13.02 Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products
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.
- 13 Chapter Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts
- 02 Heading Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products
- —— Subheading Pick one of the 9 six-digit codes below
Chapter 13 covers lac (a resinous secretion used in dyes and shellac), plus gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts such as opium, quinine base and vegetable extracts used in pharmaceuticals, food and industrial processes. Classification tip: Extracts used in pharmaceuticals (opium alkaloids, quinine) typically require controlled-substance import licensing in addition to the customs code, so check narcotics/precursor rules before shipping.
All of chapter 13The 9 six-digit codes under 13.02
One of these is the number you declare.
- 1302.11 Vegetable saps and extracts; opium
- 1302.12 Vegetable saps and extracts; of liquorice
- 1302.13 Vegetable saps and extracts; of hops
- 1302.14 Vegetable saps and extracts; of ephedra
- 1302.19 Vegetable saps and extracts; n.e.c. in item no. 1302.1
- 1302.20 Pectic substances; pectinates and pectates
- 1302.31 Mucilages and thickeners; agar-agar, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products
- 1302.32 Mucilages and thickeners; whether or not modified, derived from locust beans, locust bean seeds or guar seeds
- 1302.39 Mucilages and thickeners; whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products, n.e.c. in item no. 1302.3
Other headings in chapter 13
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 13.02? A customs hold shows up as a milestone that stops moving — follow the container or the air waybill from departure to delivery.
Track a shipment13.02 FAQ
Heading 13.02 covers vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products. It is part of chapter 13 (lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts), and it is subdivided into 9 six-digit subheadings — the level you actually declare.
Pick one of the 9 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 13. 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.