HEADING 1202 · Chapter 12

Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken

Chapter: Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits. MFN tariff rates, zero-rate jurisdictions, FTA preferences, and import permit/compliance requirements across 13 customs authorities for HS Heading 1202.

Zero-rate jurisdictions
GBAUBRCN
Zero MFN for some/all subheadings
Top-3 highest rate
JP 726%
US 163.8%
KR 40%
No import restrictions
USMYPHJPKRAUGBBR
Heaviest regulation
IN · 7 rules
CN · 6 rules
ID · 3 rules
China export
Export rebate (sample)
0%

China export rebate for a subheading under this heading (GACC data). Verify per-code on detail page; rates may vary by subheading.

Cross-jurisdiction matrix

Tariff = primary MFN/BCD column; compliance = LARTAS, FDA permits, BIS, TISI, prohibition lists etc.

ISOCountryCodesMFN rangeZeroFTAPermits
USUnited States306.6% – 163.8%YesNoneBrowse →
INIndia730% – 30%7Browse →
IDIndonesia35% – 5%Yes3Browse →
MYMalaysia35% – 5%YesNoneBrowse →
PHPhilippines3NoneBrowse →
THThailand335% – 35%Yes3Browse →
VNVietnam35% – 15%Yes3Browse →
JPJapan10726% – 726%YesNoneBrowse →
KRKorea440% – 40%YesNoneBrowse →
AUAustralia22YesNoneBrowse →
GBUnited Kingdom30% – 0%3NoneBrowse →
BRBrazil30% – 9%1NoneBrowse →
MXMexico3NoneBrowse →
CNChina60% – 15%1Yes6Browse →

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3 WCO subheadings under this heading. Click any to see 6-digit cross-country tariff detail.

HS Legal Notes · Chapter 12

Chapter and Section Notes are the legal basis of HS classification (GIR Rule 1), overriding intuitive readings of heading texts.

Chapter 12 Notes

1. Heading 1207 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 0801 or 0802 or to olives (Chapter 7 or 20).

2. Heading 1208 applies not only to non-defatted flours and meals but also to flours and meals which have been partially defatted or defatted and wholly or partially refatted with their original oils. It does not, however, apply to residues of heading 2304 to 2306.

3. For the purposes of heading 1209, 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 1209 does not, however, apply to the following even if for sowing:

- a) leguminous vegetables or sweetcorn (Chapter 7);

- b) spices or other products of Chapter 9;

- c) cereals (Chapter 10); or

- d) products of heading 1201 to 1207 or 1211.

4. Heading 1211 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 1211 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 3808.

5. For the purposes of heading 1212, the term 'seaweeds and other algae' does not include:

- a) dead single-cell micro-organisms of heading 2102;
- b) cultures of micro-organisms of heading 3002; or
- c) fertilisers of heading 3101 or 3105.

### 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.

### Additional chapter note

1. Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits shall be classified in the appropriate subheadings for seed or for sowing provided that:

- the goods comply with The Oil and Fibre Plant Seeds Regulations 1993 or
- it is established that the goods are actually intended for sowing.

Section II Notes · Vegetable products

1. In this section the term 'pellets' means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3% by weight.

Source: HS legal notes as enacted (via UK Trade Tariff official publication)

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