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Section II
Vegetable Products

Note

1.

In this Section the term "pellets" means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 per cent by mass.

Chapter 6
Live Trees and Other Plants; Bulbs, Roots and the Like; Cut Flowers and Ornamental Foliage

Notes

1.

Subject to the second part of heading 06.01, this Chapter covers only live trees and goods (including seedling vegetables) of a kind commonly supplied by nursery gardeners or florists for planting or for ornamental use; nevertheless it does not include potatoes, onions, shallots, garlic or other products of Chapter 7.

2.

Any reference in heading 06.03 or 06.04 to goods of any kind shall be construed as including a reference to bouquets, floral baskets, wreaths and similar articles made wholly or partly of goods of that kind, account not being taken of accessories of other materials. However, these headings do not include collages or similar decorative plaques of heading 97.01.

Rates as at
HeadingDescriptionGeneral
06.01Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots (excluding roots of heading 12.12):
0601.10Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormantfree
0601.20Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and rootsfree
06.02Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn:
0602.10Unrooted cuttings and slipsfree
0602.20Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nutsfree
0602.30Rhododendrons and azaleas, grafted or notfree
0602.40Roses, grafted or notfree
0602.90Otherfree
06.03Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared:
0603.1Fresh:
0603.11Roses20%
0603.12Carnations20%
0603.13Orchids20%
0603.14Chrysanthemums20%
0603.15Lilies (Lilium spp.)20%
0603.19Other20%
0603.90Other20%
06.04Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and grasses, mosses and lichens being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared:
0604.20Fresh:
0604.20.10Mosses and lichens20%
0604.20.90Other20%
0604.90Other:
0604.90.10Mosses and lichens20%
0604.90.90Other20%
Chapter 7
Edible Vegetables and Certain Roots and Tubers

Notes

1.

This Chapter does not cover forage products of heading 12.14.

2.

In headings 07.09, 07.10, 07.11 and 07.12, the word "vegetables" includes edible mushrooms, truffles, olives, capers, marrows, pumpkins, aubergines, sweet corn (ZEA MAYS VAR. SACCHARATA), fruits of the genus CAPSICUM or of the genus PIMENTA, fennel, parsley, chervil, tarragon, cress and sweet marjoram (MARJORANA HORTENSIS or ORIGANUM MAJORANA).

3.

Heading 07.12 covers all dried vegetables of the kinds falling in headings 07.01 to 07.11, excluding the following:

(a)

dried leguminous vegetables, shelled (heading 07.13);

(b)

sweet corn in the forms specified in headings 11.02 to 11.04;

(c)

flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes (heading 11.05);

(d)

flour, meal and powder of dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13 (heading 11.06).

4.

However, dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus CAPSICUM or of the genus PIMENTA are excluded from this Chapter (heading 09.04).

5.

Heading 07.11 applies to vegetables which have been treated solely to ensure their provisional preservation during transport or storage prior to use (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), provided they remain unsuitable for immediate consumption in that state.

