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Chapter 12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder

14 headings · 50 six-digit codes · World Customs Organization Harmonized System

HS code 12 oil seeds and oleaginous fruits are easy to mix up with one another. Use this page to match a product name to the right code.

Headings 1201 to 1214 make up Chapter 12: 14 headings and 50 six-digit codes, each with the description customs authorities read it by. The widest is 1207 (Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, n.e.c. in chapter 12; whether or not broken). The chapter sits in Section II, Vegetable Products, alongside 8 other chapters.

Headings in this chapter

1201Soya beans, whether or not broken120110 to 120190e.g. 120110 — Soya beans; seed, whether or not broken1202Ground-nuts; not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken120230 to 120242e.g. 120230 — Ground-nuts; seed, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken1203Coprae.g. 120300 — Copra1204Oil seeds; linseed, whether or not brokene.g. 120400 — Oil seeds; linseed, whether or not broken1205Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken120510 to 120590e.g. 120510 — Oil seeds; low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken1206Sunflower seeds; whether or not brokene.g. 120600 — Oil seeds; sunflower seeds, whether or not broken1207Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, n.e.c. in chapter 12; whether or not broken120710 to 120799e.g. 120710 — Oil seeds; palm nuts and kernels, whether or not broken1208Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits; other than those of mustard120810 to 120890e.g. 120810 — Flours and meals; of soya beans1209Seeds, fruit and spores; of a kind used for sowing120910 to 120999e.g. 120910 — Seed; sugar beet seeds, of a kind used for sowing1210Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin121010 to 121020e.g. 121010 — Hop cones; neither ground nor powdered nor in the form of pellets1211Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered121120 to 121190e.g. 121120 — Ginseng roots, of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered1212Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet, sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones, kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots) used primarily for human consumption, n.e.c.121221 to 121299e.g. 121221 — Seaweeds and other algae; fit for human consumption, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground1213Cereal straw and husks, unprepared; whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pelletse.g. 121300 — Cereal straw and husks; unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets1214Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets121410 to 121490e.g. 121410 — Lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets
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What HS code 12 oil seeds and oleaginous fruits include

Customs puts seeds and fruits grown for their oil in this chapter. Soya beans, groundnuts, sunflower seeds and rape seeds are the main examples. Traders often call them oilseeds.

Tariff classification starts with what the goods are and how they are used. If your product is a grain or a resin, look there first.

Common oil seeds and their HS codes

Buyers usually search by everyday names, not by code. This list maps the common names to Chapter 12 codes. Each heading page has the full code list for that product.

  • Soya beans: heading 1201
  • Groundnuts (peanuts), not roasted or cooked: heading 1202
  • Copra: heading 1203
  • Linseed: heading 1204
  • Rape or colza seeds, which many traders call canola: heading 1205
  • Sunflower seeds: heading 1206
  • Sesame (sesamum) seeds: 120740, inside heading 1207
  • Mustard seeds: 120750, inside heading 1207
  • Poppy seeds: 120791, inside heading 1207

How to choose the right Chapter 12 code

Many codes in this chapter differ by one small detail. Check these points before you pick one.

  • Soya beans: 120110 is for seed. 120190 is for beans that are not seed.
  • Groundnuts: 120230 is for seed. 120241 is for other groundnuts still in the shell. Shelled ones have their own code in heading 1202. All must be raw, not roasted or cooked.
  • Rape or colza: the split is by erucic acid level. The low erucic type has its own code, and 120590 takes every other type.
  • Check headings 1201 to 1206 first.
  • Heading 1208 is for flours and meals made from oil seeds. Mustard is left out.
  • Heading 1209 is for seeds sold to be sown, such as forage, flower, vegetable and sugar beet seeds.

Medicinal plants, seaweeds, hops and fodder

The second part of the chapter is not about oil. Heading 1210 covers hop cones, whole or ground, and lupulin. Heading 1211 covers plants and plant parts used mainly in perfumery, pharmacy or to control pests and fungi. Ginseng roots sit at 121120.

Heading 1212 is a mixed group. It includes seaweed, sugar beet, sugar cane, locust beans and chicory roots. Seaweed fit for people to eat is 121221.

Straw and fodder end the chapter. Heading 1213 takes dry cereal straw and husks left as they are. Heading 1214 takes feed crops such as hay, clover and lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets, which are 121410.

HS code 12 import and export data

A code tells you what a product is. Shipment records tell you who trades it. Duty depends on the tariff of the importing country, so check that separately.

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Related

Other chapters in Section II

Vegetable Products covers chapters 06–14.

These codes carry real shipments.

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Straight answers

HS Chapter 12: common questions

What is HS code 12?

It is the customs group for oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, such as soya beans and sunflower seeds. Hops, herbs, seaweed and fodder are filed there too.

What is the HS code for soya beans?

Soya beans are in heading 1201. It has two codes: one for planting seed and one for all other soya beans.

What is the HS code for groundnuts (peanuts)?

Raw groundnuts are in heading 1202. Roasted or cooked groundnuts do not belong there.

What is the HS code for sesame seeds?

It is 120740. That code sits inside heading 1207, the catch-all for oil seeds named nowhere else.

Which HS code covers seeds for sowing?

Look at heading 1209. If the seed is meant for planting, this is the place to start.

What is the HS code for medicinal plants like ginseng?

Use heading 1211. It takes plants used mainly for perfume, medicine or pest control, and ginseng roots have a code of their own there.

What is the difference between 1213 and 1214?

Think of 1213 as the dry stalks and husks left from cereals. Think of 1214 as plants grown to feed animals, such as alfalfa meal.

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