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Saurabh Gupta | 18 Sep, 2017
The Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council has reduced the GST rates on 18 handicrafts items which include items like idols of clay, wood, stone, metals, table and kitchenware, paper machie articles, stone inlay work, statues, worked ivory, bone, shell horn items, cotton quilts, brooms and brushes and some natural fibre products.

This was informed by the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH), a nodal agency for promotion and development of handicrafts exports from the country, in a press statement recently.

On items like idols of clay GST has been reduced from 28 percent to 12 percent. Also people with idol business of worth Rs 20 lakhs do not need to register with GST. Only 5 percent tax on cotton quilts worth up to Rs 1000. Cotton quilts worth more than that will be levied 12 percent tax. And 5 percent tax which was levied on cotton sports has been removed.

EPCH has been regularly representing to the GST Council various measures which are required to be taken to facilitate smooth transition of Handicrafts Sector in the GST regime.

EPCH had requested for GST rate concessions on various handicrafts items, reduction of GST rates on job work, measures for blockage of working capital funds, issue pertaining to stock in hand, utilization of duty credit scrips, GST on fair participation, GST on foreign agency commission and freight charges paid by exporters etc.

Rakesh Kumar, Executive Director, EPCH informed that in its 21st meeting, the GST Council has reduced the GST rates on 18 handicrafts items which include items like idols of clay, wood, stone, metals, table and kitchenware, paper machie articles, stone inlay work, statues, worked ivory, bone, shell horn items, cotton quilts, brooms and brushes and some natural fibre products.

Kumar further said EPCH on behalf of exporting community thanked the Hon'ble Union Minister of Textiles, Minister of State for Textiles for their active intervention in the matter in getting the GST rates reduced on 18 handicraft items and thanked to Finance Minister and Hon'ble Prime Minister of India for providing relief under GST rates.

"However, there are certain other aspects in the GST pertaining to Handicrafts Sector tor which Council has again represented to the GST Council to consider reduction in GST rates to 5 percent on job workers engaged in handicrafts sector as has been considered for Textile Sector and also reduction in GST rates in items which are of export significance like wooden frames, ceramic articles, brass/copper handicrafts, musical instruments, wooden/wrought iron furniture, handmade pouffes, article of Christmas, smoking pipes etc. and are predominantly exported from the major craft clusters of Jodhpur, Jaipur, Saharanpur and Moradabad," informed Kumar. 
 
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Aadil | Mon Mar 11 11:12:51 2019
gst on brass handicrafts


Marble handicraft
Niklesh sawaria | Mon Jul 23 05:41:52 2018
Hand made marble handicraft on GST rate



Santosh gupt | Sun Jul 22 09:01:59 2018
Marble itam GST


handicrafts
K. Balasubramanian | Tue Apr 24 07:17:47 2018
bamboo handicrafts are under 0% gst or kindly give the exempted handicrafts list


gst rate
Reshma | Fri Mar 23 06:00:27 2018
hai sir please tell me the gst rate of brass


decorative items
ainy | Thu Feb 1 12:19:46 2018
please share decorative itemes like flowers showpieces hand making gst rate

  Re: decorative items
arif khan | Tue Oct 2 07:37:40 2018
showpiece figure and gift item


HANDICRAFTS ITEMS LIST
Kalpesh | Fri Jan 19 09:09:34 2018
WE NEEDED OF LIST WHICH IS HANDICRAFTS ITEMS IS 0% TAX

  Re: HANDICRAFTS ITEMS LIST
k. balasubramanian | Tue Apr 24 07:14:50 2018
bamboo handicrafts are taxable or under o% kindly give list of exempted gst handicrafts


Gst on wooden handicrafts
Tarun parihar | Thu Jan 18 17:18:59 2018
Nothing change on it it still 18 percent as it was before 21-1-2018

  Re: Gst on wooden handicrafts
Aadul | Mon Mar 11 11:00:37 2019
GST On Brass Wooden Handicrafts

  Re: Gst on wooden handicrafts
Aadil | Mon Mar 11 11:08:31 2019
GST On Brass Wooden Handicrafts


Gst on wooden idol
Swati | Wed Nov 29 16:59:00 2017
Hello sir Please tell me the GST on wooden idol and shell made items


kashmir atr
Mir Farooq Ahmad | Sun Nov 12 17:22:26 2017
sir with respected,as we all are knowing that gst make handicraft items to its death point.its raw material comes from out of state.the people who worked are very poor and unempoly and also market is very low.as the demand of people it should exempted for GST though it can grow agian.the artezen.people are very low hope you will think about it....


Exemption of GST
bhujelkishan18@gmail.com | Thu Sep 21 07:35:46 2017
is there any exemption of GST for handmade paper made purely from the recycle of waste paper ?


 
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