Rates as at
HeadingDescriptionGeneral
07.01Potatoes, fresh or chilled:
0701.10Seed0,44c/kg
0701.90Other0,44c/kg
0702.00Tomatoes, fresh or chilled15%
07.03Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled:
0703.10Onions and shallots15%
0703.20Garlic325c/kg with a maximum of 37%
0703.90Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables15%
07.04Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled:
0704.10Cauliflowers and broccolifree
0704.20Brussels sproutsfree
0704.90Otherfree
07.05Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled:
0705.1Lettuce:
0705.11Cabbage lettuce (head lettuce)free
0705.19Otherfree
0705.2Chicory:
0705.21Witloof chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum)free
0705.29Otherfree
07.06Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled:
0706.10Carrots and turnipsfree
0706.90Otherfree
0707.00Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled15%
07.08Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled:
0708.10Peas (Pisum sativum)15%
0708.20Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.)free
0708.90Other leguminous vegetablesfree
07.09Other vegetables, fresh or chilled:
0709.20Asparagus15%
0709.30Aubergines (egg-plants)free
0709.40Celery other than celeriacfree
0709.5Mushrooms and truffles:
0709.51Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus15%
0709.52Mushrooms of the genus Boletus15%
0709.53Mushrooms of the genus Cantharellus15%
0709.54Shiitake (Lentinus edodes)15%
0709.55Matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake, Tricholoma magnivelare, Tricholoma anatolicum, Tricholoma dulciolens, Tricholoma caligatum)15%
0709.56Truffles (Tuber spp.)free
0709.59Other:
0709.59.10Trufflesfree
0709.59.90Other15%
0709.60Fruits of the genus CAPSICUM or of the genus PIMENTA15%
0709.70Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach)free
0709.9Other:
0709.91Globe artichokesfree
0709.92Olives15%
0709.93Pumpkins, squash and gourds (Cucurbita spp.)15%
0709.99Other15%
07.10Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen:
0710.10Potatoes30%
0710.2Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled:
0710.21Peas (Pisum sativum)10%
0710.22Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.)10%
0710.29Other24%
0710.30Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach)20%
0710.40Sweet corn10%
0710.80Other vegetables:
0710.80.10Trufflesfree
0710.80.90Other10%
0710.90Mixtures of vegetables10%
07.11Vegetables provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption:
0711.20Olives25%
0711.40Cucumbers and gherkins20%
0711.5Mushrooms and truffles:
0711.51Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus20%
0711.59Other20%
0711.90Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables:
0711.90.10Shallots and leeks20%
0711.90.20Capers20%
0711.90.30Fruits of the genus PIMENTAfree
0711.90.90Other20%
07.12Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared:
0712.20Onions20%
0712.3Mushrooms, wood ears (Auricularia spp.), jelly fungi (Tremella spp.) and truffles:
0712.31Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus20%
0712.32Wood ears (Auricularia spp.)20%
0712.33Jelly fungi (Tremella spp.)20%
0712.34Shiitake (Lentinus edodes)20%
0712.39Other20%
0712.90Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables:
0712.90.15Culinary herbs4c/kg
0712.90.90Other20%
07.13Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split:
0713.10Peas (Pisum sativum):
0713.10.10Seeds for sowing15%
0713.10.20Other, green peas, whole15%
0713.10.25Green peas, skinned or split30%
0713.10.90Otherfree
0713.20Chickpeas (garbanzos):
0713.20.10Seeds for sowingfree
0713.20.90Otherfree
0713.3Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.):
0713.31Beans of the species Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper or Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek:
0713.31.10Seeds for sowing15%
0713.31.90Other15%
0713.32Small red (Adzuki) beans (Phaselous or Vigna angularis):
0713.32.10Seeds for sowing10%
0713.32.90Other10%
0713.33Kidney beans, including white pea beans (Phaseolus vulgaris):
0713.33.10Seeds for sowing10%
0713.33.90Other10%
0713.34Bambara beans (Vigna subterranea or Voandzeia subterranea):
0713.34.10Seeds for sowing10%
0713.34.90Other10%
0713.35Cow peas (Vigna unguiculata):
0713.35.10Seeds for sowing10%
0713.35.90Other10%
0713.39Other:
0713.39.10Seeds for sowing10%
0713.39.90Other10%
0713.40Lentils:
0713.40.10Seeds for sowingfree
0713.40.90Otherfree
0713.50Broad beans (Vicia faba var. major) and horse beans (Vicia faba var. equina, Vicia faba var. minor):
0713.50.10Seeds for sowing15%
0713.50.90Other15%
0713.60Pigeon peas (Cajanus cajan):
0713.60.10Seeds for sowing15%
0713.60.20Whole (excluding seeds for sowing)15%
0713.60.30Skinned or split24%
0713.90Other:
0713.90.01Seeds for sowing15%
0713.90.10Whole (excluding seeds for sowing)15%
0713.90.20Skinned or split24%
07.14Manioc, 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:
0714.10Manioc (cassava):
0714.10.10Frozen5%
0714.10.20Fresh or chilledfree
0714.10.90Otherfree
0714.20Sweet potatoes:
0714.20.10Frozen5%
0714.20.20Fresh or chilledfree
0714.20.90Otherfree
0714.30Yams (Dioscorea spp.):
0714.30.10Frozen5%
0714.30.20Fresh or chilledfree
0714.30.90Otherfree
0714.40Taro (Colocasia spp.):
0714.40.10Frozen5%
0714.40.20Fresh or chilledfree
0714.40.90Otherfree
0714.50Yautia (Xanthosoma spp.):
0714.50.10Frozen5%
0714.50.20Fresh or chilledfree
0714.50.90Otherfree
0714.90Other:
0714.90.10Frozen5%
0714.90.20Fresh or chilledfree
0714.90.90Otherfree
Chapter 8
Edible Fruit and Nuts; Peel of Citrus Fruit or Melons

Notes

1.

This Chapter does not cover inedible nuts or fruits.

2.

Chilled fruits and nuts are to be classified in the same headings as the corresponding fresh fruits and nuts.

3.

Dried fruit or dried nuts of this Chapter may be partially rehydrated, or treated for the following purposes:

(a)

for additional preservation or stabilisation (for example, by moderate heat treatment, sulphuring, the addition of sorbic acid or potassium sorbate);

(b)

to improve or maintain their appearance (for example, by the addition of vegetable oil or small quantities of glucose syrup),

provided that they retain the character of dried fruit or dried nuts.

4.

Heading 08.12 applies to fruit and nuts which have been treated solely to ensure their provisional preservation during transport or storage prior to use (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), provided they remain unsuitable for immediate consumption in that state.

Rates as at
HeadingDescriptionGeneral
08.01Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled:
0801.1Coconuts:
0801.11Desiccated:
0801.11.10Unsweetenedfree
0801.11.90Otherfree
0801.12In the inner shell (endocarp):
0801.12.10Freshfree
0801.12.20Other, wholefree
0801.12.90Other20%
0801.19Other:
0801.19.05Freshfree
0801.19.10Other, wholefree
0801.19.90Other20%
0801.2Brazil nuts:
0801.21In shellfree
0801.22Shelledfree
0801.3Cashew nuts:
0801.31In shellfree
0801.32Shelledfree
08.02Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled:
0802.1Almonds:
0802.11In shellfree
0802.12Shelledfree
0802.2Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus spp.):
0802.21In shellfree
0802.22Shelledfree
0802.3Walnuts:
0802.31In shellfree
0802.32Shelledfree
0802.4Chestnuts (Castanea spp.):
0802.41In shellfree
0802.42Shelledfree
0802.5Pistachios:
0802.51In shellfree
0802.52Shelledfree
0802.6Macadamia nuts:
0802.61In shellfree
0802.62Shelledfree
0802.70Kola nuts (Cola spp.)free
0802.80Areca nutsfree
0802.9Other:
0802.91Pine nuts, in shellfree
0802.92Pine nuts, shelledfree
0802.99Other:
0802.99.11In shellfree
0802.99.1Pecan:
0802.99.12Shelledfree
0802.99.90Otherfree
08.03Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried:
0803.10Plantains:
0803.10.10Fresh5%
0803.10.90Other5%
0803.90Other:
0803.90.10Fresh5%
0803.90.90Other5%
08.04Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried:
0804.10Dates:
0804.10.10Freshfree
0804.10.90Otherfree
0804.20Figs:
0804.20.10Freshfree
0804.20.90Otherfree
0804.30Pineapples:
0804.30.10Fresh15%
0804.30.90Other15%
0804.40Avocados:
0804.40.10Fresh5%
0804.40.90Other5%
0804.50Guavas, mangoes and mangosteens:
0804.50.11Mangoes35%
0804.50.1Fresh:
0804.50.19Other35%
0804.50.91Mangoes, dried35%
0804.50.9Other:
0804.50.99Other35%
08.05Citrus fruit, fresh or dried:
0805.10Oranges:
0805.10.10Fresh4%
0805.10.90Other4%
0805.2Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids:
0805.21Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas):
0805.21.10Fresh4%
0805.21.90Other4%
0805.22Clementines:
0805.22.10Fresh4%
0805.22.90Other4%
0805.29Other:
0805.29.10Fresh4%
0805.29.90Other4%
0805.40Grapefruit and pomelos:
0805.40.10Fresh4%
0805.40.90Other4%
0805.50Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum) and limes (Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus latifolia):
0805.50.10Fresh4%
0805.50.90Other4%
0805.90Other:
0805.90.10Fresh4%
0805.90.90Other4%
08.06Grapes, fresh or dried:
0806.10Fresh4%
0806.20Dried10%
08.07Melons (including watermelons) and papaws (papayas), fresh:
0807.1Melons (including watermelons):
0807.11Watermelons15%
0807.19Other15%
0807.20Papaws (papayas)15%
08.08Apples, pears and quinces, fresh:
0808.10Apples4%
0808.30Pears4%
0808.40Quinces4%
08.09Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh:
0809.10Apricots4%
0809.2Cherries:
0809.21Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus)4%
0809.29Other4%
0809.30Peaches, including nectarines4%
0809.40Plums and sloes4%
08.10Other fruit, fresh:
0810.10Strawberries15%
0810.20Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberriesfree
0810.30Black, white or red currants and gooseberriesfree
0810.40Cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus VACCINIUMfree
0810.50Kiwifruit5%
0810.60Durians5%
0810.70Persimmons5%
0810.90Other:
0810.90.10Granadillas and litchis15%
0810.90.30Pomegranates5%
0810.90.90Other5%
08.11Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:
0811.10Strawberries:
0811.10.10Not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter20%
0811.10.90Other20%
0811.20Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black, white or red currants and gooseberries:
0811.20.10Not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter20%
0811.20.90Other20%
0811.90Other:
0811.90.05Granadilla pulp and litchi pulp, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter5%
0811.90.10Other granadilla pulp and litchi pulp5%
0811.90.85Other fruit, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter20%
0811.90.90Other20%
08.12Fruit and nuts provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption:
0812.10Cherries20%
0812.90Other:
0812.90.15Granadilla pulp; litchi pulp5%
0812.90.20Strawberries20%
0812.90.90Other20%
08.13Fruit, dried (excluding that of headings 08.01 to 08.06); mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this Chapter:
0813.10Apricots10%
0813.20Prunes10%
0813.30Apples10%
0813.40Other fruit10%
0813.50Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this Chapter10%
0814.00Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutionsfree
Chapter 9
Coffee, Tea, Maté and Spices

Notes

1.

Mixtures of the products of headings 09.04 to 09.10 are to be classified as follows:

(a)

mixtures of two or more of the products of the same heading are to be classified in that heading;

(b)

mixtures of two or more of the products of different headings are to be classified under heading 09.10.

The addition of other substances to the products of headings 09.04 to 09.10 (or to the mixtures referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) above) shall not affect their classification provided the resulting mixtures retain the essential character of the goods of those headings. Otherwise such mixtures are not classified in this Chapter; those constituting mixed condiments or mixed seasonings are classified in heading 21.03.

2.

This Chapter does not cover Cubeb pepper (Piper cubeba) or other products of heading 12.11.

Rates as at
HeadingDescriptionGeneral
09.01Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion:
0901.1Coffee, not roasted:
0901.11Not decaffeinated:
0901.11.10Of the species Coffea arabicafree
0901.11.20Of the species Coffea robustafree
0901.11.90Otherfree
0901.12Decaffeinated:
0901.12.10Of the species Coffea arabicafree
0901.12.20Of the species Coffea robustafree
0901.12.90Otherfree
0901.2Coffee, roasted:
0901.21Not decaffeinated6c/kg
0901.22Decaffeinated6c/kg
0901.90Other:
0901.90.10Coffee husks and skins20%
0901.90.20Coffee substitutes containing coffee10c/kg
09.02Tea, whether or not flavoured:
0902.10Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kgfree
0902.20Other green tea (not fermented)free
0902.30Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg:
0902.30.10In immediate packings of a content not exceeding 1 kg400c/kg
0902.30.90Other400c/kg
0902.40Other black tea (fermented) and other partly fermented tea400c/kg
0903.00Matéfree
09.04Pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta:
0904.1Pepper:
0904.11Neither crushed nor groundfree
0904.12Crushed or groundfree
0904.2Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta:
0904.21Dried, neither crushed nor ground:
0904.21.10Fruits of the genus Capsicum25%
0904.21.30Fruits of the genus Pimentafree
0904.22Crushed or ground:
0904.22.10Fruits of the genus Capsicum25%
0904.22.30Fruits of the genus Pimentafree
09.05Vanilla:
0905.10Neither crushed nor groundfree
0905.20Crushed or groundfree
09.06Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers:
0906.1Neither crushed nor ground:
0906.11Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum blume)free
0906.19Otherfree
0906.20Crushed or groundfree
09.07Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems):
0907.10Neither crushed nor groundfree
0907.20Crushed or groundfree
09.08Nutmeg, mace and cardamoms:
0908.1Nutmeg:
0908.11Neither crushed nor groundfree
0908.12Crushed or groundfree
0908.2Mace:
0908.21Neither crushed nor groundfree
0908.22Crushed or groundfree
0908.3Cardamoms:
0908.31Neither crushed nor groundfree
0908.32Crushed or groundfree
09.09Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin, or caraway; juniper berries:
0909.2Seeds of coriander:
0909.21Neither crushed nor groundfree
0909.22Crushed or groundfree
0909.3Seeds of cumin:
0909.31Neither crushed nor groundfree
0909.32Crushed or groundfree
0909.6Seeds of anise, badian, caraway or fennel; juniper berries:
0909.61Neither crushed nor groundfree
0909.62Crushed or groundfree
09.10Ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices:
0910.1Ginger:
0910.11Neither crushed or ground15%
0910.12Crushed or ground20%
0910.20Saffronfree
0910.30Turmeric (curcuma)free
0910.9Other spices:
0910.91Mixtures referred to in Note 1(b) to this Chapterfree
0910.99Otherfree
Chapter 10
Cereals

Notes

1.

(A)

The products specified in the headings of this Chapter are to be classified in those headings only if grains are present, whether or not in the ear or on the stalk.

