you need

BIS (status check)We found no BIS Quality Control Order for table and kitchen glassware in force on 1 November 2026. Check the BIS list before shipping, as new orders are notified often.bis.gov.in ↗
Legal Metrology (LMPC)Importers of pre-packed goods for retail sale must register under the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 and print the importer's name and address, MRP, net quantity, month and year of import and consumer-care details on each pack.consumeraffairs.nic.in ↗
CPCB (EPR — plastic packaging)An importer who brings in goods packed in plastic is treated as an importer under the Plastic Waste Management Rules and must register on the CPCB EPR portal and meet recycling targets.eprplastic.cpcb.gov.in ↗

What is checked at the port

Type of glass (opal, borosilicate, soda-lime, crystal) and producer — opal ware from China or the UAE attracts anti-dumping duty.
Country of origin and routing through third countries.
Legal Metrology labels on gift boxes and retail sets.

Practical tips

Ask for drop-tested export cartons with dividers, and insure against breakage.
For borosilicate bakeware, get thermal-shock test reports; buyers will ask whether it is oven and microwave safe.

Where new importers go wrong

Describing opal glassware as “ceramic” or “porcelain” to avoid anti-dumping duty — customs tests samples.
Cheap packing that saves a few cents per carton but loses a tenth of the shipment to breakage.

Sources (10)

Import data

Where India buys glassware

India’s imports from the Department of Commerce’s TradeStat, country by country. US$, financial years.

Imports, 2025-26: US$ 134 mn
Change from 2024-25: +1.3%
Supplying countries: 43
Biggest supplier: China

Where India imports glassware from — among our 80 countries, 2025-26

India’s glassware imports · US$ million

Biggest supplying countries

Name2025-26Change

1ChinaUS$ 92.8 mn+3.5%

2ThailandUS$ 12.6 mn+3.7%

3MalaysiaUS$ 3.3 mn+19.1%

4ItalyUS$ 3.3 mn+50.2%

5United Arab EmiratesUS$ 3.3 mn-0.6%

6AustriaUS$ 2.8 mn+5.4%

7TürkiyeUS$ 2.4 mn-32%

8GermanyUS$ 2.4 mn-29.7%

9FranceUS$ 2 mn+1%

10SingaporeUS$ 950k-44.1%

11BangladeshUS$ 830k+219.2%

12CzechiaUS$ 770k+48.1%

Which sources are growing and shrinking

Growing sources

ItalyUS$ 2.2 mn → US$ 3.3 mn+50.2%
MalaysiaUS$ 2.8 mn → US$ 3.3 mn+19.1%

Shrinking sources

SingaporeUS$ 1.7 mn → US$ 950k-44.1%
TürkiyeUS$ 3.6 mn → US$ 2.4 mn-32%
GermanyUS$ 3.4 mn → US$ 2.4 mn-29.7%

Which forms come in, and at what price

Imports by 8-digit tariff line, 2025-26. Average price = total value ÷ total quantity.

Tariff line	Value 2025-26	Change	Quantity	Average price
Other thn gla statues of lead crystals`7013 99 00`	US$ 40.9 mn	-2.8%	29,613 tonnes	US$ 1.38 per kg
Others-of-others-of-glsswr for tbl ktchn,tolt,offc indor dcortion (e...`7013 37 00`	US$ 39.1 mn	+4%	34,645 tonnes	US$ 1.13 per kg
Other glssware usd for tbl(excluding drnkng gls)/kitchen purposes(excluding gla...`7013 49 00`	US$ 38.4 mn	+1%	37,111 tonnes	US$ 1.03 per kg
Others-of-others-of-glsswr for tbl ktchn,tolt,offc indor dcortion (e...`7013 28 00`	US$ 6.8 mn	+29.5%	2,085 tonnes	US$ 3.26 per kg
Glswre of gls hvng a lnr coefcnt of expnsnnt excdng 5x10-6 pe...`7013 42 00`	US$ 5.8 mn	+20.7%	2,321 tonnes	US$ 2.49 per kg
Glassware of glass ceramics`7013 10 00`	US$ 1.9 mn	-41%	1,365 tonnes	US$ 1.40 per kg
Gla statues of lead crystals`7013 91 00`	US$ 590k	-39.2%	24 tonnes	US$ 24.74 per kg
Glswre of led crystl usd for tbl/ktchn prps`7013 41 00`	US$ 150k	+650%	37 tonnes	US$ 4.06 per kg
Stemware drinking glasses, of lead crystal — of lead crystal`7013 22 00`	US$ 110k	+83.3%	7.8 tonnes	US$ 14.07 per kg
Glassware, drinking glasses, of lead crystal — of lead crystal`7013 33 00`	US$ 80k	0%	21 tonnes	US$ 3.73 per kg