1207 40 — Sesamum seeds, whether or not broken

1207 Seeds and fruits of other oilseeds, crushed or uncut (+): 1207 10 - palm nuts and kernels - cotton seeds: 1207 21 - seed

1207 29 – other 1207 30 – castor seeds 1207 40 – sesame seeds 1207 50 – mustard seeds 1207 60 – safflower seeds (Carthamus tinctorius) 1207 70 – melon seeds – other: 1207 91 – poppy seeds 1207 99 – other

This heading covers seeds and fruits of plants used for the extraction of edible or industrial oils and fats, other than those falling in headings 1201 – 1206 (see also the General Explanatory Note to this Chapter). The heading also covers, inter alia: Grape pips Kapok seeds Beech nuts Mowra seeds Lumbang nuts Mustard seeds Carap nuts (e.g., tulucuna nuts) Niger seeds Tung nuts (or seeds of the Chinese tung tree) Oiticica seeds Shea nuts (karite nuts) Perilla seeds Palm nuts and kernels Jatropha curcas seeds Castor oil seeds Poppy seeds Chaulmoogra seeds Safflower seeds Cotton seeds Sesamum seeds Croton seeds Wax tree seeds Evening primrose seeds of the species Oenothera biennis and Oenothera lamarckiana Tea seeds Hemp seeds Babassu palm nut kernels Bassia seeds

Explanation of the subheading. Subheading 1207 21 In subheading 1207 21, the term “seed” means only those cotton seeds which are considered as seed material by the national competent authorities.

Notes

English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.

1. Heading 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 0801 or 0802 or to olives (Chapter 7 or 20).

2. Heading 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.

3. 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 faba) 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.

4. Heading 1211 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 1211 does not, however, apply to:

(a) medicaments of Chapter 30;

(b) perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations of Chapter 33; or

(c) insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants or similar products of heading 3808.

5. For the purposes of heading 1212, the term ‘seaweeds and other algae’ does not include:

(a) dead single-cell micro-organisms of heading 2102;

(b) cultures of micro-organisms of heading 3002; or

(c) fertilisers of heading 3101 or 3105.

Subheading note

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. В субпозиции 1205 10 термин «семена рапса, или кользы, с низким содержанием эруковой кислоты» означает семена рапса, или кользы, дающие нелетучее масло, содержащее менее 2 мас.% эруковой кислоты, и твердый компонент, содержащий менее 30 мкмоль/г глюкозинолатов.