(B)

The Chapter does not cover grains which have been hulled or otherwise worked. However, rice, husked, milled, polished, glazed, parboiled or broken remains classified in heading 10.06. Similarly, quinoa from which the pericarp has been wholly or partly removed in order to separate the saponin, but which has not undergone any other processes, remains classified in heading 10.08.

2.

Heading 10.05 does not cover sweet corn (Chapter 7).

Subheading Note

1.

The term "durum wheat" means wheat of the Triticum durum species and the hybrids derived from the inter-specific crossing of Triticum durum which have the same number (28) of chromosomes as that species.

Rates as at
HeadingDescriptionGeneral
10.01Wheat and meslin:
1001.1Durum wheat:
1001.11Seedfree
1001.19Otherfree
1001.9Other:
1001.91Seed15,37c/kg
1001.99Other15,37c/kg
10.02Rye:
1002.10Seedfree
1002.90Otherfree
10.03Barley:
1003.10Seedfree
1003.90Otherfree
10.04Oats:
1004.10Seedfree
1004.90Otherfree
10.05Maize (corn):
1005.10Seedfree
1005.90Other:
1005.90.10Dried kernels or grains fit for human consumption, not further prepared or processed and not packaged as seeds (excluding pop corn (Zea mays everta))free
1005.90.90Otherfree
10.06Rice:
1006.10Rice in the husk (paddy or rough)free
1006.20Husked (brown) ricefree
1006.30Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazedfree
1006.40Broken ricefree
10.07Grain sorghum:
1007.10Seed3%
1007.90Other3%
10.08Buckwheat, millet and canary seed; other cereals:
1008.10Buckwheatfree
1008.2Millet:
1008.21Seedfree
1008.29Otherfree
1008.30Canary seedsfree
1008.40Fonio (Digitaria spp.)5%
1008.50Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa)5%
1008.60Triticale5%
1008.90Other cereals5%
Chapter 11
Products of the Milling Industry; Malt; Starches; Inulin; Wheat Gluten

Notes

1.

This Chapter does not cover the following:

(a)

roasted malt put up as coffee substitutes (heading 09.01 or 21.01);

(b)

prepared flours, groats, meals or starches of heading 19.01;

(c)

corn flakes or other products of heading 19.04;

(d)

vegetables, prepared or preserved, of heading 20.01, 20.04 or 20.05;

(e)

pharmaceutical products (Chapter 30); or

(f)

starches having the character of perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (Chapter 33).

2.

(A)

Products from the milling of the cereals listed in the table below fall in this Chapter if they have, by mass on the dry product:

(a)

a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method) exceeding that indicated in Column (2);and

(b)

an ash content (after deduction of any added minerals) not exceeding that indicated in Column (3).

Otherwise, they fall in heading 23.02. However, germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, is always classified in heading 11.04.

(B)

Products falling in this Chapter under the above provisions shall be classified in heading 11.01 or 11.02 if the percentage passing through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with the aperture indicated in Column (4) or (5) is not less, by mass, than that shown against the cereal concerned.

Otherwise they fall in heading 11.03 or 11.04.

CerealStarch contentAsh contentRate of passage through a sieve with an aperture of 315 micrometers (microns)Rate of passage through a sieve with an aperture of 500 micrometers (microns)
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Wheat and rye45%2,5%80%-
Barley45%3%80%-
Oats45%5%80%-
Maize (corn) and grain sorghum45%2%-90%
Rice45%1,6%80%-
Buckwheat45%4%80%-

3.

For the purposes of heading 11.03, the terms "groats" and "meal" mean products obtained by the fragmentation of cereal grains, of which:

(a)

in the case of maize (corn) products, at least 95 per cent by mass passes through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with an aperture of 2 mm;

(b)

in the case of other cereal products, at least 95 per cent by mass passes through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with an aperture of 1,25 mm.

Additional Notes

1.

For the purposes of tariff subheadings 1101.00.20 and 1101.00.30 -

(a)

Cake wheat flour and white bread wheat flour means such flours as defined in the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Regulations, published by Government Notice No. 405 of 5 May 2017, relating to the grading, packing and marking of wheat products, imported into the Republic of South Africa.

(b)

Cake wheat flour or white bread wheat flour as defined in the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Regulations, published by Government Notice No. R. 405 of 5 May 2017, must be classified in tariff subheading 1101.00.90 unless it complies with the grading, packing and marking requirements applicable in terms of those Regulations to such classes of wheat products intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa.

2.

