HS heading: 1211

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

CN hierarchy: 12

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Suggested classification

Chapter 12 — Chapter 12 - oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder

EU Cellar CN2026 · Updated 2026-05-13 14:50

1211 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

Why this?
  • CHAPTER_NOTE_12_1 Chapter note

    1Heading 1207 applies, inter alia, to palm nuts and kernels, cotton seeds, castor oil seeds, sesamum seeds, mustard seeds, safflower seeds, poppy seeds and shea nuts (karite nuts). It does not apply to products of heading 801 or 802 or to olives (Chapter 7 or 20).

    EUR-Lex 02025R1926-20260101
  • CHAPTER_NOTE_12_2 Chapter note

    2Heading 1208 applies not only to non-defatted flours and meals but also to flours and meals which have been partially defatted or defatted and wholly or partially refatted with their original oils. It does not, however, apply to residues of headings 2304 to 2306.

    EUR-Lex 02025R1926-20260101
  • CHAPTER_NOTE_12_3 Chapter note

    For the purposes of heading 1209, beet seeds, grass and other herbage seeds, seeds of ornamental flowers, vegetable seeds, seeds of forest trees, seeds of fruit trees, seeds of vetches (other than those of the species Vicia fab

    • a) or of lupines are to be regarded as seeds of a kind used for sowing.Heading 1209 does not, however, apply to the following, even if for sowing:(a)leguminous vegetables or sweetcorn (Chapter 7);(
    • b) spices or other products of Chapter 9;(
    • c) cereals (Chapter 10); or(
    • d) products of headings 1201 to 1207 or 1211.
    EUR-Lex 02025R1926-20260101

EUDR status

CN not in Annex I

Out of scope of EUDR
This CN code is not in any of the seven EUDR commodity scopes (Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2023/1115). No Due Diligence Statement is required.

Duties and restrictions

Tullverket 2026-05-01

Third-country duty
Duty rate unknown — verify in Tulltaxan

The duty rate could not be determined automatically. Look up in Tulltaxan ↗

Tariff preferences
Tullverket
  • EU–Canada agreement: re-imported goods 1006 0.0 %
    Tariff preference
    FN CD727
  • GSP-EBA – least-developed countries (Everything But Arms) 2005 0.0 %
    Tariff preference
  • GSP – general arrangement 2020 0.0 %
    Tariff preference
Anti-dumping
TARIC
No anti-dumping in force
Other restrictions
TARIC
  • Erga omnes – all origins 1011 —
    Import control of organic products
    FN CD808
  • Erga omnes – all origins 1011 —
    Import control of organic products
    FN CD808
  • Erga omnes – all origins 1011 —
    Import control of organic products
    FN CD808
VAT
Skatteverket
25 % live animals, plants, seed, feed etc. — not food
You will not pay this at the border if your business is VAT-registered in Sweden. You self-assess and deduct import VAT in your VAT return to Skatteverket — typically boxes 50, 60 and 48. The rule applies from 2015-01-01.

Taxable amount = customs value + duty + other taxes and charges levied at import. Private individuals and non-VAT-registered businesses pay import VAT to Tullverket at clearance. VAT on imports (Skatteverket) ›

25 % import VAT collected at the border (if the business is not VAT-registered).

Source: Tullverket Tulltaxan, 76 measures in force.

What do I do now?

No EUDR obligations

No EUDR obligations — here is how to declare

You may still want a Binding Tariff Information (BTI) for the customs declaration.

  1. Customs declaration

    Declare yourself in Tullverket’s e-service or through a broker/forwarder. Enter CN code 1211 and the duty rate above.

    Importing goods (Tullverket) ›
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Need a legally binding ruling?
Apply for a BTI (Binding Tariff Information) at your national customs authority (Tullverket in Sweden). Processing ~120 days, valid 3 years.
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