Code 1209 99 99 · Subheading 1209 99
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This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This code covers seeds, fruits and spores intended for sowing that are not one of the specifically excluded types listed above. The product must be for sowing, and it must not be a listed crop, flower, forest-tree or industrial-use seed type.
Official tariff text
Seeds, fruit 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, forest-tree seeds and seeds of plants cultivated mainly for flowers or used primarily in perfumery, medicaments or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes)
Classification complete
1209 99 99
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 12099999.
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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 4.0%.
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.
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; 47 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databaseImport 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; any country.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
12.09.9900
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Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.
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.
These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
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Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).
Before you use 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.
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This code is for seeds for sowing not elsewhere specified under heading 1207, whereas 1209 99 99 is under the heading for seeds, fruits and spores for sowing.
This code is specifically for forest-tree seeds for sowing, while 1209 99 99 excludes forest-tree seeds.
This code is for seeds of plants mainly grown for their flowers, excluding herbaceous-plant seeds, while 1209 99 99 excludes seeds of 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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