What does HTS Chapter 12 cover?

Chapter 12 of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTSUS) covers Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit. It sits within Section II: Vegetable Products. Tandom's catalog lists all 164 10-digit statistical lines and 10 4-digit headings in this chapter.

What is the typical U.S. duty rate for Chapter 12 imports?

General (Column 1) duty rates for ad-valorem lines range from 1.4% to 163.8% (median 4.8%); roughly 80% of lines enter duty-free. Use the calculator linked from each code page to compute the full landed rate, including Section 301/232 overlays, IEEPA tariffs, and AD/CVD deposits where applicable.

Are Section 301 or Section 232 tariffs applied to Chapter 12 products?

Section 301 (China) and Section 232 (steel, aluminum, copper) tariffs are layered on top of the base HTSUS rate via Chapter 99 provisions. Whether they apply to a specific 10-digit line in Chapter 12 depends on the product's country of origin, material content, and the active proclamation. Open any code in this chapter to see the live overlay stack and effective rate.

Are there antidumping or countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders covering Chapter 12 products?

AD/CVD orders are issued at the case level by the Department of Commerce against specific products from specific countries. Tandom's AD/CVD catalog cross-references every active order to the HTS codes it covers — open any code in Chapter 12 to see flagged orders, deposit rates, and the underlying scope determinations.

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Section II: Vegetable Products

Chapter 12: Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit

Chapter 12 of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit and sits within Section II: Vegetable Products.

About Chapter 12

Chapter 12 contains 164 10-digit statistical lines grouped under 10 4-digit headings. Brokers, importers, and customs counsel use these codes to declare oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit on entry summaries (CBP Form 7501) and to look up the applicable Column 1, Special, and Column 2 duty rates.

General (Column 1) duty rates for ad-valorem lines in Chapter 12 range from 1.4% to 163.8%, with a median of 4.8%. About 47% of the chapter's lines (77 of 164) enter duty-free under the general rate. Special-program rates (USMCA, KORUS, GSP, AGOA, and others) and Chapter 99 overlays modify these base rates for qualifying shipments.

Every code page links into the Tandom Tariff Calculator with the HTS code prefilled, so you can compute the full landed duty for a specific shipment by entering value, country of origin, and (where relevant) material content or date of entry. Tandom's data refreshes daily from USITC HTSUS, CBP CSMS, the Federal Register, and the Department of Commerce — the same authoritative sources the trade community files against.

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1201.10.00.00	Seed	Free	4.4¢/kg	—	kg
1201.90.00	Other	Free	4.4¢/kg	—	—
1201.90.00.05	·Seeds of a kind used as oil stock	Free	4.4¢/kg	—	kg
1201.90.00.10	··Certified organic	Free	4.4¢/kg	—	kg
1201.90.00.90	··Other	Free	4.4¢/kg	—	kg

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1202.30	Seed:	—	—	—	—
1202.30.05.00	·Described in general note 15 of the tariff schedule and entered pursuant to its provisions	6.6¢/kg

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1204.00.00	Flaxseed (linseed), whether or not broken	0.39¢/kg	2.55¢/kg	Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E, IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S, SG)	—
1204.00.00.10	For sowing	—	—

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1205.10.00	Low erucic acid rape or colza seeds	0.58¢/kg	4.4¢/kg	Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E, IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S, SG)	—
1205.10.00.10	·For sowing	0.58¢/kg	4.4¢/kg

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1206.00.00	Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken	Free	4.4¢/kg	—	—
1206.00.00.20	For use as oil stock	—	—	—

Chapter 12: Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit

`1201`Soybeans, whether or not broken:

`1202`Peanuts (ground-nuts), not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken:

`1203`Copra

`1204`

`1205`Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken:

`1206`

`1207`Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken:

`1208`Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard:

`1209`Seeds, fruits and spores of a kind used for sowing:

`1210`Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin:

`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:

`1213`Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets

`1214`Rutabagas (swedes), mangolds, fodder roots, hay, alfalfa (lucerne), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets:

Frequently asked questions

What does HTS Chapter 12 cover?

What is the typical U.S. duty rate for Chapter 12 imports?

Are Section 301 or Section 232 tariffs applied to Chapter 12 products?

Are there antidumping or countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders covering Chapter 12 products?

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1207.10.00.00	Palm nuts and kernels	Free	Free	—	kg
1207.21.00.00	·Seed	0.47¢/kg	0.73¢/kg

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1208.10.00	Of soybeans	1.9%	20%	Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E, IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S, SG)	—
1208.10.00.10	·Certified organic	1.9%	20%

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1209.10.00.00	Sugar beet seeds	Free	Free	—	kg
1209.21.00	·Alfalfa (lucerne) seeds	1.5¢/kg	17.6¢/kg

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1210.10.00.00	Hop cones, neither ground nor powdered nor in the form of pellets	13.2¢/kg	53¢/kg	Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)	kg
1210.20.00	Hop cones, ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1211.20	Ginseng roots:	—	—	—	—
1211.20.10	·Fresh or dried	Free

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1212.21.00.00	·Fit for human consumption	Free	Free	—	kg
1212.29.00.00	Other

Code	Description	General	Column 2	Special	Units
1214.10.00	Alfalfa (lucerne) meal and pellets	1.4%	20%	Free (A+,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E, IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S, SG)	—
1214.10.00.10	··Cubes	1.4%

1201Soybeans, whether or not broken:

1202Peanuts (ground-nuts), not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken:

1203Copra

1204

1205Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken:

1206

1207Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken:

1208Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard:

1209Seeds, fruits and spores of a kind used for sowing:

1210Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin:

1211Plants 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:

1213Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets

1214Rutabagas (swedes), mangolds, fodder roots, hay, alfalfa (lucerne), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets:

Frequently asked questions

What does HTS Chapter 12 cover?

What is the typical U.S. duty rate for Chapter 12 imports?

Are Section 301 or Section 232 tariffs applied to Chapter 12 products?

Are there antidumping or countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders covering Chapter 12 products?

`1201`Soybeans, whether or not broken:

`1202`Peanuts (ground-nuts), not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken:

`1203`Copra

`1204`

`1205`Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken:

`1206`

`1207`Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken:

`1208`Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard:

`1209`Seeds, fruits and spores of a kind used for sowing:

`1210`Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin:

`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:

`1213`Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets

`1214`Rutabagas (swedes), mangolds, fodder roots, hay, alfalfa (lucerne), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets: