2008 Schedule B - Chapter 12

Section II - Chapter 12                                                                             
                                                                                                    
Oil Seeds and Oleaginous Fruits; Miscellaneous Grains, Seeds and Fruit; Industrial or Medicinal     
 Plants; Straw and Fodder                                                                           
                                                                                                    
Notes                                                                                               
                                                                                                    
1.  Heading 1207 applies, inter alia, to palm nuts and kernels, cotton seeds, castor oil seeds,     
     sesame seeds, mustard seeds, safflower seeds, poppy seeds and shea nuts (karite nuts).  It     
     does not apply to products of heading 0801 or 0802 or to olives (chapter 7 or chapter 20).     
                                                                                                    
2.  Heading 1208 applies not only to non-defatted flours and meals but also to flours and           
     meals which have been partially defatted or defatted and wholly or partially refatted with     
     their original oils.  It does not, however, apply to residues of headings 2304 to 2306.        
                                                                                                    
3.  For the purposes of heading 1209, beet seeds, grass and other herbage seeds, seeds of           
     ornamental flowers, vegetable seeds, seeds of forest trees, seeds of fruit trees, seeds of     
     vetches (other than those of the species Vicia faba) or of lupines are to be regarded as       
     "seeds of a kind used for sowing".                                                             
                                                                                                    
    Heading 1209 does not, however, apply to the following even if for sowing:                      
                                                                                                    
  (a). Leguminous vegetables or sweet corn (chapter 7);                                             
                                                                                                    
  (b). Spices or other products of chapter 9;                                                       
                                                                                                    
  (c). Cereals (chapter 10); or                                                                     
                                                                                                    
  (d). Products of headings 1201 to 1207 or of heading 1211.                                        
                                                                                                    
4.  Heading 1211 applies, inter alia, to the following plants or parts thereof: basil, borage,      
     ginseng, hyssop, licorice, all species of mint, rosemary, rue, sage and wormwood.              
                                                                                                    
    Heading 1211 does not, however, apply to:                                                       
                                                                                                    
  (a). Medicaments of chapter 30;                                                                   
                                                                                                    
  (b). Perfumery, cosmetic, or toilet preparations of chapter 33; or                                
                                                                                                    
  (c). Insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants or similar products of heading           
        3808.                                                                                       
                                                                                                    
5.  For the purposes of heading 1212, the term "seaweeds and other algae" does not include:         
                                                                                                    
  (a). Dead single-cell microorganisms of heading 2102;                                             
                                                                                                    
  (b). Cultures of microorganisms of heading 3002; or                                               
                                                                                                    
  (c). Fertilizers of heading 3101 or 3105.                                                         
                                                                                                    
Subheading Note                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
1.  For the purpose of subheading 1205.10, the expression "low erucic acid or colza seeds"          
     means rape of colza seeds yielding a fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of less than   
     2 percent by weight and yielding a solid component which contains less than 30 micromoles      
     of glucosinolates per gram.                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Statistical Note                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
1.  Certain plants or parts of plants (including seeds or fruits) of heading 1211 may be put up     
     as herbal infusions or herbal "teas".  Such products consisting of plants or parts of plants of
     a single species, not mixed with other substances remain classified in this heading.           
     Heading 1211 does not, however, apply to herbal "teas" or herbal infusions of heading 2106.    
                                                                                                    
 Soybeans, whether or not broken:                                                                   
   Seed of a kind used for sowing  . . . . . . .kg                                                  
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                   
 Peanuts (ground-nuts), not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether                                    
              or not shelled or broken:                                                             
   In shell  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
   Shelled, whether or not broken:                                                                  
      For use as oil stock . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 Copra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 Flaxseed (linseed), whether or not broken . . .kg                                                  
 Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken:                                                        
   Low erucic acid rape or colza seeds . . . . .kg                                                  
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken:                                                            
   For use as oil stock  . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
               For sowing:                                                                          
      For oil stock  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
               Other:                                                                               
                  For human use:                                                                    
        In-shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken:                                      
   Cotton seeds:                                                                                    
      For sowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
   Sesame seeds  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
   Mustard seeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
               Other:                                                                               
      Poppy seeds  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Other:                                                                                        
        Niger seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than                                     
              those of mustard:                                                                     
   Of soybeans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing:                                                
   Sugar beet seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
               Seeds of forage plants:                                                              
      Alfalfa (lucerne) seed:                                                                       
        Certified  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Clover (Trifolium spp.) seed:                                                                 
        White and ladino . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Crimson  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
                    Red:                                                                            
           Double cut  . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
           Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Fescue seed:                                                                                  
        Tall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Creeping red . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Meadow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Kentucky blue grass (Poa pratensis L.) seed kg                                                
      Rye grass (Lolium multiflorium Lam., Lolium perenne L.)                                       
                   seed:                                                                            
        Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Perennial  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Other:                                                                                        
        Beet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Bent grass (genus Agrostis)  . . . . . .kg                                                  
                    Bermuda grass:                                                                  
           Husked  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
           Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Birdsfoot trefoil  . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Orchard grass  . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Sorghum-sudan grass  . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Sudan grass  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Wheatgrass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Other grass  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
   Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their                                      
                flowers:                                                                            
      Petunia  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Pansy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
               Other:                                                                               
      Vegetable seeds:                                                                              
        Cauliflower  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Celery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Onion  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Parsley  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
                    Pepper:                                                                         
           Sweet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
           Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Broccoli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
                    Cabbage:                                                                        
           Green cabbage . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
           Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Carrot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Radish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Spinach  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Cucumber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Kale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Kohlrabi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Lettuce  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Parsnip  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Pumpkin  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Squash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Tomato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Turnip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Other:                                                                                        
        Tree and shrub . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Cantaloupe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Watermelon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Tobacco  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Other melons . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or                                      
              in the form of pellets; lupulin:                                                      
   Hop cones, neither ground nor powdered nor in the form                                           
                of pellets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                     
   Hop cones, ground, powdered or in the form of pellets;                                           
                lupulin:                                                                            
      Hop cone pellets . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 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 or dried, whether or not cut,                    
              crushed or powdered:                                                                  
   Ginseng roots:                                                                                   
      Cultivated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Wild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
   Coca leaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
   Poppy straw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
   Other fresh or dried:                                                                            
      Substances having anesthetic, prophylactic or therapeutic                                     
                   properties and principally used as medicaments or as                             
                   ingredients in medicaments . . . . . . . .kg                                     
      Herbal teas or herbal infusions (single species, unmixed) kg                                  
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar                                       
              cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit                   
              stones and kernels and other vegetable products (including                            
              unroasted chicory roots of the variety Cichorium intybus sativum)                     
              of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere                         
              specified or included:                                                                
   Seaweeds and other algae  . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
               Other:                                                                               
      Sugar beet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                   
      Other:                                                                                        
        Sugar cane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                   
                    Apricot, peach (including nectarine) or plum stones                             
                     and kernels:                                                                   
           Nectarine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
           Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped,                                        
              ground, pressed, or in the form of pellets  . .t                                      
 Rutabagas (swedes), mangolds, fodder roots, hay, alfalfa                                           
              (lucerne), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and                        
              similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets:                       
   Alfalfa (lucerne) meal and pellets:                                                              
                  Dehydrated:                                                                       
        Cubes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                   
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                   
                  Other:                                                                            
                    Sun-cured:                                                                      
           Cubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                   
           Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                   
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                   
   Other:                                                                                           
                  Hay:                                                                              
        Alfalfa, whether or not doubled compressed t                                                
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t                                                   
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .t