1210 20 900 0 — Hop cones, ground powdered or in the form of pellets (excl. with higher lupulin content)

1210 Hop cones, fresh or dried, crushed or unbroken, in powdered form or in the form of granules; lupulin: 1210 10 - cones of hops unbroken, not powdered or in the form of granules 1210 20 - cones of hops crushed, powdered or in the form of granules; lupulin

Hop cones are scaly conical earrings or flowers of the hop plant (Humulus lupulus). They are used mainly in the brewing industry to give beer taste, as well as in medicine. Cones are classified in this heading, fresh or dried, crushed or uncut, in powdered form or in the form of granules (that is, agglomerated either by direct pressing or the addition of a binder in an amount not exceeding 3 wt.%). Lupulin is a yellow resin-like powder covering the cones of hops and containing a bitter aromatic component that gives hops its specific qualities. It is used in brewing as a partial substitute for hops and in copper cinna. It can be separated from the hops mechanically after drying. This heading does not cover: (a) extracts of hops (heading 1302); (b) hops (heading 2303); (c) hops essential oil (heading 3301).

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.