Chapter 07 — Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible 4-digit heading

07.09 Vegetables; n.e.c. in chapter 07, fresh or chilled

One level above the number you declare. Pick one of the six-digit codes below.

Section II, Vegetable Products — plants, vegetables, fruit, nuts, coffee, tea, cereals, seeds and flours.

  1. 07 Chapter Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible
  2. 09 Heading Vegetables; n.e.c. in chapter 07, fresh or chilled
  3. —— Subheading Pick one of the 16 six-digit codes below

Chapter 7 covers edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers: fresh, chilled, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved (in brine or sulphur water, for example), but not vegetables that have been fully cooked or otherwise prepared into a dish, which fall under chapter 20. Classification tip: Potatoes, onions and other staple vegetables often carry seasonal tariff-rate quotas in major import markets, so check the applicable period alongside the code.

All of chapter 07

The 16 six-digit codes under 07.09

One of these is the number you declare.

Other headings in chapter 07

07.01 Potatoes; fresh or chilled 07.02 Tomatoes; fresh or chilled 07.03 Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables; fresh or chilled 07.04 Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas; fresh or chilled 07.05 Lettuce (lactuca sativa) and chicory (cichorium spp.) fresh or chilled 07.06 Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots; fresh or chilled 07.07 Cucumbers and gherkins; fresh or chilled 07.08 Leguminous vegetables; shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled 07.10 Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water); frozen 07.11 Vegetables provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption 07.12 Vegetables, dried; whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared 07.13 Vegetables, leguminous; shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried 07.14 Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content; fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith

The wording above is the Harmonized System nomenclature as published by the World Customs Organization, HS 2022 edition. It is a classification reference, not a tariff: it carries no duty rates, and it stops at six digits — the importing country adds its own beyond that.

Classification is decided by the General Rules of Interpretation and the section and chapter notes, and it is the importing country’s customs authority that makes it binding.

Shipping goods under 07.09? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.

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07.09 FAQ

Heading 07.09 covers vegetables; n.e.c. in chapter 07, fresh or chilled. It is part of chapter 07 (vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible), and it is subdivided into 16 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.

Pick one of the 16 subheadings below. Those six digits are what customs recognises internationally; the importing country may extend them to eight or ten in its own tariff schedule.

The General Rules of Interpretation, read together with the notes to Section II and to chapter 07. A description that reads right is not enough on its own — the notes routinely pull goods out of the chapter they obviously belong to and put them somewhere else. Where duty or licensing turns on the answer, ask the importing country’s customs authority for a binding ruling.

A wrong or missing code is one of the common reasons customs holds a container, and a hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving. Watch for it in the container tracking app, on the air waybill in the air cargo tracker, or through the tracking API.

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