Real zari, silver thread and imitation zari are all HSN 5605, metallised yarn, at 5% GST. Zari borders and gota work have their own 5% headings.
GST rates as of 9 November 2026, after the 22 September 2025 changes. Verify with your CA for your exact case.
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Metallised yarn, including real zari thread (gold) and silver thread combined with textile thread, and imitation zari thread or yarn known by any name in trade parlance (heading 5605).
Woven fabrics of metal thread and of metallised yarn of heading 5605, of a kind used in apparel or furnishing, not elsewhere specified; such as zari borders (heading 5809).
Embroidery or zari articles, that is to say, imi, zari, kasab, salma, dabka, chumki, gota, sitara, naqsi, kora, glass beads, badla, gizai (headings 5809, 5810).
Services by way of job work in relation to textiles and textile products falling under Chapters 50 to 63 (heading 9988).
Embroidery in the piece, in strips or in motifs (heading 5810), or the heading of the base fabric.
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Use 5605 for thread, 5809 for woven borders, 5809 or 5810 for zari articles.
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Heading 5605 is metallised yarn, and the notification spells out what it includes: "real zari thread (gold) and silver thread combined with textile thread, imitation zari thread or yarn known by any name in trade parlance". So Surat's tested zari, imitation zari and metallic yarn are one entry: Schedule I, S. No. 353, at 5%.
Further along the chain, woven zari borders are 5809 (the notification says "such as zari borders"), and gota, sitara, chumki, salma, dabka and kasab are named in S. No. 373 under 5809 and 5810. All are 5%. One condition remains for imitation zari made from metallised plastic or polyester film: refund of input tax credit built up from inverted duty is restricted.
| Product | HSN | GST |
|---|---|---|
| Real zari (gold) and silver thread | 5605 | 5% |
| Imitation zari thread | 5605 | 5% |
| Zari border, woven | 5809 | 5% |
| Gota, sitara, salma, dabka, kasab | 5809 or 5810 | 5% |
| Zari embroidery job work for a registered trader | SAC 998821 | 5% |
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Source: Notification 9/2025-CT(R), Schedule I, S. No. 353, in force since 22 Sep 2025. Notification 9/2025-Central Tax (Rate): GST rates on goods (CBIC); PIB: FAQs on the 56th GST Council decisions. Checked 9 November 2026.
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5605, metallised yarn. The notification names real zari thread (gold), silver thread and imitation zari thread in the same entry.
5%. For imitation zari made from metallised plastic or polyester film, refund of input tax credit built up from inverted duty is restricted, a 52nd GST Council decision.
5809, woven fabrics of metallised yarn, which the notification describes as "such as zari borders". It is 5%.
Yes, at 5%. Gota, sitara, chumki, salma, dabka, kasab and similar zari articles are named in Schedule I, S. No. 373, under 5809 and 5810.
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