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1209 30 00
Seeds for sowing of herbaceous plants mainly grown for their flowers
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 12093000.
Code 1209 30 00 · Subheading 1209 30
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Seeds for sowing of herbaceous plants mainly grown for their flowers
This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This covers seeds for sowing of herbaceous plants that are mainly grown for their flowers. The plant’s main purpose must therefore be flower production.
For example
- Marigold seeds for sowing
- Petunia seeds for sowing
- Pansy seeds for sowing
- Zinnia seeds for sowing
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Official tariff text
Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated mainly for flowers, for sowing
Trade measures to be aware of
Besides the ordinary duty, the EU records these kinds of measure against this code. They are listed as signals only: whether one applies to your goods can depend on where they come from, who produced them, the exact product and the documents you present. No amounts are worked out here.
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Lower duty for goods from some countries
Preferential rates exist for goods originating in San Marino; Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe; Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia; Western Sahara; OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories); Andorra; 45 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.
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Restrictions and paperwork
Import restrictions are recorded for goods originating in North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea); Ukraine; any country except Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland; any country except Switzerland; Phytosanitary - AR AU BO BR CL NZ UY; any country.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
- Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
- Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
- Movement certificate EUR.1
- Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
- Goods not concerned by Regulation (EU) 2018/848 (organic products)
- Certificate of inspection for organic products
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databaseShow all 14 document conditions
- Exemption from official controls for plants, other than plants for planting, plant products and other objects, which form part of passengers’ personal luggage and are intended for personal consumption or use (Regulation (EU) 2019/2122 Article 7d)
- Goods with third country origin coming from Switzerland, according to the relevant EU legislation.
- Common Health Entry Document for Plants and Plant Products (CHED-PP) (as set out in Part 2, Section C of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
- Exemption for products intended for scientific purposes in accordance with Article 48(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031
- Declared goods do not belong to the Washington Convention (CITES)
- Presentation of the required "CITES" certificate
- Permit for invasive alien species in accordance with Art. 8 of Regulation (EU) 1143/2014
- The declared goods are not concerned by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141
Export to Norway
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
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12.09.3000
Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their flowers
- Ordinary duty
- Duty free*
- Goods of EU origin
- Duty free* You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
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.
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1209 30 00 00
Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their flowers
- 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.
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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Check the facts that sit outside the code
The code can be right while what you pay still changes, because of where the goods come from, when they arrive, or extra EU measures.
- The product and its form Check that your product really matches this description, including what it is made of and the form it arrives in.
- Country of origin Trade agreements, sanctions and extra measures can change the treatment of the very same code.
- Current tariff measures Check today's rate, any restrictions or licences, and the quantity customs asks for, with SKAT or TARIC.
Worth comparing
Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
Similar products elsewhere in the tariff
- 1207 99 20 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, for sowing (excl. edible nuts, olives, soya beans, groundnuts, copra, linseed, rape or colza seeds, sunflower seeds, palm nuts and kernels, cotton, castor oil, sesamum, mustard, safflower, melon and poppy seeds) No rate on file
- 1211 90 86 Plants and parts of plants, incl. seeds and fruits, used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered (excl. ginseng roots, coca leaf, poppy straw, ephedra, tonquin beans and bark of African cherry) Duty free*
- 1207 99 96 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken (excl. for sowing and edible nuts, olives, soya beans, groundnuts, copra, linseed, rape or colza seeds, sunflower seeds, palm nuts and kernels, cotton, castor oil, sesamum, mustard, safflower, melon, poppy and hemp seeds) No rate on file
- 1207 21 00 Cotton seeds for sowing No rate on file
- 1211 90 30 Tonquin beans, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered 3.0%*
Often confused with
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1207 21 00
Cotton seeds for sowing
No rate on file
That code specifically names cotton seeds for sowing, while this code covers seeds of herbaceous plants mainly grown for their flowers.
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1207 99 20
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, for sowing (excl. edible nuts, olives, soya beans, groundnuts, copra, linseed, rape or colza seeds, sunflower seeds, palm nuts and kernels, cotton, castor oil, sesamum, mustard, safflower, melon and poppy seeds)
No rate on file
That code covers seeds for sowing not otherwise specified, while this code specifically covers seeds of herbaceous plants mainly grown for their flowers.
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1211 90 86
Plants and parts of plants, incl. seeds and fruits, used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered (excl. ginseng roots, coca leaf, poppy straw, ephedra, tonquin beans and bark of African cherry)
Duty free*
That code covers plants and plant parts, including seeds and fruits, mainly used to make perfumes, pharmaceutical products, insecticides, fungicides and similar products; this code covers seeds for sowing of herbaceous plants mainly grown for their flowers.
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.
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