HS chapter 12
Oilseeds and other seeds
Chapter 12 has 14 headings with 74 EU tariff lines and 63 Mercosur tariff lines. Duty-free from entry into force: 63 EU and 44 Mercosur lines. Ten years or more, a quota or excluded: 3 EU and 0 Mercosur lines.
Official chapter title: Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder · Data last updated 18 October 2026
How fast duties fall
Tariff lines of the chapter by staging category, in each schedule.
| Treatment | EU lines | Mercosur lines |
|---|---|---|
| Duty-free from entry into force (0) | 63 | 44 |
| Phased out over 4 to 8 years | 8 | 19 |
| Phased out over 10 years | 3 | 0 |
Headings in this chapter
Headings with a product page are linked. For the others, open the calculator. Heading descriptions are the English HS nomenclature.
| Heading | Description | Into the EU | Into Brazil | Calculate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1201 | Soya beans | base 0% | base 0–8%zero by 2034 | Calculate |
| 1202 | Groundnuts | base 0% | base 0–10%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 1203 | Copra | base 0% | base 8%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 1204 | Oil seeds; linseed, whether or not broken | base 0% | base 0–8%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 1205 | Rape or colza seeds; whether or not broken | base 0% | base 0–8%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 1206 | Sunflower seeds | base 0% | base 0–8%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 1207 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, n.e.c. in chapter 12; whether or not broken | base 0% | base 0–8%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 1208 | Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits; other than those of mustard | base 0–4.5% | base 10% | Calculate |
| 1209 | Seeds, fruit and spores; of a kind used for sowing | base 0–8.3%zero by 2030 | base 0% | Calculate |
| 1210 | Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin | base 5.8%zero by 2030 | base 8%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 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 | base 0–3% | base 8%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 1212 | Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet, sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones, kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots) used primarily for human consumption, n.e.c. | base 0–5.8%zero by 2036 | base 6–8%zero by 2030 | Calculate |
| 1213 | Cereal straw and husks, unprepared; whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets | base 0% | base 8% | Calculate |
| 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 | base 0–5.8%zero by 2030 | base 8% | Calculate |