Tariff number 1209300000 80 - Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their flowers

Estimate the import cost for 120930

An estimate only. The customs value is the price including transport and insurance to the EU border. Excise duties, other fees and producer-specific anti-dumping rates are not included. Preferential rates need valid proof of origin. Country groups and exclusions: TARIC, as of November 2026.

Export measures for 1209300000

What applies when these goods leave the EU: export controls, dual-use and other authorisations, bans per destination and the supplementary unit of the export declaration.

History

Preferential rules of origin for 1209300000

What the goods must meet to count as originating in a partner country and get the preferential duty, per agreement.

• Autonomous Trade Preferences (Western Balkans) · Kosovo

  EU-Chile Association Agreement · Chile

  EU-Colombia/Peru/Ecuador Trade Agreement · Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

  EU-Algeria Association Agreement · Algeria

  EEA/EFTA agreements (Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Faroe Islands) · Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland

  EU-Egypt Association Agreement · Egypt

  EU-Georgia DCFTA · Georgia

  EU-Iceland FTA · Iceland

  EU-Jordan Association Agreement · Jordan

  EU-Korea FTA · South Korea

  EU-Central America Association Agreement

  EU-Lebanon Association Agreement · Lebanon

  EU-Morocco Association Agreement · Morocco

  EU-Moldova DCFTA · Moldova

  Pan-Euro-Mediterranean (PEM) Convention · Albania, Andorra, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Egypt, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Switzerland, Türkiye

  EU-Tunisia Association Agreement · Tunisia

  EU-Ukraine DCFTA · Ukraine

  Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder / or: Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 12 used are wholly obtained

• EPA CARIFORUM

  EPA Pacific · Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands

  EU-Palestine Interim Association Agreement · Palestine

  EPA SADC · South Africa

  Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder / or: Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 12 used must be wholly obtained

• Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP, GSP+, EBA) · Armenia, India, Kenya, Pakistan, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Syria, Vietnam

  EU-Singapore FTA · Singapore

  Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product

• EU-Canada CETA · Canada

  A change from any other heading.

• EPA Eastern and Southern Africa

  Oil seed, oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grain, seed, fruit; industrial or medical plants; straw and fodder / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading except that of the product

• EU Market Access Regulation (EPA) · Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya

  Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder / or: Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 12 used must be wholly obtained 1. For the products described in the table below, the following rules may also apply instead of the rules set out in Appendix 2. 2. A proof of origin issued or made out pursuant to this Appendix shall contain the following statement in English: ‘Derogation – Appendix 2A of Annex II of Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 – Materials of HS heading No ... originating from ... used.’ These statements shall be contained in box 7 of movement certificates EUR.1 referred to in Article 17 of Annex II of Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007, or shall be added to the invoice declaration referred to in Articles 14 and 19 of Annex II of Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007. 3. The ACP States and the Member States shall take the measures necessary on their part to implement this Appendix.

  Oil seed, oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grain, seed, fruit; industrial or medical plants; straw and fodder / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading except that of the product

• EU-Japan EPA · Japan

  CTH except from heading 12.01.

• EU-Mexico Global Agreement · Mexico

  Oils seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder / or: Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 12 used must be wholly obtained

• EU-Viet Nam FTA · Vietnam

  Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder. / or: Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product.

Source: European Commission, Access2Markets (CC BY 4.0, shortened). The text of the agreement prevails. Access2Markets

Legal and explanatory notes for 1209300000

Sources: Combined Nomenclature 2026, Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (CELEX 32025R1926), and the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature (CELEX 02019XC0329(02)-20260213). The section and chapter notes are legally binding; the explanatory notes are guidance. EUR-Lex

EU trade in 2025 for 120930

Extra-EU imports

€54.9M

449 t

Extra-EU exports

€95.4M

Top origin countries by import value

1. United States €10.6M
2. China €7M
3. Guatemala €6.5M
4. Türkiye €5.2M
5. Chile €4.6M

CN8 codes below this code: 1. Source: Eurostat, Comext, CC BY 4.0, processed by hscode.info. Confidential trade is not allocated to codes.

HS 2028 change

From the WCO HS 2022 to HS 2028 correlation tables, a guide only. The EU sets its own CN codes for 2028.

UK import duty for 120930

• 2%

Third-country duties of all UK commodity codes under this HS subheading. Source: UK Department for Business and Trade, as of Nov 2, 2026. The UK tariff differs from the EU tariff.

Import VAT in the EU

• Austria 20 % maybe 13 %
• Belgium 21 % maybe 6 %
• Bulgaria 20 %
• Croatia 25 % maybe 5 %
• Cyprus 19 % maybe 5 %
• Czechia 21 % maybe 12 %
• Denmark 25 %
• Estonia 24 %
• Finland 25.5 %
• France 20 % maybe 5.5 %
• Germany 19 % maybe 7 %
• Greece 24 % maybe 13 %
• Hungary 27 %
• Ireland 23 %
• Italy 22 % maybe 10 %
• Latvia 21 % maybe 12 %
• Lithuania 21 %
• Luxembourg 17 % maybe 3 %
• Malta 18 %
• Netherlands 21 %
• Poland 23 % maybe 5 %, 8 %
• Portugal 23 % maybe 6 %
• Romania 21 % maybe 11 %
• Slovakia 23 % maybe 19 %
• Slovenia 22 % maybe 9.5 %
• Spain 21 % maybe 10 %
• Sweden 25 %

Standard rate per member state, on the customs value, the duty and transport to the destination. Reduced rates often depend on the use or the buyer and apply only where the country provides them for these goods. Source: European Commission, Taxes in Europe Database, as of Nov 2, 2026.

Rules of origin

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