Chapter 12 — Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder

Nepal Customs Tariff 2026/27 import duty rates and 56 HS code lines for Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (Section II — Vegetable products). Each code shows the general and SAARC customs duty; tap a code to open the full breakdown and landed-cost estimate.

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12.01 — Soya beans, whether or not broken

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1201.10.00	Seed	kg	10%	9%
1201.90.00	Other	kg	10%	9%

12.02 — Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1202.30.00	Seed	kg	10%	9%
1202.41.00	In shell	kg	10%	9%
1202.42.00	Shelled, whether or not broken	kg	15%	9%

12.03 — Copra

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1203.00.00	Copra.	kg	10%	6%

12.04 — Linseed, whether or not broken

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1204.00.00	Linseed, whether or not broken.	kg	10%	9%

12.05 — Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1205.10.00	Low erucic acid rape or colza seeds	kg	10%	9%
1205.90.00	Other	kg	10%	9%

12.06 — Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1206.00.00	Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken.	kg	10%	9%

12.07 — Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1207.10.00	Palm nuts and kernels	kg	10%	9%
1207.21.00	Seed	kg	10%	6%
1207.29.00	Cotton seeds — Other	kg	10%	6%
1207.30.00	Castor oil seed	kg	10%	9%
1207.40.00	Sesamum seeds	kg	10%	9%
1207.50.00	Mustard seeds	kg	10%	9%
1207.60.00	Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seeds	kg	10%	9%
1207.70.00	Melon seeds	kg	10%	9%
1207.91.00	Poppy seeds	kg	30%	6%
1207.99.00	Other	kg	10%	9%

12.08 — Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1208.10.00	Of soya beans	kg	10%	6%
1208.90.00	Other	kg	10%	6%

12.09 — Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1209.10.00	Sugar beet seeds	kg	10%	6%
1209.21.00	Lucerne (alfalfa) seeds	kg	10%	6%
1209.22.00	Clover (Trifolium spp.) seeds	kg	10%	6%
1209.23.00	Fescue seeds	kg	10%	6%
1209.24.00	Kentucky blue grass (poa pratensis L.) seeds	kg	10%	6%
1209.25.00	Rye grass (Lolium multiflorum Lam., Lolium perenne L.) seeds	kg	10%	6%
1209.29.00	Seeds of forage plants — Other	kg	10%	6%
1209.30.00	Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their flowers	kg	10%	6%
1209.91.10	Of Caulifower	kg	10%	6%
1209.91.20	Of Cabbage	kg	10%	6%
1209.91.30	Of Onion	kg	10%	6%
1209.91.40	Of Raddish	kg	10%	6%
1209.91.50	Of Tomato	kg	10%	6%
1209.91.90	Vegetable seeds — Other	kg	10%	6%
1209.99.00	Other	kg	10%	6%

12.10 — Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground,powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1210.10.00	Hop cones, neither ground nor powdered nor in the form of pellets	kg	10%	6%
1210.20.00	Hop cones, ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin	kg	10%	6%

12.11 — 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, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1211.20.00	Gineseng roots	kg	10%	6%
1211.30.00	Coca leaf	kg	10%	6%
1211.40.00	Poppy straw	kg	10%	6%
1211.50.00	Ephedra	kg	10%	6%
1211.60.00	Bark of African cherry (Prunus africana)	kg	10%	6%
1211.90.10	Yarchagumba	kg	10%	6%
1211.90.90	Other	kg	10%	6%

12.12 — Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugarcane, 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

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1212.21.00	Fit for human consumption	kg	10%	6%
1212.29.00	Seaweeds and other algae — Other	kg	10%	6%
1212.91.00	Sugar beet	kg	10%	9%
1212.92.00	Locust beans (carob)	kg	10%	9%
1212.93.00	Sugar cane	kg	10%	9%
1212.94.00	Chicory roots	kg	10%	9%
1212.99.00	Other	kg	10%	9%

12.13 — Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1213.00.00	Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets.	kg	10%	6%

12.14 — Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
1214.10.00	Lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets	kg	10%	6%
1214.90.00	Other	kg	10%	6%

Chapter 12 legal notes

Notes. 1.- Heading 12.07 applies, inter alia, to palm nuts and kernels, cotton seeds, castor oil seeds, sesamum seeds, mustard seeds, safflower seeds, poppy seeds and shea nuts (karite nuts). It does not apply to products of heading 08.01 or 08.02 or to olives (Chapter 7 or Chapter 20). 2.- Heading 12.08 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 23.04 to 23.06. 3.- For the purposes of heading 12.09, 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 12.09 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 12.01 to 12.07 or 12.11. 4.- Heading 12.11 applies, inter alia, to the following plants or parts thereof : basil, borage, ginseng, hyssop, liquorice, all species of mint, rosemary, rue, sage and wormwood. Heading 12.11 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 38.08. 5.- For the purposes of heading 12.12, the term “seaweeds and other algae” does not include : (a) Dead single-cell micro-organisms of heading 21.02; (b) Cultures of micro-organisms of heading 30.02; or (c) Fertilisers of heading 31.01 or 31.05. Subheading Note. 1.- For the purposes of subheading 1205.10, the expression “low erucic acid rape or colza seeds” means rape or colza seeds yielding a fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of less than 2 % by weight and yielding a solid component which contains less than 30 micromoles of glucosinolates per gram.

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