Seeds, fruit and spores; of a kind used for sowing
HS heading 12.09 covers Seeds, fruit and spores; of a kind used for sowing. It sits within Chapter 12 and breaks down into 10 six-digit subheadings at the border.
Sourcing this category from India
Products classified under HS 12.09 can be sourced from India across a range of clusters and price points. Use this page to understand where Seeds, fruit and spores; of a kind used for sowing sits in the tariff schedule, then explore the Indian sectors and products that supply it.
How to read this code
12.09 is the four-digit HS heading. 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.
Subheadings under HS 12.09
The Harmonised System breaks Seeds, fruit and spores; of a kind used for sowing into these 10 subheadings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Seed; sugar beet seeds, of a kind used for sowing
Seeds of forage plants; lucerne (alfalfa) seeds, of a kind used for sowing
Seeds of forage plants; clover (Trifolium spp.) seeds, of a kind used for sowing
Seeds of forage plants; fescue seeds, of a kind used for sowing
Seeds of forage plants; Kentucky blue grass (Poa pratensis L.) seeds, of a kind used for sowing
Seeds of forage plants; rye grass (Lolium multiflorum Lam., Lolium perenne L.) seeds, of a kind used for sowing
Seeds of forage plants; other than lucerne, clover, fescue, Kentucky blue grass, and rye grass seeds, of a kind used for sowing
Seeds of herbaceous plants; cultivated principally for their flowers, of a kind used for sowing
Seeds; vegetable seeds, of a kind used for sowing
Seeds; n.e.c. in heading 1209, of a kind used for sowing
Related codes in Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
Soya beans, whether or not broken
12.02Ground-nuts; not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken
12.03Copra
12.04Oil seeds; linseed, whether or not broken
12.05Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken
12.06Sunflower seeds; whether or not broken
12.07Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, n.e.c. in chapter 12; whether or not broken
12.08Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits; other than those of mustard
12.10Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin
12.11Plants 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
12.12Locust 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.
12.13Cereal straw and husks, unprepared; whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets
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