Chapter · Chapter 12 · Section II, Vegetable products
HS 12Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
- Customs duty
- 5% to 70%
- 117 tariff items
- Import policy
- Mostly Free
- Restricted: 21 items
- Export policy
- Mostly Free
- Restricted: 9 items, Prohibited: 1 item
- Unit
- kg
Search codesRates as on 19 Oct 2026
Codes under this chapter
14 codes. Duty and GST are set on the 8-digit tariff items; open the one that describes your goods.
| Code | Description | Customs duty | GST now | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1201 | Soya beans, whether or not broken | 45% | 0% or 5% | kg |
| 1202 | Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken | 30% | 0% or 5% | kg |
| 1203 | Copra | 70% | 5% | kg |
| 1204 | Linseed, whether or not broken | 30% | 0% or 5% | kg |
| 1205 | Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken | 30% | 0% or 5% | kg |
| 1206 | Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken | 30% | 0% or 5% | kg |
| 1207 | Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken | 20% to 30% | 0% or 5% | kg |
| 1208 | Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard | 30% | 5% | kg |
| 1209 | Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing | 5% to 30% | 0% or 5% | kg |
| 1210 | Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin | 30% | 0% | kg |
| 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 purpose, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered | 30% | 0% or 5% | kg |
| 1212 | Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugarcane, 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 | 30% | 0% or 5% | kg |
| 1213 | Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets | 30% | 0% | kg |
| 1214 | 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 | 30% | 0% | kg |
Importing into India
Duty is set on each 8-digit tariff item: open one of the codes above. Basic customs duty across its 117 tariff items: 5% to 70%. The rules below cover this whole code.
Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty
None in force on this code as on 19 Oct 2026.
Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS)) of its tariff items
- Free: 96 tariff items
- Restricted: 21 tariff items
Exporting from India
Export duty
It depends on the goods: the entries below name only some goods under this code, or rate them differently.
| Entry | Goods | Export duty |
|---|---|---|
| The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, S.No. 8Named goods or on a condition | Groundnut in shell | Rs. 1,125 per tonne |
| The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, S.No. 9Named goods or on a condition | Groundnut kernel | Rs. 1,500 per tonne |
| Notification 27/2011-Customs, S.No. 8Named goods or on a condition | Groundnut in shell | Nil |
| Notification 27/2011-Customs, S.No. 9Named goods or on a condition | Ground nut kernel | Nil |
Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items
- Free: 107 tariff items
- Restricted: 9 tariff items
- Prohibited: 1 tariff item
Nearby codes
Sources
- GSTN HSN code masterChecked 13 Oct 2026
- DGFT ITC(HS) import and export policyChecked 9 Oct 2026
- GST rate per HSN (archived GSTZen extract)Checked 29 Sep 2026
- Customs Tariff of India (First Schedule): sections, chapters, notes and statutory BCDChecked 19 Oct 2026
- BIS compulsory certification: products and Quality Control OrdersChecked 18 Oct 2026
- Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duties in force (India)Checked 19 Oct 2026
- India's export duty (Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act and notifications 27/2011, 55/2022, 22/2024)Checked 18 Oct 2026
For information, not a customs ruling. Only notifications published in the Gazette have legal force; confirm the duty with your customs broker or ICEGATE before you price a deal.