Code 1209 29 · Heading 1209

Other fodder-plant seeds for sowing

This covers seeds of fodder plants for sowing that are not cereals, fodder beet seeds, sugar beet seeds, lucerne, clover of the Trifolium species, fescue, the listed Poa species, the listed ryegrass species, timothy, vetch, dog grass, Agrostis species or lupin. It is the remaining fodder-plant seed category after the specifically named types are excluded.

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Seeds of a fodder plant for sowing, other than the specifically excluded types

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Official tariff text

Seeds of forage plants for sowing (excl. of cereals and of sugar beet, alfalfa, clover "Trifolium spp.", fescue, Kentucky blue grass "Poa pratensis L." and ryegrass "Lolium multiflorum lam. and Lolium perenne L.")

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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 12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grai… 7 of 9 chapters in section II
Which named product group is it: soybeans; unroasted or otherwise unheated peanuts; copra; flax seeds; rapeseed or turnip-rape seeds; sunflower seeds; other oilseeds or oil fruits; flour from oilseeds or oil fruits; seeds, fruits or spores for sowing; hops; plants or plant parts mainly used for perfumes, pharmaceutical products, pest control or similar uses; carob, seaweed, sugar beet, sugar cane or other specified plant products for human food; unprocessed cereal straw or chaff; or fodder roots, hay and other named fodder products?
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Step 3 · Heading 1209 Seeds, fruits and spores, for sowing (excl. legumin… 9 of 14 headings under chapter 12
Which named type is it: sugar beet, lucerne, clover of the Trifolium species, fescue, meadow grass, ryegrass, another forage-plant seed, a seed of an herbaceous flowering plant, a vegetable seed, or another seed, fruit or spore for sowing?
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Step 4 · Subheading 1209 29 Seeds of forage plants for sowing (excl. of cereals… 7 of 10 subheadings under heading 1209
Is it timothy, vetch, Poa palustris or Poa trivialis, dog grass, Agrostis, lupin, or fodder beet seed?

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 8.3%.

1209 10 Sugar beet seed, for sowing 8.3%
1209 21 Alfalfa seed for sowing 2.5%
1209 22 Clover "Trifolium spp" seed, for sowing No rate on file
1209 23 Fescue seed for sowing 0.0–2.5%
1209 24 Kentucky blue grass "Poa pratensis L." seed for sowing 0.0%
1209 25 Ryegrass "Lolium multiflorum lam., Lolium perenne L." seed, for sowing No rate on file
1209 29 Seeds of forage plants for sowing (excl. of cereals and of sugar beet, alfalfa, clover "Trifolium spp.", fescue, Kentucky blue grass "Poa pratensis L." and ryegrass "Lolium multiflorum lam. and Lolium perenne L.") you are here 0.0–8.3%
1209 30 Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated mainly for flowers, for sowing 3.0%
1209 91 Vegetable seeds, for sowing 3.0–8.3%
1209 99 Seeds, fruits 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, and seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated mainly for flowers or used primarily in perfumery, medicaments or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes) 0.0–4.0%

Export to Norway

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

12.09.2910

Bent grass (agrostis) seeds

Ordinary duty

29,06 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

29,06 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
12.09.2920

Orchard grass or "Cocks` foot", meadow grass and foxtail grass seeds

Ordinary duty

14,81 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

14,61 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
12.09.2931

Seeds of turnips and swedes

Ordinary duty

29,06 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

The ordinary rate applies. Norway lists no separate rate for goods from the EU.
12.09.2932

Mangolds seeds

Ordinary duty

29,06 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

28,76 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
12.09.2939

Other

Ordinary duty

29,06 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

28,86 NOK per kg You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
12.09.2940

Timothy grass seeds

Ordinary duty

12,25 NOK per kg

Goods of EU origin

The ordinary rate applies. Norway lists no separate rate for goods from the EU.
12.09.2990

Other

Ordinary duty

19,42 NOK per kg

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.

1209 29 45 00

Timothy grass seed; vetch seed; seeds of the genus Poa (Poa palustris L., Poa trivialis L.); cocksfoot grass (Dactylis glomerata L.); bent grass (Agrostis)

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1209 29 50 00

Lupine seed

Ordinary duty

2.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1209 29 60 00

Fodder beet seed (Beta vulgaris var. alba)

Ordinary duty

8.0%

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
1209 29 80 00

Other

Ordinary duty

2.0%

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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Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.