An embroidered saree is either 5810, embroidery in the piece, or its base fabric heading. Both are 5% GST at any price, so the tax is the same.
GST rates as of 9 November 2026, after the 22 September 2025 changes. Verify with your CA for your exact case.
2 codes. This product: Embroidered saree (work saree), HSN 5810, GST 5%.
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2 codes · rates checked 9 November 2026
Embroidery in the piece, in strips or in motifs (heading 5810), or the heading of the base fabric.
A saree is woven fabric, so it takes the heading of its main fibre. The Customs Tariff lists sarees as lines inside these fabric headings, for example 5407 52 40 for dyed polyester sarees.
Decide whether the embroidery or the base fabric is what you are selling.
Use 5810 or the fabric heading: either way the rate is 5%.
Bill embroidery done by a job worker separately, as a service.
Heading 5810 covers "embroidery in the piece, in strips or in motifs". Where the embroidery is what the saree is sold for, many traders use 5810; where it is light, the base fabric heading (5407 for polyester, 5007 for silk) fits better. Notification 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate) puts both at 5% with no price limit, so the choice does not change the tax.
The embroidery work itself is a separate supply when a job worker does it on your sarees. That is textile job work at 5% if you are GST-registered, and 18% if you are not.
| Supply | Code | GST |
|---|---|---|
| Trader sells an embroidered saree | HSN 5810 or fabric heading | 5% |
| Embroidery unit bills a registered trader | SAC 998821 | 5% |
| Embroidery unit bills an unregistered customer | SAC 9988 | 18% |
| Zari thread used in the work | HSN 5605 | 5% |
| Hotfix glass stones used in the work | HSN 7018 | 18% |
Search any other product in the HSN code and GST rate finder, or put the code on a bill with the GST invoice generator.
Source: Notification 9/2025-CT(R), Schedule I, S. No. 374 (5810) and S. No. 342 (5407, 5408), in force since 22 Sep 2025. Notification 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate): GST rates on goods (CBIC); PIB: recommendations of the 56th GST Council, 3 Sep 2025. Checked 9 November 2026.
FAQ
5810 (embroidery in the piece) when the embroidery is the main feature, or the base fabric heading, such as 5407 for polyester. Both are 5%.
No. Embroidered fabric and saree fabric both carry 5% at any price. The 18% rate above ₹2,500 applies only to garments and made-ups.
5% if the sarees belong to a GST-registered trader (SAC 998821). If the owner is unregistered, the work is not job work under GST and the rate is 18%.
₹175 at 5%, even though the price is above ₹2,500, because a saree is fabric.
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