For the purposes of tariff subheading 1102.20.10, super fine maize meal as referred to in the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Regulations, published by Government Notice No. 63 of 29 January 2016, with a fineness or granulation by mass of at least 80% that shall pass through a 0.3 mm sieve.

Rates as at
HeadingDescriptionGeneral
1101.00Wheat or meslin flour:
1101.00.30White bread wheat flour as defined in Additional Note 1(a) to Chapter 1123,05c/kg
1101.00.10Brown wheaten meal produced by the milling of whole grains (the bran, germ and endosperm) (excluding separated wheat bran, separated wheat germ or separated wheat semolina or endosperm)23,05c/kg
1101.00.20Cake wheat flour as defined in Additional Note 1(a) to Chapter 1123,05c/kg
1101.00.90Other23,05c/kg
11.02Cereal flours (excluding that of wheat or meslin):
1102.20Maize (corn) flour:
1102.20.10Super fine maize meal as defined in Additional Note 2 to Chapter 11free
1102.20.90Otherfree
1102.90.40Rice flour20%
1102.90.15Oats flour2,75c/kg
1102.90.30Sorghum flour3%
1102.90.50Rye flour1,1c/kg
1102.90Other:
1102.90.90Other0,65c/kg
11.03Cereal groats, meal and pellets:
1103.1Groats and meal:
1103.11Of wheat20%
1103.13Of maize (corn):
1103.13.10Maize meal not further processed other than by the addition of minerals and vitamins not exceeding 1 per cent by mass of the final product, solely for the purpose of increasing the nutritional value5%
1103.13.90Other5%
1103.19.20Of rice20%
1103.19Of other cereals:
1103.19.10Of oats2,75c/kg
1103.19.90Other0,65c/kg
1103.20.10Of wheat20%
1103.20Pellets:
1103.20.20Of oats, in immediate packings of a content exceeding 10 kg2,75c/kg
1103.20.90Otherfree
11.04Cereal grains otherwise worked (for example, hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled) (excluding rice of heading 10.06); germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground:
1104.1Rolled or flaked grains:
1104.12Of oats:
1104.12.10In immediate packings of content not exceeding 25 kgfree
1104.12.90Otherfree
1104.19.10Of barleyfree
1104.19Of other cereals:
1104.2Other worked grains (for example, hulled, pearled, sliced or kibbled):
1104.19.90Other20%
1104.22Of oatsfree
1104.23Of maize (corn):
1104.23.10Chopped dried kernels, not further prepared or processed5%
1104.23.90Other5%
1104.29Of other cereals:
1104.29.10Of barleyfree
1104.30Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or groundfree
1104.29.90Other20%
11.05Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes:
1105.10Flour, meal and powder20%
1105.20Flakes, granules and pellets:
1105.20.10Pellets made from pieces of potatoes20%
1105.20.90Other20%
11.06Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14 or of the products of Chapter 8:
1106.10Of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 07.13:
1106.10.10Of dried beansfree
1106.10.90Otherfree
1106.20Of sago or of roots or tubers of heading 07.14free
1106.30.10Imported from Switzerland20%
1106.30Of the products of Chapter 8:
1106.30.90Other20%
11.07Malt, whether or not roasted:
1107.10Not roasted:
1107.10.20Of barleyfree
1107.10.25Of oats2,75c/kg
1107.10.10Of wheatfree
1107.10.50Of sorghum3%
1107.10.90Other0,85c/kg
1107.20.25Of oats2,75c/kg
1107.20Roasted:
1107.20.10Of wheatfree
1107.20.20Of barleyfree
1107.20.90Other0,85c/kg
11.08Starches; inulin:
1108.1Starches:
1108.11.10In immediate packings of a content not exceeding 1,5 kgfree
1108.11Wheat starch:
1108.12Maize (corn) starch:
1108.12.10In immediate packings of a content not exceeding 1,5 kgfree
1108.11.90Other10%
1108.13Potato starch:
1108.13.10In immediate packings of a content not exceeding 1,5 kgfree
1108.12.90Other10%
1108.14Manioc (cassava) starch:
1108.13.90Other10%
1108.14.10In immediate packings of a content not exceeding 1,5 kgfree
1108.14.90Other10%
1108.19Other starches:
1108.19.10In immediate packings of a content not exceeding 1,5 kgfree
1108.19.90Other10%
1108.20Inulin20%
1109.00Wheat gluten, whether or not driedfree
Chapter 12
Oil Seeds and Oleaginous Fruits; Miscellaneous Grains, Seeds and Fruit; Industrial or Medicinal Plants; Straw and Fodder

Notes

1.

Heading 12.07 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 08.01 or 08.02 or to olives (Chapter 7 or Chapter 20).

