Code 1005 90 · Heading 1005

Maize, not for sowing

This code covers maize that is not intended for sowing. Maize intended for sowing belongs in the separate seed category.

For example

Maize grain, not for sowing
Maize kernels, not for sowing

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Official tariff text

Maize (excl. seed for sowing)

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Step 4 of 4

Step 1 · Section II Vegetable products
Is the product a living plant or flower; an edible vegetable, root, tuber, fruit or nut; coffee, tea, maté or a spice; cereal; a milling product, malt, starch, inulin or wheat gluten; a seed, plant for industrial or medical use, straw or fodder plant; shellac, a carbohydrate gum, natural resin, plant sap or plant extract; or a vegetable plaiting material or another vegetable product not listed elsewhere?
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Step 2 · Chapter 10 Cereals 5 of 9 chapters in section II
Which cereal is it: wheat or a wheat–rye mixture, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice, sorghum, or buckwheat, millet, canary seed, or another cereal?
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Step 3 · Heading 1005 Maize or corn 5 of 8 headings under chapter 10
Is the corn for sowing?
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Step 4 · Subheading 1005 90 Maize (excl. seed for sowing) 2 of 2 subheadings under heading 1005
Is the maize intended for sowing?

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1005 90 00 Maize (excl. seed for sowing) No rate on file Save

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1005 10 Maize seed for sowing No rate on file
1005 90 Maize (excl. seed for sowing) you are here No rate on file

Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

10.05.9010

For feed purpose

Ordinary duty

1,78 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

1,78 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
10.05.9090

Other

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

The ordinary rate applies. Norway lists no separate rate for goods from the EU.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

Export to the United Kingdom

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

All 2 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Previous code 1005 10

Maize seed for sowing

you are here 1005 90