Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible
Chapter 07 of the Harmonised System covers Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible — 14 four-digit headings spanning potatoes to vegetables, leguminous that customs authorities worldwide use to classify these goods and set duty.
- India exports 2024
- $2.05B
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
Chapter 07 covers edible vegetables, roots and tubers, fresh or chilled. India is a leading exporter of onions, fresh and dried, plus okra, green chillies, potatoes and a wide range of pulses-adjacent produce. Subheadings split the goods by species and by form — fresh, chilled, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved.
How to read this code
07 is the two-digit HS chapter for vegetables and certain roots and tubers. To clear customs your destination country extends it to a full 8–10 digit code and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty on many vegetable products lines — check our import guides for your market.
Headings under HS 07
The Harmonised System breaks Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible into these 14 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Potatoes; fresh or chilled
Tomatoes; fresh or chilled
Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables; fresh or chilled
Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas; fresh or chilled
Lettuce (lactuca sativa) and chicory (cichorium spp.) fresh or chilled
Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots; fresh or chilled
Cucumbers and gherkins; fresh or chilled
Leguminous vegetables; shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled
Vegetables; n.e.c. in chapter 07, fresh or chilled
Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water); frozen
Vegetables provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption
Vegetables, dried; whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared
Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried
Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content; fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith
Top destinations for Chapter 07 exports
India's largest buyers of goods in this HS chapter in 2024, ranked by export value.
Chapter-level destination mix — your specific HS line may skew differently. Source: UN Comtrade, 2024.
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Indian exporters in this category
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