2.

Heading 12.08 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 23.04 to 23.06.

3.

For the purposes of heading 12.09, beet seeds, grass and other herbage seeds, of ornamental flowers, vegetable seeds, seeds of forest trees, seeds of fruit trees, seeds of vetches (excluding those of the species VICIA FABA) or of lupines are to be regarded as "seeds of a kind used for sowing".

Heading 12.09 does not, however, apply to the following even if for sowing:

(a)

leguminous vegetables or sweet corn (Chapter 7);

(b)

spices or other products of Chapter 9;

(c)

cereals (Chapter 10); or

(d)

products of headings Nos. 12.01 to 12.07 or 12.11.

4.

Heading 12.11 applies, inter alia, to the following plants or parts thereof; basil, borage, ginseng, hyssop, liquorice, all species of mint, rosemary, rue, sage and wormwood.

Heading 12.11 does not, however, apply to the following:

(a)

medicaments of Chapter 30;

(b)

perfumery to toilet preparations of Chapter 33; or

(c)

insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants or similar products of heading 38.08.

5.

For the purposes of heading 12.12, the terms "seaweeds and other algae" does not include:

(a)

dead single-cell micro-organisms of heading 21.02;

(b)

cultures of micro-organisms of heading 30.02; or

(c)

fertilisers of heading 31.01 or 31.05.

Subheading Note

1.

For the purposes of subheading 1205.10, the expression "low erucic acid rape or colza seeds" means rape or colza seeds yielding a fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of less than 2 per cent by mass and yielding a solid component which contains less than 30 micromoles/g of glucosinolates.

Additional Note

1.

For the purposes of subheading 1205.10, seeds of a kind used for sowing, covers only rape or colza seeds regarded by the competent national authorities as being for sowing.

Rates as at
HeadingDescriptionGeneral
12.01Soya beans, whether or not broken:
1201.10Seed8%
1201.90Other8%
12.02Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken:
1202.30Seed10%
1202.4Other:
1202.41In shell10%
1202.42Shelled, whether or not broken10%
1203.00Coprafree
1204.00Linseed, whether or not broken9,4%
12.05Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken:
1205.10Low erucic acid rape or colza seeds:
1205.10.20Seeds of a kind used for sowingfree
1205.10.90Other10%
1205.90Other10%
1206.00Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken9,4%
12.07Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken:
1207.10Palm nuts and kernels7,4%
1207.2Cotton seeds:
1207.21Seed9,4%
1207.29Other9,4%
1207.30Castor oil seeds7,4%
1207.40Sesamum seeds7,4%
1207.50Mustard seedsfree
1207.60Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seeds9,4%
1207.70Melon seeds9,4%
1207.9Other:
1207.91Poppy seed9,4%
1207.99Other9,4%
12.08Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits (excluding those of mustard):
1208.10Of soya beans20%
1208.90Other20%
12.09Seeds, fruits and spores, of a kind used for sowing:
1209.10Sugar beet seedsfree
1209.2Seeds of forage plants:
1209.21Lucerne (alfalfa) seedsfree
1209.22Clover (Trifolium spp.) seedsfree
1209.23Fescue seedsfree
1209.24Kentucky blue grass (Poa pratensis L.) seedsfree
1209.25Rye grass (Lolium multiflorum Lam., Lolium perenne L.) seedsfree
1209.29Otherfree
1209.30Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their flowersfree
1209.9Other:
1209.91Vegetable seedsfree
1209.99.10Seedfree
1209.99Other:
12.10Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin:
1209.99.90Otherfree
1210.10Hop cones, neither ground nor powdered nor in the form of pelletsfree
1210.20Hop cones, ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulinfree
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:
1211.20.10Chilled or frozenfree
1211.20Ginseng roots:
1211.20.90Other12%
1211.30Coca leaf:
1211.30.10Chilled or frozenfree
1211.30.90Other15%
1211.40.10Chilled or frozenfree
1211.40Poppy straw:
1211.40.90Other15%
1211.50.10Chilled or frozenfree
1211.50Ephedra:
1211.50.90Other20%
1211.60Bark of African cherry (Prunus africana)20%
1211.90.30Other, basil, borage, hyssop, mint, rosemary, rue and sage, ground or crushed.4c/kg
1211.90.05Chilled or frozenfree
1211.90Other:
1211.90.20Other, basil, borage, hyssop, mint, rosemary, rue and sage, neither ground nor crushed0,45c/kg
1211.90.10Other, pyrethrumfree
1211.90.40Other, liquorice roots12%
1211.90.5Aspalathus linearis (Rooibos/Red Bush):
1211.90.53Other leaves and stems, dried20%
1211.90.51Leaves and stems, dried, in immediate packings not exceeding 10 kg20%
1211.90.90Other20%
1211.90.80Other, of a kind used primarily in pharmacy15%
1211.90.59Other20%
12.12Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots of the variety CICHORIUM INTYBUS SATIVUM) of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included:
1212.2Seaweeds and other algae:
1212.21.10Frozen5%
1212.21Fit for human consumption:
1212.21.90Otherfree
1212.29.10Frozen5%
1212.29Other:
1212.29.90Otherfree
1212.9Other:
1212.91Sugar beet20%
1212.92Locust beans (carob):
1212.92.10Dried, whole, split, crushed or in powder form, not further prepared or processed (excluding seeds for sowing)20%
1212.93Sugar cane20%
1212.92.90Other20%
1212.94Chicory rootsfree
1212.99Other20%
1213.00Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pelletsfree
12.14Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets:
1214.10Lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pelletsfree
1214.90Otherfree
Chapter 13
Lac; Gums, Resins and Other Vegetable Saps and Extracts

