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 — 14 four-digit headings spanning soya beans, whether or not broken to cereal straw and husks, unprepared that customs authorities worldwide use to classify these goods and set duty.
- India exports 2024
- $2.17B
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
Chapter 12 covers oilseeds, oleaginous fruit, miscellaneous grains, seeds, industrial and medicinal plants, straw and fodder. India is a major exporter of guar gum seed, sesame, groundnut, niger and a broad range of medicinal and aromatic plants. Classification distinguishes oilseeds from seeds for sowing and from plants used in pharmacy or perfumery.
How to read this code
12 is the two-digit HS chapter for oil seeds and oleaginous fruits. 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 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.
Soya beans, whether or not broken
Ground-nuts; not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken
Copra
Oil seeds; linseed, whether or not broken
Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken
Sunflower seeds; whether or not broken
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, n.e.c. in chapter 12; whether or not broken
Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits; other than those of mustard
Seeds, fruit and spores; of a kind used for sowing
Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin
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
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.
Cereal straw and husks, unprepared; whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets
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
Top destinations for Chapter 12 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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