Classification complete
1209 91 80
Vegetable seeds for sowing, excluding lettuce, sugar beet and beet (Beta vulgaris var. conditiva)
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 12099180.
Code 1209 91 80 · Subheading 1209 91
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Vegetable seeds for sowing, excluding lettuce, sugar beet and beet (Beta vulgaris var. conditiva)
This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This code covers vegetable seeds intended for sowing. It excludes lettuce, sugar beet and beet (Beta vulgaris var. conditiva) seeds.
For example
- Carrot seeds for sowing
- Cucumber seeds for sowing
- Tomato seeds for sowing
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Official tariff text
Vegetable seeds for sowing (excl. salad beet or beetroot "Beta vulgaris var. conditiva")
One last check
Compare the sibling codes at this level before you settle on this one.
Classification decides the rate here: from 3.0% to 8.3%.
- another option 1209 91 30 Salad beet seed or beetroot seed "Beta vulgaris var. conditiva", for sowing 8.3%*
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you are here 1209 91 80 Vegetable seeds for sowing (excl. salad beet or beetroot "Beta vulgaris var. conditiva") 3.0%*
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; 32 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.
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 10 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)
- 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
- Goods with third country origin coming from Switzerland, according to the relevant EU legislation.
Export to Norway
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
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12.09.9110
Cucumber, cauliflower, carrot, onion, shallot, leek, parsley, endive and lettice seeds
- Ordinary duty
- Duty free*
- Goods of EU origin
- Duty free* You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
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12.09.9191
Cabbage seeds
- Ordinary duty
- Duty free*
- Goods of EU origin
- Duty free* You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.
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12.09.9199
Other
- 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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All 2 UK lines under this code
They all have the same duty rates shown here.
- 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).
Before you use the code
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
- 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 50 10 Mustard seeds for sowing No rate on file
- 1207 99 91 Hemp seeds, whether or not broken (excl. for sowing) No rate on file
- 1207 50 90 Mustard seeds, whether or not broken (excl. for sowing) No rate on file
Often confused with
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1207 50 10
Mustard seeds for sowing
No rate on file
That code names mustard seeds for sowing, rather than vegetable seeds for sowing.
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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 names seeds for sowing not elsewhere specified, rather than the vegetable seeds named here.
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1209 91 30
Salad beet seed or beetroot seed "Beta vulgaris var. conditiva", for sowing
8.3%*
That code specifically names beet seeds (Beta vulgaris var. conditiva) for sowing, which are excluded from this code.
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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