Note

1.

Heading 13.02 applies, inter alia, to liquorice extract and extract of pyrethrum, extract of hops, extract of aloes and opium.

The heading does not apply to the following:

(a)

liquorice extract containing more than 10 per cent by mass of sucrose or put up as confectionery (heading 17.04);

(b)

malt extract (heading 19.01);

(c)

extracts of coffee, tea or maté (heading 21.01);

(d)

vegetable saps or extracts constituting alcoholic beverages (Chapter 22);

(e)

camphor, glycyrrhizin or other products of heading 29.14 or 29.38;

(f)

concentrates of poppy straw containing not less than 50 per cent by mass of alkaloids (heading 29.39);

(g)

medicaments of heading 30.03 or 30.04 or blood-grouping reagents (heading 30.06);

(h)

tanning or dyeing extracts (heading 32.01 or 32.03);

(ij)

essential oils, concretes, absolutes, resinoids, extracted oleoresins, aqueous distillates or aqueous solutions of essential oils or preparations based on odoriferous substances of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages (Chapter 33); or

(k)

natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle or similar natural gums (heading 40.01).

Rates as at
HeadingDescriptionGeneral
13.01Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for example, balsams):
1301.20Gum Arabicfree
1301.90Otherfree
13.02Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products:
1302.1Vegetable saps and extracts:
1302.11Opium12%
1302.12Of liquorice12%
1302.13Of hopsfree
1302.14.10Suitable for pharmaceutical purposes imported from Switzerland15%
1302.14.20Other, suitable for pharmaceutical purposes15%
1302.14Of ephedra:
1302.14.90Other25%
1302.19.05Vanilla oleoresin (vanilla extract)free
1302.19Other:
1302.19.07Of pyrethrum or of the roots of plants containing rotenonefree
1302.19.14Of the species Aspalathus linearis (Rooibos/Red bush)25%
1302.19.12Other, suitable for pharmaceutical purposes15%
1302.19.11Other, suitable for pharmaceutical purposes imported from Switzerland15%
1302.20Pectic substances, pectinates and pectatesfree
1302.19.90Other25%
1302.3Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products:
1302.31Agar-agarfree
1302.32.20Modified8,5%
1302.32Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from locust beans, locust bean seeds or guar seeds:
1302.32.10Not modifiedfree
1302.39.20Modified8,5%
1302.39.10Not modifiedfree
1302.39Other:
Chapter 14
Vegetable Plaiting Materials; Vegetable Products not Elsewhere Specified or Included

Notes

1.

This Chapter does not cover the following products which are to be classified in Section XI:vegetable materials or fibres of vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in the manufacture of textiles, however prepared, or other vegetable materials which have undergone treatment so as to render them suitable for use only as textile materials.

2.

Heading 14.01 applies, inter alia, to bamboos (whether or not split, sawn lengthwise, cut to length, rounded at the ends, bleached, rendered non-inflammable, polished or dyed), split osier, reeds and the like, to rattan cores and to drawn or split rattans. The heading does not apply to chipwood (heading 44.04).

3.

Heading 14.04 does not apply to wood wool (heading 44.05) and prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 96.03).

Rates as at
HeadingDescriptionGeneral
14.01Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark):
1401.10Bamboosfree
1401.20Rattansfree
1401.90.10Osierfree
1401.90Other:
1401.90.90Otherfree
14.04Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included:
1404.20.10Unprocessedfree
1404.20Cotton linters:
1404.20.90Other15%
1404.90Otherfree

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