Following goods are being exempted from levy of Social Welfare Surcharge
| S. No. | Description |
| 1. | Natural Graphite |
| 2. | Natural sands |
| 3. | Quartz (other than natural sands); quartzite |
| 4. | Strontium sulphate (natural ore) |
| 5. | Copper ores and concentrates |
| 6. | Cobalt ores and concentrates |
| 7. | Tin ores and Concentrates |
| 8. | Tungsten Ores and Concentrates |
| 9. | Molybdenum ores and concentrates |
| 10. | Zirconium ores and concentrates |
| 11. | Hafnium Ores and concentrates |
| 12. | Vanadium ores and concentrates |
| 13. | Niobium or tantalum ores and concentrates |
| 14. | Antimony Ores and Concentrates |
| 15. | Tellurium |
| 16. | Silicon, containing by weight not less than 99.99% of silicon |
| 17. | Other silicon |
| 18. | Selenium |
| 19. | Alkali or alkaline earth metals, Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or inter alloyed |
| 20. | Silicon dioxide |
| 21. | Potassium hydroxide |
| 22. | Oxides, hydroxides and peroxides,
of strontium or barium |
| 23. | Cobalt oxides |
| 24. | Cobalt hydroxides |
| 25. | Commercial cobalt oxides |
| 26. | Lithium oxide and hydroxide |
| 27. | Vanadium oxides and hydroxides |
| 28. | Germanium oxides |
| 29. | Molybdenum oxides and hydroxides |
| 30. | Antimony Oxides |
| 31. | Cadmium oxide |
| 32. | Chlorides of Nickel |
| 33. | Strontium chloride |
| 34. | Sulphates of Nickel |
| 35. | Nitrates of potassium |
| 36. | Lithium carbonates |
| 37. | Strontium carbonate |
| 38. | Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids of Beryllium and Rhenium |
| 39. | Compounds, inorganic or organic of rare earth metals |
| 40. | Bismuth citrate |
| 41. | Artificial Graphite, colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite, preparations based on graphite or other carbon in form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi- manufactures |
| 42. | Unwrought Tin |
| 43. | Unwrought tungsten, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering |
| 44. | Unwrought molybdenum, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering |
| 45. | Unwrought tantalum, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering, powders |
| 46. | Cobalt, unwrought |
| 47. | Bismuth, unwrought |
| 48. | Unwrought zirconium, powders, Containing less than 1 part hafnium to 500 parts zirconium by weight |
| 49. | Unwrought antimony, powders |
| 50. | Beryllium unwrought, powders |
| 51. | Hafnium unwrought, waste and scrap, powders |
| 52. | Rhenium unwrought |
| 53. | Cadmium unwrought, Powders |
| 54. | Cadmium, wrought |
| 55. | Unwrought; Waste and scrap; powders of :-
(i) Gallium (ii) Germanium (iii) Indium (iv) Niobium (v) Vanadium |
