Seeds, fruit and spores, for sowing (excl. leguminous vegetables and sweetcorn, coffee, tea, maté and spices, cereals, oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, beets, forage plants, vegetable seeds, forest-tree seeds and seeds of plants cultivated mainly for flowers or used primarily in perfumery, medicaments or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes)
1209999900 · HS Code Structure
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Section 2-digit
OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER
VEGETABLE PRODUCTS
OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER
VEGETABLE PRODUCTS
Chapter 4-digit
Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing
Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing
Heading 6-digit
Other
Other
Subheading 8-digit
Seeds, fruit and spores, for sowing (excl. leguminous vegetables and sweetcorn, coffee, tea, maté and spices, cereals, oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, beets, forage plants, vegetable seeds, forest-tree seeds and seeds of plants cultivated mainly for flowers or used primarily in perfumery, medicaments or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes)
Seeds, fruit and spores, for sowing (excl. leguminous vegetables and sweetcorn, coffee, tea, maté and spices, cereals, oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, beets, forage plants, vegetable seeds, forest-tree seeds and seeds of plants cultivated mainly for flowers or used primarily in perfumery, medicaments or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes)
The last 2 digits are the additional code
Basic Information
HS Code
1209999900
Code Status
Normal
Update Date
2026-08-03
Description
Seeds, fruit and spores, for sowing (excl. leguminous vegetables and sweetcorn, coffee, tea, maté and spices, cereals, oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, beets, forage plants, vegetable seeds, forest-tree seeds and seeds of plants cultivated mainly for flowers or used primarily in perfumery, medicaments or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes)
Unit
Consumption Tax Category
无
Tariff Rate (Duty)
| Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) Import Rate (Third-Country Agreement Rate) | 4.000 % |
| Interim Import Duty Rate (Autonomous Suspension) | |
| Export Duty Rate | 0% |
| Legal Basis | Regulation 3115/94 |
| Measure Validity Period | 1995-01-01 ~ To Date |
Agreement Rates · Asia-Pacific & Americas
Country/Region
Tax Rate
Japan
0.000 %
Vietnam
0.000 %
Singapore
0.000 %
New Zealand
0.000 %
United States
0.000 %
Canada
0.000 %
Peru
0.000 %
Ecuador
0.000 %
Agreement Rates · Europe
Country/Region
Tax Rate
Ukraine
0.000 %
Georgia
0.000 %
Serbia
0.000 %
Montenegro
0.000 %
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.000 %
Albania
0.000 %
North Macedonia
0.000 %
Kosovo
0.000 %
Agreement Rates · Africa, Middle East & Others
Country/Region
Tax Rate
Mercosur
0.000 %
GSP
0.000 %
Note: The EU has no free trade agreement with China; goods from China are subject to the "Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) Import Rate" above. GSP/GSP+/EBA are GSP beneficiary rates; see each GSP table for details. Full agreement partner rates are subject to the official TARIC.
VAT (27 Countries, Reference Values)
Austria
10%
Belgium
6%
Bulgaria
20%
Cyprus
5%
Czech Republic
12%
Germany
7%
Denmark
25%
Estonia
9%
Spain
4%
Finland
14%
France
5.5%
Greece
6%
Croatia
5%
Hungary
5%
Ireland
0%
Italy
4%
Lithuania
5%
Luxembourg
3%
Latvia
5%
Malta
5%
Netherlands
9%
Poland
5%
Portugal
6%
Romania
11%
Sweden
12%
Slovenia
5%
Slovakia
5%
VAT category: 食品饮料; Consumption tax category: 无. Reduced rate tiers are reference values; actual application is subject to the ruling of the importing country's tax authority.