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HS 12 Chapter · Vegetable Products

Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder

Chapter 12 of the Harmonised System covers Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder. It groups 14 four-digit headings used worldwide to classify these goods for customs and duty.

Sourcing this category from India

Products classified under HS 12 can be sourced from India across a range of clusters and price points. Use this page to understand where Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder sits in the tariff schedule, then explore the Indian sectors and products that supply it.

How to read this code

12 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 12

The Harmonised System breaks Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder into these 14 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.

12.01 2 subheadings

Soya beans, whether or not broken

12.02 3 subheadings

Ground-nuts; not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken

12.03 1 subheadings

Copra

12.04 1 subheadings

Oil seeds; linseed, whether or not broken

12.05 2 subheadings

Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken

12.06 1 subheadings

Sunflower seeds; whether or not broken

12.07 10 subheadings

Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, n.e.c. in chapter 12; whether or not broken

12.08 2 subheadings

Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits; other than those of mustard

12.09 10 subheadings

Seeds, fruit and spores; of a kind used for sowing

12.10 2 subheadings

Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin

12.11 6 subheadings

Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind 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

12.12 7 subheadings

Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet, sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones, kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots) used primarily for human consumption, n.e.c.

12.13 1 subheadings

Cereal straw and husks, unprepared; whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets

12.14 2 subheadings

Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets

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Last updated 28 Jun 2026 Figures are indicative sourcing benchmarks compiled from exporter quotes, India trade-scheme notifications and public customs tariffs. Confirm live pricing and HS classification before contracting.
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