Chapter 12
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
Notes
1.Heading 12.07 applies, inter alia, to palm nuts and kernels, cotton seeds, castor oil seeds, sesamum seeds, mustard seeds, safflower seeds, poppy seeds and shea nuts (karite nuts). It does not apply to products of heading 08.01 or 08.02 or to olives (Chapter 7 or Chapter 20).
2.Heading 12.08 applies not only to
3.For the purposes of heading 12.09, beet seeds, grass and other herbage seeds, seeds of ornamental flowers, vegetable seeds, seeds of forest trees, seeds of fruit trees, seeds of vetches (other than those of the species Vicia faba) or of lupines are to be regarded as “seeds of a kind used for sowing”.
Heading 12.09 does not, however, apply to the following even if for sowing :
(a)Leguminous vegetables or sweet corn (Chapter 7);
(b)Spices or other products of Chapter 9;
(c)Cereals (Chapter 10); or
(d)Products of headings 12.01 to 12.07 or 12.11.
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4.Heading 12.11 applies, inter alia, to the following plants or parts thereof : basil, borage, ginseng, hyssop, liquorice, all species of mint, rosemary, rue, sage and wormwood.
Heading 12.11 does not, however, apply to :
(a)Medicaments of Chapter 30;
(b)Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations of Chapter 33; or
(c)Insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants or similar products of heading 38.08.
5.For the purposes of heading 12.12, the term “seaweeds and other algae” does not include :
(a)Dead
(b)Cultures of
(c)Fertilisers of heading 31.01 or 31.05.
Subheading Note.
1.For the purposes of subheading 1205.10, the expression “low erucic acid rape or colza seeds” means rape or colza seeds yielding a fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of less than 2 % by weight and yielding a solid component which contains less than 30 micromoles of glucosinolates per gram.
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Soya beans, whether or |
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1201.10.00.00 |
- Seed |
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7.5 |
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1201.90.00.00 |
- Other |
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7.5 |
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12.02 |
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not |
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shelled or broken. |
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1202.30.00.00 |
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manufacturing oil |
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1202.41.90.00 |
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1202.42.10.00 |
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manufacturing oil |
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1202.42.90.00 |
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12.03 |
1203.00.00.00 |
Copra. |
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7.5 |
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12.04 |
1204.00.00.00 |
Linseed, whether or not |
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12.05 |
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Rape |
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seeds, |
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whether or not broken. |
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1205.10.00.00 |
- Low erucic acid rape or |
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colza seeds |
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7.5 |
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1205.90.00.00 |
- Other |
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12.06 |
1206.00.00.00 |
Sunflower |
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whether or not broken. |
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7.5 |
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12.07 |
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Other |
oil |
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1207.10.00.00 |
- Palm nuts and kernels |
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7.5 |
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- Cotton seeds : |
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1207.21.00.00 |
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1207.29.00.00 |
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1207.30.00.00 |
- Castor oil seeds |
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7.5 |
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1207.40.00.00 |
- Sesamum seeds |
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1207.50.00.00 |
- Mustard seeds |
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7.5 |
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1207.60.00.00 |
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1207.70.00.00 |
- Melon seeds |
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1207.91.00.00 |
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1207.99.10.00 |
Shea |
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7.5 |
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1207.99.90.00 |
Other |
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7.5 |
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12.08 |
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Flours and meals of oil |
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seeds or |
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fruits, other than those |
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of mustard. |
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1208.10.00.00 |
- Of soya beans |
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7.5 |
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1208.90.00.00 |
- Other |
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7.5 |
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12.09 |
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Seeds, fruit and spores, |
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sowing. |
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1209.10.00.00 |
- Sugar beet seeds |
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- Seeds of forage plants : |
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1209.21.00.00 |
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1209.22.00.00 |
Clover (Trifolium |
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seeds |
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1209.23.00.00 |
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1209.24.00.00 |
Kentucky |
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7.5 |
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Rye |
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multiflorum Lam., |
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perenne L.) seeds |
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1209.29.00.00 |
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1209.30.00.00 |
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Seeds |
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cultivated |
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principally for their flowers |
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1209.91.00.00 |
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1209.99.00.00 |
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12.10 |
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Hop |
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lupulin. |
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1210.10.00.00 |
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ground nor powdered nor |
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1210.20.00.00 |
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12.11 |
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Plants |
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and fruits), of a kind |
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1211.20.00.00 |
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1211.30.00.00 |
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1211.40.00.00 |
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1211.50.00.00 |
- Ephedra |
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1211.90.10.00 |
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1211.90.20.00 |
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pharmacy and medicine |
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1211.90.90.00 |
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12.12 |
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Locust |
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seaweeds and |
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algae, |
sugar |
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intybus sativum) of a |
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Seaweeds and other |
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1212.21.00.00 |
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1212.29.00.00 |
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1212.91.00.00 |
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1212.92.00.00 |
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1212.93.00.00 |
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1212.94.00.00 |
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1212.99.00.00 |
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Cereal straw and husks, |
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1213.00.10.00 |
- Corn husks |
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1213.00.90.00 |
- Other |
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12.14 |
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Swedes, |
mangolds, |
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fodder |
roots, |
hay, |
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sainfoin, |
forage |
kale, |
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lupines, |
vetches |
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similar forage products, |
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whether or not in the |
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1214.10.00.00 |
- Lucerne |
(alfalfa) |
meal |
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and pellets |
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5 |
7.5 |
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1214.90.00.00 |
- Other |
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5 |
7.5 |
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