Trees and other plants, live; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
Chapter 06 of the Harmonised System covers Trees and other plants, live; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage. It groups 4 four-digit headings used worldwide to classify these goods for customs and duty.
Sourcing this category from India
Products classified under HS 06 can be sourced from India across a range of clusters and price points. Use this page to understand where Trees and other plants, live; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage sits in the tariff schedule, then explore the Indian sectors and products that supply it.
How to read this code
06 is the two-digit HS chapter. Your destination country extends it to 8–10 digits and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty for many goods — check our import guides for your market.
Headings under HS 06
The Harmonised System breaks Trees and other plants, live; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage into these 4 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes; dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading no. 1212
Plants, live; n.e.c. in heading no. 0601, (including their roots) cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn
Flowers; cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared
Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and grasses, mosses and lichens; suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated etc.
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