0910.12 Spices; ginger, crushed or ground
A full HS code. These six digits are what goes on a customs declaration, and they mean the same thing in every country that uses the Harmonized System.
Section II, Vegetable Products — plants, vegetables, fruit, nuts, coffee, tea, cereals, seeds and flours.
- 09 Chapter Coffee, tea, mate and spices
- 10 Heading Ginger, saffron, tumeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices
- 12 Subheading Spices; ginger, crushed or ground
Chapter 9 covers coffee, tea, mate and spices: from raw, green coffee beans through roasted and ground, and every common spice from pepper to cinnamon to saffron. Roast state, grind state and caffeine content are the main things that split a product into different six-digit subheadings. Classification tip: Decaffeinated versus caffeinated and roasted versus green are the two splits that most often trip up coffee shipments: confirm both before filing.
All of chapter 09Other codes under 09.10
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 0910.12? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipment0910.12 FAQ
0910.12 covers spices; ginger, crushed or ground. It sits under heading 09.10 (ginger, saffron, tumeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices) in chapter 09, Section II of the Harmonized System.
It is the international part of it. Six digits are the same in every country that applies the Harmonized System; the importing country then extends them to eight or ten for its own tariff and statistics. Declare 0910.12 plus whatever national digits the destination’s tariff schedule adds to it.
The General Rules of Interpretation, read together with the notes to Section II and to chapter 09. 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.