Embroidered with Lucknow Chikan Craft imported into India falls under tariff item 6204 59 91. The standard rate of basic customs duty in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 is 20%, and integrated tax is 18%. Below is the whole bill worked at an assessable value of ₹10,00,000, with the base each levy is charged on.
| Level | Description |
|---|---|
| 62 | Chapter 62: Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted |
| 6204 | Heading 6204: Women's or girls' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers |
| 6204 59 | Sub-heading 6204 59: Of other textile materials: Of silk |
| 6204 59 91 | Embroidered with Lucknow Chikan Craft. Unit: u. Import policy: Free |
Heading 6204 holds 66 tariff items in this dataset and every one of them carries the same standard rate of 20%, so within this heading the choice of eight digit line does not change the duty.
Put your own assessable value in and the whole stack re-works on this line's own rates: basic customs duty at 20%, the Social Welfare Surcharge charged on that duty rather than on the value, and integrated tax at 18% on the value plus both. Assessable value is cost, insurance and freight plus landing charges where they apply, not the invoice value on its own.
| Rate | Levy | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 20% | Basic customs duty, of the assessable value | ₹2,00,000 |
| 10% | Social Welfare Surcharge, of the basic customs duty | ₹20,000 |
| 18% | IGST, of value plus the duties above | ₹2,19,600 |
| 43.96% | Total duty and tax, as a share of the assessable value | ₹4,39,600 |
Appendix 4R carries no entry for tariff item 6204 59 91, so an export on this line earns nothing under RoDTEP. That is an answer rather than a gap: whole chapters of the tariff sit outside the scheme, and an exporter told so plainly is better served than one shown a hedge.
Notification 74/2025-26 ran the scheme to 30 September 2026, which has passed, so check DGFT for a continuation notification before relying on the figure above. Rates come from Appendix 4R and Appendix 4RE as DGFT publishes them. Work the entitlement on your own FOB value and quantity.
Where a trade agreement covers this line, the preferential rate replaces the basic customs duty rate, and it pulls the surcharge and the integrated tax down with it. At 0% for ASEAN countries, the whole bill on ₹10,00,000 falls from ₹4,39,600 to ₹1,80,000.
A preference is never automatic. It applies against a valid certificate of origin, and the Customs (Administration of Rules of Origin under Trade Agreements) Rules, 2020 put the burden of proving origin on the importer. These are the 2025 schedule.
| Code | Description | Duty | IGST | Export rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6204 11 00 | Of wool of fine animal hair | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 12 10 | Embroidered with Lucknow Chikan Craft | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 12 90 | Other | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 13 10 | Embroidered with Lucknow Chikan Craft | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 13 90 | Other | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 19 11 | Sequinned or beaded with chattons or embroidered | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 19 12 | Embroidered with Lucknow Chikan Craft | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 19 19 | Other | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 19 91 | Embroidered with Lucknow Chikan Craft | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 19 99 | Other | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 21 00 | Of wool or fine animal hair | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 22 10 | Blouses combined with skirts, trousers or shorts | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 22 20 | Embroidered with Lucknow Chikan Craft | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 22 90 | Other | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 23 10 | Embroidered with Lucknow Chikan Craft | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 23 90 | Other | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 29 12 | Khadi | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 29 13 | Embroidered with Lucknow Chikan Craft | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 29 19 | Other Other | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 29 91 | Embroidered with Lucknow Chikan Craft | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 29 99 | Other | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 31 10 | Khadi | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 31 90 | Other | 20% | 18% | n/a |
| 6204 32 10 | Embroidered with Lucknow Chikan Craft | 20% | 18% | n/a |
Bring in ₹10,00,000 of embroidered with lucknow chikan craft and customs will ask for ₹4,39,600, which is 43.96% of what the consignment is assessed at. That is not one charge. It is four, and each is charged on a base that includes the ones before it.
Of the ₹4,39,600 above, exactly ₹2,00,000 can be paid with a RoDTEP or RoSCTL duty-credit scrip instead of cash, because Regulation 6(1) of the Electronic Duty Credit Ledger Regulations, 2021 confines the credit in an e-scrip to duties of customs specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. The remaining ₹2,39,600 is paid in cash.
A scrip bought below face value therefore saves that discount on ₹2,00,000, not on ₹4,39,600. How the buy side works, or read what a duty-credit scrip is end to end.
The First Schedule states the duty on this line as "20%". Integrated tax is carried under CBIC notification 009/2025. How the figures in this chapter are checked, and when they were last checked is in the meta line at the top of this page.
This is the tariff arithmetic on a published rate, not an assessment. Goods are assessed by the proper officer under section 17 of the Customs Act, 1962, and valuation, exemption notifications, anti-dumping and safeguard duties can all change what is finally payable. A wrong tariff line makes every number on this page wrong together, so this is not classification advice.
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